Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety said an FPTP candidate, if he/she wants, can withdraw candidacy on Tuesday. [break]
“The EC will have the final lists of FPTP candidates by tomorrow [Tuesday] evening,” stated Uprety.
According to EC spokesperson Bir Bahadur Rai, altogether 6,343 FPTP candidates, excluding 11 disqualified, have filed their candidacies for the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) election scheduled for November 19. Out of 6,343 candidates, 672 are women and one is third gender.
Similarly, 1,219 independent candidates have filed their candidacies and out of them 69 are women.
Altogether 2,782 candidates have filed candidacies in the central development region, 1,527 in eastern development region, 1,057 in western development region, 589 in mid-western development region and 388 candidates in far western development region.
Rai said Sanghiya Bikaswadi Party, Nepal Ganatantrik Ekata Party, Naya Sanghiyata Janadharana Party and Nepal Janahit Party have not filed candidacy under FPTP electoral system.
EC deploys its 15 staffs at JEMC
The EC on Monday decided to deploy three teams led by joint secretaries to inspect if the work of ballot papers printing for proportional representation electoral system at Janak Education Materials Center is going on smoothly.
JEMC has been printing ballot papers for the proportional electoral system in three different shifts from Saturday. The chief election commissioner said a five member team led by EC joint secretary will inspect printing of the ballot papers in each shift.
“They will monitor overall work at JEMC including whether printing of the ballot papers is on schedule and quality is being maintained,” added Uprety.
The state-owned JEMC is entrusted with the task of printing 15 million ballot papers for the proportional representation electoral system.
A polling center can be spaced out into two sections if needed
The commission also decided that if a polling center is too far for the elderly and the disabled, it can be spaced out with some of the ballot boxes located at a place convenient for such voters.
“But this will be very rare as there should be strong justification for doing so and all political parties must arrive at consensus for this,” said the chief election commissioner.
The EC has already decided to set up 10,017 polling locations and 18,484 polling centers for the upcoming CA election.
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