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Voting under the House of Representatives (HoR) Election -2026 has been underway since 7 am.

As of 12:00 noon, the voter turnout was around 18 percent, the Election Commission said.

According to EC Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, till 12:00 noon, the EC system had received information that 3,163,736 votes (around 18 percent) were cast. 

The voting is taking place enthusiastically across the country, it has been said.  

A 104-year-old woman has voted at the polling center of Dhulabari Secondary School, located in Mechinagar Municipality-10, under the House of Representatives member election.

Tulasa Koirala of Jhapa-1 came to the polling station with the support of her son and grandson.

One-hundred- and seven-year-old Ganesh Bahadur Rawat today voted under the House of Representatives (HoR) from Shuklagandaki Municipality-3 in Tanahun.

He visited the Nirmal Basic Secondary School, Bankewa polling centre under the Tanahu constituency-2 to cast his vote. 

Following the voting, he said he was very happy to have cast his ballot.

Not a single voter had cast a ballot by noon at the polling station at Shahid Smriti Basic School in Manebhanjyang-7, Okhaldhunga District. The polling center, which has 701 registered voters, remained empty during the House of Representatives election.

Locals said they decided to boycott the vote after the government failed to move forward with plans to build a provincial hospital in Harkpur, Toksel. Residents had earlier provided about 167 ropanis of land for the project but say construction has not begun.

Chief Election Officer Hari Prasad Koirala said election staff were present at the center but no voters had arrived. Officials said if no voters turn up by the closing time, the staff deployed as temporary voters will cast ballots to formally close the polling process.

Voting has been completed at the temporary polling station inside Jhapa Prison in Bhadrapur with 100 percent turnout. Election officials said 108 people, including 107 prisoners and the prison chief, cast their votes under the proportional representation system.

According to the District Election Office Jhapa, all 107 prisoners listed in the final voter roll participated in the voting process. Prison chief Rewant Bhattarai confirmed that the ballot box had been sealed after voting.

About 10.18 percent of voters had cast their ballots nationwide by 11am in the House of Representatives election in Nepal. Officials said 1,923,824 votes had been recorded by that time.

According to Election Commission Nepal spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, polling is continuing across the country as voter turnout gradually increases.

A total of 18,903,689 voters are registered in the election, including 9,663,358 men, 9,240,131 women and 200 voters listed under other categories.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Narayan Dahal cast his vote at the Nepal Police School polling center located at Ward No 14, Shantipur, Bharatpur Metropolitan City under the House of Representatives election.

After casting his ballot, the NA Chair stated that he is confident that the elected representatives will work according to the people's demands.

Shram Sanskriti Party Chair Harkaraj Rai cast vote under the House of Representatives (HoR) polls-2026.  

He visited the Carmel High School-based polling center at Dharan Submetropolis-18 to cast his vote. 

Smapang is contesting the HoR elections from the Sunsari constituency-1 after resigning as the Mayor of Dharan Sub-metropolis. 

Elected the Mayor as an independent candidate, he later formed the Shram Sanskriti Party. Voting has been underway peacefully at all polling centers here since the morning.