Final result of HoR elections 2022, based on the
Election Commission website
Lack of social
inclusion in the newly elected House of
Representatives
This is in stark contrast to the
preamble of the 2015 Constitution, in which top politicians
promised: ... "protecting and promoting social and cultural
solidarity, tolerance and harmony, and unity in diversity by
recognizing the multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious,
multi-cultural and diverse regional characteristics, resolving to
build an egalitarian society founded on the proportional inclusive
and participatory principles in order to ensure economic equality,
prosperity and social justice, by eliminating discrimination based
on class, caste, region, language, religion and gender and all
forms of caste-based untouchability....."
I
am for a fully PR system with a five percent threshold :
Leaders don’t want overseas voting because that will
swing results in unpredictable ways. But technically,
online voting is feasible, interview with Neel
Kantha Uprety (kp 15/04/2024) [Excellent
statements by a former Chief Election Commissioner!]
Reforms
needed to increase women’s participation in elections:
Chief Election Commissioner (kh 15/04/2024)
Final
list of candidates of Ilam-2 published (rep
09/04/2024)
Ilam-2
by-election sans women candidates (kh 07/04/2024)
Nepali
Congress seems to be uniting on fighting elections with
own might : Deuba, a vocal supporter of poll alliances,
now publicly backs a proposal to go to the elections
independently (kp 07/04/2024) [This
is already much more democratic than power-orientated
alliances, but it also requires better protection of
regional and federal interests and, finally, appropriate
social inclusion. There is still a long way to go!]
HoR
By-election: 20 candidates register nominations in
Ilam-2 (With pictures), by Bhim Chapagain (rep
07/04/2024)
Election
Commission invites complaints against candidates for
by-election : Interested individuals can submit the
complaints from 10 am to 3 pm today (kh 07/04/2024),
Much-anticipated
bypolls kick off with nominations : In a three-horse
race in Ilam-2, UML federal candidate has Maoist
Centre’s backing. Nepali Congress is going solo (kp
07/04/2024)
12
candidates registered for the by-elections of Bajhang
province assembly (kh 06/04/2024)
By-election
April 27: Eight candidates register nominations in
Ilam-2 (kh 06/04/2024), Three
parties rally behind Suhang Nembang for Ilam-2
by-election (kh 07/04/2024) [Free
and fair elections the Nepali way!]
Nominations
being filed for the by-elections today (rep
06/04/2024)
Ilam
sees increase of 422 voters : National count rises by
87,417 (kh 05/04/2024)
Congress
picks Dambar Khadka and Abhisek Singh as bypoll
candidates : Maoist Centre decides to back UML candidate
Suhang Nembang in Ilam-2 constituency. RSP has fielded
Milan Limbu for the seat (kp 05/04/2024)
Maoist
Center extends support to CPN-UML candidate for Ilam-2
by-election (kh 04/04/2024)
By-elections
: Litmus Test For Parties’ Popularity, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 02/04/2024)
UML,
Maoist Centre in talks for common candidate in Ilam-2 :
Rastriya Swatantra Party, another coalition partner, has
picked Milan Limbu as its candidate (kp 01/04/2024)
[Preventing free and fair
elections by means of agreements between the autocratic
party leaders. Isn't that what you call democracy in
Nepal?]
These
are candidates announced for Ilam-2 by-election (kh
30/03/2024)
Who
is not corrupt? The politics of vote-buying has replaced
ideological and ethical competitions in elections,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 26/03/2024)
Election
symbols allocated to 20 parties for by-election (kh
18/03/2024)
RSP
to contest in Ilam-2 by-election, no candidacy in
Bajhang (kh 11/03/2024)
EC
rejects Resham Chaudhary as Nagarik Unmukti
Party Chair, affirms continuity with Ranjita
Shrestha (kh 07/03/2024)
By-election
Update : Final voter list to be published on April 4
(kh 28/02/2024)
Ilam
by-election: NC picks Khadka, UML eyes Suhang as parties
prepare for showdown (kh 27/02/2024)
EC
schedules by-election for Illam and Bajhang on April 27
(kh 25/02/2024), By-elections
in Ilam, Bajhang on April 27 : Two dozen positions at
the local level too remain vacant, but the commission is
yet to decide when to hold elections there (kp
26/02/2024), By-election
2024: EC unveils candidacy registration schedule (kh
26/02/2024)
EC
asks parties to report name, statute, and leadership
changes within 30 days (rep 16/02/2024)
EC
concerns ensuring franchise rights to NRNs (kh
09/02/2024)
Of
alternative voting methods : Nepal must assess its
capacity to implement absentee voting and digitalise
elections, by Arjun Thapa (kp 06/02/2024)
By-election
preparation intensifies, date announcement expected next
week (kh 02/02/2024), EC
proposes holding by-elections for 25 posts within
mid-May (rep 04/02/2024), Election
Commission prepares for bypolls in April : The lower
house seat of Ilam-2 is vacant after the demise of
former Speaker and chairman of the Constituent Assembly
Subas Nembang (kp 05/02/2024)
NA
Election Outcome No Threat To Ruling Coalition, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn 30/01/2024)
Maoist
Center emerges as largest party in National Assembly
(kh 25/01/2024), National
Assembly election sparks distrust in ruling coalition :
Maoist Center emerges as the largest party, UML the
third party in the National Assembly (rep
26/01/2024)
99
percent voter turnout in NA election: EC (kh
25/01/2024)
Successful
conclusion of NA Election across seven provinces,
results awaited this evening (kh 25/01/2024),
Anand Prasad Dhungana and Pooja Chaudhary elected as
National Assembly members from Madhesh Province
(rep 25/01/2024), UML
candidate Koirala elected as National Assembly member
from Koshi Province, defeats her rival from ruling
coalition (rep 25/01/2024), Bishnu
Sapkota of NC and Jhakku Subedi of Maoist Center elected
as National Assembly members from Lumbini province
(rep 25/01/2024), NA
election: Sabitri Malla clinches victory in Karnali
(kh 25/01/2024), NA
election: NC’s Bishnu Pudasaini secures victory in
Bagmati (kh 25/01/2024), NA
election: NC’s Krishna Sitaula wins from Koshi (kh
25/01/2024), Win
bolsters Sitaula’s chances as Assembly chair : Congress
desperately wants a seat in the Constitutional Council.
The upper house head is one of its members (kp
26/01/2024)
Challenges
of misinformation : Emerging AI tools will result in a
playground of information manipulation in the upcoming
elections, by Ujjwal Acharya (kp 24/01/2024)
RPP-UML
form alliance for NA election in Koshi (kh
22/01/2024) [Similar mindset?]
Election
Code of Conduct to take effect from Tuesday (kh
14/01/2024), Restrictions
in effect: National Assembly election code of conduct
(kh 16/01/2024)
Maximum
election expenditure for NA candidate set at Rs 350,000
(kh 14/01/2024) [Since the NA
election is held by a relatively small electoral body
and the voting behaviour has already been arranged in
advance by the party leaders, it is reasonable to ask
why there is any major expenditure at all, unless it is
to buy votes!]
National
Assembly Elections: Candidates can withdraw their names
today (rep 12/01/2024), RPP’s
candidate Thapa withdraws from National Assembly
election in Lumbini Province (kh 12/01/2024)
Election
Commission initiates probe into complaints against NA
election candidates (kh 10/01/2024)
NA
election: EC to register complaints against candidates
today (kh 09/01/2024)
Battle
for 19 seats in National Assembly: 47 candidates from
key political parties to compete in January 25 election
(kh 08/01/2024), 52
candidates in the fray for 19 NA seats (kh
08/01/2024(
Fringe
ruling parties unhappy over Assembly seat-sharing :
Janamat, Nagarik Unmukti and Loktantrik Samajbadi
parties get no candidacies, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/01/2024)
UML
candidate returns without filing candidacy after name
not found in voter list (kh 08/01/2024)
NA
Election: EC publishing final voter list today (kh
07/01/2024)
UML
left to fight upper house election with own strength :
Even with the main opposition out of picture, ruling
parties are struggling to finalise names of coalition
candidates, by Anil Giri (kp 07/01/2024)
Ruling
alliance rejects collaboration with CPN-UML in NA
election : Alliance meeting at 4 PM, official decisions
awaited (kh 06/01/2024)
National
Assembly: Whose representation matters? (rep
05/01/2024) [Anti-democrats at
work!]
Ruling
coalition grapples with NA seat allocation dilemma : 19
National Assembly seats remain contentious, by Gyanu
Ghimire (kh 03/01/2024),
Maoist
Center asserts claim on six seats for upcoming NA
election (kh 03/01/2024) [Megalomania
of an increasingly insignificant party?],
uling
coalition to hold talks with UML regarding NA election
(kh 03/01/2024) [When elections
turn into a farce!], UML’s
strategic moves fuel alliance uncertainty, by Gyanu
Ghimire (kh 03/01/2024)
EC
makes necessary preparations for NA election nominations
(kh 28/12/2023), National
Assembly Elections: Electoral Officer appointed for all
seven provinces (rep 28/12/2023) [Thank
God, all men: five Bahun and two Chhetri!]
NC
President blames electoral system for electoral alliance
(rep 22/12/2023) [Although the
electoral system is supposed to guarantee inclusion and
proportional representation, this is deliberately abused
and circumvented by the parties and especially their
leaders. Without a commitment by the parties to
proportional representation in the direct election
system, as already prescribed by the Interim
Constitution but was never respected, adequate social
inclusion cannot be achieved. Apart from this, one-party
governments are becoming increasingly rare in democratic
states. In Nepal today, they would be extremely unlikely
even with a purely direct election system.]
By-elections
for 24 vacant seats across all levels set for April 2024
(kh 21/12/2023)
NA
Election: 2,074 voters with a total vote weightage of
57,559 (kh 20/12/2023)
EC
allocates symbols to 12 parties for NA elections (kh
17/12/2023)
NA
elections spark tug-of-war as parties vie for dominance,
by Gyanu Ghimire (kh 15/12/2023), 12
political parties submit applications for NA elections
(kh 15/12/2023), NC
to claim 10 seats in National Assembly elections (kh
15/12/2023) [This party received
just 25 per cent of the vote in the last parliamentary
elections and is claiming more than 50 per cent of the
vacant seats in the National Assembly? That doesn't
sound very democratic!]
NA
Election: UML fears seat loss,
coalition tackles allocation
challenges (kh 14/12/2023)
Parties
gear up for National Assembly
election : Some leaders withdraw
their names from the closed list
of PR candidates as they plan to
contest upper house seats
(kp 10/12/2023), Choose
wise : The next set of members who enter the National
Assembly will be a sign of the mindset of big parties
(kp 12/12/2023) [They will never
change under the current failed leadership!], Five
parties register names for National Assembly elections
(rep 12/12/2023)
EC
summons political parties to
register for upcoming NA
election (kh 08/12/2023)
AESF-VI
begins, to conclude by issuing
Kathmandu Declaration (rep
06/12/2023)
Candidates
from closed lists cannot compete
in National Assembly elections:
EC (rep 04/12/2023)
Kathmandu
hosting International Conference
on Electoral Management (kh
28/11/2023)
National
Assembly set for overhaul: Chair
and one-third of members exiting
by March 2024 (kh
21/11/2023), National
Assembly elections for 19
members likely on January 25 :
The term of the 19 members of
the upper house including its
Chairperson Ganesh Timilsina
expires on March 3, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 23/11/2023), EC
adjusts vote weightage for
coming National Assembly
election (rep 23/11/2023)
EC
initiates preparations for NA elections for 20 vacant
seats (kh 11/11/2023)
CIAA
recommends barring indicted people from election, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 19/10/2023), Poll
candidates : The issue is one of
integrity of those contesting
the three tiers of elections
(ht 20/10/2023)
EC
removes Mayor Rinakumari Sah from office for leaving UML
(kh 17/10/2023) [Once again,
this shows the short-sightedness of the PPA. The
mentioned paragraphs have their justification with
regard to politicians who were elected to the House of
Representatives or the Provincial Assemblies via the
party lists. All directly elected persons, and this
applies to all politicians at the local level, were
elected in person directly by the people. Party
affiliation plays only a subordinate role. But the
patriarchy can rejoice that one of the very few directly
elected women mayors has been ousted.]
EC
prepares to register and update voter list through local
level (rep 17/10/2023)
Electoral
system needs to be reviewed: Lawmaker Uprety (kh
16/10/2023)
Procedure
ready to register names of Nepalis abroad in voter list
(kh 13/10/2023)
Full
proportional system of elections : The
best solution to people's
dissatisfaction, by Bhrikesh Chandra
Lal (ht 05/10/2023) [This
is exactly the system that the Maoists
had demanded before the 2008 elections.
Unfortunately, like so many other goals,
they have long since lost sight of this
themselves!]
PM
Dahal assures Nepalis living abroad of voting rights
(kh 17/09/2023)
Poll
body fears delay in new law's passage may block reform :
The draft bill has been at the Home Ministry for more
than two months which shows that it is reluctant to
expedite discussions on the bill that takes years to get
through both Houses of the Federal Parliament, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 16/09/2023) [Government
and opposition parties obviously see their
non-inclusive, unconstitutional and corrupt electoral
practices in danger with electoral reform!], Timely
electoral law : It would be prudent for the ministries
to quickly forward election bills to the legislature
(kp 18/09/2023)
Poll
Reform Bill To Enhance Inclusion, by Liladhar
Upadhyaya (rn 15/09/2023) [In
absolutely no public sector is social inclusion even
rudimentarily practised!]
EC
bringing laws to stop flamboyant election campaigns,
expenses (kh 09/09/2023)
Election
Commission calls for speedy passage of ‘No Vote’
provision : If 51 percent of voters opt ‘No Vote’, the
election becomes invalid and rejected candidates can’t
run next time, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 29/08/2023),
Election
Commission proposes NOTA, suffrage right for Nepali
citizens employed abroad, by Bal Krishna Sah (ht
29/09/2023)
It’s
time to talk about electoral reforms, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 03/08/2023)
Nepali
Congress leaders’ call for review of
proportional election system creates buzz :
Provision misused since its introduction as
leaders handpick candidates close to them,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/07/2023) [The
problem is the undemocratic and unconstitutional
behaviour of the top politicians of all parties
in nominating candidates for both the FPTP and
PR systems. Here, a change in the law on
political parties is urgently needed. Only the
representative electoral system reflects the
strength of a party. The direct election system
in its present form is misused solely to ensure
the dominance of the Khas Arya minority
males. The promised socially inclusive
state would be finally discarded.]
Poll
body takes action against candidates failing to report
campaign spending : It has imposed fines ranging from
Rs7,000 to Rs20,000 on political parties failing to
comply with legal provisions, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
26/07/2023) [This smacks of
political corruption, for which the fines are
ridiculous!], EC
fines erring candidates, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
26/07/2023), Four
MPs of RSP approach Patan High Court against EC's
decision to impose a fine of Rs 15,000 (rep
30/07/2023), High
Court orders EC not to implement decision to
fine candidate Rs 15,000 (kh 31/07/2023)
Revising
electoral system : A change in the country’s electoral
system cannot be decided in closed-door meetings of
political parties (kp 24/07/2023)
EC
fines parties failing to submit audit report on time
(ht 18/07/2023)
Free
and unfair : The Election Commission’s bill can ensure
electoral reform. Parliament must pass it (nt
07/07/2023)
Time
for NOTA, by Ayodi Prasad Yadav (ae 05/07/2023)
EC
allows one to get elected as MP through PR system not
more than twice (rep 03/07/2023)
EC
directs parties to elect 33% women candidates in FPTP
(rep 03/07/2023), Election
Commission proposes two-term limit for PR candidates :
In the draft bill, the poll body has proposed the
provision for ‘NOTA’ and mandatory allocation of 33
percent seats for women candidates under the FPTP
system, among others (kp 04/07/2023) [Article
63 of the Interim Constitution had already stipulated
that the inclusion rules of the PR system should also be
applied to the nomination of FPTP candidates. This did
not interest the male Khas Arya at the top of the
parties at that time at all. That is why they did not
even include this passage in today's Constitution!],
EC
proposes sweeping reforms, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
04/07/2023), EC
suggests NOTA ballot paper (ae 04/07/2023), Sweeping
poll reforms : Political parties must be
ready to pass the bill as it is to make the
electoral system more effective (ht
05/07/2023) [But
this is against the interests of the
political leaders!]
EC
proposes barring defeated candidate from contesting
election in another tier for 5 years (rep
03/07/2023)
MPs
from mountain region and oppressed castes treated as
third-grade representatives: MP Sherpa (rep
03/07/2023)
Discussion
on Changing the Electoral System : Is social inclusion
falling out of reach?, by Karl-Heinz Krämer (kh
19/06/2023)
Learning
From Thailand’s Elections, by Krishnaman Pradhan (rn
14/06/2023)
Deuba
moots election system change : Speaks of having in place
FPTP system for HoR and PR system for National Assembly,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 11/06/2023) [Deuba
pleads for the final end of social inclusion in the HoR
instead of ensuring that this inclusion is also
prescribed in the selection of candidates for the FPTP
system! 15 percent male Khas Arya should be the absolute
limit for all political levels and also for the
leadership levels of political parties if Nepal's social
harmony is to be maintained!]
Election
Commission calls all-party meeting to
discuss government decision to ‘scrap’
district poll offices : In the budget,
the government announced to confine
district election offices within the
district administration office, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 09/06/2023), District
Election Offices are to be managed
differently, not dissolved: PM Dahal
(kh 09/06/2023), Cross-party
leaders oppose plan to scrap district
election offices : Election
commissioners meet prime minister to
register concerns over government plan
(kp 10/06/2023), Parliamentary
Committee directs govt to review the decision to revoke
the electoral office (kh 14/06/2023)
Teachers
in politics : Most public school
teachers in Nepal work with poor pay and
perks, which makes them veer towards
politics (kp 24/05/2023) [In
no democratic country should citizens be
excluded from political activity because
of their profession. This is one of the
fundamental rights of human beings! And
why does the exclusion in Nepal, for
example, not apply to rich businessmen,
while an uprising is being rehearsed
against poor teachers?]
Could
the primary system work in Nepal? : After RSP, RPP is
considering primaries to pick candidates, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 21/05/2023) [Perhaps
such a procedure could finally help to make the
selection of candidates socially inclusive and end the
total dominance of male Khas Arya, if the latter allow
it at all. So far, they consider this country as theirs!],
Primary
concerns : It is doubtful whether just tweaking the
system to pick election candidates will improve politics
(kp 22/05/2023)
EC
seeks clarification from political parties, university
teachers (kh 21/05/2023) [It
should be the basic right of every Nepali citizen to be
politically active, regardless of their everyday
occupation. The Political Parties Act is discriminatory
in this respect, while on the other hand it grants
authoritarian powers to party leaders!], Poll
body seeks clarification on Tribhuvan University
teachers’ involvement in party politics : In 2021, the
Patan High Court had ruled those drawing a salary and
taking benefits from state coffers should not be
involved in party politics (kp 25/05/2023)
By-election
2023: Swing voting or polarisation? The use of informal
networks, rather than open policy debate, is still a key
to winning elections, by Sanjeev Humagain (kp
05/05/2023)
Key
Takeaways For Established Parties, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 02/05/2023)
Rising
poll expenses : Apart from laws, public awareness is a
must to ensure free, fair and impartial elections
(ht 28/04/2023)
JSP’s
Upendra Yadav elected from Bara-2 (kh 26/04/2023)
Swarnim
Wagle elected from Tanahun-1 : The renowned economist
and former vice-chair of National Planning Commission
had rebelled against Nepali Congress and joined
Rashtriya Swatantra Party to contest the by-election
from Tanahu-1. He won by a huge margin (nlt
25/04/2023), Rabi
Lamichhane secures landslide victory from Chitwan-2 :
The Rastriya Swatantra Party chairman got reelected from
the same constituency twice in five months with a much
larger number of votes than in the November 2022 polls
(nlt 25/04/2023), RSP’s
Rabi Lamichhane’s remarkable victory, receives 5,000
more votes than in previous election, by Basanta
Dhungana (rep 25/04/2023), For
whom the bell tolls, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
25/04/2023)
Bypolls
close with average 60 percent voter turnout : Elections
were held in Bara-2, Tanahun-1 and Chitwan-2 with
results expected to be declared by April 25, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 24/04/2023), By-election
results indicate people’s declining interest in major
parties: Deuba (kh 24/04/2023) [In
a democratic state, the responsible leaders of these
parties would resign immediately!]
Vote
counting in Chitwan-2 only after all-party meeting
(kh 24/04/2023)
By-election
sees around 60 percent turnout (kh 23/04/2023)
Nepal
votes: By-election taking place today : Voters to
exercise franchise right in Bara-2, Chitwan-1 and
Tanahu-1 (kh 23/04/2023),
JSP leader attempting to cast double votes in Bara-2
arrested (kh 23/04/2023), Election
Commission seeks 24-hour clarification from Chief
Minister of Madhesh (nlt 23/04/2023), Voting
stalled following scuffle between cadres of RSP and
other parties in Chitwan’s Naya Kiran School polling
center (kh 23/04/2023), Voting
restarts in Chitwan’s polling center after RSP
apologizes (rep 23/04/2023), Voting
resumes at Naya Kiran Secondary School polling center in
Chitwan (kh 23/04/2023), JSP
cadres capture polling station in Bara (kh
23/04/2023)
Vehicular
movement along Prithvi Highway to be allowed tomorrow :
Local roads to remain closed tomorrow (April 23) (kh
22/04/2023) [What is this? Such
a measure prevents the elderly and disabled, for
example, from reaching the polling stations.]
Ensure
Voting Right For All Nepalis, by Lokdeep Thapa (rn
21/04/2023)
Nepal-India
border in Bara sealed for 72 hrs ahead of by-election
(nlt 21/04/2023)
Parties
show their strength ahead of Sunday’s elections :
Bypolls are being held in Tanahun-1, Chitwan-2 and
Bara-2. Election silence starts Friday (kp
21/04/2023)
EC
directs to release election expenses within a week
(kh 19/04/2023), EC
publishes names of 74 candidates not submitting election
expenses (kh 19/04/2023)
Public
Financing of Elections Could be a Game-changer for Nepal,
by Alok K Bohara (rep 18/04/2023)
Army
to be mobilized for April 23 by-election (kh
17/04/2023)
Prime
minister renews voting pledge to Nepali citizens
residing abroad : Experts say enabling Nepali citizens
working or studying abroad to exercise their franchise
is easier said than done, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
16/04/2023) [So far, these have
only been hollow promises by politicians, although the
Supreme Court has long obliged the government to apply
this right of Nepali citizens!], Difficult
but doable : The political parties should do more than
pay lip service to give voting rights to Nepalis living
abroad (kp 17/04/2023)
Parties
intensify by-election activities in Chitwan 2 (rn
16/04/2023)
Six
organizations permitted to observe by-elections (rep
12/04/2023)
Nepal
is holding bypolls in three constituencies, but election
fever has gripped the entire nation : Upendra Yadav,
Rabi Lamichhane and Swarnim Wagle are among the
prominent contestants in the bypolls taking place on
April 23, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 09/04/2023) [Another competition among the male
high-caste minority elite!]
April
23 by-polls: 29 polling stations highly sensitive in
Chitwan (rep 09/04/2023)
Ringing
in the new : The 23 April polls will be a referendum on
which among the RSP, NC, UML or JSP has more support,
by Shristi Karki (nt 07/04/2023)
A
keen fight : It is surprising why the Maoist Centre did
not field any candidates in the three constituencies
(ht 05/04/2023)
By-election
battle heats up, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae
05/03/2023)
Electoral
Office upholds Rabi Lamichhane’s candidacy, revokes
three complaints (kh 05/04/2023)
Country
caught up in by-polls fervour : Two party chiefs Upendra
Yadav and Rabi Lamichhane are contesting. Economist
Swarnim Wagle is also in the fray, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 04/04/2023)
By-election:
NC to support Upendra Yadav in Bara-2 (kh
02/04/2023), Loktantrik
Samajbadi Party to support Janata Samajbadi Party’s
candidate in Bara-2 by-election : Loktantrik Samajbadi
Party’s Rajendra Mahato, an aspirant for the Bara-2
seat, says he won’t contest the by-election from the
constituency following party chairman’s decision (kp
02/04/2023)
Swatantra
Party announces bypoll candidates : Rabi Lamichhane will
contest from Chitwan-2, Swarnim Wagle from Tanahun-1 and
Ramesh Kharel from Bara-2 (kp 02/04/2023) [Exclusively
male Bahuns in this "alternative" party too! Besides, if
I don't get nominated as a candidate in one party, then
I'll just switch to a more willing party.]
UML
to field Sarvendra Khanal in Tanahu-1 and Ram Neupane in
Chitwan-2 (kh 01/04/2023) [Thank
God, both male Bahuns. That the political parties are
not ashamed of their personnel policy! All this talk of
social inclusion is a frace!]
26
parties registered in Tanahun and Bara for by-election
(rep 31/03/2023)
Winning
Bara-2 may not be easy for Yadav : Bent on barring Yadav
from Parliament, Janamat set to field Maoist defector
Shiv Chandra Kushwaha, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp (kp
30/03/2023), LSP
leader Mahato to contest by-election from Bara-2
(rep 30/03/2023), Bara-2
by-election further polarises Madhesh politics : The
‘working alliance’ formed during Vice President election
is disintegrating, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
31/03/2023)
Nepal
concludes scheduled elections (kh 25/03/2023)
EC
to hold by-elections in Tanahun and Bara on April 23
(rep 20/03/2023), EC
asks parties to register for Tanahu-1, Bara-2
by-election by March 26 (kh 22/03/2023)
Chitwan-2
registers 631 new voters for upcoming by-election
(kh 16/03/2023)
Chitwan-2
by-election: EC grants election symbols to 18 parties
(kh 09/03/2023)
Polling
centers set up for presidential election (kh
08/03/2023)
Parties
preparing for April 23 by-election in Chitwan-2 : The
lower house seat became vacant after Rabi Lamichhane,
who was elected from the constituency in November, lost
lawmaker status after citizenship document controversy,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 06/03/2023)
Code
of conduct for presidential and vice-presidential
elections to come into effect from tomorrow (rep
28/02/2023), EC
issues election code of conduct for presidential,
vice-presidential election (kh 28/02/2023)
MP
Chaudhary demands his name be included in presidential
election voter list (rep 23/02/2023), MP
Chaudhary's name included in voters’ list (rep
24/02/2023)
EC
publicizes names of 881 voters for Presidential election
(kh 22/02/2023)
EC
calls for registering parties for by-election (kh
19/02/2023)
Prez
Bhandari waives fines slapped by EC to local level
candidates failing to submit election expenses on time
(rep 18/02/2023), Writ
filed at SC against decision of President’s Office to
waive fines for local level candidates (kh
22/02/2023), Cabinet
decision to waive fines of local poll candidates draws
flak : Government had decided to exempt fines imposed by
poll commission on candidates who failed to furnish
campaign spending details on time. The decision has been
challenged in court, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
23/02/2023) [Laws are there to
be broken for the cultivation of corruption by
government, parties and politicians!]
There
should be a law allowing people to vote from their place
of residence: CEC Thapaliya (rep 16/02/2023)
By-election
in Chitwan-2 to be held on April 23 (kh 12/02/2023),
EC
schedules date of registration of candidacy for
by-election in Chitwan-2 (rep 15/02/2023)
NC
leader Umesh Shrestha asking EC to declare him winner
from Chitwan-2 (kh 05/02/2023) [Only
a new election in this constituency would be a clean
solution!]
Political
Match-Fixing, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 04/02/2023)
EC
sending back Rs three billion out of election budget
(kh 03/02/2023), EC
is yet to pay Rs 2 billion to various private sector
service providers for election expenses (rep
10/02/2023) [???]
Landmark
bill to boost women candidacy in polls : Election
Commission is drafting a bill to increase women’s
candidacy in all three tiers of government by a third,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/0/2023), Hope
amid despair : The proposed bill to field more directly
elected women candidates is a silver lining (kp
03/02/2023)
Homework
underway to make 33 percent women candidates mandatory
in FPTP elections to HoR and PAs: CEC Thapaliya (rep
01/02/2023), Landmark
bill to boost women candidacy in polls : Election
Commission is drafting a bill to increase women’s
candidacy in all three tiers of government by a third,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/0/2023)
EC
publishes schedule for President, Vice-President
election (kh 30/01/2023)
Election
Commission should immediately declare the date for the
election of president : ‘It is beyond my imagination
that the Commission will not declare the dates on time
and fulfill its constitutional responsibility as there
is absolutely no hindrance to do so’, interview with
Ila Sharma, former
Election Commissioner (nlt
28/01/2023)
Presidential
election: When constitutional and legal terms clash :
President and Vice President Election Act 2017 requires
vote at least a month before the incumbent’s term ends,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 22/01/2023)
Nepal:
What the Election of 2022 Denotes, by Binoj Basnyat
(kh 17/01/2023)
Uphold
Spirit Of PR Election System, by Sangita Subedi (rep
16/01/2023)
Not
your time : The public wants the defeated candidates to
stay out of Parliament for the next five years (kp
09/01/2023)
EC
calls for party registration for National Assembly
by-election (rep 08/01/2023)
Power
sharing, inclusive politics in Nepal: Honour the
constitutional principle, by Yagya Bahadur Karki (ht
06/01/2023) [When will the
arrogant high-caste macho males at the top of the state
and political parties finally be punished for their
constant disregard of the constitution and laws? A
permanent ban from political office should be the
minimum punishment! This is not a trivial offence, but
malicious intent!]
CPN-UML
claims popularity in election race : Popularity of
Nepali Congress has declined by more than seven percent
and the popular votes of Maoist Centre have decreased by
2.5 percent, says UML’s election report (nlt
02/03/2023) [As is so often the
case, this is not true. Only the PR votes say something
about the popularity of a party. Here the result is: NC
-6.97%, UML -6.31%, MC -2.53%. So they are all losers!]
EC
suggests holding National Assembly by-election on
February 8 (rn 02/01/2023)
EC
preparing for election of President, Vice-President
(rn 27/12/2022)
Women
representation still remains bare minimum, by Arpana
Adhikari (rn 25/12/2022)
Electioneering
in South Asia : Economic difficulties are going
to play a role in the electoral political
narratives in the region, by Smruti P
Pattanaik (kp 22/12/2022)
Electoral
Mandate And Message, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
21/12/2022)
Presidential,
Vice-presidential election to be held by
March 14: CEC Thapaliya (kh
19/12/2022)
5
parties have numbers to pick their President : Multiple
aspirants from various parties eye the top post, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 19/12/2022)
EC
will institutionalize electoral system achievements: CEC
Thapaliya (kh 19/12/2022) [Urgent
reforms would be more important than institutionalising
shortcomings!]
Bell
ringing for status-quo : The November elections were
more a loss for established parties than a win for
newbies, by Paban Raj Pandey (kp 18/12/2022)
40
political parties lost their bail (kh 16/12/2022)
Old
Games, New Faces : A mood-based analysis of
recent elections from abroad, by Uttam
Paudel (rep 16/12/2022
Disabled
people’s representation minimal in new Parliament
(kh 15/12/2022)
Dalit
community sees representation of 28 PR members in
province assemblies (kh 15/12/2022) [This
means 5 percent of the MPs from about 14 per cent of the
population! Just imagine, in the seven provinces there
would be a total of only 12 male MPs from the Bahun
community who make up six per cent of the population!]
15
Dalit leaders elected to HoR under proportional category
(kh 15/12/2022)
HoR,
Bagmati Province Assembly to have 52 members from
Kathmandu district (kh 15/12/2022)
FPTP
Election: A Road Less Traveled by Women : Providing
equal opportunity to women in elections is crucial to
believe in women’s capacity and change stereotypes in
politics, by Neelam Dhanuse (rep 15/12/2022) [Nepal's
macho politicians will do everything they can to prevent
this!]
EC
announces HoR poll results, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
15/12/2022)
EC
thanks governments for accomplishing elections (rn
14/12/2022) [And the government
thanks the EC for not criticizing the lack of inclusion
of women, Dalits, Janajatis and Muslims and the rigging
of elections by the electoral alliance!]
November
polls fail to ensure fair representation of Dalits : The
representation of Dalit community in the newly elected
legislature—5.81 percent— is the lowest since the 2008
Constituent Assembly, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
13/12/2022)
Doctored
images and out-of-context videos spread misinformation
during Nepal elections (kh 13/12/2022)
Wives,
cronies and company : Old parties’ leaders have given
more ammunition to those who argue that PR is
irredeemably corrupt (kp 12/12/2022), Gross
Misuse of PR System (rep 12/12/2022)
Assessing
the election results : Experiments with coalition
governments have been marred by corruption scandals,
by Nishchal N Pandey (kp 12/12/2022)
More
invalid votes under PR (kh 12/12/2022)
Parties
can make corrections to PR list by 4 pm today: EC
(kh 12/12/2022)
Election
Commission lifts election code of conduct (kh
11/12/2022)
Parties
pick PR candidates amid cries of unfairness : The
proportional representation system, which was meant to
ensure representation of marginalised groups, has been
hijacked, say political analysts, by Tika R Pradhan
and Nishan Khatiwada (kp 11/12/2022), Parties
submit names of PR candidates (ht 11/12/2022)
EC
to announce final names of PR candidates on Monday
(kh 11/12/2022)
RSP
submits HoR members under PR category to EC (kh
11/12/2022)
Petition
demands removal of polygamous PR candidates : Lawyer
registers a writ petition at the Supreme Court after
appealing the Election Commission that candidates
practising polygamy be denied election (kp
10/12/2022)
NC
picks 32 PR lawmakers (rep 10/12/2022), NC
finalizes names of 32 PR candidates for HoR (with
list) (kh 10/12/2022) [Nepotism
without any scruples!], NC submits
name list of selected HoR members under PR (kh
11/12/2022)
Unified
Socialist submits PR candidate list to EC (kh
10/12/2022)
CPN-UML
Secretariat finalizes PR candidates (with list) (kh
10/12/2022)
Maoist
Center submits PR candidates’ list to EC (With list)
(kh 10/12/2022)
RPP
finalizes seven PR lawmakers (rep 10/12/2022)
Nepal’s
Elections Observation Has Transformed A Lot In The Last
Three Decades, interview with Krishna Man Pradhan
(sp 09/12/2022)
“Nepali
People Have Lost
Interest In The Existing
Major Parties”,
interview with SD Muni (sp
09/12/2022)
Election
Musings : That the
people should elect a
Head of State with
executive powers has
been voiced by many
young Nepalis contesting
the elections, by
Hemang Dixit (sp
09/12/2022)
Seats
of power : Nepal’s
political parties
negotiate power-sharing
deals to form a
government, by
Shristi Karki (nt
09/12/2022)
They
are back again in the House! : Oh, no, not again, by
Bishwo Gauchan (ht 09/12/2022)
Power
of red flag is fading in Nepal, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 18/12/2022)
UML
to send 19 female members under PR system, NC 29 (kh
08/12/2022) [Adequate social
inclusion in parliament will never be achieved unless
the parties dominated by high-caste males are required
to apply the rules of social inclusion in the selection
of candidates for the FPTP system. Khas Arya, for
example, are already over-represented through the FPTP
system. It is not understandable that more members of
this social group have to be nominated through the PR
system! The striving for adequate inclusion of all
social groups, as declared after Jana Andolan II, is
implausible. The ruling high-caste male elite is only
interested in securing its privileges and posts!]
Here
is how proportional members are elected to provincial
assemblies (rep 08/12/2022), Election
of 110 PR candidates: Who are on the lists of national
parties?, by Sajira Shrestha (rep 09/12/2022)
With
89 seats, NC becomes largest party in HoR; UML second
(kh 07/12/2022), Ruling
alliance two seats shy of majority : At the end of
proportional representation vote counting, the
five-party alliance has 136 seats against the 138
required to prove a majority in the 275-strong House,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/12/2022), Full
results out: Mathematics of parliament is now clear :
Nepali Congress bags 89 seats, CPN-UML 78, CPN (Maoist
Center) 32 and the Rastriya Swatantra Party 20, among
others (nlt 08/12/2022)
RSP’s
Poudel reaches SC demanding re-election in Rupandehi-2
(kh 06/12/2022)
Rightist
tilt in Nepal : History shows that politics devoid of
philosophical underpinnings last only a season, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 06/12/2022)
Maoist-Center
hell bent on perpetuating power, election results be
damned : Here is a brief commentary on the fall and fall
of CPN (Maoist-Center), a political party that used to
claim itself as the most revolutionary force in Nepal
until a decade ago, by Kishor Dahal (nlt 06/12/2022)
Vote
counting of PR category to complete today (kh
06/12/2022), PR
category: UML leading followed by NC (kh 06/12/2022)
138
lose election deposits in Saptari (kh 06/12/2022)
Nepali
Congress, CPN-UML emerge as largest parties in
provincial assemblies (rep 05/12/2022) [The
overall result of all provinces is incidental. In a
federal state, each province must be considered on its
own and be independent of the politicians at the central
level!], PA
poll: NC wins 111 out of 330 seats, UML 91 (rn
05/12/2022)
UML
gets highest number of votes under PR category (kh
05/12/2022)
FPTP:
NC wins 57 seats; UML 44 (kh 05/12/2022), Results
of 165 HoR seats declared, NC wins highest 57 (rep
05/12/2022), List
of newly-elected HoR members (kh 05/12/2022), Results
for 165 seats in HoR declared, NC wins highest 57
(rn 05/12/2022), New
government expected in 2 weeks : Election
Commission plans to submit the election report
to President Bidya Devi Bhandari early next week,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/12/2022)
Maoist
Center’s Karki elected from Dolakha (kh 05/12/2022)
Maoist
and Madhesh-based parties see steep decline in electoral
politics : The parties that emerged as major political
forces from the 2006 people’s movement are now losing
their appeal, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/12/2022)
We
will be decisive for a majority in parliament: CK Raut
(kh 04/12/2022)
10
parties get less than 5,000 votes under PR system
(kh 04/12/2022)
UML
ahead in PR vote count; NC following (kh
04/12/2022
NC’s
Badri Pandey elected from Bajura (kh
04/12/2022)
NC’s
Shahi elected to PA from Bajura (2) (kh
04/12/2022), UML’s
KC clinches PA member from Dolakha (2) (kh
04/12/2022)
Changing
Electoral Landscape, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
03/12/2022)
What’s
the mandate of Nov 20 polls? The message from
voters is that the traditional parties should
reform or they will perish, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 03/12/2022)
Patronizing
Sovereign Dignity of Nepal, by GP Acharya
(rep 03/12/2022)
New
parliament to have seven national parties,
including two new ones : Emergence of Rabi
Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party and CK
Raut-led Janamat Party as two new national
parties (rep 03/12/2022)
Dhanraj
Gurung’s victory ensured as 5,000 votes remain
to be counted (kh 03/12/2022), NC’s
Dhanraj Gurung elected to HoR from Syangja-2
(kh 03/12/2022)
20
candidates secure 30 thousand plus votes yet
lost HoR seats (kh 03/12/2022)
Six
leaders defeated central ministers in
parliamentary polls, by Bal Krishna Sah (ht
03/12/2022)
Over
20 businessmen make it to parliament this
election (rep 03/12/2022)
Unpacking
CK Raut’s win over Upendra Yadav : Raut’s
personal touch with voters and Yadav’s
overreliance on caste votes are key factors. JSP
blames foreign hand, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
03/12/2022)
The
past is foretold in Nepal poll results : Although the
arithmetic shows big parties dominate, Nepalis have sent
them a clear message of dissatisfaction, by Shristi
Karki (nt 02/12/2022)
Systematically
Disenfranchised!, by Nishant Pokharel (rep
02/12/2022)
Mixed
Outcomes Of Elections, by Shyam P Mainali (rn
02/12/2022)
Exclusionary
parliament : Major parties are running out of excuses to
deny election tickets to marginalised (kp
02/12/2022)
14
leaders of ‘above 70 category’ get elected in HoR
(kh 02/12/2022) [They have done everything to ensure this!]
Vote
counting stopped in Bajura (kh 02/11/2022)
A
dozen parties ensure representation in parliament
(kh 02/11/2022)
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party: 200 thousand votes in 2074 BS, 789 in 2079
BS (kh 02/12/2022)
The
shifting political tide in Madhes, by Manika Jha (ae
01/12/2022)
Dalit
and women leaders in Karnali feel cheated : Big parties
did not field any Dalit candidate for Parliament from
Karnali Province, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp
01/12/2022)
HoR
welcoming 31 indigenous members (rn 01/12/2022)
Low
Voter Turnout Hints Public Resentment, by Rajendra
Chataut (rn 01/12/2022)
Fix
Delivery Means To Fulfill Promises, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 01/12/2022)
CPN-MC,
a pale shadow of its 2008 avatar : The party has not
only lost its numerical strength in the HoR, but also
its vote-share, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
01/12/2022)
UML
becomes the largest party in Province 1 (kh
01/12/2022)
Congress
reaches out to Janamat Party chief Raut to discuss new
government : Raut held hour-long talks with Bimalendra
Nidhi in Kathmandu (kp 01/12/2022), Janamat
Party agrees to join ruling coalition with NC (kh
01/12/2022), Janmat
Party sets three conditions to join NC-led
coalition (kh 01/12/2022))
[??]
