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By-elections: Campaigning will be closed from 12 pm on Thursday

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April 20 -Kathmandu – The Election Commission has informed that for the by-elections to be held on the 10th of Baisakh 2079 BS, the period of prohibition of campaigning will continue from 12 midnight on Thursday.

In order to conduct the election in a clean, free, fair, reliable, transparent, and fear-free environment, the period of prohibition of the campaign will be applied from 48 hours before the polling day until the polling station is closed on the polling day as stipulated in the Election Code of Conduct, 2079 and the Election Commission has requested everyone to act accordingly.

On the 10th of Baisakh election will be held in Bara Constituency No. 2, Tanahun Constituency No. 1, and Chitwan constituency no. 2 for the House of Representatives by-election, 2080. The Commission has issued the Election Code of Conduct, 2079, using the authority given by Section 22 of the Election Commission Act, 2073, to be maintained from Chait 24th to Baisakh 10th 2079 BS.

The election schedule has been made public

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The Election Commission has announced the election schedule for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections to be held on Mangsir 4, 2079 BS.

The Commission has said that the nomination papers of the candidates will be registered on Ashwin 23 2079 BS., and the list of candidates whose nomination papers have been registered will be published.

Similarly, it is said that complaints could be filed against the candidates on Ashwin 24,2079 BS., nomination papers and complaints will be examined and decided on the 24th and 25th of Ashwin, and the list of candidates will be published on Ashwin 25,2079 BS.

According to the commission. It has been said that the candidates can withdraw their names on Ashwin 26, 2079 BS., and the final list of candidates will be published on the same day and they will be given the election symbols.

Election Commission estimates the budget of Rs 10 billion for the election

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The Election Commission has estimated that it will cost Rs 10 billion to hold the state and House of Representatives elections this year.

The commission estimates that the expenditure has been hiked due to the increase in salaries, allowances, daily allowances and travel expenses and other facilities. Increase in number of voters, increase in polling stations and polling booths, increase in use of information technology, cost of preparation of polling materials and voter education materials, current market price and transportation cost has made an election expensive compared to the previous election.

State and federal parliamentary elections by November 25

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Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Thapaliya has informed that the Election Commission is preparing for the state and federal parliamentary elections by November 25.

Addressing a meeting of the Women and Social Affairs Committee, Thapaliya said that the participation of women in the local level elections was low and urged the parliamentarians to play a role in registering at least 33 percent women candidates in the state and federal parliamentary elections.

He also said that some legal and practical issues need to be settled in accordance with the spirit of the constitution.

Voter list compilation starts from today

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The Election Commission (EC) is starting the work of compiling the voter list across the country from today targeting the upcoming election of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly.

The Election Commission has stated that voter list compilation will be done from all 77 Election Offices, District Administration Offices and Area Administration Offices.

The commission also said that if there is any error in the voter list it can be corrected during this period and the voter list can be transferred to a suitable place. The commission has stated that those who have temporarily resided outside their permanent address for work or any other reason can register their names in the voter’s list from the place of residence.

Eight thousand candidates withdrew their candidacies

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About 8,000 candidates withdrew their candidacies for the local elections.
According to the data made public by the Election Commission, out of 153,000 candidates for the local elections, 8,000 have withdrawn their candidacies.

According to the total number of candidates and the number of withdrawn candidates, it is seen that there will be around 145,000 candidates now.
The commission has also given election symbols to the existing candidates today.

Election symbols will be provided to local level election candidates today

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The Election Commission is providing election symbols to the parties and individuals who have nominated their candidates in the local level elections today.

For the local level election, the parties registered with the Commission will get their own election symbol and the Independent candidate will be provided the election symbol by the Election Commission itself.

The commission has investigated the complaint and published the final list of candidates on Friday. Only the candidates on the list will be eligible for the local level election and they will get the election symbol today.

Until the silence period begins, candidates will be able to campaign as soon as they receive their election symbol.

Candidature withdrawal time by 5 pm today

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Candidates who have registered for the local level election can withdraw their candidature today .

According to the Election Commission candidates can withdraw their nomination till 5 pm today. The Commission will also publish the final list of candidates as soon as the time for withdrawal of candidature expires.

More than 141,000 candidates were registered from across the country for the local level election.

Commission had published the preliminary list of candidates on Thursday evening. The final list will be published after the candidates withdraw their names by the evening today.

According to the commission election symbol will be provided tomorrow.

Maoist Center will not issue an election manifesto

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The Maoist center has decided not to issue a manifesto or any kind of commitment letter for the local elections.

According to the appeal made public by the Maoist center for the local level election on April 5, the local level can issue its own manifesto but the center will not make any manifesto for the election.

The Maoists’ appeal includes issues such as arranging cooperative and door-to-door employment in every local areas, one toll one enterprise, one toll one product, ending unemployment, and implementing poverty alleviation programs.

Only the election symbol of the nominated party will be printed on the ballot paper

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The Election Commission has decided to print ballot papers only after the final list of candidates is published. This decision of the Election Commission will be applicable only in the case of 6 Metropolitan cities and 4 Municipalities of Bhaktapur.

According to Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Thapaliya, ballot papers of six metropolitan cities and four municipalities of Bhaktapur will be printed only after the final list of candidates is published.

Wherever the national parties field their candidature for the post, the concerned party will have the election symbol and the post of non-candidature will not have the election symbol in the ballot paper.

Total of 11.9 million ballot papers printed for 53 districts

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The Election Commission has informed that 11.9 million ballot papers have been printed for the local level election.

The commission said that the number of ballot papers has been printed for 53 districts till today. The Election Commission is printing ballot papers at Janak Education Materials Center.

The commission is preparing to print 19.4 million ballot papers for the local elections. This time the number of voters at the local level is 17.7 million 33 thousand 723.

Initially, ballot papers are being printed for remote districts and later for accessible districts. The ballot papers printed for the inaccessible have to be transported at the beginning with security, the commission said.
The Election Commission has informed that the security responsibility for the transportation of ballot papers has been given to the Nepal Army as they are sensitive materials.

Spokesperson Poudel said that the security of other election materials would be provided by the police. The commission has also informed that preparations are being made to send ballot papers by helicopter to the districts where it is not possible to send ballot papers by land.

Commission has sent a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the transportation of other election materials and the police will provide security with necessary coordination. Spokesperson Poudel also said that the Election Commission is monitoring the transportation of election materials through GPS. He said, “An employee of the commission goes to transport the election materials. Employee’s mobile has GPS tracking system.