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17.5 million voters eligible for CA polls

17.5 million voters eligible for CA polls
Nepalnews, 27-Mar-2007

A senior election commission official has informed that there will be around 17.5 million eligible voters in the forthcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) elections.

Dr. Nilkantha Upreti, an election commissioner, informed that around 17,500 polling centres will have to be set up for the purpose of conducting CA polls.

He further informed that the task of registering voters is 95 percent complete till now.

Addressing a programme "Democracy and Election in Nepal" in the capital on Tuesday, Dr. Upreti said the EC will invite political parties to register for the elections purposes within the next few days.

The election commissioner said that the EC was still waiting for the enactment of three electoral legislations including the CA Members Election Bill, CA Court Bill, and the Bill on Political Parties.

Dr. Upreti said the EC was fully committed to hold the polls on stipulated time.

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