Nov
20 polls: Where Do We Go From Here?, by Sindhuj
Thapa and Anmol Purbey (rep 01/12/2022)
Amid
din of government formation, will the CPN-UML remain
silent? Party members say multiple options are open
including tying up with the Maoists or the Congress for
a ruling coalition, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
01/12/2022), Act
two, scene one : The same old men will begin fighting
for the chair if the youth leaders don't intervene
(kp01/12/2022), Deuba’s
moment to shine : The debate on who should lead the next
government has become a matter of public interest,
by Siddhartha Thapa (kp 01/12/2022) [He was PM
five times and did not shine. So now presumably a sixth
time, although the voters have denied the ruling
coalition a majority?]
PR
vote count: UML gets 2.7 million votes, NC following
(kh 01/12/2022), Vote
count: NC continues to lead; UML following (kh
01/12/2022)
Gyanendra
Bahadur Karki wins from Sundari-4 : Karki defeated
Jagdish Prasad Kusiyat, a candidate of CPN-UML, by a
margin of 112 votes (nlt 01/12/2022)
Voting
underway in 10 polling centers of Dolakha (kh
01/12/2022)
Indecisive
election results: Now the battle for new government :
Nepal's federal parliament constitutes 275 members of
parliament. As many as 138 lawmakers are necessary to
establish a majority and claim the premiership. So who
will lead Nepal’s next government?, by Dhan Bahadur
Khadka (nlt 30/11/2022) [In
democratic states, now would be the moment for
politicians to admit defeat, retire from office and
ambitions for power, and make way for a younger
generation! But Nepal's failed politicians have already
started thinking about how to form a new government
without a parliamentary majority.]
New
House of Representatives to be less inclusive : As
proportional representation votes are scattered among
parties, women, Dalits, Janajatis will be
underrepresented, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/11/2022)
[This is the outspoken goal of the
political parties totally dominated by male Khas Arya!
The fact that another 30 per cent Khas Aryas are
nominated via the PR system contradicts all statements
on inclusion!]
Two
new forces enter federal parliament as national parties
: Rabi Lamichhane’s Rastriya Swatantra Party and CK
Raut’s Janamat Party make the cut after the election
results pour in, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/11/2022)
All
bills in HoR inactive, bills in National Assembly remain
unchanged (rep 30/11/2022)
Election
deposits of nine candidates, including one from UML,
confiscated in Kailali-1, by Yogesh Rawal (rep
30/11/2022), 168
poll candidates' deposits forfeited in Rautahat (ht
30/11/2022)
Youth
As Leaders, by Dixya Poudel (rn 30/11/2022
Parties
fail to garner majority in Provincial Assemblies (kh
30/11/2022), Karnali:
The candidates who couldn’t get even 100 votes, by
Govinda KC (rep 30/11/2022)
Worth
the investment? Failure to maintain financial
transparency in political parties allows for the
criminalisation of politics, by Shristi Rai (kp
30/11/2022)
EC
decides to kick off vote count in Bajura and
Syangja-2 (kh 30/11/2022)
Polls
in Madhesh: JSP and LSP lose ground (kh 30/11/2022)
NC’s
Narayan Khadka elected from Udayapur-1 (kh
30/11/2022), FPTP
members elected to HoR so far (kh 30/11/2022)
Message
from Nepali voters : This time, there were thousands who
joined the fray with little resources or connections,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 29/11/2022)
Crystal
gazing Nepal’s next five years : The independents
contested the election to clean up the country’s
politics and fight corruption, by Naresh Koirala (kp
29/11/2022)
Ruling
Coalition In Driving Seat, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
29/11/2022)
Parties
flouted laws, used children in elections, by Ruby
Rauniyar (rep 29/11/2022)
Sarlahi
sends no woman member into HoR, elects one under PA
(kh 29/11/2022)
Over
9.6 million votes counted under PR category: EC (kh
29/11/2022), UML
continues leading PR vote count with 2,607,472 votes
(kh 29/11/2022)
Parties
agree to resume vote counting in Communication Minister
Karki's constituency (rep 29/11/2022), Counting
of votes resumes in Udayapur-1, UML boycotts, by
Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep 29/11/2022)
UML
stands first, NC second in Madhesh in Nov 20 elections
(kh 29/11/2022)
UML’s
Mahaseth elected from Dhanusha-4 (kh 29/11/2022)
UML’s
Mahato clinches PA seat from Dhanusha 4(2) (kh
29/11/2022), UML’s
Hari Narayan defeats Madhesh Province minister in
Dhanusha-4 (B), by Surendra Yadav (rep 29/11/2022)
FPTP
members elected to HoR so far (kh 29/11/2022)
Youth
voice: What youths expect from faces of hope in
parliament, by Sharana Sherpa and Anjali Shukla (nlt
28/11/2022),
Old
parties failed to understand the new generation : The
political template of Congress and Communists are
decades old. Closed camps and cadre training don't work
so well in the age of social media, interview with
Krishna Khanal (kp 28/11/2022), Over
60 former MPs face defeat in parliamentary election
(rep 28/11/2022)
Economic
promises and challenges : None of the manifestos
explains how to mobilise resources and enhance
administration, by Chandan Sapkota (kp 28/11/2022)
Is
communist alliance in the making? Poor performance of
CPN (Maoist Center) in federal parliament polls and
desperation of KP Oli and CPN-UML leaders to return to
power indicate the possibility. But observers are not so
sure (nlt 28/11/2022)
Nepal
: Fractured Mandate, by Ajit Kumar Singh (SAIR
28/11/2022)
Parties
Move To Form New Government, by Ballav Dahal (rn
28/11/2022)
Women
representation nil under FPTP in Karnali province :
Single candidate to represent Dalits (kh 28/11/2022)
On
their own merit : If talent is discouraged in political
parties, those committed to public service will seek
alternatives (kp 28/11/2022)
Exploitation
fears as more contractors become lawmakers :
Stakeholders say contractor-turned lawmakers could
misuse their influence to skew laws and policies in
their favour, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/11/2022)
[Teachers and other people in
the public service are not allowed to run, but people
who have a great economic advantage from their election
are!]
Candidates
begin submitting election spending (kh 28/11/2022),
EC
directs candidates and parties to submit election
expenses within15 days (kh 28/11/2022), EC
instructs candidates to submit their election expenses
within 35 days (rep 28/11/2022)
Dang
sees 5.92 percent votes invalid (kh 28/11/2022)
PR
votes: UML leading followed by Nepali Congress (kh
28/11/2022), 15
percent votes under PR yet to be counted (kh
28/11/2022)
FPTP
members elected to HoR so far (kh 28/11/2022)
Re-election
to be held in Dolakha on Dec 1 (kh 28/11/2022), Repolling
in 10 Dolakha booths on December 1 (ht 28/11/2022)
JSP’s
Ashok Rai elected from Sunsari-1 (kh 28/11/2022)
Contours
of post-election politics : Democracy seems to have
become stronger with the popular quest for alternatives,
by Lok Raj Baral (kp 27/11/2022), The
ambition of politicians and the will of voters : Attempt
of a first election analysis, by Karl-Heinz Krämer
(Nepal Observer 27/11/2022) [see also Khabarhub
29/11/2022]
Ruling
alliance fails to stop UML : Dissimilar ideologies of
the parties in the coalition seems to have not favoured
them, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 27/11/2022), Maoists
had difficulties winning elections even in their
bastions, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 27/11/2022),
Deuba,
Dahal commit to saving the alliance : KP Sharma Oli has
also been reaching out to other parties to build a
coalition he can lead, by Anil Giri (kp 27/11/2022)
[The message from the voters is
clear: Not these old failed politicians again! Without
the manipulations of the top politicians, this message
would have been much clearer!]
60
former MPs defeated in election (kh 27/11/2022)
Voters
reject candidates favoured by top leaders : The trend
reflects people’s growing frustration with the top brass
and how the political parties are run, analysts say,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/11/2022)
Voters’
Expectations, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn 27/11/2022),
Writing
Is On The Wall For Parties, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
27/11/2022)
EC
will decide on vote count resumption in Bajura, Syangja
and Dolakha soon: Spokesperson Paudel (kh
27/11/2022), EC
decides to hold re-election in 10 polling stations in
Dolakha (kh 27/11/2022)
What
caused lower voters turnout in this election?, by
Ranju Kafle (rn 27/11/2022)
80
percent votes under PR counted so far: EC (kh
27/141/2022)
Election
results of all districts but for three will come by
November 29: EC (kh 27/11/2022)
General
Election2022: Results of 157 seats under FPTP out
(kh 27/11/2022)
Results
of 156 constituencies out, Congress lead winning 51
seats : Nepali Congress has won 51 seats, followed by
CPN-UML with 41 seats. Likewise, CPN (Maoist) and CPN
(Unified Socialist) and Rastriya Swatantra Party have
won 17 seats, 10 seats, and seven seats, respectively
(nlt 27/11/2022), As
counting nears end, picture of new House emerges :
Congress leads in first-past-the-post tally, UML hopes
to catch up with proportional representation votes,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/11/2022)
UML’s
Subash Nemwang elected from Ilam-2 (kh 27/11/2022),
UML’s
Mahato elected from Mahottari-1 (kh 27/11/2022), NC’s
Dig Limbu wins HoR seat from Morang-1 (kh
27/11/2022), UML’s
Basnet elected from Ilam-1 defeating Jhalanath Khanal
(kh 27/11/2022)
RPP
wins 7 seats in Bagmati State Assembly (kh
27/11/2022), 14
CMs in five years: 7 won elections, two lost (rep
27/11/2022), Ruling
coalition clinches victory in majority seats in Karnali
PA (kh 27/11/2022)
Members
elected to HoR so far (kh 27/11/2022)
PR
votes: UML leading followed by Nepali Congress (kh
27/11/2022)
Counting
of votes uncertain in Bajura (kh 27/11/2022)
Vote
count in Sunsari-4 postponed since Saturday evening
(kh 27/11/2022)
Remarkable
Electoral Shifts, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn 26/11/2022)
Caste-based
voting on the wane in Madhesh, poll results suggest : As
society becomes more diverse, the province has started
to look more at candidates’ vision than their ethnicity,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 26/11/2022)
Established
Madhes parties lose vote share to new outfits, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 26/11/2022)
Rabi
Lamichhane discloses his election expenditure (kh
26/11/2022)
All
candidates of ruling alliance win election in Karnali
Province (kh 26/11/2022)
Khanal
demands for reelection in Ilam (rep 26/11/2022)
Vote
count halts in Sunsari-4 (kh 26/11/2022), ‘Communication
minister demanded recounting of votes after he was
certain to lose’ (rep 27/11/2022)
UML
is losing ground in Gandaki Province. Congress making
gains : In 2017, UML alone won 13 lower house seats from
Gandaki, but this time its tally has reduced to just
five, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 26/11/2022), Beating
all odds, CPN–UML becomes leading force in Madhesh
Province : But split cost the party dearly in
Sudurpaschim and Karnali provinces, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 26/11/2022), NC’s
Acharya elected HoR member from Kapilvastu-2 (kh
26/11/2022), RPP
candidate Bohara defeats incumbent Home Minister Khand
in Rupandehi-3 (rep 26/11/2022), Maoist
Center’s Amanlal Modi wins from Morang-4 (kh
26/11/2022), NC’s
Tejulal Chaudhary elected from Saptari-4 (kh
26/11/2022), RPP’s
Bikram Pandey turns victorious in Chitwan-3 (kh
26/11/2022), NC’s
Shahi clinches victory in Mugu (kh 26/11/2022), NC’s
Mahendra Ray Yadav wins in Mahottari-4 (kp
26/11/2022), NC
and UML garner over 2 million votes under PR category
(kh 26/11/2022), Mahindra
Raya Yadav elected from Sarlahi-2 (kh 26/11/2022)
PR
vote count: UML leading followed by NC and RSP (kh
26/11/2022), PR
votes: UML still ahead followed by NC and Maoist Center
(kh 26/11/2022), PR
Votes: Maoist Center takes a lead against Rastriya
Swatantra Party, UML continues the lead as NC trails
behind it (rep 26/11/2022), NC
and UML garner over 2 million votes under PR category
(kh 26/11/2022), 7.6
million votes counted under PR category: EC (kh
26/11/2022), 7.6
million votes counted under proportional category
(rep 26/11/2022)
Re-poll
in Bajura's Budhinanda today (rn 26/11/2022)
Panel
formed to probe deaths following vote-related dispute
(ht 26/11/2022)
Update:
Members elected to HoR (kh 26/11/2022), JSP’s
Raj Kishor elected from Siraha-2 (kh 26/11/2022),
UML’s
Malla clinches PA seat in Mugu (1) (kh 26/11/2022),
NC
wins PA seat in Nuwakot 2(2) (kh 26/11/2022)
Vox
Populi : The people have spoken: they do not
want business as usual in politics (nt
25/11/2022), The
Nepali people have spoken :
Voters have made their
dissatisfaction with the
country’s serial politicians
clear: shape up or ship out,
by Sonia Awale (nt 25/11/2022)
The
underdogs have won. Now what? The next five years will
be crucial, not just for the newer parties, but also for
the older lot, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 25/11/2022)
Expat
push key to Swatantra Party’s electoral success
: Migrant workers and students studying abroad
had urged their family members back in Nepal to
cast their votes in favour of RSP this election,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 25/11/2022), RSP,
new kid on the block, chimes with voters : Wins five
parliamentary seats in valley, placed 3rd in PR vote
count, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 25/11/2022)
Women
participation in HoR: Seven get directly elected, two
still leading (kh 25/11/2022) [Besides
158 males: this is what the patriarchal party leaders
call appropriate and "inclusive"!], Women
candidates in HoR and PA elections of 2079 BS, by
Smriti Dhungana (rep 25/11/2022)
Polls
largely fair : The govt and the EC have failed to ensure
the voting right of the Nepali migrant workers (ht
25/11/2022) [Elections that are dominated and manipulated by
the Tagadhari, especially Bahun patriarchy and
discriminate against women, Janajatis, Madheshis, Dalits
and Muslims can hardly be called fair!]
Lingden
lifts Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s status in the House :
On Thursday evening, the party’s share of proportional
representation votes was 7 percent, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 25/11/2022) [The improvement
of the RPP must also be attributed primarily to the bad
policies and largely failed manipulations of the
erstwhile major parties. The probably 6 or 7 per cent
share in the PR vote shows that people do not really
want a return to Hindu state and monarchy!]
Problem
persists in three districts as Election Commission fails
to resolve issues : The body is studying the disputes
and has announced re-polls at a centre in Bajura (kp
25/11/2022)
14,849
votes invalid in HoR, PA poll in Kailali-3 (rn
25/11/2022)
UML’s
Mainali elected HoR member from Bara-1 (kh
25/11/2022), NC’s
Yadav elected HoR member from Dhanusha-2 (kh
25/11/2022), UML’s
Mahato elected to HoR from Dhanusha-3 (kh
25/11/2022), NC’s
Dr. Shekhar Koirala elected from Morang-6 (kh
25/11/2022), NC
candidate wins HoR seat from Nawalparasi
(Bardaghat-Susta East)-2 (kh 25/11/2022), RPP’s
Dhruba Pradhan elected from Nawalparasi-2 (kh
25/11/2022), Panchthar:
UML’s candidate Nembang wins HoR seat (kh
25/11/2022), UML’s
Uprety wins HoR seat from Sarlahi-3 (kh 25/11/2022),
UML’s
Gokul Baskota ensures victory in Kavre-2 (kh
25/11/2022), NC’s
Dilli Raj Pant elected from Kailali-5 (kh
25/11/2022), UML’s
Pradip Gyawali concedes defeat : "I take responsibility
for adverse results" (kh 25/11/2022), UML’s
Gurung clinches HoR seat from Kaski-1 (kh
25/11/2022), Birendra
Mahato of JSP wins from Siraha-4 (rep 25/11/2022), UML’s
Gaire elected HoR member from Palpa-2 (kh
25/11/2022), NUP’s
Chaudhary wins from Kailali 2 (kh 25/11/2022), NC’s
Sunil Sharma gets elected from Morang-3 (kh
25/11/2022), UML’s
Acharya wins HoR seat from Palpa-1 (kh 25/11/2022),
Mahantha
Thakur clinches HoR seat from Mahottari-3 (kh), NC’s
Thapa wins from Syangja-1 (kh 25/11/2022), UML
leader Bishnu Poudel elected from Rupandehi-2 (kh
25/11/2022)
Pathak
elected PA member from Nawalparasi (Bardaghat-Susta
West)-1 (1) (kh 25/11/2022), UML’s
Maharjan elected PA member from Lalitpur 3(2) (kh
25/11/2022), UML’s
Basnet wins in Sunsari-1 (A), by Rohit Rai (rep
25/11/2022), NC’s
Karki wins in Morang-6 (B) (rep 25/11/2022), Minister
Shahi elected in Dolpa (B) (rep 25/11/2022), Maoist
Center’s Shrestha wins PA member from Ramechhap (kh
25/11/2022)
The
stark message of elections, by Shiva P Tiwari (ae
24/11/2022), What
are the new prime minister’s biggest challenges?, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 24/11/2022), Lessons
from election (ae 24/11/2022)
The
scrutiny of incoming Swatantra Party lawmakers has
already begun : While some find party’s lack of clear
ideology troubling, others reckon its ranks of field
experts will serve well, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
24/11/2022)
In
Madhesh, political ground is shifting : Fourteen years
after the Madhesh movement, voters have punished its
major faces in the recent polls, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 24/11/2022), CK
Raut’s Janamat Party emerges as a strong regional force
: His victory surprised many as his party’s performance
during the May local elections had been dismal,
Abdhesh Kumar Jha & Santosh Singh (kp 24/11/2022)
Times
they’re changing : The rise of the Rastriya Swatantra
Party reflects the passion for change among Nepali
voters (kp 24/11/2022)
Sobita
Gautam and Dr Toshima Karki: New faces kindling hope in
Kathmandu and outside : They did not resort to
blame-game, their election campaign was sober and
comparatively frugal. Rise of Sobita Gautam and Dr
Toshima Karki has now ignited a new hope among youths,
by Sharana Sherpa (nlt 24/11/2022)
Rise
of rebels, fall of ‘yes-men’ : General secretaries of
CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist lost the elections while the
general secretaries duo of Nepali Congress won the race,
by Dhan Bahadur Khadka (nlt 24/11/2022)
Polling
for Nepal's parliament 2022: Ballot box or cyber-voting?,
by Anand Aditya (ht 24/11/2022)
Defining
Contours Of Democracy, by Mukti Rijal (rn
24/11/2022)
Stability
For Sustainable Development, by Bishnu Prasad Khanal
(rn 24/11/2022)
Vote
count of 88 constituencies concludes; NC wins 33 seats,
UML 19 and Maoist Center nine seats (rep
24/11/2022), Members
elected to HoR so far (kh 24/11/2022)
Rabi
Lamichhane ensures victory from Chitwan-2 : Official
announcement yet to be made (kh 24/11/2022), Rabi
Lamichhane secures landslide victory in Chitwan-2 :
Lamichhane secured 49,261 votes, while Umesh Shrestha of
Nepali Congress bagged 15,091 votes (nlt
24/11/2022), NC’s
Rathaur wins HoR seat from Banke 3 (kh 24/11/2022),
Unified
Socialist’s Joshi elected HoR member from Bajhang
(kh 24/11/2022), UML’s
Ghimire elected HoR member from Rupandehi 5 (kh
24/11/2022), UML’s
Gurung elected HoR member from Lamjung (kh
24/11/2022), UML’s
Gurung wins from Lamjung, defeats Maoist’s heavyweight
Dev Gurung : Gurung bagged 31,789 votes, while Prithivi
Subba Gurung got 34,969 votes (nlt 24/11/2022), Deepak
Singh defeats Kamal Thapa in Makwanpur-1 (rep
24/11/2022), Kamal
Thapa concedes defeat (kh 24/11/2022), Unified
Socialist’s Ale wins HoR seat from Doti (kh
24/11/2022), RSP’s
Dr. Toshima Karki elected from Lalitpur-3 (kh
24/11/2022), UML’s
Thapa elected HoR member from Pyuthan (kh
24/11/2022), Maoist
Chairman Prachanda elected to HoR from Gorkha-2 (kh
24/11/2022), NC
leader Paudel elected HoR member from Tanahun 1 (kh
24/11/2022), Suwal
elected to HoR from Bhaktapur-1 (kh 24/11/2022), Maoist
Center’s Sharma wins HoR member from Dang-2 (kh
24/11/2022), Unified
Socialist Chair Madhav Nepal elected from Rautahat-1
(kh 24/11/2022), UML
makes clean sweep in Parbat (kh 24/11/2022), CPN-UML’s
LP Sanwa elected HoR member from Jhapa-4 (kh
24/11/2022), Dr.
Shashank clinches fourth win in a row (kh
24/11/2022), RPP’s
Deepak Singh wins in Makwanpur-1 (kh 24/11/2022), Maoist
Center’s Pasang defeats UML’s Bishal Bhattarai in
Khotang (kh 24/11/2022), Man
Bahadur Rai elected HoR member from Solukhumbu (rep
24/11/2022), NC
leader Paudel elected as HoR member from Tanahun-1
(rep 24/11/2022), Ruling
alliance candidate wins HoR seat in Sarlahi-1 (rep
24/11/2022), NC
wins election in Myagdi after 23 years (rn
24/11/2022), NC
comes winner in Sidhuli-1 (kh 24/11/2022), UML’s
Bidya Bhattarai wins HoR seat in Kaski-2 (kh
24/11/2022), Rajendra
Lingden wins from Jhapa-3 : Lingden defeated Nepali
Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula by a margin of
3,276 votes (nlt 24/11/2022), RSP’s
Hari Dhakal wins in Chitwan-1 (kh 24/11/2022), UML
wins HoR, PA seats in Arghakhanchi (kh 24/11/2022),
Nagarik
Unmukti Party’s Ranjita Shrestha wins in Kailali-1
(kh 24/11/2022), NC’s
Yadav wins HoR seat in Saptari-3 (kh 24/11/2022), CPN
(Maoist Center) candidate Sapkota elected HoR member
from Sindhupalchowk-1 (rn 24/11/2022), RSP’s
Hari Dhakal wins in Chitwan-2 (rep 24/11/2022), Ramshankar
Yadav wins from Siraha-1 (rep 24/11/2022), NC
leader Khadka elected from Surkhet-1 (kh
24/11/2022), NC’s
Karki secures HoR post from Nawalparasi East-2 (kh
24/11/2022), NC
rebel candidate Amaresh Kumar Singh elected from
Sarlahi-4 (kh 24/11/2022), Rayamajhi
wins HoR seat from Arghakhanchi (kh 24/11/2022)
Maoist
Center secures PA seats from Sindhupalchok (kh
24/11/2022), CPN-UML
wins PA seats from Gulmi-2 (kh 24/11/2022), Results
of PA elections 2022 so far (kh 24/11/2022), Lakshman
Kishore Chaudhary wins PA seat from Kailali-1B (rep
24/11/2022), Anurag
Khadka wins in Dang-1 (rep 24/11/2022), UML's
Menyangwo elected province assembly member from
Taplejung A (rep 24/11/2022), Vindu
Kumar Thapa wins in Kaski-2B (rep 24/11/2022), Janmajaya
Timilsina elected provincial assembly member from Bardia
2 A (rep 24/11/2022), Sakil
Mia of Janamat Party wins Province Assembly seat from
Saptari-1(B) (rep 24/11/2022)
Shishir
Khanal wins from Kathmandu-6 (nlt 23/11/2022), Yogesh
Bhattarai elected from Taplejung (nlt 23/11/2022), Gokarna
Bista elected from Gulmi-2 for third consecutive time
(nlt 23/11/2022), CK
Raut elected from Saptari-2 with a wide margin (nlt
23/11/2022), Pradip
Poudel elected from Kathmandu-5 : Poudel defeated
CPN-UML leader Ishwar Pokharel by 5,065 votes (nlt
23/11/2022), Sobita
Gautam elected from Kathmandu-2 (nlt 23/11/2022), Sher
Bahadur Deuba elected for seventh consecutive time from
Dadeldhura (nlt 23/11/2022), RSP’s
Dr. Toshima Karki elected from Lalitpur-3 (kh
23/11/2022), Unified
Socialist candidate registers first win from Achham
(kh 23/11/2022), NC’s
Thani secures HoR seat from Surkhet-2 (kh
23/11/2022), RPP’s
Rana elected from Banke Constituency-2 (kh
23/11/2022), NC’s
Rajendra KC elected from Kathmandu Constituency-10
(kh 23/11/2022), Maoist
Center’s Ghartimar gets elected from Rukum East (kh
23/11/2022), Resham
Chaudhary’s father Lalveer Chaudhary wins in Bardiya-2
(kh 23/11/2022), Nagarik
Unmukti Party turns victorious in all seats in Kailali-3
(kh 23/11/2022), JSP’s
Pradeep Yadav wins from Parsa-1 (kh 23/11/2022), JSP’s
Pradeep Yadav wins from Parsa-1 (kh 23/11/2022), Maoist
Center’s Devendra Poudel elected from Baglung-2 (kh
23/11/2022), NC
candidate Ramhari Khatiwada wins from Okhaldhunga
(kh 23/11/2022), NC
candidate Ajay Chaurasiya wins in Parsa-2 (kh
23/11/2022), UML
Chair KP Oli wins by a huge margin in Jhapa-5 (kh
23/11/2022), Unified
Socialist’s Kisan Shrestha elected from Bara-4 (kh
23/11/2022), NC
leader Lekhak wins in Kanchanpur-3 (kh 23/11/2022),
KC
of Rastriya Janamorcha wins HoR seat from Baglung-1
(rep 23/11/2022)
NC’s
Ale gets victory in Province Assembly from Tanahun
(kh 23/11/2022), UML’s
Dhami becomes victorious in Darchula PA-1 (kh
23/11/2022), RPP
wins in both PA seats in Kathmandu-2 (kh
23/11/2022), NC
makes clean sweep in Kathmandu-1 (kh 23/11/2022), CPN-UML’s
Pachhai wins PA seat in Jumla (kh 23/11/2022)
Validation
of the existing order : Voters have validated the status
quo with their participation as well as abstention,
by CK Lal (kp 23/11/2022)
A
eulogy to unfact : During election campaigns, when truth
is reduced to pithy slogans, facts are far from simple
errors of details, by Dharma Adhikari (kp
23/11/2022)
Nepalis
Vote For A Change, by Namrata Sharma (rn 23/11/2022)
After
ballot paper mix-up, calls grow for shift to electronic
voting : Election observers blame polling officers for
the problem, by Bijnod Ghimire (kp 23/11/2022)
135
election employees awaiting rescue in Upper Dolpa
(kh 23/11/2022)
Shape
up or ship out : The major political forces must start
the long process of their renewal right now. They have
been adequately warned (kp 22/11/2022), The
mavericks are coming : The parties should get the
message that the Nepali people are getting tired of
their ways, by Achyut Wagle (kp 22/11/2022)
Newer
parties could make gains in Nepal's election, analysts
say (ht 22/11/2022)
Voters
Indifferent To Poll, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
22/11/2022)
UML’s
Shrestha wins HoR election from Kathmandu-9 (nlt
22/11/2022)
NC
candidate Patel elected PA member from Parsa-2 A (rn
22/11/2022)
NC
wins PA seat in Rasuwa-1 (kh 22/11/2022)
RPP
wins Province Assembly seat in Kathmandu- 2(1) (kh
22/11/2022)
Nagarik
Unmukti Party’s Chaudhary wins in Kailali-3 (kh
22/11/2022), What
is the Nagarik Unmukti Party about? Here is basic
information about the Nagarik Unmukti Party that is
emerging as a new force in west Terai of Nepal (nlt
22/11/2022)
Prakash
Man Singh re-elected from Kathmandu-1 : Nepali Congress
leader won for the fourth time beating Rastriya
Prajatantra Party leader Rabindra Mishra by just 125
votes (nlt 22/11/2022), Gagan
Thapa elected from Kathmandu-4
Thapa has garnered 21,302 votes, while his nearest rival
Bhattarai secured 13,855 (nlt 22/11/2022)
Congress
takes lead in preliminary vote counting : Rastriya
Swatantra Party makes an encouraging entry into national
politics (kp 22/11/2022)
When
Nepal stops : Government service delivery comes to a
halt during elections. The cost is evident all around
(kp 21/11/2022) [The way in
which elections are organised is irrational and in many
respects represents a serious restriction of basic civil
rights!], Heavy
security presence at polling centres perplexes tourists,
by Bal Krishna Sah (ht 21/11/2022)
Federal
parliament election 2022 result: Prem Bahadur Maharjan
wins from Lalitpur-2 : CPN-UML candidate Prem Bahadur
Maharjan has been elected to federal parliament from
Lalitpur Constituency-2 (nlt 21/11/2022)
Vote
counting halted in Gorkha district as dispute escalates
over election-rigging : The vote counting process has
not yet started in Gorkha where Maoist chairperson
Pushpa Kamal Dahal is one of the contenders (nlt
21/11/2022)
‘Back-to-back
elections also led to low voter turnout : ‘People say
why give the same old parties another chance when they
have failed to perform, repeatedly’, interview with
Sanjeev Humagain (kp 21/11/2022)
What
does the result of the initial vote count suggest?,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 21/11/2022)
NC’s
Sherchan elected to Mustang’s Provincial Assembly (B)
(kh 21/11/2022)
NC
candidate Gurung wins from Mustang in Gandaki Province
Assembly (kh 21/11/2022), NC's
Namdu Gurung wins Province Assembly seat from Mustang
(rn 21/11/2022)
Nepali
Congress wins HoR seat in Mustang (nlt 21/11/2022),
Yogesh
becomes centre of attraction in Mustang political scene
after winning election (rn 21/11/2022)
Vote
counting of FPTP, PR being conducted simultaneously
(kh 21/11/2022)
NA
defuses homemade bomb in Dhankuta (kh 21/11/2022)
Sunday’s
elections a test for old players, newcomers alike :
Except for the 1999 elections, independent candidates
have always won seats in Nepal’s parliament, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 21/11/2022)
Nepal
votes 2022: Frustrated with mainstream parties, many
voters stay away from polling booths : Observers say a
variety of other reasons have contributed to the low
turnout of voters at federal parliament and provincial
assemblies elections (nlt 20/11/2022), Nepal
Elections: Voter turnout of 61 percent; counting to
start tonight : The voter turnout in the last elections
in 2017 was around 70 percent. It was 60 percent and 78
percent in 2008 and 2013 Constituent Assembly elections
(nlt 20/11/2022), Around
61 percent cast votes in largely peaceful polls :
Disputes and incidents of violence were reported in some
places, with one death and several injuries. Repolling
required in 15 centres across provinces, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 21/11/2022) ["Peaceful"
looks different!], Polling
marred by incidents of violence in some
districts : Police fire warning shots at some
stations to disperse crowds. One person died
from bullet wounds while 3, including a
policeman, got injured in Bajura, by Arjun
Shah (kp 21/11/2022),
Frustration
with old guard cited as main reason for relatively low
turnout : Without independent candidates and new
parties, the voter turnout would have been lower still,
observers say, by Nishan Khatiwada and Anup Ojha (kp
21/11/2022)
Unequal
votes: The undemocratic election system of Nepal :
Having population as the criterion for electoral
constituency delineation will not do any justice to the
actual constituents. The number of voters should be the
main basis for constituency delineation, by Sindhuj
Thapa (nlt 20/11/2022)
Rampant
use of minors in election campaigning reported :
Authorised monitoring teams have reported as many as 165
incidents of use of minors in poll-related activities,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/11/2022)
Thousands
of eligible citizens outside constituencies denied
voting rights : The election commission should have come
up with an arrangement to allow eligible voters based
anywhere within the country to vote, experts say (kp
20/11/2022)
Foreign
election observers make election supervision (rep
20/11/2022), 46
organizations, including two foreign ones, observe
Sunday’s election (kh 20/11/2022)
Elderly
voters return after security personnel tell them not to
take keys to polling station (rep 20/11/2022) [?????]
Controversy
in Dhanusha and Saptari after provincial assemblies’
ballot papers given instead of HoR ballot paper (rep
20/11/2022)
EC
directs not to postpone voting over minor disputes
(rep 20/11/2022)
What
sets this election apart : The country goes to polls
amid rising frustration, decline of ideology and advent
of some promising new forces, by Nishan Khatiwada
(kp 20/11/2022)
Winds
of change as country is geared to vote (kp
20/11/2022)
Day
of voters’ freedom : Voters know that lust for power and
position dominates the atmosphere of democratic politics,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 20/11/2022)
Rise
of Rastriya Swatantra Party due to frustration with
major parties Which parties will suffer due to rise of
Swatantra Party? How will ruling coalition and UML fare?,
by Ameet Dhakal (Setopati 20/11/2022)
A
story of working class couple for whom elections meant
literally nothing : "We have to work for a square meal a
day. If we don't work, we'll have nothing to eat. We get
sound sleep only when we have a decent meal" (nlt
20/11/2022)
Polls
Landmark For Federal Republic, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 20/11/2022)
How
is Nepal voting? Know about Nepal’s federal and
provincial assembly elections (nlt 20/11/2022)
Voting
taking place enthusiastically in peaceful environment:
Observers (kh 20/11/2022) (related to Kathmandu)
Election:
Scheduled time for casting votes concludes (kh
20/11/2022), Voting
time for general election is over (rep 20/11/2022),
Voting
put off in 15 polling stations across the country:
Election Commission (rep 20/11/2022)
Police
fire in air as Biplav faction tries to disrupt election
in Chitwan (kh 20/11/2022), Election
obstruction attempt foiled in Chitwan, by Saligram
Nepal (rn 20/11/2022), Voting
affected as explosion takes place at Khairapur polling
station in Bardiya (kh 20/11/2022), Bomb
explodes in Khairapur polling station in Bardiaya
(kh 20/11/2022), Firing
in five districts, hoax bombs in 27 places, voting
postponed in 11 centers (kh 20/11/2022), Violent
activities during elections; police fire warning shots
in five districts : Police fire warning shots to quash
clashes in Siraha, Bajura, Chitwan, Dolkha and Rautahat
district (nlt 20/11/2022), Voting
underway despite bomb explosion outside Shirise polling
station in Ilam (rep 20/11/2022), NA
team disposes bomb found in Gorkha polling station,
by Narhari Sapkota (rep 20/11/2022), Voting
continues despite explosion at Sharada Secondary School
Polling Station in Kailali, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal
(rep 20/11/2022), Police
open blank fire in Doti, voting resumes, by Keshav
Chandra Mahara (rn 20/11/2022), People
injured in clash at Humla polling station (kh
20/11/2022), Firing
in Tamakoshi polling station in Dolakha, one policeman
injured (kh 20/11/2022), Ballot
box catches fire in Bajura (kh 2011/2022), Ballot
boxes set on fire in Bajura (rep 20/11/2022),
Ballot
box torched in Nawalparasi, by Basanta Dhungana
(rep), Voting
suspended in 15 centres (kh 20/11/2022), Police
opens 53 rounds of blank fire in five districts (kh
20/11/2022), Police
fire 38 rounds of aerial shots in 8 districts,
voting postponed at 63 places (rep 20/11/2022), One
dies in election clash between two sides (rep
20/11/2022), One
killed in Bajura as police opens fire (rep
20/11/2022), One
dead as police open fire during clash at polling station
in Bajura : Three injured have been medevaced to
Kathmandu for treatment, by Arjun Shah (kp
20/11/2022), Army
conducts air patrols in sensitive areas of Rolpa and
Rukum (rep 20/11/2022), Voting
suspended in Surkhet due to dispute (rep
20/11/2022), Three
arrested for allegedly disrupting voting process in
Rukum (West), Voting
affected in 44 election centres across 25 districts,
by Mahesh KC (kp 20/11/2022), Police
officer injured while firing warning shot : Security
personnel on duty were compelled to open fire to contain
the situation, said police, by Basanta Pratap Singh
(kp 20/11/2022)
Inmates
of the Central Jail cast votes (kh 20/11/2022), Central
jail inmates cast vote (kh 20/11/2022), 20
inmates in Kalikot jail cast their votes (rep
20/11/2022), 348
prisoners cast votes in Karnali (rep
20/11/2022)
Voting
underway in peaceful manner at all polling stations in
Banke (rep 20/11/2022)
General
Election 2022: Voting underway in Nepal (kh
20/11/2022), 32
percent voting across the country until 12.45pm (kh
20/11/2022), 52
percent votes cast in Lalitpur district till 3:00 pm
(kh 20/11/2022), More
than 50 percent votes cast in Mustang and Manang, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 20/11/2022), 70.67
percent votes casts in Manang (rep 20/11/2022), 64
percent votes cast in Rasuwa by 3:30PM (rep
20/11/2022), 45
percent votes cast in Ilam as of 3:30PM (rep
20/11/2022), 60
percent of votes cast in Dang (rep 20/11/2022), 55
percent votes cast in 10 constituencies of Kathmandu
(kh 20/11/2022), Preliminary
report puts 60 percent voter turnout in today’s HoR and
PA elections (kh 20/11/2022)
A
look back at Nepal’s democratic elections, since 1959 :
Nepal has conducted seven elections to parliament,
including two to the Constituent Assembly. Today’s is
the eighth, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 20/11/2022)
Lack
of citizenship robs youths of voting rights : The state
has discriminated against the children of those who
acquired citizenship by birth, say civil society leaders,
by Bhusan Yadav and Laxmi Sah (kp 19/11/2022) [The highest responsibility lies with Ms Bhandari.
Whatever the president says, she had to sign the
amendment recently, according to the constitution. Was
it obeisance to KP Oli because he feared dissenting
votes from the youth in the Tarai for his conduct in the
2015/16 Tarai movement?]
Rise
of young, independent candidates a worrying sign for
ageing political leaders, by Santosh Sharma
Poudel (rep 19/11/2022)
Four
polling booths in Manang have less than 100 voters
(rep 19/11/2022)
Commitment
on road safety in the parties’ manifestos: Will they
be implemented? This is likely the first time in
Nepal's history that clear electoral promises have
been made regarding both public transport and road
safety, by Prakriti Aryal (nlt 19/11/2022)
Government
geared to address security threats during election :
Home Secretary Binod Prakash Singh said district
administration offices have seized 2,025 small arms to
minimise the security threat, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
19/11/2022)
The
right and responsibility to vote : Every vote matters
and those who are eligible to vote, experts advise,
should not squander the opportunity, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 19/11/2022)
EC
cracks whip against poll code violators : Cancels seven
development projects that urban development ministry
okayed on Thursday (ht 19/11/2022)
International
poll observers arrive in Nepal : Observation mainly
involves field monitoring of election by one or more
independent parties (ht 19/11/2022)
30
media outlets violate code of conduct: PCN (kh
19/11/2022)
Security
beefed up in PM Deuba’s home district Dadeldhura (kh
19/11/2022)
Police
nab ‘anti-election’ demonstrators in Kathmandu (kh
19/11/2022)
Suspicious
object found at three places in Chitwan (rep
19/11/2022)
Suspicious
objects being planted to spread panic (kh
19/11/2022)
Myagdi
sees beatings, burning of motorbikes and vandalism
during the silent period (rep 19/11/2022)
UML
candidate Niraula under police custody on charges of
distributing money to influence votes (rep
19/11/2022)
Election
silence has largely been honoured, observers say :
Interpretations vary of the political parties and their
candidates paying for bus rides to voters’ home
districts across the country (kp 19/11/2022)
100,000
leave Valley on Friday for vote : Major boarding points
such as Koteshwar, Jadibuti, Lokanthali, Kalanki and
Balku remained packed with people catching buses to
destinations outside the Valley (kp 19/11/2022), People
leave Kathmandu Valley in droves to cast vote, most
voters want to elect youth candidates (rep
19/11/2022)
Three
prisons in Kathmandu Valley prepare for conducting
voting (rn 19/11/2022)
Nov
20: Govt mobilizes 34,838 armed police personnel (kh
19/11/2022)
NHRC
urges all parties to play a constructive role in
conducting elections in a free and fair environment
(rep 19/11/2022)
Caste
Vote : Even more than in previous elections political
parties are falling back on caste vote banks because of
the absence of party ideology, by Chandra Kishore
(nt 18/11/2022)
Depending
on independents : Urban voters are disenchanted with
traditional politics, but established parties still hold
sway in districts, by Shristi Karki (nt 18/11/2022)
Dejected
voters reject polls : Fed up with empty assurances and
wild promises, villagers decide to collectively boycott
Sunday's elections, by Anita Bhetwal (nt 18/11/2022)
Voters
cynical about electoral alliances : Party ties for the
20 November polls confuse and divide citizens across the
Inner Tarai and Madhes Province, by Namrata Sharma
(nt 18/11/2022)
“No
Not Again”: What Nepalis need to be aware of?,
by Diwakar Dhakal (rep 18/11/2022)
Upcoming
election: A test of Nepali voters, by Nir
Bahadur Karki (ht 18/11/2022)
Everything
you need to know about the controversial Constituency
Development Fund (nlt 18/18/2022) [A
fund exclusively for directly elected MPs who were
previously nominated in an extremely socially
non-inclusive way by the high-caste leadership of the
parties!]
