Three million 471 thousand 792 eligible voters in Bagmati State

MAKWANPUR: There are a total of three million 471 thousand 792 eligible voters in Bagmati State.

Out of them, one million 737 thousand 378 are female and one million 738 thousand 87 male, according to the Bagmati State Election Office, Makawanpur. The state has a total of 13 districts including the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts).

For the polls, the total 4,143 polling centers have been designated for the state.

Separate polling centers have been designated in all three districts for ‘temporary’ voters including prisoners, the ‘third gender’ community and civil servants, who are allowed to vote under the proportional representation from these polling centers, said chief returning officer Lumbanath Pokharel.