Kathmandu. Barring minor incidents, the voting for the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) was held peacefully and enthusiastically throughout the country today.

The voting began at 7:00 am as per the Election Commission and concluded at 5:00 pm. Election Commissioner Dr Janaki Kumari Tuladhar said that although the voting time is till 5:00 pm, the remaining voters can cast their votes even after that by standing in the queue at the polling stations.

According to the EC, the voting has not been officially announced in any of the polling stations so far. The dispute in Dolakha, Sarlahi and Rautahat was resolved for some time. Voting is still underway at Malu polling centre in Tamakoshi-4 of Dolakha district. The EC will announce the details of the voting at a press conference at 6:15 pm today.

A total of 65 political parties are contesting under the first-past-the-post election system (first-past-the-post system) under 61 election symbols. A total of 3,406 candidates including 3,017 male, 388 female and one other are contesting in the first-past-the-post election.

A total of 3,135 candidates including 1,363 male and 1,772 female are contesting under the PR system. The elections were held for 165 constituencies under first-past-the-post (FPTP) and 110 constituencies under proportional representation.

A total of 189,03,689 voters including 9,633,358 male, 9,240,131 female and 200 third gender voters are eligible to cast their ballots. A total of 186,142 provisional voters are eligible for the election.

A total of 23,112 polling stations have been set up at 10,967 polling stations across the country. A total of 143 temporary polling stations were determined. Senior citizens, people with disabilities, people with disabilities and pregnant women would be given priority for easy voting.

A total of 79,727 Nepal Army, 75,797 Nepal Police, 34,567 Armed Police Force, 1,921 National Investigation Force and 149,090 Election Police personnel were deployed for election security.