KATHMANDU, MARCH 3 The interim government formed following the Gen Z revolution last September is all set to conduct the election for new 275 members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament on March 5 (Thursday). Before casting their ballots, voters need to be aware of certain aspects of this election. First-past-the-post (FPTP) will be used to elect 165 members, while proportional representation (PR) will be used to elect 110 members through a mixed voting system. Forming the government, passing legislation, conducting parliamentary oversight, approving the budget and holding parliamentary hearings of representatives of constitutional bodies are the main responsibilities of the members of parliament. There are 18,503,689 eligible voters overall, according to the Election Commission. They include 9,240,131 female voters, 9,663,358 male voters and 200 'others'. The Election Commission has 70 District Election Offices. These election offices will be police officers and slightly over 34,500 armed police officers have been deployed. headed by a gazetted Class III district election officer from the general administration group of the government's administrative service. According to the EC, 39 voters from one village will cast ballots at a polling place along the Mustang to Dolpa road. Only four of them are permanent residents of the village, according to the commission, and at least 20 people will be required to conduct the polls. There are 3,487 candidates nationwide, according to the commission, and over 1,200 of them have independently filed for office without affiliation with any party. Similarly, of the 3,487 candidates running for office, 2,589 are men and 391 are women, or roughly 10 per cent of the total. Since this election is solely for the House of Representatives (HoR), voters will need to cast two ballots. One can only vote for one party and one candidate. In proportional elections, the number of votes cast by voters for a political party is determined by calculating the number of votes received. In FPTP elections, the candidate with the most votes wins. The parties have already sent the commission their lists of PR candidates for this purpose. To guarantee both inclusion and proportional representation, the constitution itself stipulates a proportionate number of seats. This time, the EC has stated that it will release the election results for 165 directly elected seats within 24 hours of the ballot boxes being collected. The vote results for both direct and proportional representation will be made public by March 9, according to Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari. The announcement of final results in the previous election, which took place in 2022, took slightly more than two weeks. In light of the possibility of criminal activity, the Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that the number of security personnel has been increased for election security. Approximately 75,000 Nepal Police and 79,000 Nepali Army soldiers have been deployed for election security this time, as per the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to officials, approximately 134,000 election police officers and slightly over 34,500 armed police officers have been deployed. After the election, when the EC presents the final results to the president, the president will call for the formation of a government. According to Article 76(1) of the Constitution, a single party may claim to form the government if it receives a simple majority, or 138 seats out of 275. However, in the absence of such circumstances, Clause 2 will govern the formation of a coalition government consisting of two or more parties. The candidate nominated for prime minister by two or more parties will be appointed by the president. Within a month, the prime minister must receive a vote of confidence from Parliament. This concludes the process of forming a government. A new building for newly-elected members of the parliament is currently being built in Singha Durbar. The Parliament Secretariat stated that the government informed them that the building would be handed over to them so that the House of Representatives could meet on March 15.