National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh speaks at the working session. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The northern province of HaNam has completed a third consultative conference to finalise a list of eight eligiblecandidates to the 15th National Assembly and 84 to the provincialPeople’s Council for the 2021-2026 tenure, according to Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Truong Quoc Huy.
Also head of the provincial Election Committee, Huy saida list of 329 candidates for People’s Councils at the district level and 4,523 atthe communal level have also been completed.
Ha Nam has so far set up two committees for theelection of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and 12 others forthe election of members to the provincial People’s Council, 43 at the districtlevel, and 696 at the communal level.
The province has 655 polling stations at culturalhouses in hamlets and villages, along with those at schools, village communalhouses, communal medical stations, agencies, and houses of some localresidents.
Preparations for the elections have seen good progressin line with regulations, Huy said.
Ha Nam is home to 651,093 voters.
At a working session on April 20 with the provincial ElectionCommittee, National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Khac Dinh, who led an inspectiongroup from the NA Standing Committee and the National Election Council (NEC),lauded Ha Nam’s performance in preparing for the elections, which are slatedfor May 23.
He asked the province to continue its efforts,focusing on dealing with denunciations and complaints related to electionactivities and holding meetings with voters.
Earlier, the working group inspected election preparationsin Thanh Son commune, Kim Bang district, and Tien Tan commune in Phu Lydistrict./.
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