Voter registration is open, how to register from where you live?
Those who have already registered but have an error on the list can correct it at the District Election Office.
KATHMANDU: The Election Commission has begun the process of registering names to the voter roll. The commission has begun accepting registrations for names on the voter list as of today.
Nepali citizens who have been exempted from registering their names in the voters’ roll and have reached the voting age will be able to do so. According to Surya Prasad Aryal, the Commission’s Information Officer, names can be registered in the voters’ roll at 77 District Election Offices, 77 District Administration Offices, and 73 Area Administration Offices.
Those who live outside the district where they have a permanent address can register by reaching the election office in the district where they live. The commission has made arrangements to register names on the voters’ roll from all 77 district election offices, all 77 district administration offices, and 73 area administration offices. ‘Those who live outside their permanent address can register at the district election office where they live,’ said Aryal, the commission’s information officer.
The Commission will send the registered voter list through the system to the district where the voter’s permanent address is located. The Commission has considered citizens who have reached the age of 16 to be eligible to register their names on the Electoral Rolls.
Those who have already registered but have an error on the list can correct it at the District Election Office. You must go to the relevant district election office for this. Or the commission has made plans to correct the error via email. According to Aryal, the commission has made arrangements so that the names can be corrected by submitting the required documents and submitting the application through the online system to the election office of the concerned district.
Following the announcement of local elections, the commission halted voter registration. The registration period for the upcoming House of Representatives and state assembly elections has begun, according to the commission. The Commission is preparing internally for elections to the House of Representatives and the State Assembly in the last week of Kartik (Oct/Nov) to the first week of Mangsir (Nov/Dec). After the election date is set, the commission will not register the names on the list.
