Voters Can Use Citizenship, National ID or Passport to Cast Ballot

The Election Commission (EC) has clarified that voters can use their national identity card, passport, land ownership certificate or driving licence, in addition to the voter identity card and citizenship certificate, to cast their ballots in the House of Representatives elections on March 5.

Issuing a recent notice, the Commission urged voters to carry any one of the approved identification documents to their designated polling centres.

The EC said only those whose names appear on the final voter list and who have reached 18 years of age by March 4 will be eligible to vote.

According to the election schedule, voting will take place on March 5 from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

A total of 65 political parties are contesting the election under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system for 165 parliamentary seats, while 110 seats will be filled through the proportional representation system.

In the FPTP category, 3,406 candidates—3,017 men, 388 women, and one other—are in the fray. For proportional representation, 3,135 candidates—1,363 men and 1,772 women—are competing.

According to the Election Commission, there are 1,89,03,689 eligible voters, including 96,63,358 men, 92,40,131 women, and 200 others, with an additional 1,86,142 temporary voters registered for this election. – with inputs from RSS