The EC completed registration of altogether 9,958,132 voters last Thursday, said EC Spokesperson Sharada Prasad Trital. [break]
While the registration is under way in Kapilvastu district, the EC is making preparations to begin voter registration in Banke from this week. The constitutional body has already prepared the electoral rolls in 46 of the 77 VDCs in Kapilvastu district.
“We are likely to begin voter registration in Banke, as the last district, from January 5,” Trital said.
According to him, Kathmandu has the largest number of 5, 75000 voters against 2271 -- the lowest -- in Manang.
Similarly, Morang has second largest number of 4, 21000 voters while Mustang has the second lowest with 5,526 voters.
The EC expects to register 10.5 million voters through the ongoing door-to-door voter registration program. According to EC, 17.6 million voters were registered for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election held in 2008.
“Before EC approves the final list of voters, the collected details of the voters will be made public in the VDCs and municipalities for rectification of errors and duplications,” he said.
When asked about the number of female and male voters, the EC spokesman said that collected data is yet to be processed. “However, the number of female voters is likely to dominate that of males,” added Trital.
The EC has been accommodating personal details of the voters, including addresses, gender and age group so that it may be used while issuing national identity cards.
The voter registration will cost the government two billion rupees.
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