Kathmandu, Jan. 10 -- The Election Commission has formally announced that neither Nepalis living abroad will get to vote nor will out-of-constituency voting be possible in the March 5 snap polls.

Though the top officials at the commission had informally been ruling out the possibility of voting from other than the voter's permanent residence, the constitutional poll body had not spoken publicly, as the Sushila Karki government had been reiterating its commitment to make it possible.

Organising a press briefing on Friday, the commission announced that ensuring the right to franchise from the places other than from the respective constituencies of the voters was not possible in the lack of timely preparations.

"We were unable to make the...