National Assembly election: Election officers appointed

Kathmandu, Dec 24: The Election Commission has established the offices of the Election Officers in seven provinces and also appointed election officers for the National Assembly member elections to be held on January 25.

The commission’s spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai informed RSS that the commission has appointed the district judges as the election officers.

Accordingly, Bhimraj Prasai has been appointed the Election Officer in Koshi Province, Shubhanath Puri in Madhesh Province, Geeta Shrestha in Bagmati Province, Himal Belbase in Gandaki Province, Prakashraj Pandit in Lumbini Province, Deepak Dhakal in Karnali Province, and Bhuvan Singh Thapa in Sudurpaschim Province.

Election is taking place to the 19 vacant National Assembly member seats that will fall vacant on March 4.

According to the election schedule, the publication of the voter list will take place from 10 am to 11am on January 3, objections and complaints regarding the list will be investigated, and the final voter list will be published from 3pm to 4pm on January 6.

Similarly, candidate nominations will be made from 10am to 3pm on January 7; complaints against the candidates can be filed from 10am to 4om on January 8; candidates can withdraw their names from 10 am to 1pm on January 11, and the final list of candidates will be published from 1pm to 2pm the same day.

As per the election schedule, the election symbols will be allocated to the candidates from 10am to 1pm on January 12. The voting will take place at the relevant polling centre from 9am to 3pm.

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