Election Commission says government move to scrap election offices unconstitutional
In an all-party meeting, the commission said it will not be able to take responsibility if questions regarding the legitimacy of the elections arise following the implementation of the decision.
KATHMANDU: The process of filing nominations for the by-election scheduled for April 27 in Ilam-2 has commenced as candidates began submitting their nominations on Saturday. The Election Commission had instructed candidates to submit their nominations at the respective election office between 10 am to 5 pm today. As of now, four candidates have officially filed […]
TAPLEJUNG, Nov 14: It has been recommended to the Election Commission (EC) to bring the ballot boxes of four polling stations in remote areas of Taplejung to the main election office by a helicopter.
KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) has said that the explanation given by the CPN-Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda regarding breach of code of conduct during the registration of nominations is not satisfactory. Earlier when Prachanda reached Constituency 2 of Gorkha, a musical procession had accompanied him to the election office on October 9. […]
The Election Commission (EC) has set a deadline to apply for a copy of the voter ID card if it is lost or damaged in any case.
Issuing a statement on Monday, the EC said that a copy of the voter’s identity card can be obtained by submitting an application to the concerned district election office by March 4 on the recommendation of the ward office.
KATHMANDU, Feb 1: With the consensus reached among the ruling alliance to hold the local level election in Jestha (May/ June), preparation for the election is gradually speeding up.
The home administration and security bodies, however, call for the announcement of the date for the election prior to the security preparations.
Nepal Police has demanded the purchase of new vehicles to be mobilized during the election period.
According to the Inspector General of Nepal Police, Sailesh Thapa, Nepal Police has asked for Rs 9 billion for the purchase of new vehicles.
“It would be difficult to maintain security by mobilizing the old vehicles of Nepal Police during the election if no new vehicles are purchased and mobilized,” said a high-level police officer.
It has been estimated that the Election Commission requires as much as Rs 12 billion to conduct the election in all the 753 local bodies in the country which will be the most expensive election in the history of Nepal.
Besides, it has been apparent that the security expenses during the election in Nepal usually cost double that of a poll body. In this case, the security cost alone will be around Rs 25 billion.
“In the local level election held in 2074 BS, the expenses of the poll body was Rs 8.11 billion.
The election this time is estimated to be more than 30 percent more expensive than the previous election due to COVID-19 pandemic and inflation,” said Shaligram Sharma Poudel, spokesperson for the election commission.
As per the criteria of the poll body, there will be one election center for 1000 voters. After the local level election held five years ago, as many as 2,000,000 voters have been added which means 2,000 more voting centers are required to be added this time.
The election commission deploys one election officer and eight to ten employees in one voting center.
The government needs to establish an election office at every local level. In this case, there will be 753 election offices,753 election officers and around 21,000 voting centers with around 10 employees.
The officers at the election commission maintain that earlier the election, earlier to manage resources and less the cost.
Karnali Province lawmakers Chandra Bahadur Shahi from Mugu district, Padam Bahadur Rokaya from Jumla district and Devi Oli from Rukum Paschim district today went to the provincial election office of the Election Commission to verify their names and signatures for the CPN (Unified Socialist)
KATHMANDU, July 31: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday instructed the district election office, Chitwan, to conduct re-election in ward no 19 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City at the earliest.
