VOA: Nepal Mounts Historic Election
Voters in Nepal are casting their ballots Sunday in a historic election.
They are choosing local lawmakers in seven newly-formed federal states, as well as lawmakers for the national parliament.
The election marks the country's first provincial polls.
The newly elected provincial Nepalese lawmakers will name their states, draft provincial laws and choose local leaders.
Voter turnout is expected to be high for the two-phase election.
More than three million people in northern Nepal, including the area hard hit by an earthquake two years ago, are eligible to vote Sunday.
The more populous south will vote on December 7.
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