- Nearly 19 million voters will head to the polls on Thursday in Nepal’s first election since last year’s mass protests KATHMANDU, Nepal In Nepal’s far northern district of Humla, exercising one’s right to vote can mean days of travel through snow-covered mountain passes. This week, a group of residents from the high-altitude village of Limi returned home days ahead of Nepal’s parliamentary election, clearing snow from recently opened tracks to ensure villagers could reach their polling