EC completes preparations for Presidential Election

KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) has completed all the preparations for the Presidential Election which is taking place on Thursday.

Election Officer Mahesh Sharma Paudel said that all preparations- technical, human resources and other managerial-related – have been completed in view of the voting for the election of the President to be held at Lhotse Hall of the Parliament Building in New Baneshwar.

Two separate polling stations for the federal parliamentarians and the Province Assembly members have been set up in the Hall. Paudel said the polling booths have been constructed with the mobilization of teams along with the polling officers.

The voting will be held from 10 AM to 3 PM. Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel and CPN (UML) Vice-Chair Subash Chandra Nembang are the candidates for the post of President.

Three hundred and thirty-two federal parliament members and 550 provincial assembly members are the voters in the Presidential election.

The Office of the Election Officer has announced that vote counting will begin at 3 PM and results will be announced by 7 PM.

Meanwhile, lawmakers from all provinces have already arrived in Kathmandu for the election. RSS