INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 25Voting is underway for the upcoming National Assembly election
to fill vacancies starting from March 4.
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The
election started from 9.00 am and will last till 3.00 pm in the designated polling stations of the provinces
As per the law, the election has to be held 35 days before the end of the tenure of the members.The province assembly members, rural
municipality chairs and vice chairs, municipality mayors and deputy mayors will cast their vote in the election.
There will
be an electoral college comprising members of the Province Assembly and chairperson and vice-chairperson of the rural municipality and mayor
and deputy mayor of the municipality.The weightage of a vote from Province Assembly members is 53 while it is 19 of a vote from chairpersons
and vice-chairpersons of the rural municipalities and mayors and deputy mayors of municipalities
With this, the total vote weightage will be 57,559.A total of 1,958 voters, including 549 provincial assembly members and chiefs and deputy
chiefs of local levels, will cast their votes in the election.All necessary preparation have been completed, the election commission said.
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