Technically, a total of 334 members of the federal parliament, comprising 275 members of the House of Representatives, 59 of the National Assembly, and 550 members of Provincial Assemblies can vote in Tuesday’s election. But three nominees of the National Assembly will be out from the voting process because their appointments have been challenged at the Supreme Court. House of Representative member Resham Chaudhary, who is in police custody in connection to the 2015 Tikapur carnage, will not be voting as well. Ditto for Rajib Gurung aka Deepak Manange who has is on the run after he was convicted in an attempted murder case.
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Voting is underway to elect the new President of the country. The election process began at 10am on Tuesday morning and will conclude at 3pm.
An electoral college, including the members of federal parliament and provincial assemblies, will vote in the election that will be held in Parliament building. The voting is expected to take place between 10 am to 3 pm, and the results would be made public on Wednesday, according to Bharat Raj Gautam, spokesperson at Parliament Secretariat.
