KATHMANDU, Nov 19: A total of 182 inmates and detainees of two prisons in Kathmandu and one in Lalitpur will be exercising their franchise on Sunday under the elections to the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies. 

According to informed sources, 130 inmates in Kathmandu including the central jail and 52 in Lalitpur will be allowed to cast their votes in the House of Representatives (HoR) election towards the Proportional Representation (PR) category on Sunday. 

It is said the entire preparations for the voting in the prisons have been completed. 

The voting will commence at 7AM on Sunday. Prison Office, Jagannathdewal’s under -secretary Bed Prasad Kharel said they have received the election materials from the Election Commission. 

This is the first time that the voting rights of the inmates and detainees except those convicted of election offenses has been brought into practice. For this purpose, 141 temporary polling centers have been fixed across the country. 

The EC for the first time has implemented the provision of temporary polling centers in line with the constitutional provision. 

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