KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The Election Commission (EC) has publicly released the sample ballot papers for the National Assembly elections scheduled for January 25, on Wednesday.

EC published the sample ballots on its website, categorizing them based on provinces.

Mayors, deputy mayors, and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons will cast their votes using a red-colored ballot paper, while members of the provincial assemblies will use a green-colored ballot paper.

In the National Assembly election, 51 candidates from eight political parties are participating.

For this election, candidate nominations were registered on January 8.

According to the commission, there are five candidates each in Koshi and Madhesh, 15 in Bagmati, eight in Gandaki, and six in Lumbini Province.

Similarly, there are six candidates each in Karnali Province and Sudurpaschim Province.

There are 18 candidates for the women’s group, five for the Dalit group, eight for persons with disabilities or minority communities, and 20 for other groups, making a total of 51 candidates in all provinces.

 
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