January 8: The Election Commission (EC) has released the final list of voters for the upcoming National Assembly election. Issuing a press statement on Sunday, the EC informed that final list of voters have been published at the offices of election officers in all seven provinces.    
As per the EC update, there are a total of 549 voters from all seven province assemblies while 1,498 voters from local levels. However, the total vote weightage (one vote equals to 53 votes) from provinces is 29,097 while that from local level (one vote equals to 53 votes) is 28,462.    
Categorically, Koshi Province members contribute 93 votes while 377 voters include chair, vice chairs, mayors and deputy mayors from rural municipalities.    
Likewise, there are a total of 374 voters from Madhes Province including 107 province assembly members and 267 mayors and deputy mayors of metropolis, sub-metropolis and municipalities, and chiefs and deputy chiefs of rural municipalities.    
In Madhes Province, the total weightage of vote from the province assembly members is 5,571 and that of the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of rural municipalities and mayors and deputy mayors is 5,073.    
In Bagmati Province, the number of voters is 347 including 110 province assembly members and the vote weightage in Bagmati Province is 10,333.      
The Election Commission stated that the number of voters is 230 in Gandaki Province and the total weightage of votes is 6,410.    
Similarly, in Lumbini Province, there are a total of 305 voters including 87 voters from province assembly and 218 voters from rural municipality including chairpersons and vice-chairpersons.  In the province, the vote weightage is 8,753 including 4,611 of province assembly members and 4,142 of rural municipality chairpersons and vice-chairpersons, according to the Election Commission.    
In Karnali Province, the number of province assembly members is 40 while there are 156 rural municipality chairpersons and vice-chairpersons. The total weightage of vote in the province is 5,084 including 2,120 of province assembly and 2,120 of rural municipality.    
Similarly, there are 228 voters in Sudurpaschim Province, including 52 province assembly members and 173 rural municipality chairpersons and vice-chairpersons.    
Among them, the total weightage of vote in the province is 6,100 including 2,756 of province assembly members and 3,344 of rural municipality chairpersons and vice-chairpersons, the EC added. -- RSS