The assembly and unit committee elections in Lower Manya, in the Eastern region, have been canceled and rescheduled for a later date to be announced.
According to sources, the cancellation was caused by insufficient voting papers.
The sources, of the information were provided by the Municipality’s Electoral Commission Director an hour after the polls were scheduled to begin.
Meanwhile, voting for assembly members and unit committee members is already ongoing in various Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) around the nation.
In the municipal elections, around 66,000 people are running for assembly and unit committee posts.
According to the Electoral Commission, there are 18,755 assembly member candidates and 47,502-unit committee member candidates, for a total of 66,257 candidates.
The electoral battlefield has 6,215 electoral areas spread over 216 MMDAs.
