12,789 independent candidates getting election symbols

KATHMANDU: As many as 12,789 independent candidates are contesting for various posts in the upcoming May 13 local level elections. The Election Commission (EC) has said it is providing election symbols to them out of 40 different types of election symbols today. The forty election symbols include cat, toad, eagle, banana, rose, head of he-goat, […]

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Election symbols allocated to by-election candidates

KATHMANDU: The Election Commission (EC) has allocated election symbols to candidates participating in the upcoming by-elections. The by-elections for a House of Representatives seat in Ilam-2 and a provincial assembly member seat in Bajhang-1 are scheduled for April 27. A total of 20 candidates, including 12 from various political parties and eight independent candidates, had […]

Election Commission to allot only 15 days for poll canvassing

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to print the election symbols of only those political parties and independent candidates who have filed their candidacies in the concerned constituency under first-past-the-post (FPTP) election to the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assemblies. Speaking at an interaction the Commission held with editors of mainstream media here on Sunday, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said the election symbols of only those political parties and independent candidates who filed their nomination under FPTP category would be printed on the ballot paper.