POKHARA: A total of 1,870,065 voters have been registered for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5 in Gandaki Province. Of them, 955,516 are female and 914,535 are male, according to the Provincial Election Office in Pokhara.
The office said the number of female voters exceeds male voters by 40,981. Providing district-wise details, Information Officer Rudra Prasad Neupane said that all districts in the province except Gorkha have more female voters. In Gorkha, there are 114,837 male voters and 114,220 female voters.
Manang has 3,377 male and 3,623 female voters. Lamjung has 67,600 male and 69,524 female voters, while Kaski has 148,515 male and 160,115 female voters.
Similarly, Tanahun has 123,491 male and 130,906 female voters, and Syangja has 122,464 male and 126,351 female voters. In Nawalpur, there are 129,054 male voters and 139,468 female voters.
Mustang has 5,559 male and 5,768 female voters, while Myagdi has 42,302 male and 44,064 female voters. Baglung has 94,806 male and 98,574 female voters, and Parbat has 62,600 male and 62,865 female voters.
The number of voters registered under categories other than male and female stands at 14, Neupane said. Kaski has the highest number of voters at 308,572, while Manang has the lowest, with about 7,000 voters.
For the election, the Provincial Election Office has set up 1,297 polling centers and 2,396 polling stations across the province. District-wise, there are 225 polling centers in Gorkha, 199 in Syangja, 153 in Kaski, 144 in Tanahun, 130 in Lamjung, 114 in Nawalpur, 107 in Baglung, 82 in Myagdi, 76 in Parbat, 39 in Mustang, and 28 in Manang.
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