Preparations for electronic voting in these seven districts

KATHMANDU: The state and House of Representatives elections will be held next Mangsir (November/December). The ruling coalition is debating whether to hold elections in the last week of Kartik (November/December) or the first week of Mangsir (November/December).

The Election Commission has not formally proposed date for the election. The government and the commission, on the other hand, have agreed to hold elections in late Kartik or early Mangsir. The commission is preparing to propose the election date to the government in a few days after analyzing the final results of the local elections.

Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya says that the commission is preparing to propose the date within a few days. It has been made public that the ruling parties have been debating whether to hold state and federal elections in the last week of Kartik (Nov/Dec) or the first week of Mangsir (Nov/Dec). At the same time, the issue of holding elections in Falgun (Feb/March) is also becoming public. What date does the Commission propose? In response to the question, Chief Election Commissioner Thapaliya said that the commission is close to the debate that is taking place in the last week of Kartik (Nov/Dec) or the first week of Mangsir (Nov/Dec).

The commission, which expects to announce the election date soon, will make a proposal based on legal, constitutional, and political interpretations. “The Election Commission will propose a date as well as a date. We will propose the date of the election to the government in a few days, along with an explanation of the constitution, the law, and the national situation “Thapaliya stated We’ll say the same thing. However, the election cannot be held after November.

According to Election Commission sources, the Election Commission is currently conducting a necessary study for the election proposal, which is expected to be completed by the end of Kartik (November/December) or the beginning of Mangsir (November/December). According to the current study, the risk analysis of the constitutional problem is being done after Mangsir (Nov/Dec).

Preparation for electronic voting

The commission has begun planning for electronic voting in seven districts throughout the country, including Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley.

The commission is preparing to propose to the government electronic voting, stating that elections to the House of Representatives and state assemblies in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Chitwan, Morang, Parsa, and Kaski can be held using an electronic system. In this regard, the Commission’s Information Technology Division is currently working, and the Commission has previously delegated responsibility for studying electronic voting to the Policy Research Institute.

Chief Commissioner Thapaliya stated that discussions are underway in seven districts of the country, including Kathmandu Valley, about the possibility of electronic voting. “According to the Commission, electronic voting will be used in the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assembly elections in seven districts, including Bhaktapur and six Kathmandu Valley metropolitan cities. More discussions and research are being conducted in this regard “Thapaliya stated.

According to preliminary commission estimates, four machines will be required in one polling station directly and proportionally for the House of Representatives and the State Assembly, said Surya Prasad Aryal, the Commission’s Information Officer. In these seven districts, the commission estimates that 10,000 electronic voting machines will be required.