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Tanahun district has a total of 254,397 voters for the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for March 5. 

According to the District Election Office, Tanahun, women voters are more compared to the men voters in the district. 

The Office shared that the number of male voters is 123,491 and the female voters are 130,906. 

District Election Officer Bikas Lamsal said that Vyas Municipality has the highest number of voters and Devghat Rural Municipality has the lowest number in the district. 

He said there are 136,118 voters in constituency 1 and 118,279 voters in constituency  2 in Tanahun district. 

Lamsal stated that 309 voting centers have been managed in the district. 

The Election Commission had collected the voters' names from September 26 to November 21, 2025 by targeting the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives. 

The Election Commission on Sunday appointed the Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers in all districts to conduct the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR)  slated for March 5.

The EC appointed 77 district judges as the Chief Returning Officers as per Clause 8 of HoR Act, 2074 BS. 

The meeting of the Commission took the decision to appoint the district judges as the Chief Returning Officers and the second class officers from the judicial service as the Returning Officers as per the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission effective from January 9, according to the EC.

The Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers have been asked to be deployed in their concerned election constituencies from January 16. 

The EC has also asked to open and run the offices of the Chief Returning Officers and Returning Officers as well as conduct the election programs in the districts for the March 5 poll.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has formed two sub-committees for party adjustment and upcoming election. 

A Central Committee meeting of the party held today decided to form a candidate recommendation sub-committee under coordination of party vice-chairperson Dr Swarnim Wagle to select capable candidates for election to the House of Representatives scheduled for March 5.

The sub-committee has got the responsibility to select capable candidates and recommend for the election process, said RSP Spokesperson, Manish Jha. 

Similarly, the party unity adjustment sub-committee was also formed under coordination of party general-secretary Kabindra Burlakoti with an objective of facilitating party unification and adjustment process. 

The party secretary would nominate members for sub-committees. 

Representatives of three separate groups of Muslim Community held a meeting jointly with Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal at the Home Ministry today.

Office-bearers of the National Muslim Coordination Committee from Muslim Community and representatives of Federal Democratic Alliance jointly met with Home Minister Aryal and submitted memorandums.

Receiving the memorandums separately submitted by the community, he said the government and home administration were committed to bring anyone disturbing other's religious sentiments under the ambit of law.

He argued that maintaining religious faith and tolerance in province and district-level is a major need of the hour. The Home Minister laid emphasis that the provincial government, district administration office, police and other communities should play equally active roles to maintain peace and security, adding maintaining peace and security is the main responsibility of home administration.

Similarly, the representatives had drawn attention of the Home Minister towards some anti-social and activities disrupting religious tolerance increasing in the community as well as the environment where peace, law and order could be disrupted during the March 5 election.  

Similarly, Mohammad Yunus Ahmar (Hasmi), Maulana Mazhrul Hasan, Sima Khan, Maulana Khursid Alam and Taj Muhammad Miya, National Assembly member Khalid Siddiqui, Kalpana Miya, Mohammad Rizwan Ansari, Bimala Ansari among others were present on the occasion. 

Meanwhile, a team comprising the Mayor of Shitaganga Municipality in Arghakhanchi district, Chhabi Lal Poudel today submitted a memorandum before Home Minister Aryal at the Home Ministry, demanding establishment of an area administration office in the municipality.