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Kathmandu, Jan 25: Voting is taking place on Sunday (January 25) for 18 National Assembly seats that will fall vacant on Falgun 20, 2082. The Election Commission said all preparations for the polls, scheduled from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, have been completed.

Of the 18 seats, one post under the Khas Arya category in Koshi Province has been decided unopposed. Elections are being held on Sunday for the remaining 17 seats, according to Election Commission spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai. Nepali Congress candidate Sunil Bahadur Thapa has been elected unopposed from the Khas Arya category in Koshi Province. Polling stations and voting centers have been designated across all seven provinces for the remaining seats.

For Koshi Province, voting will take place at the Provincial Election Office premises in Biratnagar, Morang. In Madhes Province, the polling center has been set up at the Mahendranarayan Nidhi Mithila Culture Center, Janakpurdham Sub Metropolitan City 4, Dhanusha. In Bagmati Province, voting will be held at Bhutandevi Secondary School, Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City 4, Makwanpur.

Similarly, polling centers have been fixed at the Provincial Election Office premises in Pokhara, Kaski for Gandaki Province, the Karmachari Milan Kendra in Ghorahi, Dang, for Lumbini Province, the Provincial Election Office premises in Birendranagar, Surkhet, for Karnali Province, and the Provincial Election Office premises in Dhangadhi, Kailali, for Sudurpaschim Province, Bhattarai said. Under the National Assembly election system, members of provincial assemblies, mayors and deputy mayors of municipalities, and chairpersons and vice chairpersons of rural municipalities serve as voters.

People’s News Monitoring service