Kathmandu. Elections for members of the House of Representatives and members of the Provincial Assembly, 2079, were completed peacefully and enthusiastically across the country today, except for a few minor incidents. Elections to all sectors and communities including the Nepal government, provincial government, local level, election officers, local administration, staff and security personnel involved in the election, political parties, candidates, voters, observers, the international community, media, private sector, who played a role in the historic task of conducting the election. The commission expresses its sincere gratitude.
The details of voting are being entered into the Commission’s information system. According to the preliminary details so far, it has been seen that about 61 percent of voting took place. This is lower than the expectations of the Election Commission. Due to various reasons, the polling was stopped for some time in the polling centers of some districts, but after discussions with the political parties and candidates and election representatives, it resumed again. In the meantime, the commission expresses its thanks for the restraint and cordiality of the election representatives of the political parties and candidates.
Nawalparasi East Devchuli Municipality Ward No. Peace Creation Basic School of 4, Simta Village of Surkhet District, Ward No. Voting has been suspended in 15 polling stations including 6 Simta Multipurpose Campus, Ganya Bhagwati Mavi Arveni of Kaligand in Gulmi district, and Budhinanda Municipality Nandeshwari Mavi Pipalchaur in Bajura district. Necessary preparations will be made in the postponed polling stations and appropriate arrangements will be made to decide on re-voting within two days.
(Election Offenses and Punishment) Act 2073 to anyone involved in obstructing the use of election materials, abusing ballot papers, violating the voting process, dropping other items on the ballot paper, trying to vote repeatedly, destroying ballot papers, occupying the polling place, etc. It has been instructed to start the action immediately.
During the voting, there have been complaints that due to the carelessness of the staff and voters in some polling stations, some ballots of the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the Provincial Assembly were not placed in the designated ballot box and fell into another ballot box. Arrangements have been made to ensure that all the ballots in the ballot box are counted towards the level for which the votes are cast based on the discussion of political parties, candidates, and election representatives so that the votes of the people are not wasted during the counting. The Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Officers will be held responsible for resolving any disputes or ambiguities that may arise in the context of the counting of votes. The Commission will immediately address the questions asked by the Chief Electoral Officer and the Electoral Officer.
Ballot boxes are being transported from all polling stations to the office of the Election Officer from this evening. After the ballot boxes have been brought to the polling place, it has been instructed to start the counting of votes in Kathmandu Valley and other areas from tonight after gathering party agreement and to start the counting of votes immediately after the safe collection of the ballot boxes in other places. According to the recommendation of the District Security Committee, there is a plan to transport the ballot boxes of the extremely difficult polling stations of 7 Himalayan districts to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer at the headquarters by 4 pm tomorrow, if the weather permits, using the helicopter of the Nepali Army.
The Commission expresses its sorrow over the incident in which a civilian was killed and some civilians were injured in some other places due to double clashes in the Bajura district during the voting. Expressing heartfelt condolences to the deceased, the commission draws the attention of the Nepal government to make necessary arrangements for the medical treatment of the injured.
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