KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 9 The Election Commission (EC) has printed 12.25 million ballot papers for the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category of the House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5. According to EC Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC, the ballot papers cover 100 electoral constituencies across 44 districts, including districts in Karnali, Sudurpaschim, Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces. The printed ballots have already been packed into 10,759 boxes. Printing has been ongoing since January 30. The EC requires a total of 20,323,000 ballot papers for the HoR direct election. Printing is being carried out at the Janak Education Materials Centre, Sanothimi, and began on January 6. In the initial phase, 1,098,200 sample ballot papers were printed and distributed to districts. Meanwhile, for the proportional representation (PR) system, the EC has already printed, packed and verified 20,830,000 ballot papers, which are now ready for dispatch.