Kathmandu, March 11 -- The Election Commission (EC) is considering revising its voter education strategy after preliminary data from the March 5 House of Representatives elections showed a significant number of invalid votes.

Suman Ghimire, information officer of the commission, said that more than five percent of ballots cast under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system were invalid, a figure the apex election authority has taken seriously despite running extensive voter education programmes ahead of the polls.

"Voter education was carried out intensively to increase participation and minimise invalid votes. But preliminary figures show that the number of invalid ballots has not declined as expected," Ghimire said.

The commission said ...