Nepal

Around three million eligible voters in Bagmati Province

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

A student taking part in a mock voting session conducted in Beni Secondary School by District Election Office, Beni, on Friday. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 17

As many as 3,471,792 eligible voters are in Bagmati Province. Out of them, 1,737,378 are female and 1,738,087 male, according to the Bagmati Province Election Office, Makawanpur.

The province has a total of 13 districts including the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts).

For the polls, a total of 4,143 polling centers have been designated for the province.

Separate polling centers have been designated in all three districts for 'temporary' voters including prisoners, the 'third gender' community and civil servants, who are allowed to vote under the proportional representation from these polling centers, said chief returning officer Lumbanath Pokharel.