EC to provide election symbol to candidates for local level election today
KATHMANDU, April 30: The Election Commission (EC) is providing election symbols to the parties and individuals who have fielded their candidacy for the local level elections today.
KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) is providing election symbols to the candidates who have filed candidacies for the local level elections today. The candidates who registered nominations on behalf of the political parties on April 24 and 25 will receive the election symbol of their respective parties and those independent ones will receive new symbols, […]
KATHMANDU, April 29: The Election Commission (EC) has said those registering candidacy for the local level election could withdraw their nomination by 5.00 PM today.
According to the election schedule, the final name list of candidates would also be published today.
The commission would provide the candidates with an election symbol on Saturday.
A local level election is scheduled for May 13 for a total of 35,221 members, including mayor, deputy mayor, chairperson and vice-chairperson of 753 local government units, 6,743 ward offices.
The candidates had registered their nomination on April 24-25. According to the records as of Thursday, 153,145 people have filed their candidacy in local level elections.
KATHMANDU, April 18: As the local level election is on our doorsteps, both the ruling alliance and the main opposition party are busy forging an electoral alliance.
Earlier, the CPN-UML had been maintaining that the party would contest in the election against the ruling alliance solely. However, in recent days, UML seems busy building alliances with other small parties.
As the ruling Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha Party have announced an electoral alliance in the upcoming local election, the main opposition party, UML, Kamal Thapa-led Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Ek Nath Dhakal-led Pariwar Dal, Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, CK Raut-led Janamath Party, Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal, Narayanman Bijukchhe-led Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party, Hridayesh Tripathi-led Janata Pragatisheel Party and a fraction of Nepali Congress-led by Govinda Raj Joshi are preparing to forge a similar alliance, according to UML leaders.
Kamal Thapa-led Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Ek Nath Dhakal-led Pariwar Dal have already decided to contest in the upcoming local polls using UML’s election symbol. Likewise, the UML is all set to offer a similar choice to the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal.
KP Oli-led UML and Kamal Thapa-led Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal have already agreed on forging an electoral alliance at Makwanpur, Chitwan, Kaski, Mahottari and Parsa districts.
Likewise, UML is preparing to forge a similar alliance with the Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajbadi Party in districts of Madhesh Province and a few districts of Lumbini Province.
Similarly, UML and the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal are joining hands in some districts of Sudur Paschim Province, Lumbini Province and Karnali Province.
Also, the party is looking forward to an alliance with Narayanman Bijukchhe-led Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party in Karnali Province and in Tanahu with a fraction of Nepali Congress-led by Govinda Raj Joshi.
KATHMANDU, April 13: The CPN-UML and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal led by Kamal Thapa have agreed to forge an electoral alliance in the upcoming local level election.
KATHMANDU, March 23: Ahead of local level polls, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)-led by Rajendra Lindden and the Bibeksheel Sajha Party-led by Rabindra Mishra are preparing to unite.
The two parties have been holding a series of meetings on this regard for the past few weeks, according to Bhuvan Phatak, the general secretary of RPP. “So far, the discussions are positive.”
According to a high-level RPP source, two parties are set to announce the unification soon. However, the parties are yet to finalize the name for the new party.
The RPP has suggested keeping RPP as the name of the new party after unification while the Bibeksheel Sajha Party has suggested RPP Sajha or Sajha RPP.
Even Though, Mishra has agreed to have plough as an election symbol, he has demanded a figure of beam balance in the party's flag.
KATHMANDU, March 18: The registration of candidacy for the upcoming local level elections has been scheduled for April 24 and 25.
"As per the election program of the commission, registration of candidacy will take place on April 24 and 25," said an official at the election commission.
The name list of the candidates will be published on April 28.
Those willing to withdraw their candidacy can do so from 5 pm to 6 pm on April 29.
The election symbol will be distributed on April 30, according to the commission.
The 73 political parties who have registered to participate in the local level election to be held on May 13 have been asked to provide details of district-wise activities and the organization of the party.
The Election Commission (EC) has clarified that it has decided to prepare ballot papers in the forthcoming local level election by putting details with a green election symbol on a white background as it is voter and enumerator friendly
The Election Commission (EC) has clarified that it has decided to prepare ballot papers in the forthcoming local level election by putting details with a green election symbol on a white background as it is voter and enumerator friendly.
