The Election Commission (EC) has started dispatching ballot papers to 12 electoral constituencies in 10 districts of Karnali Province.
According to the EC, ballot papers have been transported to the constituencies of Salyan, Rukum West, Dolpa, Mugu, Humla, Kalikot, Jumla, Jajarkot, Dailekh, and Surkhet in Karnali province, informed EC's deputy spokesperson Prakash Neupane.
Likewise, the commission stated that ballot printing has been completed for 124 constituencies in 58 districts. A total of 15,778,000 ballots have been printed.
A total of 14,341 boxes ballot papers, according to the EC, have been packed so far. Currently, around 1,000 boxes of ballot papers are being packed daily and 1.3 to 1.5 million ballot papers are being printed.
Ballot papers for the House of Representatives elections are being printed at Janak Education Materials Center Limited, Sano Thimi.
In the first phase, 1,098,200 sample ballot papers were printed and sent to various districts, the EC stated.
A total of 20,830,000 ballot papers for the HoR election towards proportional representation were printed, packed, registered, and prepared for transportation, it has been informed.
Similarly, the EC has stated that 20,323,000 ballot papers are required to be printed for the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) election. Printing of ballot papers for the direct election system began on January 30.
