KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 5

The Election Commission has completed the printing of required number of ballot papers for the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly.

According to a bulletin issued by the election panel, around 80.04 million ballot papers have been printed for the HoR and PA elections. Of them, 20 million ballot papers are for the first-pastthe-post and 20.04 million for proportional system of the HoR election.

Similarly, around 20 million ballot papers for the first-past-the-post and 20.1 million for proportional system of the PA election.

The EC had entrusted Janak Education Materials Ltd with the task of printing the ballot papers.

The EC will use white background in the ballot papers for the elections. The ballot papers to be used for the proportional representation system will contain white background and other details will be printed with black ink, while the ballot papers to be used for the first-past-the-post election will contain white background over which election symbols and other details will be printed with red ink.

There are 503 types of ballot papers - 165 for federal first-past-the-post constituencies, 330 for provincial FPTP constituencies, seven for candidates contesting under proportional representation for seven provinces, and one for federal PR candidates.

The EC will make arrangements for providing four ballot papers - one for federal FPTP candidates, one for provincial FPTP candidates, one for provincial PR candidates, and one for federal PR candidates at each polling centre.

Each polling centre will have four corresponding polling booths and four ballot boxes. The EC will also make voting arrangements for employees and security personnel deputed on election duty, jail inmates, and voters of old age homes.

Meanwhile, the EC said it had stepped up the transportation of election logistics to the districts. The logistics comprise ballot boxes, ballot papers, swastik seals, stationery items, among other materials.

Over 17.9 million eligible voters are going to exercise their right to vote in the twin election.

A version of this article appears in the print on November 6, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.