Govt
decides to increase surveillance on Biplav-led NCP :
Nepal Army's bomb disposal team at 900 locations (kh
18/11/2022)
Vote
wisely : Those voting in the upcoming elections will
have a big responsibility on their shoulders (kp
18/11/2022)
Nepal
votes 2022: The country observes ‘Silence Period’, EC
urges all not to violate laws : “Violation of the
Silence Period that has been enforced since midnight in
view of the elections to the Member of the House of
Representatives and Province Assembly is punishable by
laws” (nlt 18/11/2022)
All
preparations for Nov 20 election complete: EC (kh
18/11/2022), Election
materials, security personnel arrive at all voting
stations (kh 18/11/2022), Election
materials, officials sent in helicopters to Upper Dolpa
(kh 18/11/2022)
EC
seeks clarifications from Rural Municipality Chief,
administrative officer (kh 18/11/2022)
Major
trading post in Birgunj closed for 72 hours (kh
18/11/2022)
Election
Commission fines Manange Rs 25,000 (kh 19/11/2022)
Contest
Of Old And New Faces, by Tirtha Bhattarai (rn
18/11/2022)
5,779
security personnel mobilized in Kathmandu for election
(rn 18/11/2022)
Everything
you need to know before Nov 20 polls, by Pratik
Ghimire (ae 17/11/2022)
Increasing
invalid votes cause for concern, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 17/11/2022)
Women
struggle to find a solid footing in the parliament,
by Anushka Nepal (ae 17/11/2022)
How
will people with disabilities vote? The Election
Commission seems to have a ‘something is better than
nothing’ approach to inclusiveness. It’s preparations
are too little, too late, by Cilla Khatry (ae
17/11/2022)
Conflict
victims find no hope in election : There is a widespread
resentment and anger among conflict victims and
survivors against the political parties, by Yadab
Acharya (ae 17/11/2022)
Voter
frustration with major parties growing : Some observers
equate the current state of public dissatisfaction to
that which existed before the April 2006 movement,
by Tika R Pradhan and Purushottam Poudel (kp 17/11/2022)
Two
injured in IED explosion in Banke (rep), Treatment
of Chand-led party cadres injured in bomb blast under
police supervision (rep 17/11/2022), Nepal
Army defuses suspicious object found in Lalitpur
(rep 18/11/2022)
EC
plans to make public FPTP results within three days
(rn 17/11/2022), Parliament
Elections 2022: Election Commission Nepal plans to make
public FPTP results within three days : Nepal's election
management body was criticized for not expediting the
vote counting process during the local polls held on
earlier this year (nlt 17/11/2022), Poll
body aims to complete counting FPTP votes in 3 days :
Silence period began from Thursday midnight, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 18/11/2022)
Women
leaders contesting polls against men ‘heavyweights’ in
Dang (kh 17/11/2022)
Nov
20 election: Silence period to begin tonight (kh
17/11/2022)
Bagmati
Province has three million 471,792 eligible voters
(kh 17/11/2022)
Unidentified
vandals try to set fire to an election candidate's car
in Madi (17/11/2022)
Indian
national held with large quantity of sample ballot
papers (rep 17/11/2022)
Complaints
against Hamro Nepali Party candidates for trying to cash
in on Balen Shah’s ‘image’ : Dinesh Thapaliya, the chief
election commissioner, says his office is studying the
complaints, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/11/2022)
Minister
Chaudhary faces tough challenge in Dang-1 : Metmani
Chaudhary was elected from the constituency in the
previous House elections as a CPN-UML candidate, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 17/11/2022)
Five
battleground constituencies in Madhesh Province : In the
local elections held earlier this year, Nepali Congress
emerged as the largest party in the province, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 17/11/2022)
Election
2022: Some old lies, some new. Alliances have nothing to
do with long-held party policies, good governance,
economic delivery, foreign policy or national interests,
by Balmukunda Regmi (kp 16/11/2022)
‘Mero
Pratinidhi’ released to deliver election information to
public (rep 16/11/2022) [see corresponding
website]
15,000
fake ballot papers seized in Parsa (kh 16/11/2022)
Umesh
Shrestha’s vehicle vandalized in Bharatpur (rep
16/11/2022)
Bomb
blasts near Prachanda’s election event venue in Bhojpur
(kh 16/11/2022)
46
organizations, including two foreign ones, to observe
November 20 election (kh 16/11/2022), 46
organizations including two int’l ones being deployed
for election observation (rep 16/11/2022)
84
media outlets found violating code of conduct (kh
16/11/2022)
Non-essential
vehicles will be off road in the Valley on Nov 20
(rep 16/11/2022), Public
transport to remain off road on November 20 (kh
17/11/2022)
Election
not a priority for migrant workers from Jumla : A
majority of young men from Sinja are currently working
in various Indian cities and are not coming home for
next week’s elections, by DB Budha (kp 16/11/2022) [Both the Oli and Deuba governments
deliberately failed to provide postal voting to migrant
workers as mandated by the SC years ago!],
Leave
no one out : Unless Nepalis abroad renounce their
citizenship, they should get to take part in the
democratic exercise (kp 16/11/2022)
Rabi
Lamichhane alleges “elements” of trying to defame and
demoralize him (kh 16/11/2022), Complaint
demands annulment of Rabi Lamichhane’s candidacy : The
complaint filed at the district election office in
Chitwan states that Lamichhane did not relinquish his
Nepali citizenship even after taking the citizenship
certificate of another country (kp 16/11/2022), Issue
over Lamichhane’s citizenship gets complex : Election
Commission unlikely to decide on the matter before the
voting day, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/11/2022), EC
seeks explanation from Ravi Lamichhane over citizenship
controversy (rep 17/11/2022), Police
investigating Rabi Lamichhane's citizenship and passport
(rep 02/12/2022)
Govt
says preparations for election-focused security
arrangements complete (rep 16/11/2022)
Vote
will not be counted if the confidentiality of the ballot
is breached: CEC Thapaliya (rep 16/11/2022)
Over
71 per cent polling stations deemed sensitive (rn
16/11/2022)
Complaint
demanding cancellation of candidature of Gandaki
Province Finance Minister Baral filed at EC (rep
16/11/2022)
Deprived
and repeatedly duped, Musahars are losing faith in state
: The residents of Musahari tole in Dhanusha say party
leaders come seeking their votes before every election,
but forget about them as soon as they get elected,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 15/11/2022)
Growing
acts of violence add to security challenges for next
week’s elections : Incidents of clashes, vandalism
and personal attacks have rapidly increased,
threatening free and fair polls, by Anup Ojha
(kp 15/11/2022)
Seven
persons arrested for campaigning against elections
(kh 15/11/2022) [????]
No
use of mobile phones, camera at polling stations: EC
(rn 15/11/2022)
Lahareni
in Myagdi untouched by election fever (kh
15/11/2022)
Security
arrangement in place for election (kh 15/11/2022)
Ruling
alliance faces a tall order for vote transfer in Rolpa :
For the federal polls, Barsha Man Pun, the deputy
general secretary of the Maoist Centre, is up against
Purna Bahadur Budha, his former comrade-in-arms, by
Kashiram Dangi (kp 15/11/2022)
Govt
allocates Rs 20.04 billion for Nov 20 Elections (rep
15/11/2022)
Holiday
from Nov 18 to 21 in schools being used as polling
stations (rep 15/11/2022)
Don’t
remove LGBTIQ+ persons from the PR closed list: SC
(kh 14/11/2022), Court
orders Election Commission not to remove names of
LGBTIQ+ from the PR list (nlt 15/11/2022)
No
takers as coalition promises political stability :
Maoist Centre chair Dahal, a key coalition partner,
publicly boasts of having played a key role in forming
and toppling governments, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
14/11/2022)
EC
provisions to ensure smooth vote counting (ht
14/11/2022)
General
election : Hope of transformation, by Ashok Kumar
Khand (ht 14/11/2022)
SC
retains Dr. Toshima Karki’s candidacy in Lalitpur-3
(kh 14/11/2022)
Coarsening
political debate : People expressed their anger in the
local elections last May by voting for independent
candidates (kp 14/11/2022)
Party
Manifestos : Tourism In Priority, by Ballav Dahal
(rn 14/11/2022)
District
Election Office recommends bringing remote ballot boxes
by helicopter (rep 14/11/2022) [related to
Taplejung]
Nov
20: Four days left for election campaigning (kh
14/11/2022)
EC
issues directives to curb activities harming election
environment (kh 14/11/2022)
‘No
local people in political leadership is misfortune for
Kathmandu rim country’ (kh 14/11/2022)
Kanchanpur-3
is battleground of close aides of Deuba, Oli : UML
candidate Niru Devi Pal and her rival from the Congress,
Ramesh Lekhak, are expected to have a neck-to-neck
competition, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 14/11/2022)
Election
materials being supplied to remote Bhotkhola (kh
14/11/2022)
UML
leader Kafle attacked in Gorkha (kh 14/11/2022), Campaign
team of UML candidate Abdus Miya attacked in Gorkha (rep
14/11/2022)
Women
officials leading eight poling centers in Myagdi (kh
14/11/2022)
Women’s
share in House likely to shrink : With few women FPTP
candidates, more of them may need to be elected to the
upper house to meet the requirement, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/11/2022) [The
continued and even increased non-inclusive policies of
high-caste male politicians must be criminalised and
punished as a matter of urgency!]
Election
agenda of independent candidates: Corruption
control, development and change, by Narayan
Adhikari (rn 13/11/2022)
Words,
words, mere words : Election manifestos of the major
political parties make promises impossible to keep,
targets impossible to meet and the goals impossible to
achieve (nlt 13/11/2022), Political
parties repeat ‘inflated promises’ in their election
manifestos to lure voters (rep 13/11/2022), Election
Manifestos and Reformation of Government and Electoral
System, by Rajendra Bahadur Singh (rep 13/11/2022)
Ravi
Lamichhane’s election campaign vehicle vandalized in
Chitwan (kh 13/11/2022)
Provincial
polls overshadowed by federal elections, by Aashish
Mishra (rn 13/11/2022)
Unnatural
electoral tie-ups : The ultimate price is paid by the
confused voter, who cannot put two and two together,
by Paban Raj Pandey (kp 13/11/2022)
Voters
with disabilities want to exercise right to vote
on their own (rn 13/11/2022)
No
permits required for essential service vehicles on
voting day (kh 13/11/2022) [But
it is strictly forbidden to transport voters with health
or age conditions to the voting centres?]
EC
directs two municipalities to conduct voters’ education
program (kh 13/11/2022)
Fighting
disinformation together : Election preparations enter a
crucial stage, when bad actors may resort to
disinformation and misinformation, by Dinesh Kumar
Thapaliya (kp 13/11/2022) [Self-justification
by the Chief
Election Commissioner, but not a word about the serious
fake news and fairy tales of the political parties!],
Dealing
With Disinformation, by Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya (rn
16/11/2022)
Youths
have hope on new candidates, want to see change : Most
first time voters want to see new faces in parliament
who can address the problems of the youths, by
Sharana Sherpa (nlt 12/11/2022)
Fair
Polls Enhance Freedom Of Choice, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 12/11/2022)
New
voters awaiting election day eagerly (kh 12/11/2022)
Integrated
election cell comes into operation in all three levels:
NA (kh 12/11/2022)
Elections
and People with Disabilities : The access of people with
disabilities to vote in elections is an extremely
critical human right issue!, by Pralhad Gairapipli
(rep 12/11/2022)
Call
to ensure voting rights of people with psychosocial
disabilities (kh 12/11/2022)
Geographical
challenges in Gandaki in Nov 20 election (kh
12/11/2022), No
time for elections in upper Mustang : With most villages
empty as the local population has migrated to warmer
climes, authorities should have rethought poll timing,
villagers say, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 12/11/2022)
Internal
poll projections offer hints of top three, dark horses :
Up to 20 of its leaders caught up in close fights,
projection by the ruling parties gives Nepali Congress
60 FPTP seats, by Anil Giri (kp 12/11/2022)
Parties’
pledge of voting rights for Nepalis abroad remains an
unfulfilled promise : Political parties feel Nepalis
living abroad hold a sway over their relatives here and
can help influence elections by being a swing factor,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 12/11/2022) [Just
like almost all the big-mouthed promises of the failed
top politicians!]
710
polling stations in Sudhurpaschim categorized as most
sensitive (kh 12/11/2022)
Uniform
gives confidence, say women temporary police : 84,296
men and 30,642 women have taken up jobs as temporary
police across the country, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
12/11/2022)
Ballot
papers sent to all constituencies: Poll panel : 80.04
million ballot papers printed for HoR, PA polls (ht
12/11/2022)
Battle
of ballots : There is more enthusiasm among candidates
than voters for polls on 20 November, by Shristi
Karki (nt 11/11/2022)
Media
should ensure credibility in election news: CEC
Thapaliya (kh 11/11/2022) [Above
all, politicians and parties should convey credibility,
but they do exactly the opposite! Is thews really
covered by the code of conduct?]
Parties
can disseminate election publicity materials on online
media: EC (kh 11/11/2022)
EOC
says preparation for election observation over (kh
11/11/2022)
Heed
People’s Basic Needs, by Yug Bahadur (rn 11/11/2022)
Over
17,000 security personnel deployed for polls in
Sudurpaschim Province (rn 11/11/2022)
Nov
20 polls in numbers, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
15/11/2022)
Elections
will make politics more unstable, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 15/11/2022)
Parties
see fault in constitution, by Surendra Kafle (ae
10/11/2022)
EC
must prove its impartiality (ae 10/11/2022)
Dissecting
media’s role in elections : The democratic state
apparatus should not show an authoritarian character to
suppress an independent and inclusive voice, by
Laxman Datt Pant (ae 10/11/2022)
Independent
candidates on provincial assembly elections, by
Pratik Ghimire (ae 10/11/2022)
Unnatural
coalition leads to political instability, interview
with Satis Devkota (ae 10/11/2022)
How
the big three powers view Nepal election, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 10/11/2022)
Apex
Court issues interim order supporting ‘No Not Again’
campaign : In the second hearing of the case, a joint
bench of Justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Susma Lata
Mathema issued an interlocutory interim order against
the poll body’s decision (nlt 10/11/2022), SC
asks EC not to take action on ‘No, Not Again Campaign’
(kh 10/11/2022), SC
gives continuity to interim order not to take action
against 'No, Not Again' campaign (rep
11/11/2022)
Pre-electoral
coalition in Nepal: Comedy of errors revisited, by
Pushpa R Joshi (ht 10/11/2022)
Parties’
manifestos offer little to Dalits, Janajatis : Rights
activists have demanded a ‘Dalit decade’ to end
deep-rooted caste-based discrimination through policies
and programmes, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 09/11/2022)
Political
parties in Kaski breach Election Code of Conduct (kh
09/11/2022)
November
20 elections: Will they emulate the local polls?, by
Mahendra P Joshi (ht 09/11/2022)
Former
Health Minister Khatiwada attacked (rep 09/11/2022)
Security
beefed up for elections (nlt 09/11/2022)
Political
parties in Kaski found violating election code of
conduct (rep 09/11/2022)
Candidates
of all stripes promise water supply as always, but never
deliver : The people of Surkhet in mid-western Nepal
continue to live a hard life for lack of clean drinking
water, Harihar Singh Rathore & Jyotee Katuwal
(kp 09/11/2022) [What else can
be expected? After all, the same old losers are standing
for election!]
Voters
in Parsa unenthused about provincial candidates : While
federal-level candidates are familiar faces, those
contesting provincial seats are mostly unknown, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 09/11/2022)
KP
Oli boosts UML’s digital campaigning : Other party
leaders admit to being behind the UML in the
digital-campaign race, by Anil Giri (kp 09/11/2022)
Poll
authority appears afraid to take action for code
violations : Despite rampant code violations including
unlawful use of vehicles, commission’s response is
little (kp 09/11/2022)
In
Chitwan-2, voters preferring Rabi Lamichhane over
established parties : Nepal Live Today’s one-day
observation in Chitwan-2 shows that most voters are
increasingly in favor of Rabi Lamichhane, by DB
Khadka and Narayan Adhikari (nlt 08/11/2022)
Election
Commission requests : Supreme Court to vacate interim
order on Dr Toshima Karki’s candidacy Karki is a
candidate for federal parliamentary seat from Lalitpur-3
(kp 08/11/2022) [Many of the
failed politicians who are now running again have much
more important "offices of benefit", e.g. the prime
minister and his council of ministers. Will they also be
disqualified?], EC
orders Toshima Karki not to campaign with her symbol
‘bell’ (kh 09/11/2022) [The
"impartial" EC ensures "free, fair and democratic"
elections! The "impartial" EC ensures "free, fair and
democratic" elections! This is pure bullying and one can
only hope that this candidate will be elected!]
Independent
candidates galore in Nov 20 race (kh 08/11/2022)
Unified
Socialist leader Khatiwada manhandled in Makawanpur
election gathering (kp 08/11/2022)
Mayor
Shah's reply to EC: I have no party affiliation with
'Hamro Nepali Party' (rep 08/11/2022)
How
effective is door-to-door campaign? Some candidates say
it gives them a chance to convince voters, most others
do it as a ritual, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
08/11/2022)
Free
medicine to self-reliant economy in fringe parties’
manifestos (kh 08/11/2022)
EC
seeks clarification from candidate Rayi (kh
08/11/2022)
IGP
Singh directs subordinates to face security challenges
in election (kh 08/11/2022)
Supreme
Court issues interim order in favour of ‘No Not Again’
campaign : Election Commission has threatened action
against campaign members involved in posting photos of
prominent politicians on social media (kp
07/11/2022) [The SC's decision
means a victory of freedom of expression over the
anti-democratic EC and and the failed politicians it
protects!],
Former
Election Commissioners request the EC to act with
restraint (rep 07/11/2022), Citizens
demand greater fairness and accountability from Election
Commission : Amid allegations that the poll body has not
been able to enforce code of conduct equally on all
candidates, citizenry have urged the Election Commission
to increase its vigil as the poll date is drawing close
(nlt 07/11/2022)
As
many as 10,000 observers are to be mobilized for poll
observation: Chief Election Commissioner (nlt
07/11/2022)
Achham
prisoners eager to cast ballot but only a few are
registered voters : There are a total of 82 inmates in
the Mangalsen-based district prison, but only seven are
in the voter roll, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
07/11/2022)
Big
parties may win fewer proportional seats this election :
The number of parties crossing the three percent vote
threshold is expected to rise in November 20 elections,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/11/2022)
Fringe
forces’ boycott puts focus back on election security :
Chand’s party says it will actively boycott the upcoming
elections and retaliate if the government uses force,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/11/2022)
Will
Majdoor Kisan Party hold bastion? Party’s narrow focus
is eroding its voter base. Yet, it is expected to win
Bhaktapur-1 seat, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
06/11/2022)
Nov
20 elections: Ballot papers
arrive in Trishuli (kh
06/11/2022)
Preparations
for the election in full swing
(kh 06/11/2022), Nov
20 elections: Parties intensify
campaigning (kh 06/11/2022)
Home
Ministry identifies 23 groups
that may seek to disrupt
upcoming elections, by Binod
Subedi (rep 05/11/2022)
EC
fines KMC, Ward 16 chair
(rep 06/11/2022)
Rapti
folks to vote for those vowing
to solve inundation and soil
erosion problems (kh
05/11/2022) [Promises
abound in elections, but ....]
Voter
education program launched in
Baitadi (kh 05/11/2022)
EC
issues Election Security
(Management) Directive (ht
05/11/2022)
Mock
voting held at all local levels in Jajarkot (kh
05/11/2022)
Many
Nepalis say no, not again : Voters urge each other to
replace elderly established politicians with competent
new leadership, by Shristi Karki (nt 04/11/2022)
Manifestos
of political parties : They only show the dream of
trains, but don't build them, by Himal Lamsal (rep
04/11/2022), Parties
Must Deliver On Promises, by Yug Bahadur (rn
04/11/2022)
Majhi
settlement where candidates reach merely for votes
(kh 04/11/2022)
EC
issues seven-point directive to government (kh
04/11/2022)
Mock
voting for poll awareness begins (kh 04/11/2022)
Thapa-Bhattarai
rematch for Kathmandu-4 (ht 04/11/2022)
EC
completes printing of ballot papers (kh 04/11/202)
Nepal’s
election culture and its ills, by Ram Dayal
Rakesh (ae 03/11/2022)
The
tricky post-election power-sharing deal, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 03/11/2022)
The
tricky post-election power-sharing deal, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 03/11/2022)
Contest
of the young turks, by Pranab Kharel (ae
03/11/2022)
How
strong is the anti-incumbency wave?, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 03/11/2022)
Who
would be prime minister if alliance wins polls? The
CPN-UML central committee has picked KP Sharma Oli as
the party’s prime minister candidate. But the four-party
alliance has not figured out one, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 03/11/2022)
Our
election, their election : Sunak was chosen not for his
longevity in politics, but because he was considered the
best, by Deepak Thapa (kp 03/11/2022)
Ballot
papers airlifted to Manang and Mustang (kh
03/11/2022)
Three
Communist parties to boycott elections (kh
03/11/2022) [Most likely, these
parties would not win a seat anyway!]
100
voting centres to be disabled-friendly (kh
03/11/2022) [Out of 22,226
voting centres!!!]
EC
allows parties, election candidates to hold rallies,
mass meetings from today (kh 03/11/2022), Election
campaigning begins today : Election Commission reminds
parties to comply with poll code; 71 show cause notices
issued (ht 03/11/2022)
Election
campaigning heating up in Manang (kh 03/11/2022)
Candidates
busy with door-to-door campaign while youths head to
India in search of work (kh 03/11/2022)
Don’t
be biased : Election Commission is letting the powerful
off the hook while raining sticks on the weak (kp
02/11/2022) [There are numerous
reasons to exclude the failed politicians from the
elections due to various misconduct. Oli's repeated
unconstitutional attempt to dissolve parliament in order
to maintain his own power was only the most blatant
case!]
Election
manifestos promise the moon as political parties jockey
for position : The declarations have become a mere
ritual with little relevance, economists say, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 02/11/2022) [The
politicians should be punished by the voters for this
bullshit. Should they nevertheless remain in power
thanks to their manipulations, they must be held
accountable for their deliberate lies!], Whole
bunch of lies : The manifestos of big parties are more a
reflection of their lust for power than of their
commitment to the people and the country (kp
03/11/2022)
Nepali
women packing a punch : Nepal occupies a respectable
16th position among the 133 countries regarding the
proportion of elected seats held by women, by Khim
Lal Devkota (kp 02/11/2022) [This
comparison is misleading! The high percentage of women
is based on legal regulations. Responsibility is still
withheld from women today. Moreover, the legal
regulations are increasingly undermined by the leading
male politicians!]
People
holding public position must obtain permission of the EC
to conduct election campaign (rep 02/11/2022)
EC
directs PM’s office to postpone PM Deuba’s Dadeldhura
trip (kh 02/11/2022) [An
excellent example of the high-handedness and
irresponsibility of Nepali politicians! Of course, even
a prime minister has to finance his election campaign
himself or through his party.], Use
of government vehicles by federal and provincial
ministers barred in election campaign (kh
02/11/2022)
Electoral
alliances add to the voters’ confusion : Voters
supporting alliance candidates will need to cast ballots
on different symbols for candidates and the political
parties, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/11/2022) [The
electoral alliances are anti-democratic and only serve
to keep the failed politicians in power!]
359
people vying for 15 constituencies in valley : Of them,
159 are independents. Less than 15 per cent women
candidates in the electoral fray (ht 02/11/2022)
EC
seeks clarifications from Bhattarai, Magar (kh
02/11/2022)
Candidates
canvassing voters in Rupandehi (kh 02/11/2022)
EC
to conduct voters’ education at ward levels (kh
02/11/2022)
Supreme
Court orders Election Commission not to scrap Dr Toshima
Karki’s candidacy (nlt 01/11/2022)
Nepalis
abroad are well-informed, angry and frustrated with
politics back home : Rarely do the political actors in
Nepal talk about the welfare of Nepalis living and
working in foreign countries. Rarely does the subject of
migrant workers become the election agenda, by
Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 01/11/2022)
District
Election Office intensifies voter education program
(kh 01/11/2022) [related to Tanahun]
Over
3,000 employees being mobilized for election in Kavre
(kh 01/11/2022)
878
employees to be mobilized in Jumla for election (kh
01/11/2022)
Printing
of FPTP ballot papers remains for seven districts only
(kh 01/11/2022)
How
the already-marginalized Dalit community is marginalized
in Nepali politics : The representation of the Dalit
Community, which accounts for almost 15 percent of the
country’s population, in the parliament is expected to
fall as only a few Dalit candidates got tickets from
major political parties for the upcoming polls, by
Laxman Darnal (nlt 31/10/2022)
Voting
for the independents : Their election victory will send
a message to the political lifers and their servile
cadres, by Naresh Koirala (kp 31/10/2022)
Parties
Set To Advance Canvassing, by Ballav Dahal (rn
31/10/2022)
Toshima
Karki’s ouster from race raises questions over poll
authority’s intent : Law experts challenge Election
Commission’s expansive interpretation of the term
‘office of benefit’, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
31/10/2022)
Dearth
of creativity: The voter awareness message of the
Election Commission is ditto copy of an Indian video :
When the Election Commission was asked for comment, the
officials said it is unfair to raise questions on every
single matter of the Commission (nlt 31/10/2022)
Candidates
to be allowed to conduct election campaigns from Nov 3
to 17 (rep 31/10/2022)
EC
completes printing 70 million ballot papers (kh
31/10/2022)
European
Union to skip monitoring upcoming polls : As many as
10,000 observers from 43 domestic and four international
organisations will watch the elections (kp
30/10/2022) [Possibly the reason
is that this time the elections are already anything but
fair and socially inclusive in the run-up! There are
serious violations of the law on the part of the top
politicians and their parties, but the Election
Commission only wants to punish civil society for
criticising this misconduct!]
Election
Commission’s unconstitutional act : The attempt by the
constitutional body to curb criticism of top leaders is
against the spirit of freedom of speech, by Jagadish
Prasad Bist (kp 30/10/2022)
EC
scraps Dr Toshima's candidacy (rep 30/10/2022), Toshima
to knock on SC doors against the rejection of her
candidature by EC (rep 30/10/2022), Dr
Karki doubts EC’s impartiality, intention : To move
Supreme Court (kh 30/10/2022)
EC
sends election materials to remote districts (kh
30/10/2022)
Outrage
as poll authority cracks down on negative campaigning :
Critics say Election Commission misunderstood citizens’
rights to free speech and vote, by Anup Ojha and
Anush Gurung (kp 29/10/2022) [It
is not the public that needs to be criticised for their
clear and correct words, but the power-hungry
politicians for their incessant false statements! The
Election Commission is once again relying on false
values and violating people's fundamental rights! The
politicians can claim whatever they want and the people
have to accept this without comment?], What
drives people to vote in Nepal? Many people vote for
party candidates in the hope of getting personal favours,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 29/10/2022) [Therefore,
the politicians lie like hell, and whoever exposes these
lies will be punished!]
Media
should act “bridge” between EC and voters: Commissioner
Tuladhar (kh 29/10/2022)
Nov
20 polls: Province 1 becoming more competitive
(kh 29/10/2022)
Zero
tolerance to disinformation, misinformation and
hate speech in elections: EC (kh 29/10/2022)
Is
Upendra Yadav in red zone?, by Kusum
Bhattarai (kh 29/10/2022)
Election
Commission issues ‘Gender and Inclusive
Policy-2077 BS’ (kh 28/10/2022))
Election
candidates busy campaigning in voters’ farmland (kh
27/10/2022)
Election
Commission urges not to give offensive expression
(kp 26/10/2022) [???]
EC
disqualifies 550 candidates under PR category (kh
26/10/2022)
EC
determines specific criteria for election canvassing in
media (kh 26/10/2022)
Election
Commission determines four types of ballot papers for
HoR, PA elections (kh 25/10/2022)
Crude
politics of elections : The election campaign has
effectively turned into a mudslinging competition,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 25/10/2022)
Election
Commission mum as parties hold ‘informal’ rallies : Code
of conduct says parties and candidates cannot begin
electioneering until November 3, byTika R Pradhan
(kp 25/10/2022)
What
are new parties offering that traditional ones don’t?
Many have laid emphasis on effective implementation of
constitution and shoring up federalism, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 25/10/2022)
The
declared ideals of 2006 and today’s political impasse,
by Karl-Heinz Krämer (kh 24/10/2022)
Hundreds
of PR candidates snub Election Commission’s fines :
Candidates ranked low on lists, who have no hope of
being elected, wish to be delisted, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 24/10/2022) [This
puts the whole PR system and the idea of social
inclusion in question! What will happen to parties that
cannot name enough PR candidates?]
Poll
Literacy Boosts Voter Turnout, by Ballav Dahal (rn
24/10/2022)
Why
‘transfer’ votes? By voting a certain way people can
make their dislike for unnatural coalitions known
(kp 24/10/2022)
'Political,
ideological discrepancy still persists' : PSP MANIFESTO
Directly elected prez, primary election and right to
recall' among other agendas, included (ht
24/10/2022)
Int'l
election observers must respect Nepal's sovereignty
(ht 24/10/2022)
EC
completes printing 40 percent of ballot papers (kh
24/10/2022)
Women
contenders in direct race have it tough in upcoming
parliamentary elections : Major parties have been
reluctant to field women candidates. Even the few in the
fray have a battle in their hands, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 23/10/2022), Rebel
candidates continue to be a headache for Nepali Congress
: The party asks them to withdraw from the race.
Congress members have also been inactive in
constituencies where alliance partners have fielded
candidates, by Anil Giri (kp 23/10/2022)
Fighting
Fake News For Fair Polls, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
23/10/2022)
Election
education song removed from social media after criticism
(rep 23/10/2022)
Reliable
mobile network, Internet top election issues in Gunras,
Dailekh (rn 23/10/2022)
Different
colour for ballot papers (ht 23/10/2022)
Pregnant,
disabled, elderly to miss vote (ht 23/10/2022)
[related to Bajura]
‘Tourist’
candidates seen buying or renting houses in
constituencies they don’t originally belong : Although
this is not seen as a breach of election code of
conduct, such candidates’ motive is to manipulate
voters, says former election commissioner Uprety, by
Purushottam Poudel (kp 22/10/2022)
Ballot
papers for PR transported in 60 districts so far
(nlt 22/10/2022)
Gambling
with our future : Let us hope that on 20 November
Nepalis will have the good fortune of dealing from a
brand new deck of cards (nt 21/10/2022), House
of cards : Nepalis are preparing to vote next month in a
sterile election devoid of ideology and principles,
by Sonia Awale (nt 21/10/2022)
Supreme
Court upholds Election Commission’s decision to scrap
candidacy of Raju Gurung (nlt 21/10/2022)
Kathmandu
voters remain an enigma : Historically, the n/ational
capital’s voters have been known to give a chance to
/new (and often unexpected) candidates, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 21/10/2022)
A
month left to go for HoR and Provincial Assembly
elections (kh 21/10/2022)
Previously
companions, now competitors, by Balkrishna Adhikari
(rep 21/10/2022)
What
to expect from Nov 20 elections?, by Chandra Dev
Bhatta (ae 20/10/2022)
F)ool
Us Once, Fool Us Twice…, by Akhilesh Tripathi (rep
20/10/2022)
Contractors
with deep pockets are wading into electoral politics :
Among the parties, Nepali Congress has fielded most
contractors for first-past-the-post seats of lower house,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/10/2022)
EC
seeks clarification from Chairman Nepal (kh
20/10/2022), Election
authority recommends action against Madhav Nepal : In
his constituency, Nepal said people there would get jobs
abroad free of charge (kp 21/10/2022, Take
action against Nepal, EC tells police, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 21/10/2022)
Election
Commission urges media to abstain from disinformation
(kh 20/10/2022)
Whither
political debate? Public debates help make prospective
voters cast their ballots judiciously (kp
20/10/2022)
EC
instructs political parties and candidates to implement
code of conduct (nlt 19/10/2022)
300,000
security personnel to be mobilized during Nov 20
elections (kh 19/10/2022)
Are
MPs lawmakers or development workers? Politicians say
they are forced to make promises related to development
works to appeal to the masses during polls, by Tika
R Pradhan (kp 19/10/2022)
Expectations
from the Election Commission Nepal : It is up to the
commission to be the responsive, fair, judicious, and
autonomous body it is, by Ila Sharma (kp 18/10/2022)
Election
Commission and NHRC hold discussion to make election
fair and credible (rep 18/10/2022)
Candidature
to be canceled if mass rallies is carried out before
November 3: EC (rep 18/10/2022)
Intensifying
election activities put spotlight on expenditure (rn
18/10/2022)
EC
seeks clarification for using t-shirt with poll
candidate image in election campaign (rep
18/10/2022) [??]
Leader
Jhankri feels relieved at NC rebel’s candidacy
withdrawal (kh 18/10/2022)
Kinship
to be decisive in Sudurpaschim elections : Political
parties have picked candidates who appeal to voters from
their ancestral districts, by Tufan Neupane (kp
18/10/2022)
Alliance
mum on name of its PM candidate (ht 18/10/2022)
EC
allows voters to cast votes showing ID cards issued by
government bodies (kh 17/10/2022)
Poll
preparations : The EC must not hesitate in taking action
against those who breach the election code (ht
17/10/2022)
Govt
urged to contain possible incidences of women violence
during elections (kh 17/10/2022)
The
race for national party status : Results of the local
elections put CPN (Unified Socialist) and Loktantrik
Samajbadi Party, with 3.66 percent and 2.12 percent
popular votes respectively, on the brink, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 17/10/2022)
Ballot
papers towards proportional election transported to
three provinces (rn 17/10/2022)
EC
fixes number of 10, 892 polling stations and 22,227
voting centers (rn 17/10/2022)
The
electoral ‘money game’ started right from
candidate-selection day, interview with Pradip
Pokharel (kp 17/10/2022)
EC
to scrap PR candidacy of those candidates who vied in
local polls but did not submit expense details (kh
17/1/2022)
We
don’t expect much from Binod Chaudhary: Locals of
Nawalparasi West (rep 17/10/2022)
SC
hearing on Raju Gurung’s candidacy related writ today
(kh 16/10/2022), SC
order stays EC decision to scrap alliance candidate
Gurung’s candidacy in Rupandehi 2 (kh 17/10/2022)
EC
to take a month to print all ballot papers (ht
16/10/2022), 4,421,000
ballot papers printed (rn 16/10/2022)
For
workers, foreign jobs more crucial than voting : Young
Nepalis are leaving the country for foreign employment
in record numbers, statistics show, by Pawan Pandey
(kp 16/10/2022) [In any case,
none of the top politicians will work to create jobs in
the country!]
Senior
lives matter : This time, let us vote for what we want
rather than what everybody else expects us to want,
by Poonam Thapa (kp 16/10/2022)
Vote
transfer among alliance partners is a tricky business :
Realising the challenges of supporters switching votes,
ruling alliance decides to organise joint poll campaigns,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 16/10/2022) [This
is not a democratic election, but a rigged farce with
the sole aim of keeping the failed and outdated party
leaders in power!]
Khas
Arya candidates outnumber in inclusive category (kh
16/10/2022) [42% of the
candidates from the Khas Arya group, which accounts for
30% of the total population! This is what the ruling
elite calls "inclusive" under the PR system!]
Nearly
half of ethnic groups unrepresented in Parliament in 15
years of PR exercise : The proportional representation
system seems to benefit only the communities that are
affluent and better linked, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
15/10/2022)
EC
instructs security agencies to bar ministers from
campaigning without its prior permission (rep
15/10/2022)
EC
asked to arrange for disabled-friendly voting centers
(kh 15/10/2022)
EC
to write to Press Council for regular monitoring of
media during election (kh 15/10/2022), Press
Council urges media to stay away from disinformation on
candidates (kh 15/10/2022), Election
Commission joins hands with social media giants to rein
in misinformation : Officials working with Facebook,
Twitter and TikTok on fake news, monitoring ad spending,
by Anup Ojha (kp 15/102022)
3-party
dictatorship : Nepal’s break-up and make-up electoral
politics undermines democracy (nt 14/10/2022)
Advocates
of independent politics fall into party line :
Campaigners aiming for a new way of doing politics
organise for proportional electoral seats, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/10/2022), Opportunity
For New Faces, by Yug Bahadur (rn 14/10/2022)
Constituencies
to keep an eye on in November elections : Shifting party
loyalties could result in some of the closest races in
Nepal’s poll history, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
14/10/2022)
Violation
of election code of conduct is subject to action: EC
(kh 14/10/2022)
Eight
constitutional commissions to jointly monitor upcoming
polls (rn 14/10/2022)
SC
moved against nine contestants : Petitioner seeks apex
court order barring them from contesting polls (ht
14/10/2022)
Parties
disappoint voters again : It’s the same old
faces—those that have been elected and
reelected—from which we will have to choose from
once again, by Cilla Khatra (ae 13/10/2022)
Federal
and provincial elections: Test for the independent
candidates : Several challenges will confront the
independent candidates if they will win in the upcoming
federal and provincial elections. Yet also they will
have the greatest opportunity to re-shape the political
space in Nepal, by Simone Galimberti (nlt
13/10/2022)
Hundreds
of candidates withdraw from race : As many as 2,412
candidates are now in the race for seats in the lower
house and 3,224 in provincial assemblies (kp
13/10/2022), 2,412
in fray for 165 FPTP HoR seats : Less than 10
per cent of contestants are women (ht
13/10/2022)
Election
Commission prohibits pre-poll survey (kh 13/10/2022)
[??], EC
requests not to conduct opinion polls related to
political parties and candidates (rep 13/10/2022) [Such opinion polls would be an
import tool as in all democratic states of the world!]
Honour
the code : The idea of enforcing a code of conduct is to
ensure that each party in the polls takes ownership of
the electoral process (kp 13/10/2022)
EC
bars local-level representatives from campaigning
(kh 13/10/2022)
UML
supports Hridayesh Tripathi in Nawalparasi-1 (kh
13/10/2022)
Nine
candidates withdraw nominations in Banke: EC (kh
13/10/2022)
JSP-UML
electoral alliance shows politics makes strangest
bedfellows : Bonhomie between Janata Samajbadi, a party
advocating Madheshi rights, and CPN-UML, its ideological
nemesis, suggests a decline of agenda-based politics,
experts say, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 13/10/2022)
Candidates
start electioneering in blatant disregard of poll code :
As per the Election Commission’s code of conduct,
campaigning is allowed only from November 3, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 12/10/2022)
Division
in Madhesh forces darkens their electoral prospects :
Two major parties in Madhesh pitted against each other
will fare worse this time than in last elections,
analysts say, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 12/10/2022)
UML
withdraws candidacy in Chitwan-3, to support NC’s rebel
candidate (nlt 12/10/2022) [Power
strategies of undemocratic parties and politicians! Nepal's
oligarchs make a mockery of Nepal's elections!]
Nov
20 election: 265 candidates in the fray in Kathmandu
(kh 12/10/2022)
Dr
Bhattarai-led Nepal Samajbadi Party receives six seats
in Nov 20 elections (kh 12/10/2022)
Three
candidates’ nominations cancelled (kh 12/10/2022)
Deepak
Manange unanimously elected Gandaki Province Assembly
member (nlt 12/10/2022)
Nov
20 election: Candidates can withdraw their names today
(kh 12/10/2022)
Election
observers siding with parties, candidates not
acceptable: Chief EC Thapaliya (kh 12/10/2022
Subverting
political federalism : The coalition culture has
sidelined deserving candidates in favour of cronies and
sycophants, by Achyut Wagle (kp 11/10/2022)
Nepali
elections are becoming a battle of same old faces : Lack
of internal democracy in political parties is mainly to
be blamed, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 11/10/2022) [Maybe not yet a failing state, but definitely a
failing democracy!], Continuity
over change : The new roster of tried and tested
electoral candidates does not inspire much confidence
(kp 11/10/2022), Major
political parties fall short to ensure gender parity in
politics : Almost all political parties have an
extremely lower ratio of women to men candidates fielded
under the first-past-the-post category in the upcoming
elections (nlt
11/10/2022)
Multiple
organ failures of the nation: Can the new election lead
to its recovery?, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht
11/10/2022)
The
centrality of elections in political process :
Historically, the parties that shied away from elections
have become irrelevant, by Thira L Bhusal (kp
11/10/2022)
57
parties file nomination towards FPTP for HoR election:
EC (kh 11/10/2022), 57
parties taking part in HoR, PA elections (rep
12/10/2022)
Ruling
coalition directs rebel candidates to withdraw
nominations (kh 11/10/2022)
25
UML leaders file nomination as independents (ht
11/10/2022)
UML
loses NA seat (ht 11/10/2022)
Time
for claim and protest against PR candidates till Oct 15
(rep 11/10/2022)
EC
to publish name list of FPTP candidates today (rep
11/10/2022)
14
independent candidates contesting elections with UML
Chair Oli (kh 11/10/2022)
Nov
20 elections: EC to publish candidates’ final list on
Oct 26 (kh 11/10/2022)
Candidates
required to submit expenses details of online
advertisement (kh 11/10/2022)
A
whiff of change in the air on candidate nomination day :
Independents challenge many party heavyweights as
Election Commission registers candidacy across country,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/10/2022), Parties
deny dissidents tickets, many hit back by filing rebel
candidacies : Many leaders have even allied with rival
forces against the candidates of the mother party or its
electoral alliance, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
10/10/2022)
“Elections
will be held in free, fair and fear-free environment”
(kh 10/10/2022) [It takes a lot
of audacity to tell the people that the elections are
fair. Once again, the bulk of the candidates are male
Bahuns. Women hardly make an appearance, Dalits
certainly not. The sole purpose of the electoral
alliances is to secure the power of the failed,
power-addicted so-called top politicians once again. In
"fair elections", politicians do not contest once they
have failed; rather, they immediately resign from all
offices, allowing for continuous renewal and
rejuvenation of their parties. This is even more true
for politicians who have trampled on the constitution.
