Kathmandu, Nov. 23 -- The Election Commission has added 837,094 new voters to the rolls ahead of the March 5 snap polls as the registration closed on Friday.

While 344,914 got registered through the commission's district offices, 492,189, who had already got national identity cards, were listed . The total number of registered voters for the snap polls, scheduled to take place in three-and-a-half months, has now risen to 19,005,324 which is an increase of about five percent.

The commission, on September 25, opened voter registration targeting youths. Anyone who had obtained citizenship after attaining 16 years of age could get listed as a voter though only those who complete 18 years by March 4 will be allowed to cast their ballots.

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