– Narayan Neupane
Kathmandu, March 12 (RSS): Election to the post of President is taking place here tomorrow on Tuesday.
The Election Commission has completed all preparations including the management of the human resources and the ballot papers as well as the necessary security arrangements for the election, EC spokesperson Nawaraj Dhakal said.
Voting under the election will take place from 10 am to 3 pm at the polling centre at the federal parliament building at New Baneshwar.
Incumbent President Bidya Devi Bhandari and former lawmaker Kumari Laxmi Rai are running for the post of President. Electoral college comprising the federal parliament members and the Province Assembly members will elect the President. According to spokesperson Dhakal, there are 880 voters including 331 federal parliament members and 549 Province Assembly members.
The weightage of the vote of the federal parliamentarians is 79 while that of the Province Assembly members is 48. The total weightage of votes is 52,500 and the candidate securing 26,251 votes-weightage will become the winner.
This is the third election to the post of President after the country was declared a federal democratic republic.
The President is the Head of the State and the term of the President is five years. Spokesperson Dhakal said that the election results would be known by the evening on Tuesday.
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