17 November, Parsa. Voters in rural areas are extra keen to take part within the voting course of and vote appropriately than in city areas. The variety of votes solid and the variety of invalid votes discovered within the just lately concluded consultant and state meeting elections have confirmed that voters in rural areas are extra conscious than city voters.
There are 4 constituencies within the district No. 1 with 66 p.c voting, 5.006 p.c of votes had been invalidated, whereas in Region No. 2 with 67 p.c voting, 5.2 p.c votes had been invalidated. The District Election Office stated that whereas 71 p.c of votes had been solid in Region No. 3, 4.12 p.c and 69 p.c in Region No. 4, 3.38 p.c of votes had been invalidated.
Chief Election Officer Vinod Kumar Pokharel knowledgeable that 2,591 out of 51,211 votes solid in Region No. 1, which can be the headquarters of the district, and three,46 out of 58,547 votes solid in Region No. 2 have been invalidated. He stated that 2,651 out of 64,324 votes solid in space No. 3, which is within the rural a part of the district, and a couple of,103 out of 62,219 votes solid in space No. 4 had been invalid.
Compared to 10.09 p.c of the votes within the consultant and state meeting elections held in 2074, solely 4.4 p.c of the votes within the district had been invalidated on this 12 months’s election.
Voter training has been prioritized by the Election Commission this 12 months, though the variety of invalid votes is low within the district, however it’s stated that the fee must make a particular technique to manage the growing variety of invalid votes seen in city areas.