Bhaktapur : The printing of ballot papers for the upcoming House of Representatives (HoR) election reached the final phase.

According to the Janak Education Materials Centre Limited, the remaining 500,000 ballot papers would be printed by this afternoon.

Managing Director of the Centre, Yadunath Poudel, confirmed that printing works will be completed by this evening.

“Printing of the ballot papers under the direct election system has reached the final phase,” he said, adding that the remaining 500,000 ballot papers out of 20.3 million ballot papers will be printed by today.

The Centre had started the printing works with a schedule of 42 days and is accomplishing its task in 40 days.
The ballot papers will be dispatched in all districts by tomorrow, Managing Director Poudel said.

Similarly, 20,830,000 ballot papers for the proportional representation electoral system have already been printed. A total of 20,323,000 ballot papers are to be printed for the first-past-the-post electoral system.