Nepal is not a democracy, but an oligarchy!]
Time
To End Political Anomalies, by Ballav Dahal (rn
10/10/2022)
Limited
number of women candidacies recorded under FPTP (kh
10/10/2022)
As
many as 1,600 candidates file nominations for 165 HoR
posts (kh 10/10/2022)
Film
artists trying their luck in November 20 polls (rep
10/10/2022)
Resham
Chaudhary's candidacy to be invalid, by Bhasa Sharma
(rep 10/10/2022)
Nov
20 elections: Candidacies filed in Bhaktapur (kh
10/10/2022)
122
candidacies for nine posts in Chitwan: EC (kh
10/10/2022), 26
candidates file candidacies in Rukum (East): EC
(kh 10/10/2022)
Let
Election Ensure Stability, by Bhupa P Dhamala (rn
09/10/2022) [This hope is
unlikely to be fulfilled, as all the failed politicians
continue to consider themselves indispensable. The
continuation of patriarchy, social non-inclusion,
Bahunbad and personal power struggles is guaranteed!]
EC
says registration of candidacy nomination completed in a
peaceful manner (kh 09/10/2022)
Social
Activist Lamichhane registers candidacy from Kathmandu 5
(2) (rep 09/10/2022)
Here
is where the ‘top leaders’ are fighting the Nov 20
elections from, by Sajira Shrestha (rep 09/10/2022)
EC
publishes list of proportional candidates (rep
09/10/2022)
Candidacy
nomination registration begins (nlt 09/10/2022), Nominations
for FPTP seats of federal, provincial assemblies taking
place today (kh 09/10/2022), Top
leaders pick constituencies, Dahal opts for Gorkha :
Race hots up as political parties field their
first-past-the-post candidates today for the November 20
elections, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 09/10/2022)
Exchange
of tickets between NC and Maoist Center in Myagdi
(rep 09/10/2022)
Congress
to field candidates in 90 federal seats : The Shekhar
Koirala-led dissident group has been arguing that the
party shouldn’t have settled for fewer than 100 seats,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 09/10/2022)
Madhes
Pradesh has 2.9 million eligible voters (kh
09/10/2022)
Ruling
coalition to support Ghanashyam Bhusal to contest from
Rupandehi Constituency-1 (kh 09/10/2022)
EC
prints 40.05 million ballot papers for proportional
elections (kh 08/10/2022)
Speaker
Sapkota announces not to contest election (nlt
08/10/2022)
Ruling
coalition close to allocation of seats for Nov 20 polls
: NC to get 84, Maoist 47, and United Socialist 20
(kh 08/10/2022) [see list
of common candidates (ka 08/10/2022)], Congress-led
alliance reaches seat deal : Leaders of the
Nepali Congress-led alliance have reached an
agreement on sharing of seats for the federal
and provincial elections scheduled for November
20 (kp 08/10/2022), UML
offers Janata Samajbadi what ruling alliance has
refused : Leaders say deal is almost done and
negotiations are focussed on individual
constituencies, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/10/2022), UML,
JSP agree to share 16 seats each in Madesh
Province (kh 08/10/2022), Janata
Samajbadi Party gets 17 seats as it seals an
electoral deal with UML : In return, Janata
Samajbadi will support UML in 35 constituencies
(kp 08/10/2022) [And I
thought seats are decided by the voters!?],
UML
gives Janata Samajbadi 17 seats as Congress
spares 7 for Thakur’s party : In provinces,
Yadav’s party gets 42 seats while Loktantrik
Samajbadi Party secures backing in 16
constituencies, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
09/10/2022)
UML-RPP
electoral alliance likely to be finalized today (kh
08/10/2022)
Nepal:
Five Observations with the Second National Election,
by Binoj Basnyat (kh 07/10/2022)
29
candidates withdraw candidacy from the closed list
(kh 06/10/2022)
EC
to publish name list of election candidates on October
11 (kh 05/10/2022)
About
20,000 observers to be deployed to monitor upcoming
elections (rep 03/10/2022)
Parties
submit amended PR lists to poll commission for November
election : Those who don’t want to be in race can
withdraw today, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 03/10/2022), Parties
given time till noon today to withdraw names from closed
list (rn 03/10/2022)
Personal
feuds, fake social media posts new security risks for
the elections : Unlike in the past, the primary threats
are not the parties that have boycotted the November 20
elections, by Anil Giri (kp 02/10/2022)
Election
Commission fixes ceiling for election spending : The
maximum limit of electoral spending was fixed based on
the existing law, the number of voters in the
constituency, the number of polling centers, and the
area (nlt 02/10/2022)
Discontent
Brewing Over PR Lists, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
02/10/2022)
12
parties to file amendment to closed list for
proportional system today (rep 02/10/2022)
Nov
20 elections: Deadline to amend PR closed list ending
today (kh 02/10/2022)
Independents
are widening their reach : Rising public frustration
stemming from the failure of traditional parties is
cited as the main fuel for independent candidates,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 30/09/2022), Young
voters, old leaders : Age is not the only problem of our
graying leaders. They also don’t have anything new to
offer (kp 30/09/2022)
Poll
body using army, police to monitor media : Observers
swiftly criticise the poll body’s decision, by Makar
Shrestha (kp 30/09/2022), Freedom
Forum concerned over EC’s move (kh 30/09/2022), Press
Office manned by security personnel starts monitoring
media : Ignoring widespread criticism of the move,
Election Commission inaugurated the office on Friday,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 01/10/2022)
LGBTIQA+
community in Nepal: Upset over electoral
underrepresentation, by Cilla Khatry (ae
29/09/2022)
Voters
favour women, party leaders don’t : Selection of
candidates is based on whims of male politicians as
women are under-represented in top party committees,
by Aakriti Ghimire (kp 29/09/2022) [The
party leaders are and remain the greatest propagandists
of patriarchy and the non-inclusive state!]
Civic
Engagement In Electoral Politics, by Mukti
Rijal (rn 29/09/2022)
Seat
allocation: NC likely to get 85 seats, Maoist Center 44
(kh 29/09/2022)
Ruling
parties still haggling for seats as nomination deadline
draws closer : Political leaders claim that they have
reached a deal on most of the 165 House of
Representatives seats, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
28/09/2022) [Democracy as
interpreted by the failed predominantly male high-caste
politicians to preserve their power!]
EC
issues 60-point directives to political parties (rep
28/09/2022), EC’s
code of conduct not practical: NC spokesperson (rn
28/09/2022), EC's
strict code : "If the local elections are any guide, the
parties would so well not to take the EC lightly"
(ht 29/09/2022)
EC
carrying out homework to fix election expenditure
ceiling (kh 27/09/2022)
Election
code of conduct coming into force from Wednesday (kh
27/09/2022), Election
code of conduct comes into effect from today (nlt
28/09/2022)
Time
to cooperate for countering misinformation in the face
of election, by Narayan Prasad Ghimire (rn
27/09/2022)
EC
secures commitments from govt, parties on election code
of conduct (kh 26/09/2022) [Commitments
by politicians mean nothing!]
Will
escalating tensions hit November elections? The
President is accused of foiling the citizenship bill to
muddy the waters, sensing UML’s poor poll prospects,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/09/2022)
Public
Expectations From Polls, by Yug Bahadur (rn
23/09/2022)
EC
asks finance ministry to furnish details of fund
transfer (rep 23/09/2022)
EC
appoints Chief Returning Officer and Returning Officers
(kh 22/09/2022)
Political
parties continue to abuse proportional representation
system : Many nominees in the closed lists submitted to
Election Commission have repeatedly occupied positions
of power, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/09/2022),
Women
MPs, unite : A new women’s parliamentary caucus is
needed at a time when they are being brazenly
discriminated (kp 21/09/2022)
EC
to verify closed list of PR candidates today and
tomorrow : 48 parties submit PR closed-list (kh
20/09/2022), Closed
list submitted : The Election Commission must not be
influenced by the parties into amending its directives
(ht 21/09/2022)
Parties
submit PR lists to the Election Commission: Congress has
reportedly included senior leaders Bimalendra Nidhi, Ram
Sharan Mahat, Arzu Rana Deuba and Gopal Man Shrestha on
its list, by Purushottam Poudel (kp 20/09/2022)
EC
grants permission to 36 organizations so far to observe
Nov 20 elections (kh 20/09/2022)
Will
Hinduism be an agenda in the upcoming elections? While
events in India will have an impact, religion is as yet
not a big vote-puller in Nepal, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 19/09/2022) [The
Hindu state is not so much a question of religion, but a
social and political concern. At stake is the question
of inclusion and rights in the multi-ethnic and
multi-religious state, the value of women, perceptions
of caste, respect for other cultures, etc.]
Political
parties to submit PR candidates’ list until Monday
(nlt 18/09/2022)
Nov
20 elections: EC designates 10,891 polling stations
(kh 17/09/2022)
PM
Deuba vows to hold Nov 20 elections in a fair manner as
term of parliament expires at midnight tonight (kh
17/09/2022) ["Fair" also means: no coercion of voters by the
high-caste male party leaders through electoral
alliances and adequate inclusion of all social groups,
e.g., 50% female direct candidates, maximum of 6% each
male Bahuns and Chhetris as candidates, proportion of
Dalits, Janajtis, Madheshis according to their share of
the population, etc.]
EC
demands mayors of various metropolis to pay Rs 700,000
each in fine for not submitting election expense details
on time : Those sought fine includes KMC Mayor Shah,
Dharan Mayor Sampang and Bharatpur Mayor Dahal (rep
17/09/2022)
EC
directs Land Commission not to distribute land ownership
certificates (kh 16/09/2022)
Media's
Role Vital For Fair Polls, by Yug Bahadur (rn
16/09/2022)
MP
Pant's appeal to political parties to increase candidacy
of women (rep 16/09/2022)
United
in dotage : Old age runs deep in Nepal’s mainstream
politics (nlt 16/09/2022) [These
failed politicians, who still believe they are
indispensable, are, besides authoritarian party
structures, the fundamental problem of Nepali politics!],
RPP
to field “popular” faces under PR category (kh
16/09/2022) [Quite mendacious!
What is sold as positive is in reality the only way to
ensure the return of old politicians from this party as
well, provided, of course, that the party gets over the
3-percent hurdle at all.]
Dalit
politicians being denied tickets : Political parties
didn’t field women Dalit candidates in 124 wards in the
local elections last May : The number of Dalit mayors
decreased by half in 2022 polls compared to 2017, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 15/09/2022)
NC
restricts previous PR-elected lawmakers from becoming PR
candidates again (kh 15/09/2022), Nov
20 polls: Maoist Center to not repeat PR lawmakers
(kh 15/09/2022) [NC, CPN (MC)
and all the other parties had better restrict the
previously directly elected politicians from running
again. After all, these predominantly male, high-caste
politicians are the ones responsible for the whole
misery of the state, not so much the MPs elected through
the PR system!]
EC
urges parties to be clear on documents required for
closed list under PR category (kh 12/09/2022)
Land
of gossip : The psyche of producing gossip would remain
the principal shaper of the election manifestos, by
Abhi Subedi (kp 11/09/2022)
Free
And Fair Prospects : Civil Society Leaders Call For Free
and Fair Elections Urging Elections Commission To Take
Necessary Steps (sp 09/09/2022)
Nov
20 elections: EC to publish candidates’ name list on Oct
11 (kh 09/09/2022)
Balen
and Sampang effect in federal elections : Rise of
independent candidates like Balendra Shah and Harka
Sampang at the local level has paved the path for
several independent candidates who will challenge the
old-established parties in federal polls, by Pratik
Ghimire (ae 08/09/2022)
Accident
insurance up to Rs 2 million for each person involved in
election work (kh 08/09/2022) [And
what about their fundamental right to vote?]
Election
Commission opposes plan to extend House term : Election
code of conduct says terms of members of lower house and
provincial assembly will lose their positions after
filing nominations for elections (kp 06/09/2022) [A moronic discussion: elected MPs
only become functional when parliament first convenes.
No democratic country can afford to be without a
legislature or executive for months! This once
again highlights one of the many shortcomings of the
2015 Constitution.]
Seat
Sharing Conundrum, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
06/09/2022)
Crime-accused
can contest polls but they may be barred from performing
duty : Experts say flawed laws can create a situation
where the electorate may not have their representative
in the House, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/09/2022)
10,888
polling stations determined across the country (kh
05/09/2022)
RPP
Chair Lingden announces resignation as lawmaker (kh
04/09/2022) [A strange view of
the electoral period of a parliament! This may only end
on the day on which the newly elected parliament
convenes for the first time. Otherwise, the country
would be without a legislature for weeks or even months.
There is no question of a tenure extension.]
Nov
20 Polls : Let’s Stop the Snollygosters!, by
Akhilesh Tripathi (rep 04/09/2022)
Fight
erupts over name recommendation for Nov 20 polls in
Dhanusha, by Suresh Yadav (rep 04/09/2022)
Theory
of dissent : ‘None of the above’ is a legitimate option
that allows the electorate to reject candidates, by
Samar SJB Rana & Vera Jasmine Shrestha (kp 02/09/2022)
Around
300 thousand security personnel to be mobilized for Nov
20 elections (kh 02/09/2022)
New
elections, same old faces, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(ae 01/09/2022) [It has never occurred to me in the 72 years of my
life to question democratic elections. But this time it
has, perhaps because this no longer has much in common
with democracy!]
CPN
(US) jumbo team joins CPN-UML in Sudurpaschim (ht
01/09/2022)
Nepal
Police to purchase vehicles as elections near (rep
01/09/2022)
Patan
High Court issues interim order not to buy ballot boxes
immediately (rep 014/09/2022)
Indirectly
elected representatives, most of whom are women, have
less powers : In the upcoming elections, women aspire to
contest first-past-the-post seats but political parties
don’t seem enthusiastic to give them tickets, by
Aakriti Ghimire (kp 31/08/2022) [According
to the patriarchal thinking of the ruling male elite,
Nepal belongs only to men, especially to those from the
Tagadhari castes, particularly the Bahuns. The
citizenship law and the current discussion on this
matter make this clear. Since because of the alliance
the direct candidacies are also divided among the
parties, the ruling men cannot "waste" any mandate on
women!]
People’s
issues ignored as parties are overly fixated on power :
One year since adopting their common minimum programme,
the ruling parties have never discussed the commitments,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 31/08/2022)
Vote
counting arrangements being made in all 165
constituencies (rep 31/08/2022)
Canvassing
allowed from 17 days before vote. Leaders, experts call
it impractical : Given the practice of 48-hour election
silence, candidates will get just 15 days if the code of
conduct is followed, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
31/08/2022)
Nepal
Police receives Rs 8 billion budget for elections
security : A total of 71,693 regular police personnel
and 115,000 temporary police personnel will be mobilized
for the elections. In comparison to the May 13 local
level elections, 25,000 more Nepal Police personnel
including 15,000 temporary police personnel are being
recruited for the elections (nlt 31/08/2022)
Expecting
Electoral Innovation, by Atindra Dahal (rep
29/08/2022)
76
parties apply under PR system for November 20 elections
(kh 29/008/2022)
Parties
are fighting upcoming elections on usual planks :
Congress will harp on democracy, UML will continue with
ultranationalism, Maoists promise to shore up
constitution, and Madhesh parties will press for
constitution amendment, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
29/08/2022)
EC
to update voters’ list from today (kh 28/08/2022)
Nepal
Police plans to mobilize over 71,000 police personnel
for HoR, Provincial Assembly polls (rep 26/08/2022),
Nepal
Police demands required quantity of arms for Nov 20
elections (kh 27/08/2022)
Over
9,000 candidates of local-level poll in Karnali province
yet to submit expenditure details (kh 26/08/2022)
Madhesh
Province has highest number of parties for election
(rn 26/08/2022)
EC
decides to publish election symbols of parties
contesting Nov 20 polls in Nepal Gazette : UML's
election symbol to figure on top of ballot paper (kh
25/08/2022)
EC
calls application for election observation (kh
24/08/2022)
High
invalid votes and low turnout prompts poll commission to
run voter education : A total of 7,500 volunteers will
be sent door-to-door for over a month from the last week
of September to the election day on November 20, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 24/08/2022), Educating
voters : The Election Commission needs to ensure that
voters understand the hows and whys of voting (kp
25/08/2022)
EC
proposes cap on number of door-to-door election
campaigners : Those who are rich and powerful should not
unduly influence polls, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
23/08/2022)
‘The
upcoming elections will be fairer and impartial’ : Chief
Election Commissioner Thapaliya on poll preparations,
efforts to minimise invalid votes, and checking
overspending (interview) (kp 22/08/2022) [An
election that is manipulated in advance by the party
leaders in a non-inclusive way can hardly be called
fair!]
EC
directs governments not to implement new program (kh
21/08/2022)
Campaign
Financing (sp 19/08/2022)
Employees,
teachers to be deployed in November 20 elections (kh
19/08/2022) [This is only
legitimate if the right of these people to vote remains
guaranteed!]
EC
issues four-point directive to govt for effective
security management (kh 18/08/2022)
Ritualistic
conduct of elections : Unless street protests erupt once
again, Nepal is doomed to endure more of the same,
by CK Lal (kp 17/08/2022)
Announcement
of federal, provincial poll: Opening vistas of
possibilities, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 17/08/2022)
Election
Commission says 84 parties applied to contest upcoming
general elections (nlt 17/08/2022), Eighty-four
parties apply to contest November elections : Twelve
parties have formed four groups to fight the elections
under four different poll symbols, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 17/08/2022) [Extremely
confusing for the voters and, according to section 49 of
the PPA, ultimately with loss of identity for those
parties that contest under the electoral symbol of
another party!]
Anxiety
of performance : Politicians form an electoral alliance
with an eye on power and position rather than
ideological integrity (kp 17/08/2022), Alliance
seat-sharing gets knottier as Maoist Centre has
Bhattarai, Gautam into its fold : Ruling coalition wants
Dahal to accommodate the new entrants in his party’s own
share, instead of asking to adjust them as well, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 17/08/2022)
115,131
local election candidates yet to submit expenditure
statements (kh 17/08/2022)
EC
intensifies preparation for free, fair poll (nlt
16/08/2022) [Elections in which
top politicians decide which parties and candidates are
even up for election in the respective constituencies
are neither democratic nor fair!]
Maoist
Center and NSP jointly registered at EC (rep
16/08/2022)
Nov
20 polls: Deadline for party registration at EC ends
today (kh 16/08/2022)
Poll
body asks Dahal to clarify his remark that a candidate
in May polls spent Rs100 million : At a function last
month, the Maoist Centre chair had said that a rural
municipality chairman spent millions to secure victory
(kp 16/08/2022)
Bamdev
Gautam to contest under Maoist Centre's election symbol
(rn 16/08/2022), Gautam’s
risky political journey, by Tapendra Karki (rep
17/08/2022)
Dismantling
patriarchy : Fielding a woman candidate is considered
risky by the male-dominated parties in Nepal (kp
15/08/2022)
Election
Commission mulls reducing campaign duration to 15 days :
Submission of the lists of proportional representation
candidates by political parties on September 18-19 and
first-past-the-post candidacy registration on October
9-12 likely (kp 15/08/2022), EC
may shorten campaign duration : It will reduce election
expenditure, says CEC Thapaliya (ht 15/08/2022)
EC
seeks media role for November 20 polls (kh
14/08/2022)
Prachanda
and Dr. Bhattarai inching closer on single election
symbol and manifesto agenda (kh 14/08/2022) [Two
parties, one claiming to be communist, the other
socialist, but the same election symbol and
manifesto? The Political Party Act does not seem
to interest these politicians!], Poles
apart for around a decade, Prachanda and Baburam to
forge electoral alliance (nlt 14/08/2022)
40
parties registered with EC for November 20 elections so
far (kh 14/08/2022)
LSP
and NSP want to join ruling alliance as election nears
(rep 14/08/2022) [All parties should form an alliance and divide the
seats among themselves. Then there would be no need for
elections at all, the money saved could be distributed
among the politicians and the latter could claim that
Nepal has the best democracy in the world!]
Voices
grow for fair representation of women as major elections
near : Women leaders complain parties field fewer women
for direct election. Experts blame the patriarchal
mindset, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 13/08/2022)
More
than 40 percent local election candidates yet to
submit spending details : There were a total of
145,011 candidates. Poll law requires them to
furnish the details within 30 days of election.
The Election Commission mulls action, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 13/08/2022)
Nepal
Police proposes 120 thousand temporary police for
elections (kh 12/08/2022)
EC
to conduct door-to-door voter education for Nov 20 polls,
by Smriti Dhungana (rep 11/08/2022)
EC
to update electoral roll from August 28 (kh
10/08/2022)
Provincial
poll declaration should be provinces’ prerogative,
observers say : Federalism yet to be embraced in a true
sense with the centralised mindset refusing to go,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 10/08/2022)
As
elections approach, some are calling for not repeating
old faces : Observes say just changing a small set of
leaders may not suffice amid degrading political culture,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/08/2022) [The
SC's 2014 directive is binding law for the executive and
the legislature. Prompt implementation would have meant
that probably none of the top politicians who consider
themselves indispensable would still be politically
active today, which would be incredibly good for Nepal!
Given the disenfranchisement of the electorate through
the alliance manipulations of the parties, the NOTA
option would be more important than ever!]
Coalition
Seat-sharing Onus On NC, Maoist Centre, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 09/08/2022) [Voters
should not vote for candidates of a party they do not
want to vote for. The party leaders' request is
completely undemocratic and leads the party system and
thus ultimately parliamentary democracy ad absurdum!]
Will
Nepal vote for change? Hopefully, we can eliminate some
of the faces that have spread negativity amongst Nepalis,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 09/08/2022) [How
is that supposed to work? The failed politicians at the
top of the parties have already initiated
anti-democratic measures to prevent change!]
Nomination
filing for parliamentary, provincial polls on Oct 9
(nlt 09/08/2022)
Hridayesh
to contest elections with his own party symbol (kh
08/08/2022)
Party
registration for upcoming elections begins today (kh
07/08/2022)
Election
calculation : After vacillating, Nepal's coalition
finally agrees to 20 November for elections, by
Santa Gaha Magar (nt 05/08/2022)
CK
Raut to contest elections from Saptari-2 (kh
05/08/2022)
Temporary
police to be recruited for November 20 elections
(rep 04/08/2022) [It is the duty
of the government to ensure that all Nepalis can
exercise their right to vote, including deployed
security forces, polling agents, migrant workers, etc.]
Govt
decides to hold federal, provincial elections on Nov 20
(kh
04/08/2022) [The
right to set an election date in the
provinces lies with the respective
provincial government and not with the
central government! Nepal is a federal
state! By the way, this also applies to
local elections!],
EC
to start registration of political parties from
Sunday (kh 04/08/2022), EC
gears up preparations for November 20 elections
(kh 05/08/2022), Elections
announced for November 20 : Around 18.6 million voters
estimated to have been registered for the upcoming
elections, with around 1 million added since the May 13
local level polls. Election Commission says 107 days
enough for preparations, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
05/08/2022)
MPs
demand 50 per cent FPTP tickets for women, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 02/08/2022)
Government
plans to hold elections on November 20 : The
dillydallying in declaring the date has) prompted some
to speculate if the ruling coalition is planning to
delay the polls, by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/08/2022)
EC
directs govt to take action against employees who are
members of political parties, by Smriti Dhungana
(rep 01/08/2022), Public
post holder with political affiliation will face action:
EC (rn 01/08/2022)
SC
orders EC not to implement its decision on RPP election
symbol row (rep 26/07/2022)
CEC
Thapaliya hints at holding federal election on Nov 20
(kh 26/07/2022)
Election
Commission launches online voter registration in five
more districts (nlt 21/07/2022)
Govt
told to ensure voting rights of security personnel,
civil servants and prisoners (kh 17/07/2022), Ensure
security personnel, staff on poll day get to vote: SC,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 18/07/2022)
Fill
out online form to get registered as voter: EC (rn
12/07/2022), Election
Commission launches online registration for voters’ roll
in Kathmandu Valley (nlt 13/07/2022)
UML’s
Ram Bahadur elected Budhiganga Mayor (kh 10/07/2022)
Ph.D.
holder Basnet announces candidacy from Kathmandu-9
(kh 08/07/2022)
In
Nepal, to be able to vote is a tough nut to crack :
Forced to stand in long queues, coupled with delays,
service seekers express rage against the tedious voter
registration process, by Shrutika Raut ans Sakshi
Srivastav (nlt 07/07/2022) [Nepal
needs a mandatory population registration system using
modern IT. Then additional voter registration will be
unnecessary!]
Voting
in Bajura’s Budhiganga municipality being held today
(kh 07/07/2022), Police
open fire at polling center in Bajura (nlt
07/07/2022)
EC
officials to recommend Nov 18 or 21 to hold
parliamentary and provincial elections (kh
06/07/2022), Poll
commission suggests November 18 for federal and
provincial elections : Holding both elections in a
single phase is possible, it’s cost effective and easier
from the management point of view, the commission says
(kp 06/07/2022)
Groups
demand limited access to voter roll on poll body’s
website : They submitted a memo to the commission with
several demands, including amendment to relevant
electoral laws, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp 05/07/2022)
EC
returns local polls’ unspent fund of Rs 1.5 billion to
Ministry of Finance (kh 05/07/2022)
Ranju
Darshana to contest upcoming federal election from
Kathmandu-5 (nlt 03/07/2022)
Concept
paper of independent candidacy campaign unveiled
(rep 02/07/2022)
EC
urges govt to manage e-voting machines for upcoming
polls (nlt 30/06/2022) [Yawn,
says the Deuba government! This is just like voting
rights for the millions of excluded eligible voters!],
EC
keen to use EVM in general, provincial polls, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 01/07/2022)
EC
preparing to hold federal and provincial elections by
mid-December: CEC Thapaliya (nlt 30/06/2022)
Supreme
Court quashes petition seeking to halt re-polling in
Budhiganga Municipality (kh 28/06/2022)
Why
Local Elections in Nepal Should be Held on Nonpartisan
Basis, by Ambika P Adhikari and Keshav Bhattarai
(rep 23/06/2022)
Congress
leaders call for letting Nepalis away vote. Poll
body says not feasible : Despite Supreme Court
order in 2018, no initiatives taken for
out-of-country voting. Debate on the issue when
polls near seems to be more for public
consumption, by Binod Ghimire (kp
22/06/2022)
Engineer
Akarshan Pokharel announces candidature in Gagan Thapa’s
constituency (kh 21/06/2022)
Snowbalen
: Attacks by mainstream parties on independent
candidates proves how worried they are about federal
elections in November, by Shristi Karki (nt)
Call
for bill on out-of-country voting, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 10/06/2022)
‘NC
wins elections in 52% municipalities’ (rn
10/06/2022)
Battle
of narratives : Political parties, basking in their
complacency, didn't bother to check the rear-view
mirror, preferring to just look ahead, by Avasna
Pandey (kp 06/06/2022)
EC
to open voter registration from June 15 (kh
06/06/2022)
Buoyed
by success of local polls, Deuba for holding elections
by end of November : Encouraged from local polls, the
premier holds confidence in the coalition despite some
concerns shown by partners, by Anil Giri (kp
05/06/2022)
Lessons
From The Local Elections 2022, by Dipak Gyawali (sp
03/06/2022)
Man’s
journey from office assistant to ward chief : Netra
Bhattarai, 29, impressed many when he was employed at
the ward office of Chishankhugadhi-5 as an office
assistant. People’s encouragement led him to win the
local polls and return to the same office as ward
chairman, by Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 01/06/2022)
Parties
widely used children in campaigns as poll body remained
ineffective : Poll body failed to crack down on parties
and stood as a mere spectator, observers say, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 31/05/2022)
Congress
came first, followed by UML in second position in local
polls. Will it shape the outcome of the federal
elections? Here are some scenarios : How will Nepali
political parties fare in the upcoming elections then?
What will be their election strategies after the local
poll results?, by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 31/05/2022)
Implications
Of Local Polls Outcome, by Bhupa P Dhamala (rn
31/05/2022)
The
Balen Shah magic: Its retrospect and prospect, by
Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 31/05/2022), How
Balen Shah, Harka Rai, and Gopi Hamal won their
elections, by Jagadish Paudel (rec 31/05/2022), Let The
Mayor Deliver On His Pledges, by Namrata Sharma (rn
01/06/2022)
Rekindling
hope : This election and the results have provided many
pointers that we need to take positively, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp 31/05/2022)
Electoral
Democracy and Clientelism in South Asia, by Matrika
Poudyal (kp 30/05/2022)
The
causes of invalid votes in Nepal, by Yatindra KC
(nlt 30/05/2022)
Independent
candidates rock Nepal’s local elections. What does it
show about opportunities, challenges and messages? Many
see the victory of independent candidates as the result
of people’s frustration with and lack of trust in
traditional political parties. Is that the only case?,
by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 28/05/2022), Local
elections: 385 independent candidates secure victory
(rep 28/05/2022)
Electoral
Shifts In Local Governance, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
28/05/2022)
14,402
women elected in local level elections across country
(kh), Sunita’s
entry into politics not a coincidental one, by
Asmita Belabase (rep 28/05/2022)
Balen
Shah elected Kathmandu Mayor (nlt 27/05/2022), Independent
candidate Balen Shah elected KMC mayor, UML’s Sunita
Dangol deputy mayor (kh 27/05/2022), Balen
Shah vows to make Kathmandu world’s most beautiful city
(kh 27/05/2022) [Please be
careful. This now sounds similar to the failed party
politicians. The people in KTM will be happy if you make
things better.], Balen
registers historical win in KMC (ht 27/05/2022)
Local
election results: Marred by tortoise-paced counting,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 27/05/2022)
Local
levels elect 14,402 women representatives (kh
27/05/2022)
Message
Through The Ballot, by Kundan Aryal (rn 27/05/2022)
8
municipalities of Lamjung have only men as mayors
(kh 26/05/2022)
Inclusive
elections: Still a big challenge, by Dev Datta Joshi
(ht 26/05/2022)
‘Balen’
canes parties with the walking stick : Kathmandu voters
rap Congress, UML on the knuckles as they pick a rapper,
also a structural engineer, as their new mayor, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 26/05/2022)
Vote
counting underway in three local units : As per the
final results till Thursday morning, NC has secured wins
in 326 municipals as UML is placed second with wins in
205 local units (nlt 26/05/2022), Vote
count in 749 out of 753 local bodies over; results of 4
yet to come out (kh 26/05/2022), 34,890
people’s representatives elected across country (kh
26/05/2022), Balen
secures 38% votes as 3 wards remain to be counted in KMC
: Sirjana: 24.24%, Sthapit: 24.03% (kh 26/05/2022),
35,034
representatives elected across country (kh
26/05/2022)
Sudurpaschim
fails to elect women, Dalits in chief roles : Number of
women representatives elected in deputy mayor and
vice-chairperson positions has also decreased as
compared to previous local elections, by Arjun Shah
(kp 25/05/2022)
EC
publishes result of 744 local levels, nine still to come
(kh 25/05/2022), Independent
candidate Balen Shah certain to become KMC mayor. Balen:
55,747, Sirjana: 35,371, Sthapit: 34,626 (kh
25/05/2022)
34,741
out of 35,221 local representatives elected so far
(kh 24/05/2022)
Renu
Dahal elected Bharatpur Mayor for second term
(nlt 24/05/2022), JSP’s
Singh elected Birgunj mayor, NC’s Alam deputy mayor
(kh 24/05/2022)
NC
largest as vote count complete in 734 local levels : NC
wins in 321, UML: 200, Maoist Center: 120 (kh
24/05/2022), Out
of 753 local levels, EC declares result of 740 levels :
NC: wins in 322, UML: 203, Maoist Center: 121 (kh
24/05/2022)
Local
Poll Deflates Oli's Ego, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
24/05/2022)
UML
calls for recounting of votes in Pokhara Metropolis-18 :
As per the final results of the vote count at the ward
announced this morning, Nepali Congress candidate Shiva
Prasad Timilsina had won the Ward Chair post by a margin
of three votes (nlt 24/05/2022)
Local
polls are over. It’s time for voting reforms : Nepal had
five years to plan for better elections and a better
election process. But there have been no reforms,
similar patterns are being repeated, by Shreya
Subedi (nlt 23/05/2022)
Parties
have much to learn from independents' rise, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 23/05/2022)
Resham
Chaudhary won election from hiding. His 5-month-old
party claims Tikapur when he is in jail : Tharus who
feel they were shortchanged by the state have spoken
through the ballot, activists and analysts say, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 23/05/2022)
NC
largest as vote count complete in 726 local levels : NC
wins in 320, UML: 197, Maoist Center: 120 (kh
23/05/2022)
What’s
in store for the five-party alliance after local vote
results? With increased bargaining power, the Maoists
may want to continue partnership, but CPN (Unified
Socialist) and Janata Samajbadi Party look unhappy,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/05/2022)
Post
politics in Nepal : Disillusioned or not with the
parties, a large number of people turn out to cast their
votes, by Abhi Subedi (kp 22/05/2022), Local
Polls: Outcome And Message, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
22/05/2022)
Final
results announced for 706 levels (kh 22/05/2022)
Independent
candidate Hamal elected as mayor of Dhangadhi (rep
22/05/2022), Independent
candidate Rai leading in Dharan sub-metropolis as about
4,500 votes left to count (kh 22/05/2022)
EC
releases results of 6 out of 11 sub-metropolises so far
(kh 22/05/2022)
Vote
count in 684 out of 753 local bodies over : NC wins
mayor/chair in 303 local levels; UML in 185 and Maoist
Center in 116 (kh 21/05/2022)
Results
of around 90 % local levels out, by Arpana Adhikari
(rn 21/05/2022)
Over
150 local units set to be devoid of representatives,
creating a vacuum : Experts show problem with the
system, including the law that restricts poll body’s
powers, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/05/2022)
Local
Polls And Development, by Udbodh Bhandari (rn
20/05/2022)
Local
elections dent deposit collection (ht 20/05/2022)
Vote
count in 628 of 753 local levels over : NC wins
mayor/chair in 280 local levels; UML in 173 and Maoist
Center in 112 (kh 20/05/2022), Ruling
coalition gets victory in more than two-thirds local
levels (kh 20/05/2022), Cut
down to size : Citizens have shown what they think of
CPN-UML's actions in recent past (kp
20/05/2022)
Newly
elected ward member found dead (kh 20/05/2022)
Ditch
the paper : There is still room to employ electronic
voting in provincial and federal elections (ae
19/05/2022)
Impressions
from the election past : The big takeaway is that
nothing mattered in the end except the promise of change,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 19/05/2022), Civic
Engagement At Local Level, by Mukti Rijal (rn
19/05/2022), Balen
Shah's popularity: Nepal seeks a new national party,
by Sumit Pathak (ht 19/05/2022)
NC
dominates results tally with wins in 252 local units,
UML victorious in 164 municipals (nlt 19/05/2022), Vote
count in 570 of 753 local levels over : NC wins
mayor/chairperson in 253 local levels; UML in 164 and
Maoist Center in 105 (kh 19/05/2022)
Geeta
Chaudhary becomes first female mayor in Saptari (rep
19/05/2022)
Controversy
erupts after more ballot papers were found in
Nepalgunj-18 (rep 19/05/2022), Vote
count postponed in Butwal : Who broke the ballot box
seal and why?, by Rekha Bhusal (rep 19/05/2022)
Election
taking place at additional 15 voting centres (kh
18/05/2022)
Balen
Shah maintains a steady lead in mayoral race of
Kathmandu (nlt 18/05/2022), NC
leads the tally with wins in 203 local units, UML
victorious in 127 municipals (nlt 18/05/2022), Independent
candidate Sampang takes lead in Dharan Sub metropolis
(kh 18/05/2022), Janamat
Party wins mayor in Saptari’s Hanumannagar (kh
18/05/2022), UML
demands to stop vote-counting in Pokhara (kh
18/05/2022)
Constantly
spurned, how Dalits united to create history in local
elections : A team of independent Dalit candidates wins
four out of five seats in Ward 8 of Kanakasundari Rural
Municipality in Jumla, including the post of chair,
by DB Budha (kp 17/05/2022)
Towards
voting reform : Election symbols were an alternative
when the literacy rate was 20 percent in 1960, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 17/05/2022), Slow-paced
counting : The best way to reduce the time for counting
the votes is to switch to the Electronic Voting Machine
(ht 17/05/2022)
Final
results of 282 municipals out, NC wins Chief in
128 local units as UML wins in 78 (nlt
17/05/2022)
Why
aren’t more women selected as candidates?
Patriarchy alone is not a sufficient explanation
for the lack of women in candidate selection for
the recently held local elections, by Seira
Tamang (rec 16/05/2022)
Disillusioned
voters : The truth of the matter is that people are
fed up with the antics of politicians (kpVote
count disrupted in two places in Jhapa (kh 16/05/2022) [!!!]
Local
polls: Nepali Congress looks set to gain, and also to be
saviour of Maoists : UML reacts with charges of rigging
as alliance seems to have worked to give the odds in
favour of ruling parties, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/05/2022), NC
leading in nationwide vote count tally (rep
16/05/2022)
Nepalis
in general love to vote. Why is turnout low then?
