CEC meets PM over election dates

Election Commission office-bearers met Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to discuss the date for National Assembly election. Nineteen seats of the 59-member Upper House will fall vacant after March 5 for which the poll panel will have to hold elections. Election Commission office-bearers met Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to discuss the date for National Assembly election. Nineteen seats of the 59-member Upper House will fall vacant after March 5 for which the poll panel will have to hold elections.

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Govt preparing to fix election dates today

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: The government is preparing to fix dates for the election of federal and provincial level on Thursday. A Cabinet meeting is scheduled to make a decision regarding dates of the election today, according to the Prime Minister’s secretariat. A meeting of the ruling alliance is also scheduled to be held this morning. In the meeting held on Wednesday, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had proposed to hold the elections on November 20.

SC refuses to issue interim order to delay local level polls

KATHMANDU, Feb 22: The Supreme Court (SC) has refused to issue an interim order to delay the local level polls.  Conducting a hearing on the writ petition filed at the apex court against the announcement of local level election dates, a bench of Justice Bishamber Prasad Shrestha refused to issue an interim order. Mayor Sanjeeb Kumar Shah of Bangaha Municipality of Mahottari district had filed the writ petition at the apex court. Stating that the government announced the dates for election before ending the tenure of elected representatives, Mayor Shah had demanded the SC to scrap the decision. The apex court has however asked the government to show the reason for announcing the election dates earlier than scheduled.

Poll panel urges govt to announce civic election dates

The Election Commission has urged the government to announce the date for local polls immediately.

EC calls govt to fix local level poll dates

The Election Commission (EC) has called the government to announce the date for the election of local levels at the earliest. Issuing a press statement, Saligram Sharma Poudel, spokesperson for the Commission said, "It is evident that delay in declaration of election dates would make the management of holding the election procedure even more challenging." "Thus, we request the government to announce the polling dates as per Section 4 (1) of Local Level Election Act, 2017," said spokesperson Poudel.

Election Commission urges govt to fix local-level election dates

The Election Commission has urged the Government of Nepal to fix the date of the upcoming local elections as soon as possible.

Election Commission urges govt to fix local-level election dates

The Election Commission has urged the Government of Nepal to fix the date of the upcoming local elections as soon as possible.

Ruling coalition holding meeting to finalize election dates today - Khabarhub

KATHMANDU: The ruling coalition is holding a meeting to finalize the date for elections even today.

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, India announces Assembly election dates

According to the Election Commission of India, five poll-bound states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, and Manipur will be held between February 10 and March 7 in a total of seven phases and conclude with the counting on March 10

Cabinet reshuffle: Supreme Court tells govt to explain reasons

The Supreme Court has told the government to explain why Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reshuffled the cabinet, also appointing new members even after the announcement of general election dates.