EC publishes final list of voters

Kathmandu, Jan. 7

The Election Commission of Nepal (ECN) Sunday published the final list of the voters for the National Assembly election scheduled for January 25.

The EC informed that there would be 2047 voters – 549 members from the provincial assemblies and 1498 chiefs and deputies from the local bodies – in the election of the National Assembly of the Federal Parliament.

Province-wide data showed that the largest number of voters is in Madhes Province totalling 374 voters including 107  Provincial Assembly members and 267 local-level chiefs and deputies.

In Koshi, there are 367 voters with 93 PA members and 274 local-level chiefs and deputies who will have the right to vote in the National Assembly election.

 Likewise, there are 347 voters in Bagmati province with 110 PA members and 237 local level people's representatives.

In Gandaki, there are 230 voters including 60 PA members and 170 representatives from the local governments while there are 305 voters in Lumbini which is comprised of 87 PA members and 218 chiefs and deputies of the local government.

Similarly, Lumbini has 87 voters from the PA and 218 from the local governments for the NA election while the number in Karnali PA is 40 and 156 from local bodies.

Sudurpashchim province has 53 voters from the PA and 176 chiefs and deputies from the local governments.

According to the ECN, Karnali has the lowest number of voters followed by Sudurpashchim and Gandaki with 196, 228 and 230 voters respectively.

Every voter from the Provincial Assembly will have a vote weightage 53 while local bodies' chiefs and deputies' vote weightage is 19. The total vote weightage of PA members is 29,097 and local body representatives' weightage is 28,462. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 8 January 2024.