Disenchantment? In Kathmandu Metropolitan City, poll
officials say, just half of the registered voters showed
up to cast their ballot, by Binod Ghimire (kp
15/05/2022)
Festering
political feud resulted in violent election day,
observers say : Single-phase vote also stressed
security, making forces unable to contain the violence,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/05/2022)
Call
for action against those who made it difficult for
persons with disabilities to vote : Depriving persons
with disabilities of their voting right has legal
consequences, rights bodies say (kp 15/05/2022)
It
takes 32 hours to count 2,424 votes (kh 15/05/2022),
Slow
vote counting exposes poor skills of Election Commission
Nepal's local polls were held on Friday. The vote
counting is taking a long time but Nepal's election
management body looks blithely indifferent (nlt
16/05/2022), Sluggish
vote counting calls for switching to tech-friendly
elections : The pace at which ballot papers of municipal
elections are being counted is tiring and cumbersome and
is a source of controversy, observers say, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 16/05/2022)
People
vote with hope and fervour even as they resent
politicians, parties : There are some reports of
violence in different parts of the country, but the vote
was largely peaceful, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
14/05/2022)
Counting
votes within wire fences reflects degrading political
culture : Fears of shenanigans have grown, prompting
measures like CCTV and fencing, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/05/2022)
On
killed in clash between NC and Maoist Center cadres in
Solukhumbu (kh 14/05/2022), Two
people die in election-related violence in Udayapur,
Solukhumbu : Violent clashes, mainly over disputes
regarding vote counting, have been reported
post-election at several places, by Dilliram
Khatiwada and Bhanubhakta Niraula (kp 15/05/2022)
UML
cadres accused of beating women in Myagdi (rep
14/05/2022), Police
open fire to contain the situation as Deumai polling
station Ilam goes tense, by Bhim Chapagain (rep
14/05/2022)
Collection
of ballot boxes begins (In pics) (kh 13/05/2022), Voting
completed with sporadic incidents (kh 13/05/2022), Vote
counting to start from today evening (rep
13/05/2022)
Raute
community deprived of voting right, again (rep
13/05/2022)
27%
votes cast as of 11:15 am: EC Spokesperson (kh
13/05/2022), 35
percent voter turnout till noon: Election Commission
(nlt 13/05/2022). 41%
votes cast till 2 PM (rep 13/05/2022), 55
percent votes cast till 4 pm: Election Commission
(kh 13/05/2022), EC
preliminary estimate puts local election voter turnout
at 64 percent (kh 13/05/2022), Voters'
turnout not as per expectation; election postponed in 44
polling centers (rep 14/05/2022)
Rights
body says elections were not peaceful as expected :
Voting stalled in different parts of the country and
clashes reported in some area (kp 13/05/2022), Major
political parties found violating election code: NHRC
(rep 13/05/2022)
Police
inspector’s wayward firing kills youth in Udaypur
(kh 13/05/2022)
Violent
activities reported in several places during local
elections : In some places, security personnel fired
warning shots to quell the clashes (kp 13/05/2022)
Chits
used to cast votes in Bharatpur (rep 13/05/2022)
Local
elections: Voting obstructed in 53 polling centers
(nlt 13/05/2022)
Registered
voters who showed driving licence as identity barred
from voting : Election Commission says voter identity
card or citizenship certificate or passport, or national
identity card were the only identification documents
recognised for voting, by Arjun Poudel (kp
13/05/2022)
Voting
suspended at two polling centers of Pacharauta (rep
13/05/2022), Voting
suspended at three polling centers in Dhankuta (kh
13/05/2022), Voting
postponed at four polling centers in Kavre (rep
13/05/2022)
NHRC
finds poor arrangements for voters' access to polling
centres (ht 13/05/2022)
EC
seeks clarification from Bhattarai (kh 13/05/2022)
Local
polls: Nepal votes to elect local representatives for
the next five years :This is the second time Nepal is
voting in the local polls after the country adopted a
federal democratic system in 2015 following the
promulgation of a new constitution, by Ashim Neupane
and Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 13/05/2022), Nepalis
head to the polls to shape the country’s future (kh
13/05/2022), Tell
your own story : Citizens can decide whether they want
to elect somebody who governs them or serves them
(kp 13/05/2022)
Enthusiastic
voters exercise their franchise (Photo Feature) (kh
13/05/2022)
Elderly
dies in course of exercising franchise in Baitadi
(kh 13/05/2022)
Clashes
reported in different places on election day : Clashes between
cadres of different political parties have occurred in Humla,
Dolakha, Bara and Okhaldhunga among other districts (nlt
13/05/2022), Tensions
in Sindhupalchowk’s Jyamire, Army moves forward to take the
situation under control (kh 13/05/2022), Polling
affected as firing goes in Ramechhap (kp 13/05/2022), Aerial
Firing at Kumbhakarna, Dhanusha (kh 13/05/2022), Ballot
boxes vandalized in Dakneshwari, Saptari, by Raghab Sharma
(kh 13/05/2022), 15
people injured in a clash at Gadhimai, Rautahat (rep
13/05/2022), Voting
postponed due to clash at Shailyashikhar, Darchula
(kh 13/05/2022), 10
injured in Kharpunath clash (kh 13/05/2022), Ballot
papers torn in Achham, polling postponed in two centers
(kh 13/05/2022), Voting
at Dakneshwori Municipality-2 to take place on Sunday
(kh 13/05/2022), Volunteer
injured in Gorkha firing (kh 13/05/2022), Locals
run away with ballot boxes in Rautahat (kh
13/05/2022), Clashes
broke out in 16 places, warning shots fired in eight
places on election day : Two injured in Khukuri
altercation in Kohalpur (kh 13/05/2022), Byas
Municipality mayoral candidate Joshi injured in assault
(kh 13/05/2022), Widespread
tension in Sarlahi: Aerial shots fired at three places,
polling officials beaten, by Madan Thakur (rep
13/05/2022)
Major
political parties found violating election code: NHRC (kh
13/05/2022)
Pollution
a passing reference in Capital’s mayoral race, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (ae 12/05/2022)
Why
aren’t political parties talking about earthquakes?, by
Cilla Khatry (ae 12/05/2022)
Implications
of low women representation in local polls, by
Neelam Dhanuse (rep 12/05/2022)
Confusing
ballot design may lead to a large number of invalid
votes, experts fear : Democracy activists, intellectuals
and political parties are worried that the number of
invalid votes might be high due to a jumbo ballot paper
and confusion over alliance's candidates, by Abiral
Gautam (nlt 12/05/2022)
The
more teeth to poll commission, the stronger democracy
will be, observers say : There are laws but the election
body lacks resources—human and financial—to crack down
on wrongdoers, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 12/05/2022)
Everything
you need to know before you go vote, by Sanjeet M
Rajbhandari (rec 12/05/2022)
People
are leaving Valley in droves to cast votes in the local
polls : Many wait for hours to get seats with most
vehicles exiting Kathmandu jam-packed, by Shuvam
Dhungana and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/05/2022), BP
Highway sees heavy traffic in days before elections :
Thousands of people are leaving for their home districts
to exercise their franchise, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp
12/05/2022)
Transgender
people’s qualms continue as Nepal votes in local polls
tomorrow : While the Election Commission has taken some
steps to try and create a safe voting environment for
transgender people, activists say that there is still a
lack of nuanced understanding of transgender issues,
by Shranup Tandukar (kp 12/05/2022)
260
thousand security persons mobilized for local election
(kh 12/05/2022)
Local
Polls : Parties Put Heavy Stakes, by Mukti Rijal
(rn)
Local
election: Are candidates aware of climate issues?,
by Ghanashyam Khanal and Yatish Acharya (ht 12/05/2022)
Despite
pre-election clashes, polls may pass relatively
peacefully, observers say : Police say as many as 62
cases of clashes have been reported between April 24 and
Tuesday, May 10, but expect violence to subside with the
silent period in force, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/05/2022)
Will
local elections shape Nepal’s future? (kh
12/05/2022)
EC
enhances mechanism to monitor implementation of code of
conduct (kh 12/05/2022)
NWC
urges to prevent violence against women during election
(kh 12/05/2022)
27
media outlets face music; 25 journos warned off on first
day of silence period (kh 12/05/2022)
77
% of votes cast in mock polls invalid (kh
12/05/2022)
Nine
candidates die as May 13 local poll inches closer
(kh 12/05/2022)
20
injured as NC and Maoist Center cadres clash with each
other (kh 12/05/2022) [Nice
alliance!]
The
oligarchy celebrates local polls : The fundamental
appeal of municipal polls lies in their ideological
vacuity, by CK Lal (kp 11/05/2022)
Local
election manifesto: More ritualistic, less realistic,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 11/05/2022)
Expenditure
limit for candidates contesting Nepal’s local polls
2022: Here’s how much they can spend (nlt
11/05/2022)
Lack
of voter education in Achham villages may lead to
invalid votes : Both parties and their candidates have
failed to give due importance to the voter education
campaign. As a result, many eligible voters are unaware
of the voting process creating high chances of invalid
votes, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 11/05/2022)
Election
Commission seeks clarification from Dahal, Rana : The
poll body has written to them, asking if their recent
remarks at campaigns amounted to threatening voters
(kp 11/05/2022)
Gradual
improvement in election process: Report (ht
11/05/2022) [???]
UML
and NC cadres clash in Surkhet, six including four
police injured (kh 11/05/2022)
Election
silence period: What cannot be done? (nlt
11/05/2022)
2,946
polling centers highly sensitive; 260,000 security
personnel deployed (kh 11/05/2022)
Over
1,500 teachers resign on the eve of local polls (rep
11/05/2022) [????]
In
case you lose your voter ID, you can still vote by
showing your citizenship card, by Hari Krishna
Gautam (rep 11/05/2022)
Citizens
leaving Kathmandu Valley to cast their votes (kh
11/05/2022) [Nepal must make it
mandatory that its citizens are registered where they
live, not where they were born. Then they won't have to
travel for elections either!]
Schools
to remain closed for six days starting today (kh
11/05/2022) [????]
Returning
Officers reach all voting centres (kh 11/05/2022)
Remove
poll campaign content from social media, CEC tells
contestants (ht 11/05/2022)
Nomination
set for today after candidate’s demise (kh
11/05/2022)
New
voters being provided with voter ID cards today and
tomorrow (kh 11/05/2022)
Imports
via Rasuwagadhi checkpoint halted (kh 11/05/2022)
Kishore
Thapa: ‘The goal is to establish a new political
narrative and develop a new political culture’
(interview) (rec 10/05/2022)
About
half of Nepal’s voters will not be able to cast their
votes in local polls (rep 10/05/2022)
Despite
law, Nepal fails to achieve Dalit women representation
in wards : Parties say they failed to find candidates,
an argument Dalit activists do not agree with, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 10/05/2022)
For
people with disabilities, there are barriers galore to
right to voting: Secrecy, lack of ballot papers with
tactile relief, and tall tables are key infrastructural
issues, by Aakash Chaudhary (kp 10/05/2022), Family
can assist visually impaired in voting (ht
10/05/2022), Voting
rights for all : Persons with disabilities in Nepal
continue to be excluded from the electoral process
(kp 11/05/2022)
Regulating
social media during election silence period to be
challenge (kh 10/05/2022)
UML
and JSP strike deal to maintain electoral coordination
in Palungtar Municipality, Gorkha (kh 10/05/2022)
Deputy
mayoral candidate of Maharajgunj municipality Kurmi dies
(kh 10/05/2022)
Former
Chief Election Commissioner Yadav denied “special
observer” role (kh 10/05/2022)
All
results of local polls will be published by May 19: CEC
Thapaliya (interview) (rep 10/05/2022)
Border
checkpoints to be closed from today (kh 10/05/2022),
Silence
period for May 13 local polls to begin from today
midnight : Election campaign and publicity forbidden
(kh 10/05/2022), ‘Publicity
materials around polling booth to be removed before
silence period commences” (kh 10/05/2022)
Who
is Kathmandu Metropolis Mayor?, by Sarin Ghimire (kh
10/05/2022)
What
to know: Nepal’s local elections 2022 : The local
elections are taking place on May 13 across Nepal. Here
are some important data and insights you need to know
about the elections, by Pragya Lamsal (nlt
09/05/2022)
‘Vote
for those with commitment to address women’s issues’
(kh 09/05/2022)
Balen
Shah: A youth icon, and a ray of hope amid politics of
despair. Balen Shah has emerged as a symbol of hope for
change, an icon for those who are deeply dissatisfied
with established political parties to look up to in
Kathmandu, by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 09/05/2022)
All
roar, no bite: Poll body says will monitor spending.
Experts doubt : The Election Commission has announced it
will deploy officials to monitor campaign expenditures,
but analysts say they see little chance of action
against overspending, a key source of corruption, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/05/2022)
In
Madhesh Province, the political landscape is changing :
Analysts say the CPN-UML will likely gain from the deep
divisions in the Madhesi parties and the alliance
politics of five ruling forces, by Anil Giri (kp
09/05/2022) [KP Oli has also
pursued a sometimes brutal anti-Madhesh policy since
2015 and has shown no understanding for the concerns of
the Tarai people. It is hard to imagine that the people
have already forgotten this!]
Poll
staff, election materials airlifted to remote Chhangru
and Tinkar areas (rn 09/05/2022)
Border
checkpoints to remain closed for three days (kh
09/05/2022), Borders
to be sealed for 72 hours before elections : The
government has decided to close all international border
points from May 10 midnight to May 13 midnight, by
Matrika Dahal (kp 09/05/2022)
Ballot
papers reach all 77 districts; 78,000 ballot boxes
readied (kh 09/05/2022)
EC
issues directives for installing CC cameras at all vote
counting stations (nlt 09/05/2022)
4
temporary police personnel die; 48 terminated (kh
09/05/2022)
One-third
votes cast in Surkhet invalid (kh 08/05/2022) [in mock polling; the alienating
nature of the alliance politics of the party leaders
makes the already complicated local elections even more
complicated!]
Local
Level Election: Number of adult candidates much higher
as compared to other age groups (kh 08/05/2022) [All candidates are adults!!!]
Candidates
wooing voters with booze, mutton (ht 08/05/2022)
EC
urges not to use flags of other parties (rep
08/05/2022), EC
warns against use of other party flags, election symbols
(ht 08/05/2022)
Majority
of local levels see old faces (ht 08/05/2022)
Local
Polls: A Democratic Milestone, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 08/05/2022)
EC
deploys monitoring teams in different districts that are
deemed ‘security sensitive’ (rep 08/05/2022)
EC
can address doubts; remain pivotal to electoral security,
by Abhaya R Joshi (kh 08/05/2022)
EC
seeks clarification from 37 individuals for violating
code of conduct (kh 08/05/2022)
Unidentified
person attacks election candidate with khukuri (kh
08/05/2022)
EC
tightens screw against code of conduct breach (kh
07/05/2022)
Not
just UML, Congress and Maoist Centre, many unheard of
parties are also contesting local polls : Some of the
political parties registered for the May 13 elections
have quirky and peculiar names (kp 07/05/2022)
Vehicles
to be barred from Nepal's roads on May 13 (ht
07/05/2022)
Election
hits school enrolment campaign : School enrolment
campaign has not been able to make much headway since
most people are either out participating in political
rallies or listening to the political campaigners, say
educators, by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 07/05/2022)
Arzu
under fire for her remarks to stop grants where Congress
loses : Analysts say her remarks reflect a lack of
understanding of how the state functions, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 07/05/2022) [This is
not only offensive, it is criminal and corrupt!]
Local
polls more complicated now to predict with alliance
politics and splits : Despite Deuba’s wish and
Dahal-Nepal’s compulsion, their poll partnership did not
take off well, and UML hopes gains, by Anil Giri (kp
07/05/2022)
PM
Deuba flies to Damauli from Butwal on Nepali Army
chopper (kh 07/05/2022) [????]
Transportation
of ballot papers completed: Election Commission (nlt
07/05/2022)
4,000
employees being deployed for election (kh
07/05/2022) [And they will be
deprived of voting themselves!], Army
takes over security in critical areas (kh
07/05/2022) [They will not be
allowed to vote either!]
Call
to facilitate participation of persons with disabilities
(kh 07/05/2022)
UML
cadres attack Maoist Center election candidates in
Sindhupalchowk (kh 07/05/2022)
Sale
and distribution of alcohol prohibited in Baitadi
(kh 07/05/2022)
Baby
on her back, Dalit mother on campaign trail : Mina
Biswakarma is standing for municipality chair in Myagdi
to uplift her community, by Anita Bhetwal (nt
06/05/2022)
Elections
in the age of social media : Candidates for the local
level elections are advertising more and more on social
media, especially Facebook, presenting the Election
Commission with new problems it must account for, by
Samik Kharel (rec 06/05/2022)
Exploring
the barriers to the right to inclusive election in Nepal
: Despite elaborate provisions on including persons with
disabilities in political and public life in Nepal,
political participation by persons with disabilities
remains minimal, by Dev Datta Joshi (rec 06/05/2022)
Local
Polls Deepen Democracy, by Bhupa P Dhamala (rn
06/05/2022) [But not if they are
appropriated and controlled by the national level!]
Domestic
flights to remain closed on election day (May 13)
(rep 06/05/2022)
Only
vehicles with permission to be allowed to ply on voting
day (rn 06/05/2022)
Candidates
ask yarsa pickers to stay back for polls but few are
interested : Many people are in a hurry to go to the
uplands this harvesting season since they haven’t been
able to make the journey in the last two years because
of the Covid-19 pandemic, by DB Budha (kp
06/05/2022)
170
seats for Dalit women representatives go unclaimed,
by Rajkarabn Mahato (ae 05/05/2022)
Electoral
syndicate against women : From the first election, one
thing that hasn't changed is the politics of hegemonic
masculinity, by Chandra Bhadra and Sucheta Pyakuryal
(kp 05/05/2022)
EC’s
Push For Electoral Reform, by Mukti Rijal (rn
05/05/2022)
Cause
of rebel candidature: Party indiscipline or
wrong modus operandi?, by Jibaraj Pokharel
(ht 05/05/2022)
Political
parties flouting poll code in Bhaktapur (ht
05/05/2022)
NC
and Maoist Center cadres clash with each other in Rukum
West (kh 05/05/2022)
EC
writes to Home Ministry urging to call back SP Shahi
deployed at joint election cell (kh 05/05/2022)
EC
directs candidates, political parties to spend through
banking system (kp 04/05/2022)
Complaint
filed at Election Office against PM Deuba over his
proposed Chitwan visit (rep 04/05/2022)
Parties
violating election code of conduct in Bajura (ht
04/05/2022)
Valley’s
female candidates outline their women-related
commitments : The candidates, vying for two top
executive posts at local units in the Kathmandu Valley,
promised they’d ensure a violence-free, safe and
empowering environment for women (kp 03/05/2022)
CEC
Thapaliya calls on mass media to aware people on voting
rights (kh) [Also on the voting rights of election workers,
security personnel and the millions of migrant workers
that have been denied by politicians for years, despite
clear directives from the Supreme Court?]
Election
Commission has stricter code of conduct but lacks
mechanism to monitor it : Observers find many clauses
impractical as neither parties can follow them nor
officials can check compliance, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 02/05/2022)
Final
list for polls : The EC should leave no stone unturned
to take legal action against those who violate the code
of conduct (ht 02/05/2022)
20,000
observers of 68 organisations to observe local poll
(rn 02/05/2022)
Local
election: No candidacy in 149 Dalit woman members
(rn 02/05/2022)
10
candidates elected unopposed in Taplejung local polls
(kh 02/05/2022)
Election
Commission seeks clarification from Ktm mayoral
candidate Sthapit (kh 02/05/2022)
Voters
in Birgunj are perplexed as to who to vote for because
of alliance politics : Since the Madhes Movement, the
parties that championed it have splintered and
ultimately joined hands with the forces they once
rebelled against, puzzling voters, Tufan Neupane and
Bhusan Yadav (kp 01/05/2022)
EC
warns of action against anyone publishing poll-related
fake info on social media (kh 01/05/2022)
Listen
to the locals, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn 01/05/2022)
Row
Of Rebel Candidates, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
01/05/2022)
Ballot
papers remain to be sent to 17 districts only (kh
01/05/2022)
Poll
candidate dies (kh 01/05/2022)
EC
receives 300 queries on local polls a day (ht
01/05/2022)
Women
leaders from across the political spectrum say they feel
constrained : Their representation in local elections
has been trimmed but they cannot speak up. Female
politicians say the fight will continue though, by
Aakriti Ghimire (kp 30/04/2022)
As
alliance parties threaten rebel candidates, Election
Commission says that’s criminal act : The election body
states that the threats violate citizens’ legal and
constitutional right to take part in elections, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/04/2022) [When
will the so-called top politicians finally be punished
appropriately for their constant high-handed behaviour?
Non-election of such persons and their protégés would be
an appropriate response!], Ruling
alliance to take action against cadres violating
directives (kh 01/05/2022)
12,789
independent candidates getting election symbols today
(kh 30/04/2022), EC
provides election symbols to candidates (kh
30/04/2022), Local
level poll candidates receive election symbols (rep
30/04/2022)
Over
4,000 withdraw candidacies, by
Ranju Kafle(rn
30/04/2022), More
than 8,000 withdraw candidacies (ht 01/05/2022)
Bajura
Dalits in fix following CPN-UML's bifurcation (ht
30/04/2022)
RPP
expresses concern over death threat issued against the
party’s candidate (rep 30/04/2022)
EC
to provide election symbols to candidates today (kh
30/04/2022)
Border
checkpoints to be closed for three days before local
polls (rep 30/04/2022)
All
people’s representatives elected unopposed in Gurja
(kh 30/04/2022)
Whose
election is it anyway? Kin and clan networks will once
again play a formidable role in determining victory
margins, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 29/04/2022)
Don’t
force anyone to withdraw candidacy: Election Commission
(rep 29/04/2022)
Poll
panel's new directive unfair to fairer sex : Can affect
women's representation in civic bodies as parties prefer
to oblige alliance partners, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
29/04/2022)
Election
Commission tells local govts to compulsorily install
CCTV cameras 7at vote counting venues (rep
29/04/2022)
Candidacy
withdrawal open till 5 pm today : EC to publish final
list of candidates (kh 29/04/2022)
Rebel
candidates refuse to heed party orders to withdraw from
race : Election Commission officials say it is against
the code of conduct to pressure the candidates to pull
out, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 29/04/2022) [Just
to remind you: In November 1994, "rebel candidates"
caused Girija's defeat after he refused to meet Ganesh
Man Singh's legitimate demands!]
17.7
mln ballot papers of required 19.4 mln printed so far
(kh 29/04/2022)
EC
asks govt to declare public holiday on May 13, seeks
permission to use physical infrastructures of local
govts (rep 29/04/2022)
5,251
queries registered in EC call center in past 30 days
(kh 29/04/2022)
Curbing
Monetary Muscle In Polls, by Mukti Rijal (rn
28/04/2022)
Alliance
politics impacts female candidacy in local level
elections : Close to 41 percent women had won in 2017,
but fewer will be elected this time, with nomination
number itself down, by Binod Ghimire (kp
28/04/2022), Fewer
women this time : Underrepresentation of women in
politics has long-term drawbacks (kp 29/04/2022)
As
many as 152,465 candidates register nominations for
35,221 posts for local election (kh 28/04/2022), EC
to publish name-list of candidates today (kh
28/04/2022)
Action
taken against media violating election code of conduct
(kh 28/04/2022)
Experts
suggest measures to make election process fair and
transparent : Experts said while there are a number of
laws and policies in place to regulate and monitor the
political parties and their acts, weak implementation
has led to rising cases of anomalies and violations of
election code of conduct (nlt 27/04/2022)
Voting:
A Voice Of The Voiceless, by Balmukunda Regmi (rn
27/04/2022) [But only if
candidates are also nominated who represent their
interests and not those imposed by the central party
leadership!]
Low
Women Candidacy Breaches Statute, by Namrata Sharma
(rn 27/04/2022)
Coalition
partners seek electoral alliance within camp (rn
27/04/2022) [These so-called top
politicians simply do not want to understand that in the
federal system they have no right to prescribe such
things to the local level!]
EC
to look into nomination papers and complaints today and
tomorrow (kh 27/04/2022)
Pindalbari
folk pledge votes to those who will build bridge over
Biring River : The remote village in Jhapa is cut off
from the rest of the district for most of the year due
to rise in water level, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
27/04/2022)
Believing
in democracy, once-extremist forces of Chand and Raut
are joining the poll fray : The hardliners joining the
elections is a good move and it does not matter whether
they win or lose, experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
27/04/2022)
Hard
to retain last election’s achievements with less women
candidates this time (kh 26/04/2022)
Nomination
for Dalit women member nil in seven wards of Humla
(kh 26/04/2022)
20,000
observers from 68 organizations to be deployed for local
polls (kh 26/04/2022)
Election
paraphernalia dispatched to all 77 districts (ht
26/04/2022)
Keshav
Sthapit’s candidacy for Kathmandu mayor sparks furore :
Sthapit has been accused of sexual harassment by at
least two women, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp 26/04/2022) [He should
not run for any political office until a court has
certified his innocence!]
Chheten
becomes ward no 7 chair of Phaktanglung Rural
Municipality unopposed (kh 26/04/2022)
Local
Election 2022 : Expectation vs reality, by Ayushma
Maharjan (nlt 25/04/2022)
Ensuring
that local polls are truly free and fair, by Alok
Pokharel (rec 25/04/2022)
Local
elections: Today is final day for nomination filing
(kh 25/04/2022), 48,197
candidates file nominations for May 13 local election
Number likely to increase: EC (kh 25/04/2022), Over
100,000 nominations filed for local polls : Ruling
coalition sees discord and discontent in some districts
with some challenging the alliance politics, by Anil
Giri and Tika R Pradhan (kp), Local
elections 2022: 137,043 candidates file nominations
across country (kh 26/04/2022), Number
of candidates filing nomination for local polls crosses
141,000 (kh 26/04/2022)
Everything
you need to know about May 13 local polls : As many as
79 parties are registered to contest elections at the
local level (kp 24/04/2022)
Poll
Alliances And Discontents, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
24/04/2022)
Time
for Election Commission to set example by enforcing code
of conduct : Observers say candidates easily spend
beyond limit as there were no actions in such cases in
the past, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/04/2022)
Candidates
filing nominations for local polls today and tomorrow
(nlt 24/04/2022), Candidacy
registration for May 13 local election begins today
(kh 24/04/2022)
Election
publicity materials removed (kh 24/04/2022)
Alliance
for local polls raises spectre of the notorious
‘all-party mechanisms’ : The so-called all-party
committees were a tool for the parties to share the
spoils, and experts fear a repeat of the practice that
will degenerate into kleptocracy, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 23/04/2022)
Local
elections 2022: 168,000 security personnel to be
mobilized (kh 23/04/2022) [And
they will all not be given the opportunity to exercise
their own right to vote!]
AWC
appeals voters not to vote human rights violators
(kh 23/04/2022)
EC
asks leaders in closed list of PR system to remove names
if they want to contest local polls (kh 23/04/2022)
Govt
to use private helicopters in local level election
(rep 23/04/2022)
EC
categorizes over 50 percent voting centers in Madhes
province as ‘most sensitive’ (kh 22/04/2022)
Election
alliance : The outcome of the local polls will be
largely decided by the 3.6 million new generation voters
(ht 22/04/2022)
“Voters
should exercise their sovereign rights while voting”,
interview with Laxman Phuyal (kh 21/04/2022)
EC
develops tough provisions for election monitoring
(ht 21/04/2022)
Ruling
coalition ‘decides’ to field candidacy of Srijana Singh
as KMC mayor (rep 20/04/2022)
Ruling
coalition to finalize distribution of metropolises and
sub metropolises today (kh 19/04/2022) [Nepal
is a federal state. Nominating candidates for local
elections is not the responsibility of national party
leaders!]
Half
the ballot papers for upcoming polls printed (ht
19/04/2022)
Elected
representatives need to resign if they wish to
contest again : Supreme Court quashes petition
against poll commission’s mandatory requirement
of resignation (kp 19/04/2022) [This
is now binding law, but still not rationally
comprehensible. The then Chief Justice Khil Raj
Regmi did not even resign from his position as
CJ in 2013 when he took over as head of the
executive.]
Dalits
demand respectable, proportional representation in
upcoming elections (ht 18/04/2022)
Joint
Election Operation Center to be established for May 13
local polls : The JEOC has the main responsibility to
make necessary coordination to establish election
offices and facilitate to submit progress reports
related to election programs run by district election
offices (nlt 18/04/2022)
Correct
Information Key To Fair Polls, by Ballav Dahal (rn
18/04/2022)
As
political parties focus on winning seats, electorate
takes a back seat : Polling day is only 26 days away,
but none of the parties except for Rastriya Janamorcha
has unveiled their manifesto for the local level
election, by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/04/2022)
Election
alliances of Nepali parties: sense or nonsense in local
elections?, by Karl-Heinz Krämer (kh 17/04/2022), Alliance
politics may help parties but for first-time voters, it
comes with confusion : During local level elections, an
adult votes for seven candidates. Remembering all the
symbols and cross-party candidates will be difficult,
observers say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/04/2022), In
desperate bid, UML collaborates with two fringe parties
on polls : As the five parties take forward their
electoral alliance plan, the opposition party makes
boastful claims even while pursuing any potential tie-up,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/04/2022)
EC
determines election symbols for parties (rep
17/04/2022)
Nation
engrossed in election (kh 17/04/2022)
NC’s
Joshi faction to forge electoral alliance with UML in
Tanahun (kh 17/04/2022)
EC
deploys 77 chiefs, 676 returning officers for local
election (kh 17/04/2022)
‘If
problems appear in some local units, alliance members
will have friendly competition’ : Maoist Centre leader
Barsha Man Pun speaks on the electoral alliance of
ruling parties for local elections, and the economy
(interview) (kp 15/04/2022)
Security
Plans For Local Elections, by Purushottam Khatri (rn
14/04/2022)
EC
for vacating stay on code provision, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 14/04/2022)
Elections
law defines circumstances of ballot counting
centre capture (ht 14/04/2022), EC's
adamancy : The only way to discourage booth
capture is for the EC to act tough and not be
intimidated by anyone (ht 15/04/2022)
Dr.
Deuba calls for electoral quotas for women based on
proportional inclusion (kh 13/04/2022)
President
Bhandari approves army mobilization for local
polls (nlt 13/04/2022)
Women’s
Participation in Elections in Nepal, by
Shreeju Niroula (rep 12/04/2022), Let
Women Lead Local Levels, by Namrata Sharma (rn
13/04/2022), Women
in politics : One can have all the rules and yet find a
million ways to sidestep them (kp 14/04/2022)
Rising
campaign spending : Failure to ensure financial
transparency will facilitate corruption and
cronyism (kp 12/04/2022)
Election
year is here. Poll expenses major cause for concern :
Questions asked: Who funds politicians and why do they
do that? Observers say costly polls are a source of
corruption, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/04/2022)
Congress
leader Shashank Koirala asked to furnish clarification
over his Rs60 million remark : The amount spent is much
higher than the ceiling of Rs2.5 million set for an
individual candidate (kp 11/04/2022), Shashank
gets EC show cause notice (ht 12/04/2022)
Date
set but why some are doubting timely polls : Several
factors at play including difficulty in forming
alliances and petitions at court, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 10/04/2022)
Election
Commission tweaks provision for level representatives to
contest polls : People's representatives registering
candidacy in the local-level elections should sign a
document mentioning not availing government facilities
(nlt 09/04/2022)
Financially
hard for women to contest elections (kh 09/04/2022),
Keep
up our local level representation, women leaders urge
Deuba, poll body : Parties fighting elections in an
alliance are likely not to field women candidates for
both top local government positions, taking advantage of
a flaw in the law, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/04/2022),
Election
Commission revokes provision to compulsorily field woman
candidate : The commission rescinded the decision after
the political parties protested against the provision
stating that it is against existing laws (nlt
12/04/2022), Election
Commission backtracks on its decision related to women’s
representation at local level : Now political parties
fielding just one candidate for one of the two top local
government positions are not compelled to nominate women,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 13/04/2022) [Since
Nepal's macho politicians consider the land to be the
exclusive property of men, especially those from Bahun
castes, men are likely to be the overwhelming majority
of candidates in such cases.]
Election
code of conduct 2022: dos and dont’s (kh 09/04/2022)
Election
expenditure : Questions Of Accountability, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 08/04/2022)
Time
to cleanse local governments : If the parties field
incompetent and corrupt candidates, voters should reject
them, by Dinesh Pant (kp 08/04/2022)
EC
ready to make clear code of conduct (kh 08/04/2022),
Election
code of conduct to come into force from today midnight
(kh 08/04/2022)
Election
code of conduct to come into force from Friday (kh
07/04/2022), UML
objects to provisions in election code of conduct
(nlt 07/04/2022)
Voting
process is going to be complex as parties go for
electoral alliance : Voters of parties in the alliance
will have a tough time finding the poll symbols and
remembering which party has fielded candidates for which
positions, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/04/2022)
Voting
rights for Nepalis abroad: Full of promises, lack of
action : Political parties have promised suffrage to
Nepali citizens living abroad time and again but have
not taken definite measures to actually allow them to
vote, by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt 06/04/2022)
Election
security: Concerns arise from parties fighting polls :
Not much threat from so called armed outfits and those
boycotting the vote. Observers and experts say it would
be better if parties fix their rifts and conflict,
by Anil Giri (kp 06/04/2022)
Poll
preparation, monitoring panel formed (ht 06/04/2022)
[There must be poll monitoring
independent from government and political parties!]
Election
Commission issues directives to compulsorily field woman
candidate (nlt 05/04/2022)
EC
holding meeting with leaders of political parties today
: To seek written commitment on election code of conduct
(kh 05/4/2022), Leaders
engage in heated argument in meeting called by EC to
discuss local polls (rep 05/04/2022) [The
party leaders prove once again that they are unwilling
to abide by democratic principles and prefer unlawful
behaviour!], Election
code of conduct in question after the UML refuses to
sign it : Experts fault Election Commission for failing
to win the confidence of all parties registered to
contest the polls, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 06/04/2022)
UN,
development partners and AIN concerned over possible
coercion, force or intimidation directed at their staff
or partners in upcoming polls : "We are particularly
concerned when our staff and projects face challenges,
such as pressure from any stakeholder to provide
donations or in-kind assistance," reads the joint
statement (nlt 05/04/2022)
Ballot
papers for 747 local levels to be printed by May first
week (kp 04/04/2022)
Campaign
launched to field independent candidates in local level
election (kh 01/04/2022)
Youths
head for India in droves indifferent to elections : Say
earning livelihoods and feeding their families are more
important to them, by Thakur Singh Tharu and Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 01/04/2022) [It is
the criminal failure of the previous Oli government, but
of course also of the present Deuba government, to have
simply and purposefully disregarded the SC's directive
on the participation of migrant workers in the
elections! It has already been established for five
years that 2022 is an election year!]
Printing
of ballot papers for local polls begins (kh
01/04/2022)
Kathmandu
is most populous district. But it comes third in voter
numbers : Officials, experts see national Capital
hosting more migrants than permanent dwellers and lack
of interest among youths in politics as possible reasons
for lower voter count, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
31/03/2022)
EC
to impose election code of conduct from April 8 (kh
31/03/2022), Tackling
Electoral Offences, by Mukti Rijal (rn
31/03/2022)
Election
staff must arrive at polling stations three days
in advance (rep 31/03/2022) [And
what about the opportunity for these staff
members to vote themselves? This is a
fundamental right of all Nepalese, and the
government must ensure that this right can be
exercised.]
‘Out
of compulsion’: Ruling coalition’s electoral alliance
easier said than done : Nepali Congress needs it, but
the Maoists need it more. Leaders and analysts say there
are complications galore, by Anil Giri (kp
31/03/2022), Ruling
coalition agrees to forge electoral alliance in local
polls (kh 31/03/2022)
EC
tightens noose on contractors aspiring to become local
level poll candidates (kh 30/03/2022), Candidate
In Local Polls Should Make 19-Point Self-Declaration: EC
(rn 30/03/2022)
JEMC
to print ballot papers under cover of 150 security
personnel (kh 29/03/2022), Army
To Safeguard Ballot Paper Printing Station, by
Purushottam Khatri (rn 29/03/2022)
17.73
million plus voters to take part in local level polls
(kh 28/03/2022)
EC
decides to provide 73 small parties their own election
symbols (kh 28/03/2022), EC
allows fringe parties to contest polls with respective
election symbols (rep 29/03/2022)
EC
calls for registration for election observation (rep
27/03/2022)
Poll
commission plans video tracking of ballot counting :
Election officials says local governments should
purchase and install the system, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/03/2022), High-tech
surveillance : Political leaders cannot be trusted to
allow the elections to happen freely and fairly (kp
25/03/2022)
EC
To Print 20 Million Ballot Papers For Local Level
Election (rn 24/03/2022)
Local
Polls Bolster Democracy, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
23/03/2022)
Political
parties reiterate commitment to give voting rights to
Nepalis abroad (rep 21/03/2022) [This
statement by the political parties is simply a lie. The
SC's prescription has been there for years. Neither the
Oli nor the Deuba government, nor the parties involved
in them, have done anything to implement it. The right
to vote belongs to all Nepali citizens, including the
helpers and security personnel deployed on election day,
including the many people who are denied citizenship
papers by the state for gender-discriminatory reasons!],
No
voting rights for Nepalis abroad, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 21/03/2022), Disenfranchised
– millions of Nepalis have no voting rights : Despite
the outsized impact that migrant workers have on Nepal,
they are still unable to vote in elections as Nepal has
no provisions for absentee voting, by Marissa Taylor
(rec 21/03/2022), Voting
rights : If 115 countries can realise out-of-country
voting, there is no reason why Nepal cannot do so
(ht 22/03/2022)
EC
to not allow int’l organizations to observe local level
elections (kh 20/03/2022), PM
Deuba says govt committed to holding free, fair
elections (kh 20/03/2022) [This
must be confirmed by independent observers. The advance
exclusion of international observers is questionable!]
UML
Chair Oli slams EC for giving two days to register
candidates in local level election (kh 20/03/2022)
Election
Code of Conduct: Resignation mandatory prior to
becoming candidate (kh 18/03/2022) [This
rule is nonsense, anti-democratic and a violation of
Article 215 of the Constitution, which guarantees a term
of five years and does not declare that this term must
be shortened if incumbent representatives wish to run
again!], EC's
'unjust' election code kicks up a row : Provision
requiring local reps to quit to contest polls condemned,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 20/03/2022), Writ
filed at SC against provision of level representatives
to resign for contesting polls (nlt 21/03/2022), Election
Commission defends rule requiring local officials to
resign before seeking re-election : Officials say rule
ensures level playing field for all candidates by
preventing possible misuse of state resources, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/03/2022) [But
that does not justify a constitutional violation. The
harshest possible punishment of the incumbents running
again in case of misconduct without ifs and buts could
be an option.], Supreme
Court stays rule requiring resignation by local
officials seeking re-election : Clause 36 of the
Election Code of Conduct says elected officials seeking
re-election must resign before filing their nomination
for the upcoming local elections (kp22/03/2022)
EC
to register candidates for local level election on April
24 and 25 (kh 18/03/2022)
Residents
Of Limi Village, Humla, Select Their Ward Chair, Members
Before Election, by Rajan Raut (rn 18/03/2022)
Local
elections 2022 likely to beat spending records : Finance
Ministry allocates more than 14.5 billion for May 13
election excluding army expenses, by Raghab Sharma
(kh 16/03/2022), Poll
expenditure cap 'unrealistic', by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 16/03/2022), Finance
Ministry approves Rs 14.45 billion for local polls
(nlt 16/03/2022)
As
Election Nears, Trend Of Switching Parties Rises In
Madhes, by Shiva Shankar Mishra (rn 16/03/2022)
EC
approves guidelines and procedures for local polls
(nlt 15/03/2022)
Fringe
parties threaten to boycott polls (ht 15/03/2022), Just
demand : Inability of the fringe parties to solicit
votes under one election symbol will only add to the
campaign cost (ht 16/03/2022), Election
Commission working to resolve election symbol issue: CEC
Thapaliya (kh 16/03/2022)
Local
level elections: 4,000 polling centers being added
(kh 15/03/2022)
Local
Level Election : Issues of Political Representation,
by Rajendra Bahadur Singh (rep 14/03/2022)
Women
serving as deputies at local units aspire to take up
executive roles : As local elections near, women
representatives, however, doubt the male-dominated
parties where patriarchy is deep-rooted will make way
for them, by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/03/2022)
Fringe
parties demand level playing field : As local elections
draw close, candidates not getting uniform symbols puts
them at a disadvantage, politicians say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/03/2022)
EC
sets ceiling of expenditures for candidates during polls
: Mayor of Metropolis can spend up to Rs 750,000 (kh
12/03/2022), EC
puts cap on poll expenditure (ht 12/03/2022)
Strengthening
female representation : Women’s underrepresentation in
leadership positions reflects a combination of the
design of the quota system and party nomination
behaviour, by Rohini Pande, Michael Callen, Binod
Paudel and Satish Wasti (kp 11/03/2022)
Not
much has been done to address problem of invalid votes :
Local level polls are just two months away, but the
Election Commission has yet to start voter education,
which can hugely reduce the number of votes that go void,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/03/2022)
EC
registers 79 political parties for local election :
Refuses to register Rishi Kattel’s party citing
documents (kh 11/03/2022)
Finance
Ministry nods to hiring 100,000 temporary police
personnel for local election (kh 11/03/2022)
EC
holding meeting with representatives of 17 parties today
: To apprise them of election preparations (kh
11/03/2022)
Voters
unlikely to get right to reject candidates in local
level elections ; Court’s eight-year-old ruling to give
people right to cast negative votes yet to be
implemented for the lack of a law, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 10/03/2022) [To this day,
the autocratic politicians do not want to understand
that decisions of the Supreme Court are binding law that
the executive and the legislature have to abide by.],
Voters
Must Reject The Corrupt, by Mukti Rijal (rn
10/03/2022), None
of the above : Citizens should get to show they prefer a
non-existent entity to a politician that betrays them
(kp 11/03/2022)
Ballot
papers made green to facilitate vote counting: EC
(rep 10/03/2022), Opposition
red over plans to print poll symbols in green
Observers say parties should focus on manifestos rather
than squabble over ballot colour, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 11/03/2022)
Electoral
alliance and Prachanda’s election mathematics, by
Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 06/03/2022)
What
lies behind the upward trend of resignation among public
school teachers in Nepal : Nepal is expected to vote for
local level representatives in May this year, and
teachers, who hold significant social and political
clout in local levels, aspire for various posts. A
government job, however, disallows them from contesting
the elections (nlt 05/03/2022)
Heating
Up : Three New Political Parties Register For Local
Elections (sp 04/03/2022)
EC
calls for complaints on voter-list from today (kh
04/03/2022)
EC
secures Rs 8.11 billion from govt to manage local level
election (kh 03/03/2022)
Reining
In Poll Expenses, by Mukti Rijal (rn 03/03/2022)
Around
20 million ballot papers to be printed for local polls:
EC (nlt 01/03/2022)
80
political parties apply for registrations in EC (kh
28/02/2022), 80
political parties to contest local polls (kh
01/03/2022)
109
Political Parties Registered At EC (rn 22/02/2022)
Political
parties focused on local elections (ht 22/02/2022)
Election
Commission asks parties to register for local level
elections : In 85 days from now, the elections will be
held in a single phase to choose new representatives for
753 local units (kp 18/02/2022)
What
if… voters got to reject candidates?, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (ae 17/02/2022) [What
do the high-handed politicians care about a ruling of
the Supreme Court?], Right
to reject : What we need is a mechanism for the public
to express its disappointment with politicians (ae
17/02/2022) [There are probably
not many countries where this is as urgently needed as
in Nepal!]
