Manang: With the House of Representatives election approaching, monitoring of several remote polling stations in the mountainous district of Manang remains incomplete due to heavy snowfall and extreme cold.

Chief District Officer Nawaraj Paudyal said five polling stations in Narpabhumi Rural Municipality could not be monitored because of geographical remoteness and harsh weather. Three polling centers in the Nar area, which require a two-day walk from the district headquarters Chame, and two in the Phu area are yet to be inspected.

However, monitoring of all nine polling centers in Manang Ngisyang Rural Municipality, as well as those in Chame and Naso, has been completed.

Authorities are also discussing with the local municipality the possibility of temporarily shifting polling stations in Narpabhumi—where there are 488 registered voters—to the district headquarters if adverse weather persists. District Election Officer Jeevan Kunwar said alternative arrangements are being considered in case conditions do not improve.

Manang, which has a single House of Representatives constituency, has 7,000 registered voters this year, including 3,623 women and 3,377 men—an increase of 221 voters compared to the previous election.

The main contenders in the constituency are Tek Bahadur Gurung of the Nepali Congress, Yashoda Subedi Gurung of the CPN, and Ram Bahadur Gurung of the Mongol National Organization.