With 60% of voters turning out in today’s election in Nepal, with sparse incidents of disputes in Dolakha, sarlahi and Rautahat, the overall election was held peacefully. Voters exercised their voting rights with spirit to strengthen democracy in Nepal.
Youth who participated in the Gen Z protest, which toppled the K P Sharma Oli government, voted enthusiastically.
The voting process started at 7 am at all polling stations under security provided by the Nepali Army, Nepali Police, election police and officials from the National Investigation Department. Voters queued to vote and received two ballot papers, one for the First-past-the-post system and another ballot paper for Proportional representation. Voters have cast votes for 165 seats under the First-past-the-post system and 110 seats under the Proportional representation system. Counting of ballots under the direct system starts today itself. Results for the First-Past-the-Post ballots are expected within 24 hours, while the Proportional Representation results may take another few days.
Nepal has a bicameral Federal Legislature consisting of the upper house with 56 members elected by an electoral college and three appointed by the President, and the House of Representatives with 275 members directly elected by voters through a mixed parallel election system. In today’s election for electing the lower house members, voters have chosen who will lead them, for which counting has already started today.
