Nghi Loc voters eagerly go to the polls

At exactly 7:00 a.m., 194 polling stations in 28 communes and 1 town with 132,734 voters of Nghi Loc district opened simultaneously.XV National Assembly electionand election of People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term.

Election Team No. 2, Voting Area No. 2 in Nghi Thach Commune, Nghi Loc District, has 539 voters; in addition to voting for National Assembly deputies, Provincial People's Council, District People's Council, voters will directly select 4 deputies out of 7 candidates to participate in Nghi Thach Commune People's Council for the 2021-2026 term.

Here, the two oldest voters, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thanh (96 years old) and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Oanh (94 years old), residing in Hamlet 2 (Nghi Thach), had the honor of casting the first votes, choosing the most outstanding delegates representing the voice of the people to participate in the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thanh shared: since the first vote in 1946 until now, it has been 75 years, every term he has personally cast his ballot. For Mr. Thanh, witnessing the changes of his homeland and country through each term makes him even more emotional.

In Nghi Phong commune, there are 6 election teams with 8,000 voters. This morning, a large number of voters at the polling stations also came to perform their civic duties. Mr. Hoang Manh Ha - Party Secretary, Chairman of Nghi Phong Commune People's Committee said: In the past few days, thanks to the active propaganda of the election teams, people have grasped the schedule and have arranged their work to go to the polls in full. The local government has also directed the polling stations to strictly implement the regulations on keeping distance and preventing and fighting the epidemic.

In Nghi Dien commune, the commune has 8 polling stations, with 5,436 voters, of which 70% are Catholic voters. This morning, although people had a solemn ceremony at the church, after the ceremony ended, voters quickly went to the polling stations to fulfill their civic duties.

Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung - Chairman of the District People's Committee, Chairman of the Nghi Loc District Election Committee said:Nghi LocIn constituency 22, for provincial People's Council delegates, voters will elect 5 out of 8 candidates; elect 35/59 candidates for district People's Council delegates and elect 735 delegates out of 1,228 candidates for commune People's Council delegates. Particularly for the election of XV National Assembly delegates, Nghi Loc belongs to constituency 5 including Dien Chau, Nghi Loc districts and Cua Lo town, voters in constituency 5 will elect 2 out of 4 nominated candidates.

Mr. Dung added that in order to ensure disease prevention, the District Election Committee has also directed communes to strictly implement social distancing when voting, organize health declarations, hand sanitizer, and temperature measurement for each voter before and after coming to the polling stations.

According to updated information, as of 8am this morning, the entire Nghi Loc district had about more than 20% of voters going to the polls.

Some images captured by reporters in Nghi Loc district on the opening morning of the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term.

People have their temperature checked before entering the polling station in Nghi Phong commune, Nghi Loc. Photo: Tien Dong

Flag salute ceremony before the opening ceremony in Nghi Thach commune. Photo: Tien Dong

Election team and voter representatives of election team No. 2, Nghi Thach commune, Nghi Loc check the sealed ballot box before the election. Photo: Tien Dong

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thanh and his wife, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Oanh (Hamlet 2, Nghi Thach Commune), went to vote early at polling station No. 2, Nghi Thach. Photo: Tien Dong

Mr. Thanh personally cast his ballot to elect the most outstanding people to the 15th National Assembly and People's Council delegates at all levels for the 2021-2026 term. Photo: Tien Dong

Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung - Chairman of Nghi Loc District Election Committee votes at his residence. Photo: Tien Dong

People study the list of candidates to choose the best ones. Photo: Tien Dong

Also this morning, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee inspected the election work in Nghi Phong commune, Nghi Loc district. Photo: Tien Dong

Priest Nguyen Van Hieu - Dean and Parish Priest of Xa Doai casts his vote at polling station No. 6, Nghi Dien Commune. Photo: Tien Dong

After the ceremony at the church, many voters of Nghi Dien commune went to the polling stations to exercise their civil rights. Photo: Tien Dong