Govt
preparing to add 13 local units ahead of polls (nlt
17/02/2022)
SC
issues order to register writ petition against local
elections (nlt 17/02/2022)
Federal
spirit in local elections : The parties should let their
subnational organisational entities distribute election
tickets, by Achyut Wagle (kp 15/02/2022)
Implement
SC order to enable Nepalis abroad to vote' (ht
15/02/2022)
Teenagers
turning 18 a-day before local level election date to be
eligible for casting vote (kh 14/02/2022)
EC
to register parties for local polls from Thursday
(kh 14/02/2022), Registration
of parties for local polls kicks off from today (kh
17/02/2022)
Election
Commission to begin daily press briefing from today
(kh 13/02/2022)
EC
seeks an additional Rs 40 billion to conduct local level
election: Minister Sharma (rep 11/02/2022)
Will
people from Kalapani region get to exercise their
franchise? There’s no voter list update. Nor does the
poll body know which local units it is supposed to
conduct elections in, by Prithvi man Shrestha and
Anil Giri (kp 10/02/2022) [Sorry,
but given the current circumstances, this question
sounds ridiculous!]
Janamat
Party Chair Raut warns of obstructing elections if
farmers’ demands not addressed (kh 09/02/2022)
EC
urges Ministry of Federal Affairs for making
arrangements of necessary materials for local election
(kh 08/02/2022), Home
Minister and Finance Minister discuss election budget
(kh 09/02/2022)
Govt
decides to hold local polls on May 13 (rep
07/02/2022), Government
decides to hold local level polls on May 13 : Those
elected from second and third phases of polls in 2017
say they would challenge the move in the court, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/02/2022) [This
doesn't have to be a problem. The elections can be held
nationwide on one day. But those elected in 2017 will
not be replaced by the newly elected until their
five-year terms expire.], Some
1.6 Million New Voters Enlisted In A Year (rn
08/02/2022), Supreme
Court moved against govt’s decision to hold local polls
in May : Representatives elected in the second and third
phases of the earlier local-level polls will not be able
to serve for full five years if the polls are held in
May, the petitioner has argued (nlt 09/02/2022), Supreme
Court rejects petition challenging the date of local
election : The petitioner, who approached the court
arguing May 13 polls will deprive thousands of elected
representatives of their right to five-year term, says
he will appeal against the court’s refusal (kp
09/02/2022)
EC
calls for application to design ballot papers (kh
05/02/2022)
Holding
local level elections on May 18 may not end legal
complications : Representatives elected in the second
and third phases of the local level polls conducted in
2017 can move court asserting their right to serve for
full five years, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 05/02/2022)
Election
Commission estimates local-level elections to cost Rs 12
billion (nlt 03/02/2022)
Government,
Election Commission agree to hold local polls on May 18
at one go : As Election Commission officials and the
prime minister agreed on the date it will be formally
announced through a cabinet decision soon (kp
01/02/2022), Government,
poll authority agree to conduct local level elections on
May 18 : Date yet to be officially announced, but it
goes in line with the opposition demand and not to the
liking of Prime Minister Deuba’s coalition partners,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 02/02/2022)
Election
Commission Estimates Local Elections To Cost Rs. 12 Bln
(rn 01/02/2022)
Local
level elections: Law revision must or not? Depends who
you ask : Ruling alliance says it will amend Acts to
make them compatible with the constitution. First
declare dates; if it’s by May 19, there is no need, the
main opposition says, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
31/01/2022)
What
constitution and election laws say about local level
polls : Politicians and experts are divided over
constitutional provisions and poll-related laws.
Interpretations are different, by Tika R Pradhan and
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/01/2022)
Coalition
makes a turnabout, agrees to hold local level polls by
mid-June : Plans are afoot to align election laws with
constitutional provisions. Confusion, however, persists,
by Anil Giri (kp 30/01/2022)
Lawyers
demand local elections be held on time (rep
30/01/2022)
All
politics is local : Local governments elected in 2017
show what the country can look like when people are put
first, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 28/01/2022), Think
nationally, vote locally : Local government elections
cannot be held hostage just because two national parties
are afraid they will lose (nt 28/01/2022)
EC
invites Law Ministry for discussion on election laws
(kh 28/01/2022) [As long as the constitution is not changed, the
elections have to take place as mentioned in the
constitution, irrespective of what subordinate laws may
say!]
Why
Local Polls Draw Growing Interest, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 27/01/2022)
Unified
Socialist candidate Garima Shah gets elected from
Sudurpaschim Province (kh 26/01/2022), All
Candidates Of Ruling Coalition Elected To NA From
Sudurpaschim, Lumbini Provinces (rn 26/01/2022), Ruling
alliance secures victory in 18 of 19 seats in National
Assembly poll (With list of elected candidates) (rep
27/01/2022), Ruling
parties win 18 out of 19 seats in National Assembly
elections (nlt 27/01/2022), UML
the main sufferer yet a winner in National Assembly
elections : The main opposition continues to be the
largest party in the upper house despite losing seven
seats. The ruling alliance wins in all provinces except
Province 1, by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/01/2022)
National
Assembly Election: Counting underway : Results to be out
today itself (kh 26/01/2022)
Local
level elections will be held by mid-April 2023: Madhav
Nepal (kh 25/01/2022)) [According
to Article 225 of the Constitution, local elections must
be held five years after the last elections, and at the
latest six months later. This is binding. What is
written in subordinate laws may not be constitutional
and then as irrelevant as the arguments of a handful of
male Tagadharis at the head of the government and
political parties. Nepal is not their property!],
Plan
to amend law to delay local polls faces criticism :
Parties should not create instability by misinterpreting
constitutional provisions, leaders and experts say,
by Anil Giri (kp 25/01/2022), EC
urges government to fix local election date at the
earliest (kh)
EC
all set to hold NA polls; voting from 9 am Wednesday
(kh 25/01/2022)
Silent
period for National Assembly election begins (kh
24/01/2022)
EC
directs RPP to remove ‘monarchy’ and ‘Hindu state’ from
its statute (kh 23/01/2022), RPP
calls office bearers’ meeting as EC asks to remove Hindu
state, monarchy from party statute (kh 23/01/2022),
RPP
to seek political and legal redressal against EC’s call
to remove Hindu state, monarchy from party statute
(kh 23/01/2022), EC
warns of action if RPP does not amend statute, party
logo (rep 23/01/2022)
It
is govt’s responsibility to shape local level by holding
polls: EC (rep 23/01/2022)
'Simultaneous
elections not feasible', by Ram Kumar kamat (ht)
What
if the local elections are not held on time? As the
government is dithering over when to hold the local
elections, experts warn that deferring local polls can
have consequences on federalism and can also invite
constitutional crisis, by Nishan Khatiwada (nlt
23/01/2022)
Postponing
local elections would be unconstitutional and
undemocratic: Thapa (kh 20/01/2022) [The
constitution allows for a slight postponement of local
elections. Whether such a postponement makes sense is
another question. Moreover, the constitution overrules
the Local Election Act. The latter does not seem to
conform to the rules of the Constitution!], Have
No Dilemma On Local Polls, by Mukti Rijal (rn
20/01/2022)
Ruling
alliance agrees to hold local polls in April (nlt
18/01/2022)
NC
Election Committee dismisses complaint against Binod
Chaudhary (kh 18/01/2022)
Division
over local level poll dates as two ruling parties press
for delays : CPN-UML for Election Commission-proposed
dates while the Congress wants fresh discussion with
political forces, by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/1/2022), Deuba
in poll dilemma— whether to listen to his party or
alliance partners : At least two parties in his
coalition want three tiers of elections in one go.
Congress thinks otherwise, by Anil Giri (kp
17/01/2022)
Political
Parties Urge To Hold Local Elections On Time (rn
14/01/2022)
Time
to tweak our electoral system, by Birendra Prasad
Mishra (ae 13/01/2022)
Election
Commission convenes all-party meeting Friday kh
12/01/2022)
National
Assembly election code of conduct effective from today
(kh 10/01/2022)
EC
provides election symbols to parties vying in NA
elections : Final list of candidates published (kh
09/01/2022)
The
History Of Polls In Nepal, by Aashish Mishra (rn
08/01/2022)
Clean
up elections to clean up politics : In a democracy,
elections force accountability but the voting process
itself needs to be overhauled, by Shristi Karki (nt
07/01/2022)
Volatile
Mix of Politics and Religion : Local elections this year
will be a kind of referendum on federalism and
secularism (nt 07/01/2022)
Election
Commission registers Good Governance Party, provides
certificate of registration (kh 06/01/2022)
Registration
of voters’ name list at Election Commission (rep
05/01/2022)
43
candidates from 12 parties register candidacies for NA
election (with list) (kh 04/01/2022), NA
election: Candidates allowed to spend up to Rs 350,000
(kh 05/01/2022), All
you need to know about National Assembly elections : 19
members will be elected on January 26 to replace those
who are retiring on March 4 (kp 05/01/2022)
EC
dismisses Milan Pandey's complaint (rep 04/01/2022)
Electoral
Integrity: A Crucial Aspect of Sustaining Democracy,
by Rajaram Bartaula (rep 03/01/2022)
Preparations
for local polls begin amid concerns from some ruling
parties : CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified
Socialist) want all three elections to be held in a
single phase in November, by Binod Ghimire (kp
01/01/2022) [Article 225 of the Constitution reads simply: "The
term of office of a village assembly and a municipal
assembly shall be five years from the date of election.
A new village and municipal assembly shall be elected
not later than six months after the expiry of such
term." Where does it say that an additional law is
needed? It would definitely be more cost effective to
hold all elections on a single day. But it would be much
more important to create the conditions for all eligible
Nepali citizens to vote, including migrant workers, as
the Supreme Court ruled long ago!]
Election
process for National Assembly polls begins from today
(kh 01/01/2022), EC
to give election symbol to parties for NA elections on
Jan 4 (kh 02/01/2022)
Election
body’s removal of ‘unconstitutional’ terms from Maoist
statute triggers debate : Election Commission says some
phrases including ‘communism’ in the party charter
contradict the constitution, by Binod Ghimire (kp
30/12/2021) [And what about
parties that oppose the fundamentals of the constitution
like RPP and Bibeksheel Sajha Party when they reject the
achievements of the past decades and want to return to
authoritarian Hindu monarchy? This is clearly against
the interests of the multi-ethnic and multi-religious
society of Nepal! The secular Republic of Nepal is
ailing only because of the incompetent, corrupt,
disinterested political elite that remains deeply rooted
in Hindu thinking!]
12
parties to take part in National Assembly elections
(kh 26/12/2021), Discussion
Held On Election Security Strategy (rn 27/12/2021)
EC
proposes to hold local levels election on April 27
(kh 24/12/2021)
Election
Commission holding local level election on May 3 (kh
22/12/2021), When
should the local elections be held? Election Commission
says by May next year. Political parties don’t seem to
be prepared, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/12/2021), Govt
preparing to hold local level polls on May 3: CEC
Thapaliya (rep 23/12/2021)
Forgotten
commitment by political parties : The law says that
there should be at least one-third women at party
committees at all levels, by Ila Sharma (kp
17/12/2021) [The
machos at the top of the parties will never change
without drastic punishments. Exclusion of the parties
concerned at the next elections would be a guaranteed
effective remedy! CPN-UML and NC would definitely be
candidates!]
NA
elections: EC calls on political parties for
registration (kh 16/12/2021)
Deceased
not to be included in electoral roll (kh 11/12/2021
NA
Election: Candidacy Nomination On Jan 4, Election On Jan
25 (rn 07/12/2021)
Govt
not ready for out-of-country voting : EC says existing
laws need to be amended to enable Nepalis living abroad
to vote, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 05/12/2021) [The government has had more than
four years to fulfil the SC's order in this regard!]
Voter-list
being collected at 637 local level centers from today
(kh 03/12/2021)
Voter
IDs to be registered in all 77 districts (rep
01/12/2021)
Upcoming
upper house polls could leave a weakened UML even weaker
: A loss may be solely the UML’s but holds the potential
for affecting national understanding by deepening the
divide, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 25/11/2021)
EC
warns NC, UML against using govt staff (ht
24/11/2021), EC's
warning : Any tendency to rebuff the EC's warning by the
two parties will only have other political forces
ritually following their footsteps (ht 25/11/2021)
Voters
name list to be collected at local level centers (kp
22/11/2021)
Govt
to hold National Assembly elections by Jan 22 (kh
10/11/2021), National
Assembly member election to be held on January 26
(rep 20/11/2021)
Election
Commission legitimizes Chair Mishra-led Bibeksheel Sajha
Party : The election body approves the party's recent
amendment to statute (kh 04/11/2021)
Possibility
of early elections diminishing : The constitution has no
provision for vote before schedule and most parties in
the ruling alliance are still unprepared, by Anil
Giri (kp 31/10/2021)
How
and when will the three-tier elections be held?, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 28/10/2021)
20
Seats of 20 National Assembly lawmakers falling vacant
(rep 26/10/2021), PM,
EC Officials Discuss NA, Local Elections (rn
26/10/2021)
Election
Commission gears up for local elections (kh
26/10/2021) [One should not
expect too much. None of Nepal's parties and political
leaders feel bound by the constitution and laws!]
Early
elections are in talks, but there are complications
galore : Besides legal hurdles, coalition partners also
have some issues, while Deuba may face a hard time
justifying it, by Anil Giri (kp 20/10/2021)
Ruling
coalition mulls holding three-tire elections
simultaneously (kh 18/10/2021)
Poll
prospects of new parties depend on how alliances evolve
: Formation of CPN (Unified Socialist) and Loktantrik
Samajbadi could lead to vote splitting, and for
them to gain, they will have to rely on others,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 30/08/2021)
Right
to reject: To vote or not to vote?, by Anoushka Pant
(ht 30/08/2021)
EC
asks people’s representatives to decide their party by
September 7 (kh 29/08/2021)
EC
summons leaders of CPN-Unified (Socialist) and DSP for
identification today (kh 25/08/2021), CPN-Unified
(Socialist) leaders at EC for verification (kh
25/08/2021), DSP
leaders reach Election Commission for verification
(kh 25/08/2021)
EC
allocates time for Madhav Nepal’s party verification :
Calls leaders to show before Commission from 11.30 am to
2 pm on Wednesday (kh 24/08/2021)
EC
to ignore Oli faction's claim, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 23/08/2021)
EC
calls Madhav Nepal and Mahanta Thakur’s parties for
verification (kh 20/08/2021)
Election
Commission updates central executive committee of
Samajbadi Party : In the new body, party chair Mahantha
Thakur and his 15 supporters have not been included,
pushing the party towards a split, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 10/08/2021)
EC
cancels registration of 41 political parties (kh
03/08/2021)
EC
cancels election schedule for HoR (kh 15/07/2021)
EC
endorses mid-term polls date; unveiling 67-pt election
schedule today (kh 05/07/2021), Election
Commission unveils calendar of events for November
‘mid-term polls’ (rep 05/07/2021) [Even
before the SC decides on the unconstitutionality of the
HoR dissolution?]
Election
body preparing for polls despite uncertainty : The
Election Commission plans to issue a tender notice next
week for the procurement of election materials, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/07/2021) [Oli
is now to blame for this situation for the second time.
He should be held personally responsible for the
completely unnecessary expenses if the SC declares his
actions unconstitutional this time as well, which is to
be assumed! It would have been much more important to
use the time to finally prepare a postal voting option
so that migrant workers and other expatriate Nepalis,
election workers and security personnel could also vote.
Denying them the right to vote is unconstitutional!
Not
the right time to conduct polls : Faulty comparisons,
by Mahendra P Joshi (ht 02/07/2021)
Abide
by the code : The office-bearers must live up to the
people's expectations and take impartial and fair
actions as per the legal provisions (ht 01/07/2021)
Maoist
Center reaches EC demanding dismissal of its 18 leaders
defecting to UML (kh 18/06/2021)
JSP
Yadav faction re-approaches EC to claim legitimacy
within party (kh 18/06/2021)
Elections
will be held during COVID-19 pandemic, claims PM Oli
(kh 17/06/2021) [???]
EC’s
decision partial and prejudiced, says JSP Chair Yadav
(kh 15/06/2021), Maoist
Spokesperson Shrestha accuses EC of being govt’s hand
puppet (kh 15/06/2021)
Election
Commission refuses validating actions taken by JSP rival
factions (kh 13/06/2021)
Election
Commission’s selective way of decisions comes into
question : Poll body, which was reluctant to act
promptly on the now defunct Nepal Communist Party
dispute and on UML, is quick to decide on the issues of
Janata Samajbadi Party, by Binod Ghimire and Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 04/06/2021)
With
4,178 new cases, Nepal's Covid-19 tally reaches 561,302
: The Health Ministry reports 114 new deaths including
figures from the past few days based on statistics from
the Nepal Army (kp 31/05/2021)
Vote
casting in NA by-polls of Lumbini Pradesh kicks off :
Election results to be published today itself (kh
31/05/2021), Lumbini
NA by-election: 276 voters cast votes as of 12
noon (kh 31/05/2021), Drigha
Narayan Pandey elected to NA from Lumbini Province
(kh 31/05/2021)
Nepal
Public Health Association demands to annul mid-term
elections (kh 26/05/2021)
EC
advices PM to conduct election in a single phase (kh
23/05/2021)
CPN
(Unified) Party registered at EC : Party’s leader Jiwan
Rai is close to Madhav Nepal; election symbol pen
(kh 23/05/2021) [This indicates
a formal split of the CPN-UML in the making!]
Khim
Lal Devkota defeats Ram Bahadur Thapa in National
Assembly election : Devkota, an independent candidate
backed by Nepal-Khanal faction of the UML, had the
support of Congress and Maoist Centre. Thapa was fielded
by the UML (kp 20/05/2021) [Both Oli and Thapa really deserve
this!]
EC
holding by-elections in Bagmati tomorrow, in Lumbini on
May 31 (kh 19/05/2021)
RPP
issues whip to vote for Home Minister Thapa (kh
19/05/2021) [The monarchists and
supporters of the Hindu state support the election of a
former Maoist! Someone must have radically changed his
mind, and it is not the RPP!], PM
Oli violates election code of conduct, EC warns of
action (rep 19/05/2021), PM
Oli urges to cast votes for Thapa in NA by-elections
(kh 19/05/2021)
Badal
and Devkota file candidacies for NA by-election (kh
07/05/2021)
EC
prepares financial procedure for NA seat by-election
(kh 27/04/2021)
Election
Commission earns disrepute over communist party
legitimacy indecision : The commission has time and
again failed to resist influence despite being a
constitutional body, observers say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 17/04/2021)
Purse
Plays Havoc In The Polls, by Mukti Rijal (rn
15/04/2021)
Election
in crisis : Why we need to talk about, by Apurva
Singh (ht 08/04/2021)
Nepal’s
Updated Voters Stand At 16,243,110 (rn 18/03/2021)
Poll
commission to resume voter registration this week :
Following the Covid-19 lockdown and the government
announcement to conduct snap elections, enrolment
had been halted for a long time, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 17/03/2021)
Upholding
SC verdict, Election Commission scraps Oli-Dahal’s NCP,
revives erstwhile CPN (UML) and NCP (Maoist Center)
(rep 09/03/2021), EC
asks UML and Maoist Center to come up with new name and
election symbol if they opt for fresh merger
(rep 09/03/2021), EC
scraps Oli-Dahal led NCP (kh 09/03/2021), Poll
body’s rush to enforce court decision raises questions
about its credibility : That the commission had shown no
urgency to resolve the NCP dispute leaves room for
suspicion, former officials argue, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 10/03/2021)
Supreme
Court awards Nepal Communist Party to Rishiram Kattel :
The decision makes the Nepal Communist Party (NCP)
registered under Oli and Dahal in May 2018 illegitimate
(kp 07/03/2021), SC
recognizes Rishi Kattel’s party authentic NCP : Annuls
Prachanda-Oli’s NCP (kh 07/03/2021) [This
means that the two divided factions of the ruling party
must immediately look for a new names. Both use of the
name NCP is illegitimate! The question remains why the
SC took so long to make this important decision. The EC
should never have recognised Oli and Dahal's party as
NCP under existing law!]
Poll
commission to discuss legitimacy claims of Dahal-Nepal
faction next week : The Election Commission’s indecision
has drawn widespread criticism, including from former
commissioners, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/03/2021), Supreme
Court final verdict on NCP’s name row on Sunday (kh
06/03/2021), EC
holding meeting to sort out NCP’s authenticy row today
(kh 07/03/2021)
House
restored but poll body still has to settle ruling party
dispute : Experts say the Supreme Court verdict may have
taken some pressure off Election Commission but it
cannot sit on the case forever, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 26/02/2021)
EC
undecided which NCP faction legitimate (ht
23/02/2021)
Election
commission to set up 21,000 polling booths :
Preparations for elections moving forward smoothly,
officials say even as settlement of the Nepal
Communist Party dispute appears far off (kp
21/02/2021)
Wisdom
of the crowds : The only definite way of gauging the
will of the people is through an election, by
Sambridh Ghimire (kp 21/02/2021) [There
may have to be early elections in the near future, but
not now. At the moment, the only question is whether Oli
was allowed to dissolve parliament in order to prolong
his personal power or whether he had to abide by the
internationally customary democratic rules of the game:
resignation or a vote of confidence in parliament. Only
then, if no new government can be formed, may there be
new elections!]
Poll
body continues election preparations while ignoring the
dispute in Nepal Communist Party : After it said 30-day
deadline for claiming legitimacy had passed, Dahal-Nepal
faction submitted another set of papers which the poll
body is studying, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
20/02/2021)
Government
seeks logistical support from India, China even as poll
uncertainty continues : Poll body has yet to resolve
dispute in Nepal Communist Party, a must for holding
elections, but it has expedited other works, by Anil
Giri (kp 17/02/2021)
Poll
body steps up preparations, but indecision on Nepal
Communist Party legitimacy continues : Amid concerns
over spring elections, Dahal-Nepal faction says
preparations lack meaning without resolving party row,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/02/2021)
Oli’s
large-scale secretary transfers in lead-up to elections
come into question : More transfers of bureaucrats as
well as of police officers are on the cards, officials
say. Past experience shows that officials have a
role in influencing elections, by Anil Giri (kp
14/02/2021)
Oli
asking poll body not to get into any party disputes
raises concerns : As polls are not possible until the
Nepal Communist Party issue is resolved, analysts wonder
if the prime minister has a different game plan to drive
his opponents into a corner, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
10/02/2021)
Govt
decides to hold midterm elections in 40 districts in
first phase and in 37 districts in second phase (rep
09/02/2021)
PM
Oli reaches Election Commission to take stock of
preparations for elections and seek his faction's
official recognition as legitimate NCP (rep
09/02/2021)
Dahal-Nepal
faction reaches Election Commission seeking official
recognition as legitimate NCP (rep 02/02/2021), Dahal-Nepal
faction stakes claim to Nepal Communist Party at poll
body : Experts say it is up to the Election Commission
to decide how to take the issue forward, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 03/02/2021)
Oli,
despite leading caretaker Cabinet, on spree to
inaugurate and award projects : Inaugurating them is an
attempt to influence elections which the poll body
should look into and awarding them risks future
governments not owning them, observers say, by Anil
Giri (kp 31/01/2021) [The
minimum punishment for a coup plotter should be that he
should never again be allowed to participate in
elections or hold public office!]
Litmus
Test Of Constitutional Bodies, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 31/01/2021)
900,000
names added to voters’ list ahead of polls (kp
31/01/2021)
It’s
time for parties to register for polls but Oli-Dahal’s
legitimacy row remains : Election Commission this week
decided not to give legitimacy to either faction of
Nepal Communist Party. But with elections nearing, it
will have to make a choice, experts say, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 30/01/2021) [Wouldn't it be time for an interim order by the
Supreme Court to halt election preparations pending a
final decision on the constitutionality of the
dissolution of parliament? Nepal is facing irreparable
damage!]
Poll
body refuses to give legitimacy to either faction of
Nepal Communist Party : Factions led by Oli, and Dahal
and Nepal have failed to follow procedures, officials
say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/01/2021), Election
Commission invites both Oli and Dahal factions to
discuss upcoming midterm polls (rep 28/01/2021)
Election
Commission to notify donors about potential areas
of cooperation to hold elections : Officials to allocate
budget for elections from internal resources while
keeping door open for assistance in kind, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 25/01/2021) [Regular elections should be supported by donor
countries in the interest of preserving democratic
processes, but not completely superfluous early
elections that serve only the power interests of a PM
who has failed on all fronts!]
More
than 50 different items are needed for polls, Election
Commission says as preparations begin Even if Supreme
Court decides Oli’s dissolution was constitutional,
dispute in Nepal Communist Party has to be settled
before polls are possible, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 17/01/2021) [And
what about the voting rights of expatriate Nepalis,
especially the millions of migrant workers? The Supreme
Court's ruling in this regard is binding law, but the
incompetent Oli government has done nothing so far!!]
CEC
Thapaliya stresses need to update voters’ list before
polls (ht 14/01/2021)
Nepal
Communist Party has been cleaved in two, but a
formal—legal—split seems to be heading to stalemate :
The Election Commission says neither the Oli faction nor
the Dahal-Nepal camp has presented the necessary
paperwork for it to be recognised as the legitimate
party. And neither seems to want to take the blame for
split, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/01/2021)
EC
amends rules to recognise NCP split : Will decide which
faction of the party should use original party’s name,
flag, and election symbol during polls (ht
06/01/2021)
EC
writes to PM Oli, Dahal factions on legitimacy claims
(ht 04/01/2021)
Large
number of people could be disenfranchised if polls are
held as planned : The government has announced midterm
elections on April 30 and May 10 but experts say there
isn’t enough time for new voters to get registered,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 02/01/2020)
Voters
Name List Being Updated From January 28 (rn
01/01/2020)
EC
starts updating voters’ list (ht 28/12/2020), Election
Commission starts preparing for polls : The
constitutional body is assessing the budget, human
resources and materials required and taking stock of its
logistics, officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 29/12/2020), Poll
Preparations : As per the apex court order, the govt
must enact a law allowing voting right of the migrant
workers from their host countries (ht 29/12/2020) [!!!!]
Election
Commission to settle dispute over legitimacy of Nepal
Communisty Party : After the Dahal-Nepal faction
submitted the necessary documents claiming legitimacy,
the commission will now ask the Oli faction for its
response to the claim, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/12/2020)
Nepalis
abroad will get to vote: Minister Bhusal (rep
06/09/2020)
Review
Election System For Stability, by Mukti Rijal (rn
07/05/2020)
Riddles
of electoral democracy: Is there any rational to
participate in voting? Why are we voting? For whom are
we voting? Isn’t it time to look for an improved system
of securing representation even when that happens
through voting?, by Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC (rep
05/05/2020)
NC
ward chair’s post declared void after party change
(kh 04/05/2020)
EC
submits NA election results to president (ht
30/01/2020)
NCP
bags 16 out of 18 NA seats up for grabs (ht
24/01/2020) [Once again
extremely inclusive: 50 % are Bahuns, 5 of them male; not a single Janajati besides one
Shrestha; only one Madheshi; no Dalit woman!], NCP
sweeps upper house elections: Nepali Congress loses
seven seats (rep 24/01/2020)
Preparations
for NA polls in full swing (ht 19/01/2020)
EC
completes preparations for upper house election (rep
17/01/2020)
Nominations
filed for NA elections slated for Jan 23 (ht
06/01/2020)
NC,
RJP-N finalise candidates for National Assembly
elections (ht 05/011/2020)
NCP
leadership takes unilateral decision as it picks
National Assembly candidates: The party leadership
failed to live up to its recent commitment to following
due process, accuse leaders, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
04/01/2019) [Long live the
authoritarian male political leaders and their
anti-democratic behaviour!], NCP
finalises NA election candidates (ht 04/01/2020) [Wow, really inclusive: Far more than
half of them are Bahuns!]
Election
Commission publishes NA elections schedule (ht
19/12/2019)
NCP,
RJP-N to support each other in NA polls (ht
19/12/2019)
EC
to consult political parties for NA election (ht
07/12/2019), EC
starts preparation for NA elections (rep
08/12/2019), EC
preparing for NA elections (ht 10/12/2019), Party
registration for upper house member election begins (rep
14/12/2019)
Electoral
reforms: To ensure free, fair polls, by Krishna Man
Pradhan (ht 06/12/2019)
By-elections’
Messages To Political Parties, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar
(km 05/12/2019)
Lessons
from Sri Lanka: Provision of postal vote is something
Nepal can immediately learn from Sri Lanka. In Nepal,
thousands of security personnel and election staff
cannot vote during the elections, by Krishna M.
Pradhan (rep 04/12/2019)
NC
registers historic victory in Dharan (ht
03/12/2019), Dharan
election, a cause for concern for ruling NCP (ht
03/12/2019), Congress
candidate wins in Dharan after decades, by Rohit Rai
(rep 03/2/2019)
Curbing
corruption: Faulty election system of First Past the
Post is one of the main reasons responsible for
motivating political corruption, by Kul Ratna
Bhurtel (rep 02/12/2019)
NC
candidate Bhandel wins SA by-poll from Bhaktapur (ht
02/12/2019), Late
minister Adhikari’s wife wins landslide victory (ht
02/12/2019), Back
in politics with a landslide:
Bidya Bhattarai’s election as member of parliamente,
by Sandesh Shrestha (rep 03/12/2019)
19
candidates fail to garner even a single vote (ht
02/12/2019)
New
parties face drubbing in by-elections as Nepalis
continue to vote along party lines: “They failed to
convince the voters as to what they would bring to the
table if they were given a chance”, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 02/12/2019), In
by-election results, ruling party's popularity declines
but opposition is unable to capitalise: Contesting polls
for the first time as a unified party, the Nepal
Communist Party should’ve won even more seats, but it
failed to perform as expected, analysts say, by Anil
Giri (kp 02/12/2019), Election
results show no major change in political equation
(rep 02/12/2019)
65.43
per cent votes cast in by-elections (ht 01/12/2019)
Voters’
turnout low compared to last elections (ht
01/12/2019), 16.4pc
ballots cast at Thawang of Rolpa district (ht
01/12/2019)
Explosions
mar by-polls in places (ht 01/12/2019)
337
candidates contesting for 52 seats (ht 30/11/2019)
By-elections
unlikely to affect national politics, analysts say:
Given the organisational structure of the traditional
parties, observers say there is little chance for
newcomers to enter the system, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 29/11/2019)
IED
detonated outside ruling party candidate’s office in
Mahottari: The explosion has caused minor damages to the
building while there were no human casualties, by
Santosh Singh (kp 29/11/2019)
Candidates
of major parties are canvassing in swing areas for
Dharan by-poll: The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the
Nepali Congress (NC) have intensified their poll
activities targeting the swing voters of the landless
squatters, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 27/11/2019)
There
is a blatant disregard for the Election Code of Conduct:
Candidates running for office—be it at the local,
provincial or federal level—have the responsibility to
be true to their words and lead by example (kp
27/11/2019)
Election
fervor grips Kaski-2, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
27/11/2019)
Strike
nationalism out of election agenda: Dahal, by
Tilakram Rimal (ht 26/11/2019)
Nine
persons calling for poll boycott arrested: The arrested
are cadres of the CP Gajurel-led Deshbhakta Ganatantrik
Morcha (ht 26/11/2019)
Candidates
in final phase of campaign (ht 26/11/2019)
Kaski-2
by-election: Criteria for building near river changed
for votes, by Bharat Koirala (ht 22/11/2019), Tough
fight expected between NCP and Congress (ht
23/11/2019)
Election
code of conduct violation complaints filed (ht
21/11/2019)
Political
parties found violating election code of conduct in
Sankhuwasabha: Government vehicles are being used in
election publicity campaigns, by Dipendra Shakya (kp
18/11/2019)
Nominations
filed for by-election (ht 14/11/2019), 13
candidates register for post of chairman (ht
14/11/2019)
Govt
told to take custody of licensed arms: All weapons to be
deposited at the nearest police station (ht
13/11/2019)
Parties
often prioritise women candidates to cash in on sympathy
votes: The fielding of a number of candidates in the
upcoming by-elections fits a tendency to award election
tickets to women after the demise of their husbands,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/11/2019), A
ticket for her: The old practice of fielding wives in
their husbands’ former seats continues (kp
13/11/2019)
EC
publishes final list of 64 candidates (ht
11/11/2019), EC
publishes final list of by-poll candidates (rep
11/11/2019), Sherman
withdraws by-election candidacy (ht 11/11/2019), NCP
rebel candidate fails to withdraw candidacy for
by-polls, by Sangam Gharti Magar (rep 11/11/2019)
All
polling stations marked sensitive in Makalu for the
upcoming by-election: The by-election is going to be
held for the position of chairperson in Makalu Rural
Municipality, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 09/11/2019)
Election
fever grips Dharan (ht 09/11/2019)
Rastriya
Janata Party and Samajbadi Party eye electoral alliance
for November 30 polls: The Janata Party will support the
Samajbadi Party for three provincial assembly and a
federal parliament seat, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
09/11/2019)
With
nominations filed, election fever grips Kaski
Constituency-2: NCP, Sajha and Bibeksheel have fielded
woman candidates, while Nepali Congress has chosen a
long-time party member, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
08/11/2019), 65
in fray for one HoR, three PA seats (ht 08/11/2019),
70
contesting 4 legislative seats (rep 08/11/2019)
Govt
to mobilise army for by-election security (ht
08/11/2019)
Eyes
on by-elections (rep 07/11/2019)
Parties
scramble to finalise candidates: It appears that none of
the major political parties have been able to finalise
the list of their candidates (ht 03/11/2019), Choose
able persons: Political parties should field candidates
who are honest, competent and have maintained a clean
image in society in the by-elections (ht
04/11/2019), Battle
of narratives as parties settle for by-polls in test of
Oli’s popularity (rep 05/11/2019), NC
struggles to finalise candidates (ht 06/11/2019), 17
booths, 31 election centres in Panchthar (ht
06/11/2019)
Parties
busy discussing whom to field for by-polls (rep
02/11/2019)
Government
prepares security plan for by-polls (ht 02/11/2019)
Candidates
yet to submit election expenses (ht 31/10/2019) [after 2 years!!]
By-election
code: EC must thoroughly check for any criminal
background of a person after he/she files nomination for
a public post to be elected by the voters (ht
31/10/2019)
NCP
Kaski committee picks Bidhya Bhattarai as by-election
candidate: Bhattarai is the widow of Rabindra Adhikari,
the minister for culture, tourism and civil aviation who
died in a helicopter crash in Taplejung on February 27,
by Deepak Pariyar (kp 26/10/2019)
With
two weeks for nomination deadline, parties just start
discussions on candidates for the by-election: One
federal seat and three provincial assembly seats will be
up for grabs during the November 30 polls, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 25/10/2019)
Sajha
Party announces its candidate for Kaski by-election:
Nepal Communist Party and Nepali Congress struggling to
pick party candidate, by Deepak Pariyar (kp
24/10/2019)
52 poll officers appointed (rep 22/10/2019)
EC
publishes by-elections schedule (ht 19/10/2019)
Over
20,000 new voters eligible to cast vote in by-elections
(ht 17/10/2019)
Ruling
Nepal Communist Party stares at tough by-election:
Government’s poor show and controversies surrounding
some leaders could affect performance during polls,
analysts say, by Thika R. Pradhan (kp 14/10/2019)
By-elections
And Expenditure, by Mukti Rijal (rn 05/09/2019)
EC
urges political parties to register for upcoming
by-elections (rep 03/09/2019)
NCP,
NC intensify search for candidate for Kaski-2
by-elections: PM Oli urges Bamdev Gautam, a party
veteran, to contest by-elections from Kaski-2 (rep
04/08/2019) [There can
never be enough male Bahuns in parliament to represent
their meagre 6 per cent castemates! Long live
non-inclusive Bahunvad!]
Nov
30 fixed for all by-polls (rep 03/08/2019)
Debate
on external voting rages on, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
23/07/2019), Ensure
absentee vote: As ordered by the apex court, Parliament
has to pass law allowing Nepali expats to vote in the
three tiers of elections (ht 24/07/2019)
Students
risking their lives for higher education, by Yogesh
Rawal (rep 05/07/2019)
EC
begins work on by-elections (rep 05/07/2019)
Chitwan
court finds Maoist activists guilty of tearing ballot
papersat local poll: Next hearing to hand down
punishment, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 14/06/2019),
Court
convicts 2 Maoists for tearing up ballots in Chitwan,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 15/06/2019), Court
yet to pronounce sentence for Bharatpur vote vandals,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 21/06/2019), Maoist
activists-duo fined with Rs 100,000 each for tearing up
ballot paper (rep 02/07/2019)
PHC
confirms Thapaliya as CEC (ht 18/04/2019)
CEC
nomination draws flak from civil society (ht
07/04/2019)
Voting
for
change: An integrated electoral system will not only
limit electioneering costs but also make the
representatives responsible to their voters, by
Birendra P Mishra (kp 07/04/2019)
Elections
in Nepal: Mixed system needed, by Birendra P Mishra
(ht 05/04/2019)
Review
electoral system for good governance, says CIAA chief
(ht 03/04/2019)
Hearing
of CEC candidate deferred at NC’s request (kp
01/04/2019)
Empower
EC:
The EC should be given the powers to set the dates for
the elections so as to make the body both autonomous and
powerful (ht 27/03/2019)
Election
Commission without chief as CEC Yadav retires (rep
25/03/2019), Thapaliya
recommended for the position of chief election
commissioner, by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/03/2019)
SAC
tells govt to conduct by-elections by mid-May (rep
20/12/2018)
Party
name dispute: Apex court serves show cause to NCP, poll
body, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 11/12/2018)
A
check for change: Why do we need reform in election
laws?, by Krishna Man Pradhan (kp 02/12/2018)
Elections
and disability: Disabled communities in Nepal are
disenfranchised before, during, and after elections,
by Gianna Francesca M Catolico (rep 18/11/2018)
By-polls
uncertain due to govt delay in clearing legal hurdles:
28 seats in local and provincial constituencies are
vacant (rep 17/11/2018)
General
elections 2017: Parties flagrantly violated code of
conduct: Report (ht 17/11/2018)
Candidates
yet to submit details of poll expenses (ht
02/11/2018)
EC
seeks funds to study external voting, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 28/10/2018)
Poll
body
to make a call on parties’ name dispute: The Election
Commission is likely to make a call on the matter in its
meeting on Thursday, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 25/10/2018)
[The ruling party does not have the right on its
side just because it is the stronger party! Its
recognition under the name NCP by the Election
Commission in May 2018 was not understandable!],
EC
fails to resolve party name row: Members of both parties
failed to arrive at a mutual understanding on the issue
(kp 26/10/2018), Ruling
communist
party gets its contested name: Poll body quashes
Kattel’s petition claiming the Nepal Communist Party
name along with the acronyms (kp 27/10/2018) [??]
96
parties fail to furnish property details: EC (kp
24/10/2018)
Nepalis
abroad set to exercise voting right: Court orders
facilities for citizens to vote from foreign
destinations, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/09/2018), Ensure
voting rights for Nepalis living abroad, SC tells
government, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 03/09/2018), Right
to vote for Nepalis living abroad (rep 04/09/2018),
Enabling
Nepalis abroad to vote: ‘Government should start
preparations immediately’, by Roshan S Nepal (ht
26/09/2018)
Election
a costly affair: Report says most candidates spent
beyond EC limit, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
17/07/2018), Big
money: An estimated bill of Rs131 billion shows that
electoral spending has increased sharply (kp
18/07/2018)
EC
chief asks govt to fix dates for next elections well in
advance (ht 28/06/2018)
SC
tells poll body to clarify over NCP (kp 18/06/2018)
16
parties yet to submit poll expense details: Expenditure
details are required to make parties accountable, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 10/06/2018), Poll
expenses:
The Election Commission Act and rules have given power
to poll body to take legal actions against those who
don’t abide by the law (ht 11/06/2018)
Parties
to be told to ensure 33pc women representation (ht
09/06/2018) [This is ridiculous
after the NCP has been officially recognised with only
16pc women!]
NCP
violates Party Registration Act with low representation
of women (rep 03/06/2018), EC
decides to register NCP, ignoring law (rep
07/06/2018) [Leading parties can
do what they want! Obviously, they are above law and
constitution!], Move
afoot to challenge poll panel’s decision to register NCP
(NCP): Proportional representation of women in all
organs of the state is crucial to empower women, but
more worrisome is the fact that the prime minister and
ruling party co-chairpersons are openly defying the
legal provisions (ht 08/06/2018), The
ruling Nepal Communist Party, among others, break the
law to exclude women: They have three months to comply,
by Shuchashree Basnyat (The Record 10/06/2018)
EC
asks govt to ensure safety of commissioners (kp
24/04/2018)
Quest for
identity: Nepal has only one decade of reservation
policy but voices of resistance has started to be heard,
mainly from dominant community, by Nishnu Think (rep
22/04/2018)
EC
to start voter registration from Sunday (ht
13/04/2018)
EC spent
millions in donor funds with no audit: OAG report
(rep 13/04/2018), OAG
report shows rampant financial irregularities in EC
(ht 15/04/2018)
EC
to release 44 surplus cars (kp 28/03/2018)
EC
to review elections (ht 28/03/2018)
SC
orders govt to ensure migrants’ right to vote, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/03/2018)
EU
mission urges EC to maintain transparency (kp
21/03/2018), [see
official eu
report], Mission
against Khas-Aryas’ proportional representation (kp
21/03/2018), EU-EOM
report undermines successful holding of election:
Government (rep 21/03/2018), Govt
rejects
EU report on elections: Foreign Ministry says the report
not only undermines the recent polls, but also goes
against the scope and norms of international election
observation (kp 22/03/2018), Stop
comments challenging constitution: Govt tells EU
(rep 22/03/2018), Uncalled-for
report:
The Eu election observation mission has gone beyond its
mandate to comment on political issues that have already
been settled (ht 23/03/2018), EU
report totally unacceptable: EC (rep 23/03/2018), Hail
to the chiefs, by Om Astha Rai (nt 23/03/2018), Baburam’s
U-turn, by Om Astha Rai (nt 23/03/2018), EU
mission sticks to advice for EC (kp 24/03/2018), EUEOM
claims it fully abided by ToR, MoU (ht 24/03/2018),
European
Union’s Divisive Mission, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
25/03/2018) [Criticising the EU
and favouring the non-inclusive politics of Nepal's male
Tagadhari politicians!
