KATHMANDU, Oct 31: The Election Commission (EC) has arranged ballot papers with red election symbols on white background for the first-past-the-post (FPTP) election system to choose the House of Representatives and provincial assembly members in the upcoming elections.
Likewise, the EC has arranged ballot papers with white background and election symbols in black color for proportional representation (PR) election system to choose the HoR and provincial assembly members.
EC completes printing of 40 percent ballot papers
Under the FPTP, there will be ballot papers having the election symbols of the candidates or political parties which are in the election race in each electoral constituency.
Likewise, there will be ballot papers with 47 election symbols for HoR under the PR election system.
According to the EC, only 47 parties out of 68 applicants are eligible to participate in the HoR elections under the PR election system.
As informed, there will be a varying number of election symbols in the ballot papers as per the province under the PR election system for the provincial assembly election.
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