Local elections have further strengthened democracy: Chief Election Commissioner Thapaliya

KATHMANDU: Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya asserted that the May 13 local level election had further strengthened democracy and federalism. At a program organized by the Election Commission of Nepal and General Election Observation Committee (GEOC) in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Commissioner Thapaliya viewed that the success of local level election could be measured by […]

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Local elections: 385 independent candidates secure victory

KATHMANDU, May 28: Altogether 385 independent candidates sealed victory in the May 13 local elections so far, according to the Election Commission of Nepal.

Local elections: Voting underway (photos)

KATHMANDU, May 13: Voting is currently underway in all the 753 local units across the country. Voting kicked off at 7:00 AM today in 21,955 polling centers at 10,756 polling stations across the country and it will continue till 5:00 PM today.  People will be electing a total of 35,221 representatives including mayors/ chair person and deputy mayors/vice chairperson, ward chairs, Dalit women members, women members and open ward members through the today's election taking place second time since the country  switched to a federal set-up.  It may be noted that 390 candidates have already been elected unopposed in the election. According to the Election Commission, 65 political parties are taking part in the election though it had registered 79 parties for the election purposes.   A total of 109,088 employees have been mobilized in the election. Here are some pictures taken by Ratopati photojournalist:

Local elections: Commission to publish results by May 19

Election Commission officials say they will make efforts to complete vote counting and publishing results of the local elections to be held this Friday within six days, by May 19. The post Local elections: Commission to publish results by May 19 appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Local elections: Commission completes printing ballot papers for 72 districts

The Election Commission says it has completed printing ballot papers for 72 districts for the May 13 local elections. The post Local elections: Commission completes printing ballot papers for 72 districts appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Local elections 2022: 137,043 candidates file nominations across country

KATHMANDU: As many as 137,043 candidates have registered their nominations in 753 local units across the country for the local level elections to be held on May 13. According to the latest data updated by the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday morning, 3,276 candidates have registered for the post of mayors and 2,009 for deputy […]

Local elections: Commission publishes calendar, candidacy filing on April 24-25

The Election Commission on Friday finalised and published the calendar of the events related to the local elections scheduled for May 13. The post Local elections: Commission publishes calendar, candidacy filing on April 24-25 appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

EC’s second proposal: Local elections on May 18

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The Election Commission (EC) has proposed to the government to hold the local polls in one phase on May 18.

Local elections must be held on time: Advocates - Khabarhub

KATHMANDU: Lawyers have demanded that the government and the Election Commission hold local elections on time.