The EU critics is necessary and justified as long as
these politicians continue their non-inclusive practice
of selecting candidates for the FPTP system!], PM
Oli urges EU to correct its report on election
observation (ht) [What
kind of election observation shall this be? The EU shall
claim that the election has been inclusive and that
there have to be additional Tagadhari representatives
elected though the PR system even though you and the
other parties have predominantly nominated male
Tagadhari candidates for the FPTP system?], PM
criticises EU poll mission for its report (kp
26/03/2018), EU
report smacks of rancour, says Prime Minister Oli
(ht 26/03/2018), EUEOM
report is an insult to Nepal's sovereignty: PM (rep
26/03/2018), Long-term
returns: Govt is rightly keen to maintain state’s
autonomy but must guard against majoritarian overreach
(kp 16/03/2018) [Hopefully, the
PM and others of the over-represented male Tagadhari
leaders have time and are able to read this excellent
editorial!], PCN
asks EU to retract poll report (kp 26/03/2018) [??????], Lest we
ignore: Provisions of positive discrimination are meant
to benefit under-represented groups and its very purpose
is defeated if an already dominant ethnicity is brought
under its ambit, by CK Lal (rep 26/03/2018), UML,
Maoists,
NC slam EU mission’s poll report: Congress MPs avoid
issue in House n RJP-N members say report rightly seeks
changes (kp 27/03/2018), What EU
wants: Nepal is a home to more than 100 ethnic
communities, multiple castes and languages. Why should
EU always target Khas Arya?, by Prem Singh Basnyat
(rep 28/03/2018) [The basic
misunderstanding is that the EU did not "direct" Nepal,
as the author claims, to exclude Tagadhari castes from
the PR system but simply "advised" the state to think
about better inclusion of still disadvantaged sections
of society in the election system! This has been part of
the EU's election observation task because it has to do
with the fairness of recent elections. An intervention
into the internal affairs of Nepal would have been if
the EU had "directed" the parties to stop their
outstanding preference of male Tagadharis when
nominating FPTP candidates! If the FPTP system becomes
inclusive for all sections of society, there would be no
reason to exclude any social group from the PR system!],
Touching
a
raw nerve: If we want to brag about being a democracy,
we should have the courage to go through this process of
review by the EU EOM, by Pramod Mishra (kp
29/03/2018)
Bidari,
Khatiwada, Paudyal can’t vote in prez election (ht
11/03/2018)
Nominations
for prez race today; Congress CWC meet to pick
presidential candidate (kp 07/03/2018)
Two
parties submit PA elections expenses: NC spends Rs28.08m
and Maoist Centre Rs4.90m, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 04/03/2018)
Parliament
Secretariat told to fix schedule for election of
speaker, NA chair (ht 01/03/2018), Prez
polls process starts on Monday: EC appoints Senior Judge
Til Prasad Shrestha as Election Officer (kp
02/03/2018), Election
panel puts Rs400k limit for presidency runners: Election
Commission to fine candidates exceeding spending limit,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/03/2018)
Tikapur
carnage suspect surrenders: Kailali District Court
remands MP-elect Chaudhary in judicial custody, by
Arjun Shah (kp 27/02/2018)
Maoist
leader moves SC for not getting MP spot (kp
19/02/2018)
EC starts
work on presidential election (rep 16/02/2018), Ambiguity
over presidential poll date: EC to announce schedule
after consulting the government (kp 17/02/2018)
EC
submits poll results to Prez (kp 15/02/2018)
EC
to hand over election results to President today, by
Prithvi Man Shestha (kp 14/02/2018)
EC
submits NA election results to president (kp
12/02/2018)
UML
finalises PR list: Motilal Dugar becomes MP again
(kp 12/02/2018), UML
sends 37 women, 4 men to parliament under PR system
(rep 12/02/2018), Poll
body instructs three parties to correct PR list (kp
13/02/2018)
Basnet,
Paudel, Joshi named for 3 National Assembly seats
(kp 11/02/2018), Prez
to consult legal experts on National Assembly nominees
(ht 12/02/2018), Prez
okays Khatiwada, Bidari, Poudel for NA (kp
21/02/2018), Fresh
NA appointments ‘unconstitutional’: Congress (kp
21/02/2018), Dignity
of
office: The President chose to sit on the recommendation
of Deuba government until a new government under Oli
took office (ht 22/02/2018), Deuba
govt’s NA nominees move SC (ht 24/02/2018), Apex
court stays oath ceremony of 3 NA members (kp
26/02/2018), SC
halts oath-taking of 3 upper house members, by
Ananta Raj Luitel (rep 26/02/2018)
EC to
present poll results to Prez within Wednesday (rep
11/02/2018)
EC:
Presidential election in 3rd week of March, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 05/02/2018)
SC
refuses to halt NA election process (kp 03/02/2018)
10,000
ballot papers printed for NA election (ht
02/02/2018)
CMs
through
vote if consensus fails: UML; Party leaders stand
against the Standing Committee picking CMs, ministers
and Speakers from the centre (kp 31/01/2018)
Voting
duplex: Single transferable voting system remains
unpopular because of large constituencies, complex
counting and parochial politics, by Bikal Shrestha
(rep 30/01/2018)
Bhusal
pulls out of race in favour of Thapa, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 30/01/2018)
All
Province 2 candidates elected to NA (ht 29/01/2018)
Election
symbols to be allocated to NA candidates on Monday
(rep 28/01/2018), NA
candidates get election symbols (kp 30/01/2018)
Make
NA voters aware of voting technique, EC staffers told
(ht 27/01/2018)
Complaint
against UML NA candidate (ht 27/01/2018)
Poll
expenditure of losing candidates in Gulmi more than that
of winners, by Shiva Lal Subedi (rep 27/01/2018)
Parties
ready names, mostly, for National Assembly vote (kp
24/01/2018), EC
set to receive nominations for NA election (ht
24/01/2018), 83
file nominations for Upper House polls: With 17
candidates elected unopposed, 66 to contest for 43 seats,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/01/2018), 83
file papers for 56 Upper House seats: Seventeen,
including 12 women, to be elected unopposed on January
29, by Arjun Poudel (ht 25/01/2018), Nominations
filed for NA polls in all seven provinces: Each province
will elect eight members to the National Assembly
(ht 25/01/2018), Discontent
rife in parties over NA lists, by Roshan S. Nepal
(kp 25/01/2018), Naya
Shakti, Bibeksheel to back NC pick (kp 25/01/2018),
Maoist
victim files candidacy for NA, by Prakash Adhikari
(kp 25/01/2017), Parties’
Upper House picks dismay watchers, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 27/01/2018)
EC
publishes voters’ list for NA election (kp
22/01/2018)
National
Assembly election: ay to vote: Marking, not stamping
(kp 21/01/2018)
EC
to mobilise technical teams to facilitate NA vote
counting (ht 19/01/2018)
EC
declares PR winners for provincial assemblies (kp
18/01/2018), EC
names winners of provincial PR seats (rep
18/01/2018), EC
makes public name list of PR winners for provincial
assemblies (kp 19/01/2018) [list of all elected PR
MPs], Wait
over as EC gives winners certificates: 172 of the 220
provincial assembly members elected under the PR
category are women (kp 20/01/2018)
Trickle-down
democracy:
EC needs to improve voting procedures so all citizens
can vote and electoral outcomes better represent them,
by Sanjay Sharma (kp 17/01/2018)
EC
proposes four types of ballot papers for NA poll (ht
17/01/2018), Uncertainty
clouds counting method (ht 18/01/2018)
EC
to discuss NA election with parties today (ht
16/01/2018)
Left
alliance expects 43 seats in NA: CPN-UML likely to field
29 candidates, Maoist Centre 14, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 15/01/2018)
Office
of election officer for NA polls set up in Province 6
(ht 14/01/2018)
Promotional
materials used by parties during elections becoming
eyesore (rep 12/01/2018)
EC
makes public election calendar for NA polls (kp
11/01/2018)
10
parties register with poll body for Upper House polls
(kp 10/01/2018), 21
parties registered for National Assembly vote (kp
13/01/2018)
EC
staffers learning about single transferable voting
system (ht 09/01/2018)
EC
issues election cost details amid questions (kp
08/01/2018), CIAA
probing graft charges against poll panel (ht
08/01/2018), EC
confirms meeting among constitutional heads (rep
08/01/2018)
Revised
list of RJP-N, RPP provincial PR poll winners incorrect:
EC (ht 08/01/2018), Provincial
Assembly elections: PR candidates of RJP-N to
becategorised under one group, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 11/01/2018)
Election
Commission Under Scrutiny?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
07/01/2018)
State
representation
row: EC writes to RJP-N again for revising candidate
list; EC official warns party of accepting only
the candidates that meet the representation
criteria, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/01/2018)
Upper
house
vote on Feb 7: Displeased at the delayed date, the UML
says it will take part in the National Assembly
elections nonetheless (kp 06/01/2018)
EC
could
seek deal on declaring poll results: Election
commissioners say they are under pressure from political
parties and their unions to announce poll results
(kp 05/01/2018), 1st
Provincial Assembly meet A month away (kp
05/01/2018)
105
parties
submitted audit details early: EC; EC says the recent
elections caused the parties to submit their income and
expenditure details in time, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 04/01/2018)
Representation
from Karnali zone dismal (ht 04/01/2018)
Upper
House
poll slated for Feb 8: Chief Election Commissioner
Ayodhee Prasad Yadav suggests the date in a meeting with
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in Baluwatar on
Tuesday evening, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
03/01/2018), Left
alliance’s pressure on EC irks Congress (kp
03/01/2018), Cumbersome
Constitutional Provisions, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
03/01/2018), PR
results can’t be announced before Upper House polls: EC
(kp 04/01/2018)
An
ex-Kamlari, a Dalit widow become state parliamentarians,
by Kamal Panthi and Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 03/01/2018)
3
out of 6 parties err on women’s representation (kp
03/01/2018) [including the NC!],
Six
parties submit corrected list of winning PR candidates
(ht 05/01/2018)
Left
presses EC to publish poll results soon (kp
02/01/2018), Left
alliance pressures EC to announce PR results
(ht02/01/2018), 6
parties to resend proportional lists (kp 02/01/2018)
Poll
costs faked as spending goes through EC roof: To cloud
expenditures past limit, candidates resort to fake
reports, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 01/01/2018), Poll
expense details sought from parties (ht 01/01/2018)
Discontent
in parties over provincial PR (rep 01/01/2018)
Date
for National Assembly election to be announced by
January 12: DPM Shrestha, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 31/12/2017) [???]
Dissecting
election results: FPTP votes are basically driven by
personality of the candidates, PR votes by party
ideology, by Narayan Manandhar (rep 31/12/2017)
Making
milestones:
The Election Commision must be praised for holding a
series of elections at short notice, despite a few
controversial decisions, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
31/12/2017)
SC
asks EC to furnish ballot papers of Sunsari-3 (ht
30/12/2017)
CEC
Yadav's daughter-in-law elected to Province 2 assembly
(rep 30/12/2017)
EC
opens listing for upper house (kp 29/12/2017), CEC
asks prime minister to announce NA poll date (ht
30/12/2017)
UML
allots 71 PR seats to female candidates (kp
29/12/2017) [for Provincial Assemblies], NC
CWEC meet to finalise provincial PR list today (ht
29/12/2017), Maoist
Centre elects four male PR members for state assemblies
(kp 30/12/2017), RJP-N
decides PR picks for provinces (kp 30/12/2017), Parties
submit lists of provincial PR candidates: Only 13
parties have made the cut for provincial PR seats
(ht 30/12/2017)
UML draws
EC's attention over PR seat allocation delay (rep
29/12/2017), EC
in fix over PR seats for lower house (rep
29/12/2017)
NC’s
Electoral Debacle, by Mukti Rijal (rn 28/12/2017)
EC
finalises allocation of HoR PR seats (ht 28/12/2017)
‘Faulty’
PR candidate lists: Madhesi dalits to move court (kp
26/12/2017), Writ
on Madhesi Dalits’ PR seats (kp 27/12/2017)
‘Bamdev’s
own modus operandi behind poll loss’, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 26/12/2017)
Parliamentary
PR poll results in two days (ht 26/12/2017)
SC rejects
Chaudhary’s plea to get MP certificate via power of
attorney (kp 25/12/2017), SC
tells MP Resham Chaudhary to face trial, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 25/12/2017)
EC
accepts ‘faulty’ RJP-N PR candidate list,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
25/12/2017)
20pc
proportional votes go to waste, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/12/2017)
EC
allots
proportional seats of provincial vote: CPN-UML has
topped the PR chart by securing a total of 75 seats,
followed by the NC’s 72 and 35 of the CPN
(Maoist Centre), by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
23/12/2017), Provincial
PR seat allocation to parties complete (ht
23/12/2017)
Call
for
‘sufficient’ access to election observers: Carter Center
says provisions should always be in place to allow poll
observers adequate access to ensure transparency
and integrity of elections (kp 23/12/2017), Vote
counting generally consistent with international
standards: Carter Centre (ht 23/12/2017)
Reduced
poll expenses furnished (ht 22/12/2017)
Leftist
poll win has little to do with India, China: Experts,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 21/12/2017), Strategy
for survival: Nepal’s latest election results do not
mean dismay for New Delhi or joy for Beijing, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 22/12/2017)
EC
ready to hold NA poll under STV polling system, by
Arjun Poudel (ht 20/12/2017), Left to
sweep upper house under majority system, a few seats for
NC under STV, by Ashok Dahal and Mani Dahal (rep
20/12/2017)
Evaluating
NC’s ‘loss’: Judging by the popular votes this time for
Nepali Congress, communist victory appears nothing more
than an outcome of political match-fixing, by
Narayan Manandhar (rep 20/12/2017)
The
missing millions: A comparison of census and Election
Commission data shows hordes of lost voters, by
Sanjay Sharma (kp 19/12/2017)
EC
working
on PR quota allocation in lower house: Poll authority
busy verifying data after receiving related documents
from most of the electoral constituencies, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 19/12/2017)
Post-poll
prospects: Hill voters accused Congress of not speaking
strongly against the blockade while Madhesis were
disenchanted with its inadequate support for statute
amendment, by Pramod Jaiswal (rep 19/12/2017)
Election
2017: Surfacing Hopes, by Prem Khatry (rn
19/12/2017)
PR
vote count to be completed today: EC (ht
17/12/2017), PR
vote count concludes, UML largest party in parliament
(ht 17/12/2017), Preliminary results of Nepal’s parliamentary
elections of 2017 (with some comparisons to the CA
elections of November 2013, by K.-H. Krämer (Nepal Observer 44,
17/12/2017)
EC:
Allocation of PR vote seats could take time. by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/12/2017)
6,000-odd
votes under proportional representation missing in
Morang, by Hari Afhikari (ht 17/12/2017)
More
than one lakh votes invalid in Saptari (ht
17/12/2017), CPN-MC
swept away (ht 17/12/2017) (related to Saptari), RJP-N
bags highest number of PR votes (ht 17/12/2017
(related to Saptari)
Proportional
representation:
A likely scenario: At 8pm on Friday, the UML appeared to
get 41 PR seats in the House while the NC could secure
40 seats. Maoists might get 17 seats, the SSF-N and the
RJP-N 6 each, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
16/12/2017)
Investing
in inclusion: Constitutionally guaranteed
proportional representation won’t guarantee
qualitative change (kp 15/12/2017) [The
parties' women discriminating way of nominating
candidates for elections is a fundamental crime and a
grave violation of the constitution!!], Pro-women
(nt 15/12/2017)
Cop-turned-politician
Silwal
in the dock? Apex court orders action against those
involved in forging appraisal documents related to
former DIG; After resigning from police force, Silwal
joined the CPN-UML and went on to win a seat in
the House of Representatives (kp 15/12/2017) [The connections between politics and
crime can never be close enough! This cannot be called
rule of law!]
78 % UML,
58 % Maoist candidates won polls, by Ashok Dahal
(rep 15/12/2017)
Elections
and everyday democracy: Vignettes from election day in
Sindhupalchok, by Sangita Thebe-Limbu (nt
15/12/2017)
Temporary
police hit the streets (ht 15/12/2017), 12
temporary cops injured in Dolakha clash (ht
19/12/2017) [Working agreements
have also to be respected by the state!], Temporary
police
personnel return home three days earlier: DPO charged
with discrepancy in temporary cops’ ration
allowance (ht 20/12/2017)
The
Promised Land (nt 15/12/2017), Electoral
reform, by Bhojraj Pokharel (nt 15/12/2017)
UML
on top as FPTP vote count concludes: Claims 80 House of
Representatives and 167 provincial constituencies
(kp 14/12/2017), In
winner-take-all game, some lost by a whisker, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/12/2017), Gachhadar
wins in Sunsari-3 (kp 14/12/2017), No.
of
directly elected female candidates slumps further: Only
six secure seats in House of Representatives under FPTP
category in these elections (kp 14/12/2017), Shashank
NC’s only rep in House from Province 4, by Lal
Prasad Sharma(kp 14/12/2017), 46
candidates lose deposit in Kavre district (ht
14/12/2017), Four
cops hurt in election victory rally clash between NC,
FSF-N (ht 14/12/2017)
Invalid
votes under FPTP system averaged at 5.18 pc: CEC Yadav
(kp 14/12/2017), Invalid
votes high in Khotang, Palpa and Baglung (rep
14/12/2017), 26,000
votes invalid in Kapilvastu, says EC, by Manoj
Poudel (kp 15/12/2017), More
than 10pc invalid votes in Parsa (ht 15/12/2017)
Man
on
the run set to walk into Parliament: Resham Chaudhary
wins election from Kailali-1; He is on our wanted list;
we will arrest him: Police (kp 13/12/2017) [Question
to EC and RJPN: What about article 87 of the
constitution??], EC
to submit Resham Chaudhary’s certificate to Parliament
Secretariat (ht 14/12/2017), SC
refuses Chaudhary’s writ petition (kp 16/12/2017)
Observers
suggest poll reforms (kp 13/12/2017)
Vote
counting resumes in Sunsari Constituency 3 (kp
13/12/2017), Gorkha
folk elect Bhattarai ‘for his past works’ (kp
13/12/2017)
Counting
of FPTP votes over in 4 days, says EC: Counting of votes
in Syangja began on Sunday midnight (kp
12/12/2017), Vote
count halted in Sunsari-3 (kp 12/12/2017), Madhesi
alliance dominates Parsa poll results (ht
12/12/2017), RJP-N,
FSF-N win eight seats in Saptari (ht 12/12/2017), UML
may have to elect allwomen candidates under PR (ht
12/12/2017), Morang
records less number of invalid votes in recent polls
(ht 12/12/2017), Resolve
the
row: Considering the urgency, the Election Commission
has urged the government to draft a law for the Upper
House election (ht 12/12/2017), Results
Of Federal And Provincial Elections Of 2017, by
Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 12/12/2017)
Sainte-Laguë
formula to decide PR seats (ht 12/12/2017), How
PR seats are allocated (kp 13/12/2017)
Old
faces dominate tally, by Chandan Kmuar Mandal (kp
12/12/2017)
Elections
2017: Hoping Changes For Better, by Prem Khatry (rn
12/12/2017)
EC
presses govt to frame laws for National Assembly
elections, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 11/12/2017)
UML
leads in popular vote too, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 11/12/2017), Madhesi
parties
hold little sway outside Province 2: Most of the seats
the SSF-N and the RJP-N are winning are from the eight
Tarai districts west of Koshi, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 11/12/2017), Top
NC leaders fail to rescue party, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 11/12/2017) [They are the main reason for the NC defeat!!],
Key
architects
of left alliance: Bamdev, Shrestha suffer loss: UML top
leaders, including party Chairman Oli, Khanal, Nembang
register convincing wins (kp 11/12/2017) [Shrestha
got punished for the Maoists' wicked and arrogant
attitude towards BRB!!], Left
alliance consolidates its lead (ht 11/12/2017)
New faces
cement their place in provincial assembly of
Sindhupalchowk, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 11/12/2017)
RPP
Chairman Thapa loses in Makawanpur-1 (ht 11/12/2017)
[Wonderful! Nepal has finally
got rid of him!], Only
a few businessmen fare well in elections (ht
11/12/2017)
Forum,
Congress
trade blows at victory rallies: Clashes break out during
victory rallies taken out by the Sanghiya Samajbadi
Forum Nepal and the Nepali Congress in Rautahat on
Sunday (kp 11/12/2017)
Left
Alliance Heads For Resounding Victory, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 10/12/2017), Left
alliance heading for comfortable majority (ht)
10/12/2017, Country
on
the cusp of taking Left turn: UML-Maoist Centre alliance
set for election sweep; The two forces also leading in
districts along plains, except Province 2, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 10/12/2017), Some
saving grace for NC as it faces biggest electoral
setback (kp 10/12/2017), Left
alliance claims all Baglung seats, by Prakash Baral
(kp 10/12/2017), Dalit
elected to provincial assembly (kp 10/12/2017) [At least 10 per cent of the
candidates should have been Dalits!!!], 44
ballot papers sans official signatures (kp
10/12/2017), With
Mishra’s
defeat, Bibeksheel Sajha loses hope for direct win: BSP
has fielded candidates in all the kathmandu
constituencies but the party seems unlikely to win any
FPTP federal house seat, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
10/12/2017), Rijal
secures hard-fought win for Nepali Congress (ht
10/12/2017), NC
routed in Dolakha, Sindhupalchowk (ht 10/12/2017), Left
alliance emerges dominant force in hilly districts of
Province 1 (ht 10/12/2017), CPN-MC
wins all seats in Rukum East (ht 10/12/2017)
NC,
UML neck to neck in PR vote: NC gets 39,353 PR votes for
federal parliament compared to UML’s 39,260
(kp 10/12/2017)
UML-MC
leading in provincial polls also (ht 10/12/2017)
Observation
by carter center, EU: ‘Polls were generally
well-conducted’ (kp 10/12/2017), Political
freedom prevailed over violence, says EU (ht
10/12/2017)
Parties
urged to remove poll publicity materials (kp
10/12/2017)
Left
on
track as alliance move proves right: Analysts say UML,
Maoist Centre’s rallying cry for ‘prosperity through
stability’ worked well while NC failed to win voters’
trust, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 09/12/2017), Left
alliance ahead in most constituencies (ht
09/12/2017), Left
alliance takes early lead in Valley, by Chandan
Kumaer Mandal (kp 09/12/2017), Chhakka
Bahadur pulls off surprise win in Humla: First
independent candidate to make it to federal
parliament (kp 09/12/2017), An
apple farmer’s sweet success in politics: UML’s Polden
Gurung makes it to federal parliament from Manang,
by Aash Gurung (kp 09/12/2017), Maoist
Centre’s Roka wins in Rukum East, by Hari Gautam (kp
09/12/2017)
An
agitated
NC mulling over quiet introspection: Senior NC leader
Ram Chandra Poudel says the party will discuss the
possible reasons behind poor performance, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp 09/12/2017)
Dispute
over
ferrying of ballots in jeep used by candidate: Rival say
ballot boxes were changed in collusion with the local
administration and security personnel on way to counting
venue (kp 09/12/2017)
Turnout
revised up to 69.58pc (kp 09/12/2017)
Found
in
transition: With polls yesterday, Nepal is on its way to
completing political transition that started in 2006 but
a lot still remains to be done (kp 08/12/2017), Into
a state of uncertain stability: Whoever wins, Nepal will
likely be ruled by the same old leaders, by Om Astha
Rai (nt 08/12/2017), Challenges
ahead:
Those in newly elected Parliament must ensure that
welfare of people takes precedence over petty party
interests, by Shyam KC (kp) [This
would mean a total revolution campared to what has
happened so far!!], Historic
polls conclude with 67pc turnout, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 08/12/2017), First
phase vote count starts: Early results put CPN-UML ahead
(kp 08/12/2017),
A
watershed moment: Successful completion of elections
ends long-drawn transition infusing hope of stability,
but challenges remain, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
08/12/2017), Election
largely peaceful, says government (kp 08/12/2017), Polling
by and large peaceful in Valley, by Rupesh Acharya
(ht 08/12/2017), CK
Raut’s hometown boycotts elections (kp 08/12/2017),
Voters
share they had no confusion how to cast ballot, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/12/2017), Most
voters cast their votes within five minutes, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 08/12/2017), Confusion
reigns in PR voting as voters lack education, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 08/12/2017), Voters
not taught to cast ballot properly, says NRHC (ht
08/12/2017), Enthusiastic
participation of youths in elections, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht 08/12/2017), Hassle-free
voting for elderly, differently abled (ht
08/12/2017), Three
don’t get own vote, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
08/12/2017), Election
grounds over 350 domestic flights (kp 08/12/2017), Pvt
sector upbeat as phase II elections conclude peacefully
(ht 08/12/2017), Bullet
to
ballot: After 21 years of war and wilderness Nepal
finally looks to future stability by holding three
elections in one year, by Santa Gaha Magar (nt
08/12/2017)
6
injured in Nawalparasi IED explosions (kp
08/12/2018), Election
postponed
in Arghakhanchi station: Voters vandalise Madhure Basic
School polling station after they found ballot papers
without election officer’s signature (kp
08/12/2017), Bomb
goes off in Purano Naikap (ht 08/12/2017), Blast
at NEA facility disrupts power supply (ht
08/12/2017)
So
close yet so far: As important as today’s polls are,
very little has been done on post-poll federal project
(kp 07/12/2017) [!!!]
45
districts go to polls today, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 07/12/2017), 45
districts go to polls today: 12,235,993 voters to elect
128 parliamentary FPTP candidates, by Arjun Poudel
(ht), Over
200,000 security forces for today’s polls, by Manish
Gautam (kp 07/12/2017), Vote
count set to start this evening: Security stepped up
around counting centres (kp 07/12/2017), Official
Ids valid for voting: EC (kp 07/12/2017), Three
injured as left alliance, SSF-N supporters clash (kp
07/12/2017)
EC
to fast-track vote counting: Hopes to announce results
within eight days (kp 06/12/2017), FPTP
poll results by December 11, claims poll panel Results
of PR elections by Dec 15 (ht 06/12/2017), FPTP
results within four days: EC (rep 06/12/2017)
Dialectics
of dictatorship: Peoples’ real agenda for elections are
overshadowed by the exchange of high-voltage allegations,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 06/12/2017)
40,000
deployed for vote security, by Thakur Singh Tharu
and Manoj Paudel (kp 06/12/2017), Focus
on
safety of people, poll materials: Security tightened
around polling booths and stations in 45 districts where
the second phase of elections takes place on Thursday
(kp 06/12/2017), Police
struggle to identify source of explosives, by Manish
Gautam (kp 06/12/2017), Incidents
of blast continue (kp 06/12/2017), Where
is the security? NC leader Gagan Thapa escaped a deadly
attack but Deuba govt needs to do more (kp
06/12/2017), Security
stepped up ahead of phase II polls (ht 06/12/2017) [??], AI
concerned about increasing violence (ht 06/12/2017)
NC’s
Thapa among 11 injured in blast: First explosion in
Capital targeting campaign three days ahead of polls,
by Manish Gautam (kp 05/12/2017), Blasts
targeting candidates continue unabated: IED goes off
near a hotel in Dhangadi where PM Deuba was staying
(kp 05/12/2017), Bomb
blasts continue: MoHA reiterates commitment to holding
peaceful elections, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht
05/12/2017), ‘Lack
of designated home minister affecting security’, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 05/12/2017), Security
tops agenda for poll observers, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/12/2017), Frequent
blasts have challenged poll security, says NHRC (ht
05/12/2017), Cowardly
act: The government must tell the public why the
security agencies have not been able to control such
violence (ht 05/12/2017), Security
heightened for Thursday’s vote. by Aman Koirala (kp
05/12/2017), Extra
funds sought for ferrying ballot boxes (kp
05/12/2017), Daily
wagers being paid to trigger blasts, claim Nepal Police,
by Rewati Sapkota and Tilak Rimal (kp 05/12/2017)
Bajura
women not free to exercise voting rights, by Prakash
Singh (ht 05/12/2017)
Silence
period on (ht 05/12/2017), No
voter education in rural areas of Saptari (ht
05/12/2017), Dom
voters want candidates to improve their living condition,
by Ram Kumar Kamat and Hari Adhikari (ht 05/12/2017), Empty
stomachs matter more than elections for Majhis, by
Chhabi Lal Tiwari (rep 05/12/2017)
602
contesting elections for 63 seats in Province 1 (ht
05/12/2017)
‘80pc
vehicles
booked for taking voters home’: According to transport
entrepreneurs, there are only 20 percent vehicles
for passengers to choose a ride on until today, by
Anup Ojha (kp 05/12/2017), Growing
chill troubles poll officials, by Biplav Bhattarai
and Chandra Karki (kp 05/12/2017), Poll
deployments hit essential services, by Kamal Panthi
(kp 05/12/2017)
17
votes cast in the name of deceased (kp 05/12/2017)
Security
agencies intensify patrol: Detain 284 people with guns,
explosive devices (kp 04/12/2017), Peaceful
election: Govt should do all it can to stop security
threats so that people can vote without fear (kp
04/12/2017)
Poll
body: ‘Election quiz’ also has questions on CPN-UML
(kp 04/12/2017), EC
confident of secure elections: Says preparations for
Thursday’s voting complete (kp 04/12/2017), Yadav
confident about poll security: Chief election
commissioner asks voters to cast votes without any fear
(ht 04/12/2017), Poll
candidates face an uphill struggle to win over
disillusioned voters in Kathmandu-2 (ht 04/12/2017),
Poll
candidates
yet to reach Dalit settlement in Siraha district: Party
cadres will reach the settlement with alcohol and meat a
day before polls (ht 04/12/2017) [???],
Female
voters to decide fate of candidates: On Friday alone,
around 55 men of Mangalsain left for India for
employment (ht 04/12/2017), Election
code violated in Saptari (ht 04/12/2017), Top
leaders in tough poll battles (rep 04/12/2017), Tired of
tall promises, voters avoid campaigners, by Tekendra
Basyal (rep 04/12/2017), Young
candidate to give tough fight to seasoned ones in
Lalitpur, by Pooja Chauhan (rep 04/12/2017)
EC’s
poll
code limited to papers only? No action taken against
anyone except a few warnings here and there: Election
observers say the poll authority on almost all occasions
has turned a blind eye to poll code
violation (kp 03/12/2017) [Only
foreign election observers are punished severely for
doing their job!!]
EC
working
to publish results within week; Official: Election
Commission preparing to relay vote counting updates more
frequently (kp 03/12/2017) [It
would be better for many reasons if only preliminary
final results are published for each constituency! The
continued publishing of intermediate results is
confusing and provokes militant actions!]
Caste
equationslikely to playcrucial role in Dhanusha, by
Ram Kumar Kamat and Brij Kumar Yadav (ht 03/12/2017)
Case
filed demanding re-poll, by Keshav Adhikari (ht
03/12/2017)
Appearance
and Reality: During election campaigns, candidates
display ostensible acts of kindness and desire to serve,
by Prawash Gautam (kp 03/12/2017), Triangular
contest in Mahottari-3, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
03/12/2017), Nidhi,
Mahato brace for close contest in Dhanusha-3 (ht
03/12/2017), Amendment
dominates three-way poll race in Province 2 (rep
03/12/2017), Will
Karki be able to protect the legacy of Koirala's?,
by Amar Khadka (rep 03/12/2017), Rebel
candidates pose challenge to left alliance in Salyan,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 03/12/2017)
Rain
likely to play spoilsport with phase II polls (ht
03/12/2017)
‘Decisive’
Gurkhas don’t count much, by Lila Ballav Ghimire and
Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 03/12/2017)
Blasts
continue in various districts (kp 03/12/2017), Army
enhances
presence to curb anti-poll actions: NA officials say
resurgence of violent activities has prompted them to
‘play a more active role’ in maintaining law
and order during the elections (kp 03/12/2017), APF,
Indian SSB start joint border patrol (kp
03/12/2017), Security
situation ‘normal’ in Tarai districts, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 03/12/2017)
Home
but not dry: The two-phase elections will conclude this
week, but the federal journey has just begun, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/12/2017)
Parties
giving voters free ride home, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
02/12/2017), ‘Madhesi
parties will best serve our interest, so we’ll vote for
them’, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 02/12/2017), ‘Parties
flouting poll code of conduct’ (ht 02/12/2017), Congress,
left alliance candidates in close contest in Tanahun
(ht 02/12/2017), Election
code violation rampant in Chitwan, by Rewati Sapkota
and Tilak Rimal (ht 02/12/2017), Triangular
contest in Saptari district (ht 02/12/2017)
Re-election
sees lower voter turnout: At one centre, voter turnout
was 42.46 pc on Friday, down from 65.34 pc earlier,
by Hari Gautam (kp 02/12/2017)
EC
instructs agencies to step up security (kp
01/12/2017), Four
injured in Itahari blast, by Bedraj Poudel (kp
01/12/2017), ‘Chand-led
CPN grave threat to security’ (ht 01/12/2017), Blast
in Capital hours after security meet, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/12/2017), One
killed, five dozen hurt in violence over two weeks
(kp 02/12/2017), EC
urges parties to aid security (kp 02/12/2017)
Oli
denies
‘match fixing’ with Sitaula: UML chair reiterates that
his party was committed to supporting Rastriya
Prajatantra Party’s Rajendra Lingden in the constituency
as announced earlier (kp 01/12/2017) [???],
Aggressive
campaigning by parties leaves voters in a fix, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 01/12/2017), EC
Commissioner Shah inspects poll campaign (ht
01/12/2017), Contestants
wooing indigenous Tharu community voters (ht
01/12/2017), Jha
calls on voters to elect Madhesi alliance candidates
(ht 01/12/2017), Statute
amendment top agenda for FSF-N, RJP-N (ht
01/12/2017), Last
lavish lap: As Election Day draws closer, candidates are
trying to outdo each other in wooing swing voters, and
win power (nt 01/12/2017), Voters'
vow: Neither bullets nor cynicism will deter people from
delivering their political verdict, by Om Astha Rai
(nt 01/12/2017), Political
theories
versus reality: Ongoing elections mark the dawn of
federalism but candidates believe power will rest in
Kathmandu, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt 01/12/2017), Performance
vs promises (nt 01/12/2017), Mahantha
Thakur's prospects uncertain in Mahottari, by Mahesh
Kumar Das (rep 01/12/2017), Our
election circus, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep
01/12/2017), Putting
NC Marginal Candidates At Risk, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 01/12/2017)
Voter
turnout decreases in Nuwakot, by Bhagawati Lama (rep
01/12/2017)
CEC's
daughter-in-law in Maoist PR list (rep 01/12/2017)
Temporary
cop injured in Dang explosion dies: 1st casualty of
anti-poll activities, by Durga Lal KC (kp
30/11/2017), NC
candidate among seven hurt in Udaypur IED blast, by
Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 30/11/2017), NHRC
condemns rising incidents of bomb attack (kp
30/11/2017), EC
seeks security stratagy for second phase polls (kp
30/11/2017), How
to save the election: Premier Deuba has failed to
demonstrate strong commitment to security for
historic elections (kp 30/11/2017)
Horsing
around: Insincerity and false promises has become a
staple of Nepali politics now, rendering vote swings
highly probable, by Deepak Thapa (kp 30/11/2017), First-Phase
Federal And Provincial Elections, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 30/11/2017)
Re-polling
at two centres in Rukum (West) tomorrow, by Hari
Gautam (kp 30/11/2017), All
ballot boxes secured at district headquarters (kp
30/11/2017)
NC
sends central reps to 45 districts (kp 29/11/2017),
Left
alliance reverts focus to door-to-door campaign (kp
29/11/2017), Party’s
poll
drive in line with EC rules, says UML: The EC had
directed the UML to come clean within 24 hours over the
publica-tion of ads in broadsheet dailies appealing for
votes (kp 30/11/2017), RPP’s
Bohara accused of poll code violation (kp
30/11/2017)
Proxy
voting blamed for highest turnout, by Arjun Shah (kp
29/11/2017), Low
participation in Dhading (kp 29/11/2017)
Water,
land titles among voters’ concern (kp 29/11/2017), Work
comes first for labourers, not election, by Shiva
Puri (kp 29/11/2017)
Kanda
ballots reach Bajhang HQ, finally (kp 29/11/2017)
Govt
plans to deploy 60,000 security forces in 8 districts,
by Manish Gautam (kp 29/11/2017)
IED
blast in Tulsipur leaves nine injured, by Durga Lal
KC (kp 29/11/2017)
After
polls, ballot box safety major concern: Political
parties in Sindhupalchok install close-circuit
television cameras (kp 28/11/2017), Ballots
from 40 polling stations to be airlifted, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 28/11/2017), EC
warns against opinion polls, survey (kp 28/11/2017)
[??], Party
representatives dispute over boarding chopper:
Helicopter returns without carrying ballot boxes (kp
28/11/2017), Chopper
returns without ballot boxes from Kanda: Row over who
will board copter (ht 28/11/2017), Migration,
terror blamed for low voter turnout, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 28/11/2017), IEDs
detonated targetting ballot boxes (kp 28/11/2017)
No
violence
please: Use of guns and explosives to dirupt electoral
environment can have long-term implications on national
security, by Binoj Basnyat (kp 28/11/2017)
Shivpujan
Ray Yadav’s nomination annulled (ht 28/11/2017), Yadav
to move court against EC for revoking his candidacy:
Left bloc candidate ousted from race for corruption
(kp 28/11/2017), SC
seeks cause of Yadav’s ouster from race (kp
06/12/2017), SC
upholds EC move of revoking Shiva Pujan Yadav’s
candidacy (kp 07/12/2017)
Congress
courts
Madhesi, fringe forces to contain left: There is a
‘tentative agreement’ that the two sides should
forge alliance in the constituencies where the
prospects of the left alliance winning are high (kp
28/11/2017), Old
foes back in race after 23 years, by Pratap Bista
(kp 28/11/2017), Unfounded
fears: Portrayal of the left alliance as a potential
threat to democracy is nothing more than political
propaganda, by Lalbabu Yadav (kp 28/11/2017)
Vote
in
32 districts a success, says EC; Former chief election
commissioner Uprety: More than 65 percent turnout
satisfactory against the odds (kp 27/11/2017), CEC
Yadav hails effective security, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 27/11/2017), 2
dozen hurt in clashes, repolling at two centres (kp
27/11/2017), Peaceful
polls (ht 27/11/2017), Women
voters turn out ‘in force’, by Manoj Badu (kp
27/11/2017), Observers
urge EC to focus on better voter education (kp
27/11/2017), Despite
concerns, over 60 percent vote in Province 6 (kp
27/11/2017), Tingla
folk boycott polls yet again (kp 27/11/2017), All
that is free and fair: The first phase of elections has
gone well despite deep apprehension (kp 27/11/2017),
Thirty
per cent votes cast in Thawang: This is remarkable,
considering no vote was cast in 2013 CA election, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 27/11/2017)
There
is no transparency on political parties’ election
spending, interview with Shree Hari Aryal (kp
27/11/2017)
Snowfall
in high-altitude regions (kp 26/11/2017), EC
urges all to exercise franchise without fear, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/11/2017), Reliable
security measures in place: Ministry (kp
26/11/2017), Robust
security in place for elections, says home
ministry (ht 26/11/2017), Explosion
at polling centre creates panic (ht), Media
warned against ‘code violation’ (kp 26/11/2017), Prithvi
Highway shut for 17 hours (kp 26/11/2017) [??],
It’s
a six-hour trek to polling centre, but voters undaunted,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 26/11/2017)
Few
candidates reach Shikaribas, by ShankarAcharya (kp
26/11/2017), A
look at some top battles (kp 26/11/2017)
Badi
voters seek guarantee of permanent settlement, by
Tekendra Deuba (ht 25/11/2017), Musahar
community neglected by candidates in Bara, by
Pushpa Raj Khatiwada (ht 25/11/2017)
EC
bars two EU observers from poll monitoring (kp
25/11/2017) [As a consequence,
all poliiticians and parties that have violated the
election code of conduct should be bared from
elections??], ‘Government
has violated election code’: Govt allegedly distributed
a huge sum of money to cadres of ruling parties
(ht 25/11/2017) [This must be
checked by international election observation teams as
well if the election observation shall make any sense!!],
EC
helpless against poll code violators: Observers: Lack of
effective voter education programme is another concern
raised, by Tika R. Prahan (kp 25/11/2017,
Parties
clash in different districts ahead of polls (kp
25/11/2017), CEC
appeals to all sides to respect silent period (kp
25/11/2017), EC
asks RPP boss to clarify (kp 25/11/2017), Blasts
continue, explosive devices defused (kp
25/11/2017), Attacks
on cadres condemned (ht 25/11/2017), Pedestrian
injured in explosion (ht 25/11/2017), Two
arrested forinvolvement in anti-poll activities (ht
25/11/2017) [Peaceful activists
are arrested, but the militants are allowed to run free!]
