The Election Commission has made public the sample ballot papers for the vice-presidential election. The Commission has arranged separate ballot papers for the members of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly. Parliament and National Assembly members will get pink ballot papers while Province Assembly members will get green ballot papers.

The names of all the four vice-presidential candidates along with their photographs are mentioned in the ballot papers.

CPN-UML Vice-Chairperson Astha Laxmi Shakya, Janata Samajbadi Party Parliamentary Party leader Ram Sahaya Yadav, Pramila Kumari Yadav and Janamat Party’s Mamata Jha have filed their nominations for the election. Pramila Yadav has announced to withdraw her candidacy saying that she would support Ram Sahaya Yadav in the vice-presidential election. Her name and photograph, however, were also printed in the ballot paper as she did not withdraw her candidacy within the stipulated time. Yadav has the support of five parties including ruling coalition parties—Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist) among other parties while Jha has the support of Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party. Shakya has the support of only UML. The election has been scheduled for March 17. Federal Parliament and Province Assembly members are the voters in the election.