HoR elections: 186,000 temporary voters to cast vote for PR system

Kathmandu, Feb 25: The total number of temporary voters for the upcoming House of Representatives (HoR) elections has stood at 186,000. The temporary voters will use their franchise for the proportional representation system from the designated voting stations.

Those enlisted in the voters’ namelist but failing to appear to their polling stations for being deployed in the election or other reasons have been listed as the temporary voters.

Those included in the temporary voters’ list include the officials of the federal, province and local government, Nepali Army personnel, Nepal Police personnel, inmates and jailbirds, officials and security personnel deployed for the election and chiefs of the constitutional bodies and their office-bearers.

Election Commission’s Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC told the RSS that a total of 143 voting stations have been determined for the temporary voters. (RSS)…Read more by