Nepal, Oct. 17 -- Nepal has added 187,686 voters to its electoral roll since the last House of Representatives election, according to the Election Commission.

The updated voter list, covering the period from April 5 to August 31, includes 19,769,825 men, 9,321,336 women and 214 voters of other genders.

The commission said it had removed 158,264 names from the list, including 45,322 deceased voters, as well as duplicate entries and those who had renounced or had their citizenship revoked.

A total of 18,903,689 people were eligible to vote in the last House of Representatives election, the commission said in a statement issued Friday.

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