Kathmandu. Voting for the election of a new leadership under the 15th General Convention of the Nepali Congress is taking place from 7 am today. The Election Committee has said that it has completed all preparations for the voting which was postponed by a day due to the delay in printing the ballot papers.

A total of 7,255 delegates will vote to elect a 297-member central working committee. According to the election committee, voting will begin at 7 am and continue till 3 pm.

Arrangements have been made for voting at the National Assembly House and Khula Manch premises. Separate polling stations have been determined according to the provinces, groups and institutions of the representatives. According to the Election Committee, voting arrangements have been made in various halls of the National Assembly House and Khula Manch premises.

In the voting, the delegates will exercise their franchise to elect the president, vice-president, general secretary, joint general secretary and central members. The election committee has said that the voting process will start from the senior voters.

Earlier, the election was scheduled to be held by October 22. However, due to the delay in printing the ballot papers, the election program was delayed by a day. The election committee had published a new timetable concluding that it would be better to start voting in the morning rather than voting at night.

The counting of votes will start after the voting is over. The final results will be announced after the counting of votes for all the posts is completed. However, the exact time for the declaration of the results has not been fixed.