KATHMANDU, Oct 16: The Election Commission (EC) has so far printed 4,421,000 ballot papers for the first-past-the-post electoral system under the elections to the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies (PA). The voting for the twin elections has been scheduled to take place on coming November 20 in a single phase.
Of the printed ballot papers, 2.1 million are for the PA elections and the remaining 2.2 million for the HoR elections.
3.4 million ballot papers dispatched to 22 districts
The printing of ballot papers under the Proportional Representation (PR) has been already completed and presently the ballot papers are being transported to the districts.
Under the PR system, 20.1 million ballot papers for the PA elections and 20.4 million for the HoR were printed. Currently, the printing is underway at the Janak Education Materials Center, Sanothimi amidst tight security arrangements.
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