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Local elections: Some independent and rebel candidates also steal the show along with major forces’ picks

Election officials in most of the local units that held local elections on Friday have begun counting the votes by Saturday morning. The post Local elections: Some independent and rebel candidates also steal the show along with major forces’ picks appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

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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.

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Local elections indicate changing trend among voters

The country on Friday successfully conducted local level elections nationwide. This local polls is the second of its kind after the country adopted a federal republic system following promulgation of a new Constitution in 2015. The local polls were largely peaceful except for few reports of clashes amid tight security. People throughout the country, including as old as 113-year-old voter, enthusiastically participated in the polls to elect 35,211 representatives of their choice for 753 local units from 145,011 candidates.

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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:

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Local elections: 41% of candidates are under 40, but nonagenarians are also fighting

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Local elections: Candidates visiting doorsteps to woo voters in Birgunj

BIRGUNJ: Birgunj Metropolitan City, the only metropolitan city in the Madhes Province, is gripped with election fever as different political parties and the independent candidates have intensified their publicity campaigns in the city. Birgunj Metropolitan City is also the hometown of Chief Minister of Madhes Province Lalbabu Raut. Different political parties are making their commitment […]

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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 […]

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Local elections: Today is final day for nomination filing

KATHMANDU: Nominations are being registered for the local level election today as well. Although the nomination registration began on Sunday, a few candidates turned up to file their nominations. It is learnt that the ruling coalition and the main opposition CPN-UML are registering nominations in most places today. Though nominations are to be registered for […]

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Many candidates rendered jobless after the elections

BAJURA, July 7: Local elections have shattered the dreams of many candidates in Bajura district who had quit their government jobs to contest the polls.

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