Chitwan, Oct 20: The district election office has eliminated 3,362 voter names from the electoral register in the district. Through the voter roll extension initiative, entries for individuals with duplicate registrations, deceased persons, and those who have renounced citizenship have been purged.
Consequently, 1,943 individuals with duplicate registrations were removed. Names identified as duplicated during verification against the Commission’s database were deleted.
According to Bhimsen Karki, the office head, 1,380 deceased individuals and 39 persons who renounced their citizenship were removed from the electoral roll. The deceased individuals’ names were removed based on death certificates filed at the respective ward offices and information from their families.
Those who renounced citizenship were removed following documentation received from the district administration office.
A total of 442,082 votes were registered in House of Representatives election held on March 5, following the election, an additional 13,134 voters were registered now.