KATHMANDU, Nov 23: The Election Commission (EC) has revised the voter weightage for participants in the National Assembly election scheduled for January 2024.
Following the 2021 census, the commission has determined the new vote share for provincial assembly members, mayors and deputy mayors and chairs and vice-chair of the local governments.
Voting in Madhesh Province ends, vote counting to begin shortly
Shaligram Sharma Paudel, the spokesperson for the Commission, revealed that during the Wednesday meeting of the EC, the votes of provincial assembly members were set at 53, while the votes of the chairs and vice-chairs of the rural municipalities and the mayors and deputy mayors of the municipalities were fixed at 19.
Previously, one provincial assembly member held 48 votes, and local-level people’s representatives had 18 votes.
The EC has recommended to the government that the National Assembly election date be scheduled for around January 11.