People
can
vote with old ID cards: EC: The election body started
issuing voter ID cards from the polling
centres in 32 districts on Friday (kp
25/11/2017)
NC
fields highest number of candidates (ht 25/11/2017)
64,020
NA personnel deployed for poll security (ht
25/11/2017)
Election
watch: Free and fair poll observation is important
exercise in a democracy (kp 24/11/2017)
Power
centre: Electing the Parliament and state assemblies
does not necessarily ensure the kind of decentralisation
that Nepalis have long needed, by Om Astha Rai (nt
24/11/2017), Key
to the future: Leaders and activists interested in
shaping Nepal’s future should focus on shaping up the
elections, by Dinkar Nepal (nt 24/11/2017)
MoHA
orders arrest of top CPN leaders: Anti-poll activities
continue despite govt’s ‘improved security’ claims
(kp 24/11/2017), Anti-poll
activities continue, election officials attacked (kp
24/11/2017), Rally
ban in fear of clash (kp 24/11/2017)
Back
to district for elections, by Aash Gurung (kp
24/11/2017), Poll
officials
find it hard to reach villages: It takes three days
on foot to reach Junichande and Barekot
rural municipalities from the district
headquarters (kp 24/11/2017), Livelihood
concerns Rajapur locals more than elections, by
Kamal Panthi (kp 24/11/2017)
Election
economics: Campaign spending pumps cash into the economy
and stimulates short-term growth, by Shiv Raj Bhatt
(kp 24/11/2017)
EC
rejects govt request to transfer officials (kp
24/11/2017), Election
Commission cancels transfer of three CDOs, three others
(kp 24/11/2017)
Silence
period for Sunday’s vote begins: 300-metre periphery of
the polling centre to be cleared of publicity materials
(kp 24/11/2017)
‘Illiterate
women voters of Bajhang at risk of manipulation’, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 23/11/2017), When
radio is king: Battle for hearts, minds and ears as
elections near (kp 23/11/2017), Voters’
confusion (ht 23/11/2017)
Scores
of CPN activists arrested in the run-up to upcoming
polls (kp 23/11/2017), MoHA:
Tight security in place for Sunday polls, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp 23/11/2017)
Fighting
alienation:
During elections, rational voting has to flourish and
negative elements should not be allowed to outweigh
positive ones, by Sajal Mani Dhital (kp 23/11/2017)
Code
violations go unchecked (kp 23/11/2017), Phase
I poll campaigning ends tonight (ht 23/11/2017)
EU
reps violate election code in Kanchanpur, by
Chitranga Thapa (kp 23/11/2017), EC
urged to bar EU poll observers from Kanchanpur, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 23/11/2017),
CEC
hardens position on int’l poll observers: Says there’s
no need for missions, monitors to certify elections of
Nepal (kp 23/11/2017) [????]
Govt
to file cases against anti-poll elements in court,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 22/11/2017), CEC
asks govt to ensure security for voters (ht
22/11/2017), SC
calls parties, EC to discuss 33 pc women candidates,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/11/2017) [Why
only 4 days ahead of the first election day?], 319
PR candidates in closed list in Province 4 (ht
22/11/2017), Most
voting centres sensitive (ht 22/11/2017)
Karnali
region: Candidates quiet about perennial food shortage,
underdevelopment, by Janak Nepal and Prakash
Adhikari (kp 22/11/2017), Rural
Palpa don’t know how to vote; poll body to send
educators soon, by Madhav Aryal (kp 22/11/2017), Ignorant
voters in a remote Panchthar village in dire need of
voting lessons, by Roshan S. Nepal and Laxmi Gautam
(ht 22/11/2017), Muslim
voters confused (ht 22/11/2017)
Provincial
assembly candidates overshadowed in campaigns (ht
22/11/2017)
CPN-MC
to wind up campaign in Chunwang: Security beefed up,
separate campaign route fixed for NC to avoid clash,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 22/11/2017)
Four
CDOs transferred (kp 22/11/2011)
Deuba
tells
forces to act tough: Pledges security agencies resources
and support to curbing activities that threaten peaceful
elections, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 21/11/2017), Security
measures upped around election offices, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 21/11/2017), Candidate’s
vehicle torched, IEDs found in several places (kp
21/11/2017)
Border
voters demand more police in their towns and villages,
by Madhav Ghimire and Binod Bhandari (kp 21/11/2017), Rukum
West
contestants set precedent for campaigning: Incurring
minimal expenditure to spread their message without
violating poll code of conduct, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 21/11/2017), Congress,
Madhes parties under urge to seek poll alliance to take
on left, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 21/11/2017), Langtang:
Where election candidates never go, by Him Nath
Devkota (rep 21/11/2017), New
candidates put up fight against 'heavyweights' in
Sunsari (rep 21/11/2017), Underprivileged
Dom community unfazed by elections, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 21/11/2017), Parties
found breaching election code as authority turns blind
eye, by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 21/11/2017)
Talking
through their hat: Many of the health care promises in
the election manifestos are absurd and undoable, by
Nirmal Kandel (kp 21/11/2017)
Printing
of ballot papers completed: EC (kp 21/11/2017), Poll
panel prints over 57 million ballot papers (ht
21/11/2017)
Final
list
of PR candidates: Women account for 55pc of total PR
candidates; After EC disqualifies 253, total number
comes down to 5,838 (kp 20/11/2017)
Phials of
blood: How would the Madhesi activists who agitated for
constitutional change vote in a poll being held to
ensure the inviolability of the same statute?, by CK
Lal (rep 20/11/2017)
Nepal
needs the PR electoral system until we achieve
inclusiveness that renders PR unnecessary, interview
with BhojraJ Pokharel (kp 20/11/2017)
Army
to step up poll security measures: Says it will conduct
land and aerial patrols as violent acts go unabated,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 20/11/2017)
Left
alliance
to carry on with its campaign: Maoist Chairman
Dahal was in Jhapa when his son Prakash breathed his
last on Sunday morning, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
20/11/2017)
Despite
higher population size women voters are less than men
(kp 19/11/2017)
New
direction: In these elections, for the first time in the
country’s history, development agenda tops, by
Prawash Gautam (kp 19/11/2017)
Voter
education materials looted (kp 19/11/2017)
Candidates
fund themselves for campaigns, mostly, by Biinod
Ghimire and Sanjeev Giri (kp 19/11/2017)
NC,
Maoist Centre leaders attacked: Blast targeted at Mahat
injures six in Nuwakot (kp 18/11/2017), EC
says it is serious about candidates’ security (kp
18/11/20187), Attacks
on
leaders continue unchecked: IED hurled at NC
leader Ram Chandra Poudel’s vehicle in Tanahun n
Explosion near left alliance programme venue in Rautahat
(kp 19/11/2017), MoHA
says ‘attention drawn to assaults': Yet to release
information on who are behind blasts (kp 19/11/2017)
188
types of poll signs on ballots (kp 18/11/2017)
From
the
margins: While there are sparse Muslim settlements in
the hilly regions of far western Nepal, they receive
little to no attention from government agencies, and
political candidates vying for office, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 18/11/2017)
Elections
becoming ‘unnaturally expensive’: Study says Rs 5,000
spent per voter during local polls, by Prithvi
Shrestha and Binod Ghimire (kp 18/11/2017), Follow
the
money! Our political parties never tell the EC, or the
people, where they get their funds from and it seems
that the EC does not have the courage to take any action,
by Guffadi (kp 18/11/2017)
Incidents
of
attack on leaders stoke concern: IED blasts targeting
candidates, poll campaigns continue unabated; Police say
they have upped vigilance, arrested over 150 in two
weeks (kp 17/11/2017), 5
NCP cadres arrested (kp 17/11/2017)
Youths
‘least bothered’ about voting (kp 17/11/2017), Nudges
for
betterment: Political parties contesting achievable
goals, accompanied by an aware voter base, would set
Nepal in the right direction, by Jaya Jung Mahat (kp
17/11/2017)
Kailali-5
contest: A test of Arzu’s popularity, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 17/11/2017), Changing
face of election campaign: Political parties, leaders
turn to social, digital media to reach voters, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 17/11/2017), Alliance
politics:
Foes turn friends in West Rukum: UML’s Sher Bahadur KC
supporting Maoist Centre’s Janardan Sharma who defeated
him in 2008 CA polls, by Durga lal KC and Hari
Gautam (kp 17/11/2017)
EC
‘concerned’ about ‘secret financial dealings’: CEC Yadav
seeks support from all sectors to curb such activities
(kp 16/11/2017), ‘Whither
development, whither employment? Candidates face tough
questions while canvassing, by Madhav Ghimire’ (kp
16/11/2017), Volunteers
take voter education to rice, cardamom plantations
(kp 16/11/2017)
Blind
people call for secret voting rights (kp
16/11/2017), It
takes 8 hours for Siddara locals to vote!, by
Birendra KC (kp 16/11/2017), Rural
voters unaware of polls, by Purna BK (kp 16/11/2017)
Deuba
courts Nepalgunj Mayor Rana to boost NC-led alliance
(kp 16/11/2017), Unsecure:
Govt, security agencies need to be vigilant to curb
attacks on election candidates (kp 16/11/2017)
Women
voters outnumber men in 3 states, 39 districts (kp
15/11/2017), Tales
of the far west: The focus is on marginalised groups as
they contain a large number of swing voters, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/11/2017)
Blasts
targeting candidates cause for concern, say poll
observers (kp 15/11/2017), NHRC
to probe attacks on candidates (kp 15/11/2017), UML
criticises government over attacks on left candidates
(kp 15/11/2017), Carter
Center launches int’l poll observation (kp
15/11/2017), Use
of kids in campaigns raises concerns (kp
15/11/2017), 22
NCP cadres arrested in Province 4 (kp 15/11/2017)
Keen
contest in Ktm-5 as heavyweights clash, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 15/11/2017), Poll
fight gets tough, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
15/11/2017), Koirala,
Pandit frontrunners in Morang-6 (kp 15/11/2017)
Money,
muscle and politics: Corrupt politicians should be voted
out of office, but this does not happen in Nepal, by
Bigyan Prasai (kp 14/11/2017)
Poll
costs to exceed Rs 20b (kp 14/11/2017)
SSF-N
manifesto targets ‘identity’ supporters, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 14/11/2017), Poll
campaigns losing frills in Province 1 (kp
14/11/2017), Dodhara-Chandani
asks for jobs, development projects, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 14/11/2017), Billionaire
Chaudhary joins NC’s Koirala in election rally, by
Narayan Sharma (kp 14/11/2017)
Banda
hits life in Rolpa (kp 14/11/2017), Chitwan
makes special security arrangement, by
Bimal Khatiwada (kp 14/11/2017)
Voters
of remote Shyamrang want deliverance from endemic
poverty, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 13/11/2017)
Only sound
and fury, by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 13/11/2017)
Challenges
galore for 5-time MP, 4-time PM Deuba, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai and Mohan Budhair (kp 13/11/2017), Oli’s
rival Adhikari urges voters to choose young and dynamic
leaders, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 13/11/2017), Toss-up
between NC and left alliance in Kailali-4, by DR
Panta (kp 13/11/2017)
Unidentified
group fires at Pun’s team, by Kashiram Dangi (kp
13/11/2017), EC:
Security upped for candidates (kp 13/11/2017)
‘70pc
votes cast for ward member in local polls invalid’
(kp 12/11/2017)
No
enforcement: Flouting election Codes of Conduct will
have a multiplier effect on the level of corruption,
by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 12/11/2017)
Thapa
fights to retain repute, Bhattarai makes fresh foray,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 12/11/20177), Supporters
see Rawal as future PM, UML boss: Opponents charge him
with doing little for the district, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai and Menuka Dhungana (kp 12/11/2017), Reopening
of Tatopani border main agenda: Incumbent and former
information ministers in the fray, by Anish Tiwari
(kp 12/11/2017), Flood
victims’ request to candidates: Build our houses: Say
they will vote for those who can address the flooding
problem, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 12/11/2017)
Cache
of explosive materials seized, by Prakash Adhikari
(kp 12/11/2017)
18-40
age group makes up over half of voters, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 11/11/2017)
Back
to
the basics: While manifestos pledge railways, rapid
development, and foreign investment; voters want
political actors to stick to the basics, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp11/11/2017), Putting
people
first: While infrastructural development has brought
much-welcome changes, social development is the need of
the hour, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 11/11/2017), Fake
manifestos:
Our political parties should stop wasting money
publishing hawa-daari manifestos and littering our
streets, by Guffadi (kp 11/11/2017)
Bibeksheel
Sajha manifesto out with focus on prosperity (kp
11/11/2017), Dipayal
as
state capital major agenda in Doti: Dipayal was the
headquarters of the far-western region before the
country adopted federalism, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai
(kp 11/11/2017)
IEDs
hurled at election motorcade of Sharma (kp
11/11/2017), 2
injured as NC, left bloc activists clash in Solu, by
Kumbharaj Rai (kp 11/11/2017)
8
women in the fray in Dang (kp 10/11/2017), No
female Muslim FPTP candidate in Province 1, by
Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 10/11/2017), Poll
campaigns yet to reach Chepang settlement (kp
10/11/2017)
More
women in campaigns as most of men are abroad, by
Rajendra Manandhar (kp 10/11/2017) (related to Dolakha), Mechi
Pari locals feel snubbed by leaders: Say elections
hardly matter to them; All they want is basic facilities,
by Sanjeev Giri and Parbat Portel (kp 10/11/2017)
Voters
‘unaware’
of duties of centre and state govts: Experts say
political parties and leaders should have done enough
homework to make voters understand powers and
responsibilities of central and provincial governments,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/11/2017)
Why
vote? I will never endorse anyone blindly; my
endorsement will depend on past records and personal
demeanour, by Pramod Mishra (kp 09/11/2017), Numbers
are not enough: It will not do much good if women
elected to power are not committed to the cause, by
Tara Kanel (kp 09/11/2017)
SC
ruling ‘forced’ EC to buy additional 100 tons of paper
(kp 09/11/2017)
Security
situation in Province 2 discussed (kp 09/11/2017)
Parties
stress on pollution control, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 09/11/2017)
Gender
discriminatory practices not on parties’ vote agenda,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 08/11/2017)
Villages
where no one goes to ask for votes, by DR Panta (kp
08/11/2017), Darchula,
East Rukum voters at a loss, by Manoj Badu and Hari
Gautam (kp 08/11/2017)
Money
for nothing: When elections become race for patronage
rather than principles they are bound to be expensive
(kp 08/11/2017)
EC
to see if poll duty officials can vote (kp
08/11/2017), 300
polling centres ‘highly sensitive’, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 08/11/2017), Poll
materials dispatched to 28 districts: EC (kp
08/11/2017), Pistol
found on bike used by MC candidate (kp 08/11/2017)
EU
launches poll observation mission (kp 08/11/2017)
An
octogenarian’s fixation with running against Deuba:
Karna Singh Rawal has been contesting against NC chief
since 1999, by Mohan Budhair (kp 08/11/2017), Left
alliance
commits to stability, prosperity: UML-Maoist manifesto
silent on stated goal of replacing form of governance
with directly elected president, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 08/11/2017), RPP
‘firm on Hindu state, monarchy’ (kp 08/11/2017)
Voters,
leaders
in eastern hills stress connectivity with China: Say
road networks to north could change the face of entire
region, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 07/11/2017)
Seats
up but claimants fewer than in CA vote, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 07/11/2017), Seat-sharing
with UML: Maoists fear absence of FPTP candidates may
hit PR votes, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 07/11/20187)
Candidates’
total expenditure set to exceed Rs 10 billion (kp
07/11/2017)
Youth
look for those with development agenda, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 06/11/2017), Dalits
hold the key, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 06/11/2017)
PM
calls
for effective voter education drive: Asks EC to ensure
greater participation of people; Records at the
poll authority show that the percentage of
void votes was 12.5 percent in local elections (kp
06/11/2017), The
EC constantly shifts positions and buckles under
pressure, interview with Neel Kantha Uprety (kp
06/11/2017)
Congress
to throw weight behind Thakur: Withdraws candidacy of
its leader Bajranga Nepali in Mahottari-3, by
Rabindra Upreti (kp 06/11/2017), 4,482
in the fray for Phase II:EC distributes election symbols
n Says parties can start poll campaigns from today
(kp 06/11/2017), In
Morang-6, Koirala, Pandit set for tough fight, by
Madhav Ghimire (kp 06/11/2017), SSF-N,
RJP-N snub principle of inclusion: FPTP list for federal
polls does not have even one woman (kp 11/11/2017),
(Un)easy
alliances: Elections are weeks away; left and
NC-led alliances have different political
characteristics (kp 06/11/2017)
No
women candidates in Province 6 for FPTP vote, by
Janak Nepal (kp 05/11/2017), Only
5.5 per cent female candidates in Kavre (ht
05/11/2017), ‘Dummy’
candidates in fray, by Aman Koirala (kp 05/11/2017),
Disgruntled
party cadres to contest independently (ht), UML
asks rebels to withdraw candidacies (kp 05/11/2017),
EC
annuls Govinda Raj Joshi’s candidacy, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 05/11/2017), Heavyweights
bracing for tough fight in constituency-2 of Saptari,
by Byas Shankar Acharya (ht 05/11/2017), Dozens
of businessmen in election fray, by Sujan Dhungana
(ht 05/11/2017)
First-time
voters against gerontocracy, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
05/11/2017)
HRMEA
prone to misuse: The phrase ‘as far as possible’ in the
Act lets leaders choose from PR list, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 05/11/2017)
Election
authority yet to start voter education drive: Vote three
weeks away; Fear for high invalid votes (kp
05/11/2017), Districts
asked for poll supply plan, by Manish Gautam (kp
05/11/2017), 1,900
poll code violation complaints filed at EC, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 05/11/2017)
In
Darchula, voters say development matters more than
ideology, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 05/11/2017), Taplejung
locals upbeat about stability after polls, by
Sanjeev Giri and Ananda Gautam (kp 05/11/2017)
EC
readies PR candidate list for two polls: 56 percent of
6,094 fielded under the category are women (kp
04/11/2017), PR
lists for parliamentary, provincial polls unveiled
(ht 04/11/2017), Ballot
papers dispatched to districts (ht 04/11/2017)
Election
manifesto: Charter amendment top agenda of Madhes-based
parties, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 04/10/2017), UML
tops others in fielding CM hopefuls, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 04/11/2017), Two
alliances neck and neck in Lamjung (ht 04/11/2017),
Eight
ex-finance ministers contesting polls (04/11/2017),
Mahara,
Pokhrel file candidacies from Dang (ht 04/11/2017),
Old
faces dominate nominations in Surkhet (ht
04/11/2017)
4,708
file nominations for Phase II polls, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 03/11/2017), Parties
face hard time ‘adjusting’ leaders: See rebel candidates
in some places after some popular faces left out,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/11/2017), Candidates
file nominations amid fanfare (kp 03/11/2017), Bibeksheel
Sajha contesting for 60 seats, with focus on Valley
(kp 03/11/2017), Candidates'
lists infested with criminals, goons, by Manish
Gautam (kp 03/11/2017), Dhungana
makes a comeback to politics after 23 years: To contest
for the NC in Bhaktapur Constituency-2, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 03/11/2017), Left
bloc common manifesto lashes out at Congress (kp
03/11/2017), 4
female candidates contesting in Kailali, by DR Panta
(kp 03/11/2017), Major
political parties fail to field enough number of women
candidates (ht 03/11/2017), Politicians
in proportion: Women must be allowed to contest direct
elections so as to develop leadership skills (kp
03/11/2017) [Its is their right! Men have nothing to allow!],
NC
to contest 120 parliamentary seats in second round of
polls (ht 03/11/2017), Poll
alliances have reduced possible clashes, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 03/11/2017), Nomination
filing peaceful in Province 7, by Tekendra Deuba (ht
03/11/217), Parties
fielding senior leaders eyeing CM posts, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 03/11/2017)
56
organisations permitted to monitor elections, by
Roshan S. Nepal (ht 03/11/2017)
Electoral
competency: Women are still underrepresented in Nepali
politics and the PR system has not made it any better,
by Sanjaya Mahato (kp) Women
candidates few and far between in NC: Party leadership
struggles to quell charges of nepotism and favouritism, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 02/11/2017), Maoist
Centre finalises its candidates for Valley: Choice
of Sharma, Pun sparks uproar (kp 02/11/2017), Keen
contest on cards in Gulmi-1, by Ghanashyam Gautam
(kp 02/11/2017), Sitaula,
Lingden face each other for third time (kp
02/11/2017)
SSF-N,
RJP-N finalise seats for Province 2 (kp 01/11/2017),
NC
unveils election manifesto (kp 01/11/2017), NC
advocates for wealth redistribution, social insurance
(kp 01/11/2017)
Snowfall
hinders poll campaigns in high altitude regions (kp
01/11/2017)
Major
forces get time slots for nomination (kp 01/11/2017)
EC
gears
up for separate ballots: Move follows consultation with
attorney general; Having 2 different ballots ‘not to
hit’ poll schedule, by Binod Ghimire (kp
30/10/2017), Poll
panel to abide by court directive: To print separate
FPTP ballot papers for provincial, parliamentary polls,
by Arjun Poudel (ht 30/10/2017), SC’s
strong directives to EC at this crucial time will hamper
progress made towards FDR, interview with Bipin
Adhikari (kp 30/10/2017), EC
condemned for ignoring SC order (ht 30/10/2017) [Parties and politicians ignore SC
orders as well!], Decision
to print separate ballots: EC activities postponed
(kp 01/11/2017)
EC
tells govt to cancel Rs10b programme (kp
30/10/2017), EC
bars ex-MPs from spending CDF money (rep 30/10/2017)
Polls
prevent many Mustang locals from moving to lowlands
despite growing chill, by Bishan Chhetri (rep
30/10/2017)
Too poor
to run! If election tickets are to be auctioned off to
highest bidders, why would anyone devote her life for
the party’s betterment?, by Subhash Ghimire (rep
30/10/2017)
PR
candidate lists in (kp 30/10/2017), Sitaula
to run from Jhapa-3 (kp 30/10/2017), Left
alliance
struggles to finalise constituencies: Division of
constituencies in Chitwan, Jhapa, Salyan, Udaypur and
Sunsari has remained undecided, according to UML sources
(kp 30/10/2017), SSF,
RJP fail to pick common candidates (kp 30/10/2017),
Parties
finalise candidates for PR lists (ht 30/10/2017), Left
alliance close to finalizing FPTP candidates (rep
30/10/2017), Left
alliance allocates poll constituencies in Biratnagar
(ht 30/10/2017), NC
proposes alliance in selected seats in Province-2
(rep 30/10/2017)
Cong
factions
play favourites as party selects candidates: Deuba
flexing his muscles in ticket distribution; Poudel not
happy, Sitaula camp in a tight spot, by Kamal Dev
Bhattarai (kp 29/10/2017), Congress,
left
alliance set for a close fight in Bajura: Going by the
results of local level polls, communist forces are
likely to have the upper hand (kp 29/10/2017), Left
alliance to launch East-West campaign from November 5,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 29/10/2017), No
deal yet with FSF-N, RJP-N: NC, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 29/10/2017), Congress
discusses changes to Proportional Representation list
(ht 29/10/2017), Second
phase of FPTP polls: Left alliance fails to finalise
seat sharing (ht 29/10/2017), Same
old faces in fray for polls in province 6 (ht
29/10/2017)
Govt
releases Rs5b for federal, provincial polls (kp
29/10/2017), Reps
of candidates may stay at ballot boxes storage locations
(kp 29/10/2017), Training
for Myadis from today: Names of more than 98,000
personnel finalised for deployment (kp 29/10/2017)
Resettlement
process: Locals affected by Budhi Gandaki hydro project
warn to boycott polls, by Sudeep Kaini (kp 29/10/2017)
Crime does
pay: If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from watching too
many films it is that participation in politics is
natural progression for gangsters, by Gunjan
Upadhyay (rep 28/10/2017)
Dalit
leaders demand fair distribution of tickets in second
phase elections (ht 28/10/2017)
Election
Picking Up Momentum, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
28/10/2017), Security
beefed up for HoR, provincial polls (ht 28/10/2017),
No
voting centre set up at Nyuna yet again (ht
28/10/2017), Dolakha
candidates wooing voters in Kathmandu to ensure victory
(ht 28/10/2017), 131,950
new voters in Province 7 (ht 28/10/2017)
UML,
Maoist Centre launch joint campaign, by Kashiram
Dangi (kp 27/10/2017), NC
decides constituencies for top leaders (kp
27/10/2017), Left
alliance finalises seat sharing for Dec 7; NC,
Madhes-based parties struggling with seat allocation
(ht 27/10/2017), Maoist
leader
Paudel in race from Baglung-2: Paudel, who recently quit
Naya Shakti Party to rejoin CPN (Maoist Centre), will
have NC’s Niraj Pun as his main contender in the race
(kp 27/10/2017), Chances
of Cong alliance with SSF-N, RJP-N slim: The parties
likely to work to ensure victory for their ‘top leaders’
(kp 28/10/2017), NC
not keen on democratic alliance, allege FSF-N, RJP-N,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 28/10/2017),
FSF-N,
RJP-N close to deal (ht 28/10/2017),
Gear
up for polls, Deuba to Tarun Dal (kp 28/10/2017), NC
nominates a few more candidates (ht 28/10/2017), Left
alliance likely to finalise seat sharing today, by
Rewati Sapkota (ht 28/10/2017)
Parties
commit to following poll code of conduct (ht
27/10/2017)
Offices
of chief returning officers set up for December 7 polls
(ht 27/10/2017)
SC
orders
separate ballots for two polls: Asks EC to present
report on progress made since its earlier ruling; An
election commissioner says polls not possible on
November 26 if separate ballots were to be printed,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 26/10/2017), SC seeks
progress info from EC on printing separate ballots
(rep 26/10/2017), EC
not
to print separate FPTP ballot papers: Supreme Court
orders commissioners of the poll panel to furnish
clarification within three days, by Ram Kumar Kamat
and Arjun Poudel (ht 26/10/2017), Court
ruling on separate ballots raises concerns, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 27/10/2017), EC
working on response to court (kp 27/10/2017), EC
undecided on FPTP ballot papers, by Arjun Poudel (ht
27/10/2017), Respect
SC
order: The EC should be prepared to print separate
ballot papers if the SC orders so as the apex court’s
order is binding to all state organs (ht
27/10/2017), EC
starts printing of FPTP ballot papers, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 28/10/2017), Views
divided on EC’s decision (ht 28/10/2017)
EC
toothless,
complains Yadav: Yadav expresses his regret that the EC
lacks authority to schedule or postpone elections or to
make a financial decision (kp 26/10/2017)
How
will
we vote? Upcoming elections could be a referendum over
inclusion of identity versus exclusion of nationality
and nationalism, by Pramod Mishra (kp 26/10/2017)
100
candidates
pull out of race: Election authority says 702 in the
fray for Nov 26 vote; 40 candidates back off from
federal elections and 60 from provincial polls (kp
26/10/2017), 705
in fray for Nov 26 elections (ht 26/10/2017), Dissidents
of left alliance withdraw nominations (ht
26/10/2017)
NC,
left alliance putting final touches on poll manifestos,
by Sanjeev Giri and Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 26/10/2017), NLF
faction to support Yadav’s SSFN (kp 26/10/2017), ERPP-R
candidate withdraws from race to join Congress (kp
26/10/2017), Dahal
seeks Devi Gyawali’s support in Chitwan, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 26/10/2017), UML
withdraws from Manang where gangster Manange is
contesting (ht 26/10/2017) [In
accordance witth article 87 of the constitution one must
ask why this man is allowed to be a candidate. This is
another example for the connection between political
parties and criminals!], UML
withdraws candidate to make way for Manange (rep
26/10/2017), Left
alliance allocates FPTP constituencies (ht
26/10/2017), NC,
Madhes parties at odds over share of Province 2 seats
(rep 26/10/2017)
Hustle
And Bustle of Elections, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
26/10/2017)
Province
4 stakeholders want early voter education (kp
26/10/2017)
Poll
Alliance For Stability, by Mukti Rijal (rn
26/10/2017)
First
batch of European Union election observers arrives
(kp 26/10/2017), European
Union deploys election observation mission to Nepal
(ht 27/10/2017)
Poll
duty to deprive lakhs of right to vote: EC says it
didn’t have time to issue voter IDs to govt staff on
poll duty (ht 25/10/2017) [This
means that the elections cannot be called free and fair!],
Sheer
negligence:
If the EC was able to arrange for government employees
to exercise their voting rights in the past why cannot
it do the same this time? (ht 26/10/2017)
Rebel
candidates give left alliance hard time: Parties’ calls
to withdraw candidacy cut no ice with ‘dissatisfied
leaders', by Sanjeev Giri (kp 25/10/2017) [And
what about the dissatisfied women, Dalits, etc.?]
Left
alliance puts Congress in a bind (ht 25/10/2017)
‘Ballot
printing for PR system nearly over’ (kp 25/10/2017)
Parties
leave out women, Dalits in candidate selection, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/10/2017) [Not
even 5 per cent female candidates!!], Fair
share of tickets a far cry for women: Three major
parties field only nine women for Nov 26 polls, by
Arjun Poudel (ht 24/10/2017), Two
alliances field just 8 women under FPTP in first phase
polls: Poll alliances, reluctance of women aspirants,
cited for low female numbers, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep 24/10/2017), Gender
imbalance:
The major political parties have given importance
to male candidates for reasons, or rationale, beyond
anybody’s comprehension (ht 24/10/2017)
EC
yet to decide on types of ballot papers: Lawyers say
Supreme Court order doesn’t have binding force, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 24/10/2017)
Poll
alliances trigger dissent in districts, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 24/10/2017)
Private
sector under pressure for donations (ht 24/10/2017)
[These are extortions, not
donations!],
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party lays claim to limited constituencies (kp
24/10/2017)
Central
level leaders contesting provincial assemblies: Most
aspire for top posts, by Ashok Dahal (rep
24/10/2017)
Myadi
job lures migrant workers, by Tularam Pandey (kp
24/10/2017), Over
46,000 apply for temporary police jobs in Province 1,
by Siddha Raj Rai (rep 24/10/2017), Around
300,000
apply for Myadi jobs: Nepal Police to finalise names on
Friday; Govt to deploy highest number of temporary
security recruits in Province 2 (kp 26/10/2017)
Bijukchhe,
Nidhi talk electoral alliance (ht 24/10/2017)
Most
candidates register in Dolakha (ht 24/10/2017)
EC
bars use of promotional materials (kp 23/10/2017)
Nominations
for first phase polls in 32 district today (kp
22/10/2017), Nominations
over
for Phase I polls; Leaders: Successful candidacy filing
augurs well for elections crucial for implementing the
new constitution, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
23/10/2017), Parties
field nominees for Phase 1 polls (kp 23/10/2017), Heavyweights
in Nov 26 clash (kp 23/10/2017), Limited
seats force heavyweights to face off each other, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 23/10/2017), Local
leaders rebel against alliance candidates (rep
23/10/2017), Maoist
Centre leaders, cadres in Jajarkot disappointed with
alliance decision, by Janak KC (rep 23/10/2017), Bhattarai,
Shrestha trade barbs, by Sudip Kaini (kp 24/10/2017)
Federal
and provincial polls: NC working to finalise candidates
for 1st phase (kp 20/10/2017), Left
alliance close to dividing constituencies for leaders:
UML picks FPTP contestants for 32 districts,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 20/10/2017), Maoist
Centre to get ‘56’ fed House seats (kp 20/10/2017)
No
change in election dates, reiterates poll governing body
(kp 19/10/2017)
SC
rules
out interim order on separate ballots for two polls:
There is no need to issue an interim order at a time
when ballot papers for PR system have already been sent
for printing, says SC, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
19/10/2017), EC
to decide on apex court order today (ht 23/10/2017)
Fewer
parties contesting elections under PR system: Compared
to 122 ahead of CA polls, only 49 parties in fray,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/10/2017), 49
parties file closed list of PR candidates (ht
17/10/2017)
Parties
submit
lists of PR candidates: Major forces register names in
haste, to revise lists within EC’s deadline; UML,
Congress bigwigs to contest direct elections (kp
16/10/2017), Parties
file closed lists of candidates, by Arjun Poudel (ht
16/10/2017), Eleventh-hour
negotiations delay filing of candidacies (rep
16/10/2017), Top
leaders throw in their hats for PR polls (ht
16/10/2017), Fielding
of criminal figures in polls unleashes public ire: Who
will contest from Manang if not Manange?: Oli, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 17/10/2017), 88kg
gold smuggling: Congress PR candidate arrested; Police:
Those held earlier named Man Bahadur Tamang as point
person, by Manish Gautam (kp 17/10/2017), Serious
differences emerge over PR nominations (rep
17/10/2017)
Threshold
forcing fringe parties to go for mergers, alliances
(rep 16/10/2017)
PM’s
move violates poll code but won’t affect elections: EC
(kp 15/10/2017), EC
issues 27-point directive to government (ht
15/10/2017)
Bibeksheel
Sajha Party names more candidates (kp 15/10/2017), Parties
in Dang scrambling to pick candidates, by Durga Lal
KC (kp 15/10/2017)
Aspirants
knocking doors of central leaders, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 15/10/2017)
PR
candidates’ closed lists to be submitted today (kp
15/10/2017)
Foreign
bodies
invited to observe polls: EC sends invitations to
the election bodies in India, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Bhutan, Afghanistan and
Pakistan, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/10/2017)
Expenditure
limit for candidates up 150pc (kp 14/10/2017), Rs
2.5m poll expense limit for FPTP MP candidate;
Politicians who had contested the recent local elections
said the expenditure ceiling fixed by the EC on Friday
was 'totally impractical', by Bhadra Sharma (rep
14/10/2017)
National
Assembly election bill not listed in business schedule
(ht 14/10/2017)
Lawmakers
flouting poll code in Morang (ht 14/10/2017)
Report of
panel probing 2013 CA poll silent about rigging (rep
14/10/2017)
7
journalists recommended as provincial poll candidates
(kp 13/10/2017)
Security
agencies told to ensure security for polls (ht
13/10/2017), Home
Ministry rolls out election security plan (kp
14/10/2017)
Central
leaders shun provincial poll tickets (ht 12/10/2017)
[related to Province 6]
Election
manifesto blues: For breakthroughs, by Dilli Raj
Khanal (ht 12/10/2017)
Renu Dahal
votes for UML in DCC election, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (rep 12/10/2017)
Vote
transfer row halts National Assembly Election Bill,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 12/10/2017)
Govt
hiring 98,168 temporary cops, by Anup Ojha (kp
11/10/2017), Temporary
cop vacancies announced (ht 11/10/2017), Mahottari
police office overwhelmed (kp 13/10/2017)
EC
prints 1.8m dummy PR ballot papers (ht 11/10/2017)
NC,
UML pick candidates in Manang (kp 11/10/2017), Three
major parties recommend election candidates in Morang
(ht 11/10/2017), Pre-poll
alliances make fielding candidates tough for parties,
by Raju Adhikari (rep 11/10/2017)
MoGA
warns civil servants against contesting polls (ht
10/10/2017) [To
prevent members of special vocational groups from
candidating in elections is a grave violation of equal
fundamental rights!]
Writ
petition filed against EC over PR cluster criteria
(ht 10/10/2017)
EC
registers highest number of voters in Morang district
(ht 10/10/2017)
'Too many
old faces may dampen voter zeal', by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 10/10/2017)
Election
officers to be stationed in district HQs (kp
09/10/2017)
Election
staffers stage protest, demand pay (ht 09/10/2017)
EC
pushing for STV system, says Ila Sharma (ht
09/10/2017)
Election
bill for president, vice-president passed (ht
09/10/2017)
EC
holds orientation for political parties (ht
08/10/2017)
CEC Yadav
warns of scraping candidacy of poll code violators
(rep 08/10/2017)
Many
aspirants for chief minister in Province 4, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 08/10/2017)
Old faces
to dominate parliamentary, provincial polls nomination
(rep 08/10/2017)
EC
harbours poll deferral fears (kp 07/10/2017)
Political
parties in Pokhara struggle to pick candidates, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 07/10/2017)
EC
asks
Dev, Pokhrel to furnish clarification: Dev has been
summoned for transferring Caan chief while Pokhrel is
under scanner for taking part in NC’s political
programmes (kp 06/10/2017), EC
seeks clarifications from NRA chief (rep 06/10/2017)
EC
appoints poll officers for all 165 constituencies
(rep 05/10/2017)
Election
funding: Many loopholes; Our electoral laws should
reflect the realities of Nepali society rather than some
hoped for ideal, by Sanjaya Mahato (rep 04/10/2017)
EC
makes public details of constituencies (ht
04/10/2017)
CEC
stresses on flawless ballot paper printing (kp
04/10/2017)
EC
updates voters’ roll to 15.4 million (kp 04/10/2017)
Upcoming
polls simpler than local level elections: EC (ht
03/10/2017)
SSF-N
claims Birgunj top seat (kp 28/09/2017), EC
fails to meet vote count target: Task crosses 5-day
deadline; Rajbiraj results delayed by late polling
(kp 28/09/2017), Election
results of all 136 local levels in Province 2 delivered
(ht 28/09/2017)
Major
party leaders campaign in Chitwan, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 27/09/2017), EC
allows Carter Centre to observe elections (ht
27/09/2017)
Halted
vote counting yet to resume in Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan
City (ht 27/09/2017), Surya
Narayan saving grace for NSN in Province 2 (ht
27/09/2017)
Sluggish
vote count in Rajbiraj (ht 26/09/2017)
RJP-N
wins in Janakpur: Newly united force claims the ruling
Congress party’s traditional bastion, by Shyam
Sundar Shashi and Santosh Singh (kp 25/09/2017), Rajbiraj
Municipality still waiting for election results (ht
25/09/2017)
Expediture
on poll campaigns: Most candidates yet to furnish
details: EC, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/09/2017)
‘Four
types of ballot paper needed’ (ht 24/09/2017), RJP
objects to same ballot paper for two polls: But Election
Commission clarifies ballot papers cannot be changed
(kp 25/09/2017)
Madhes-based
parties give tough fight to Congress in Saptari (ht
24/09/2017), UML
faces crushing defeat in Rautahat (ht 24/09/2017), FSF-N
wins most top seats in Parsa (ht 24/09/2017)
EC
finalises ballot paper design for PR system (kp
23/09/2017), EC
invites Carter for polls (kp 23/09/2017)
Money,
power had role in candidate selection: Ex-prez (kp
23/09/2017), Election
system should be changed: Dahal (kp 23/09/2017)
UML’s
Oli urges party cadres to keep calm (kp 23/09/2017)
Major
parties gear up for provincial, federal polls, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/09/2017)
Learning
Lessons Electoral Way, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
22/09/2017), RJP-N,
SSF-N putting up good showing: Congress maintains lead,
Maoist Centre following (kp 22/09/2017), 50-year-old
man dies in Rautahat clash, by Pawan Yadav (kp
22/09/2017), Rina
Kumari Sah elected first female mayor of Province 2,
by Shiva Puri (kp 22/09/2017)
EC
calls parties to hold back tea reception (kp
21/09/2017)
Election
Anomalies (rn 21/09/2017), RJP-N
registers
first win, Congress maintains lead: CPN (Maoist Centre)
opens account; Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-N ahead of
CPN-UML; RJP-N’s good showing despite internal disputes
ahead of the elections is due to its stance on
constitutional issues, analysts say (kp 21/09/2017),
Int’l
community lauds Nepalis for local polls (kp
21/09/2017), 3
major political parties continue to obstruct vote
counting in Baragadhi; NC, Maoist Centre and UML
demand re-election for Baragadhi Rural Municipality ward
6 (kp 21/09/2017), Election
reflection: Early indications from third phase of local
polls show a differing trend to the first two phases
(kp 21/09/2017), EC
to increase teams to speed up vote counting (ht
21/09/2017), Vote
count disrupted over row (ht 21/09/2017)
Party
reps kept at bay as vote count begins: Officials say
tight security in place to avoid re-run of Bharatpur-19
fiasco (kp 20/09/2017), EC
revises Province 2 voter turnout to 77 pc: es of local
level polls (kp 20/09/2017), At
77 percent, Province 2 tops in voter turnout (rep
20/09/2017), Overwhelming
voter turnout in Madhes shows their desperation to vote,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 20/09/2017), Major
parties open their account in Province 2 (ht
20/09/2017), Disputes
halt counting at places (ht 20/09/2017), Peaceful
polls:
The elected officials at the local level can serve the
people better than bureaucrats as they are acquainted
with local needs (ht 20/09/2017), The
pain of being disallowed to vote, by Suresh Yadav
(rep 20/09/2017)
Pre-election
vibrations: Rajbiraj saw a high level of security
presence due to its image as a political hot spot,
by Sujeet Karn and Sangita Thebe Limbu
People
vote in Province 2 with fervour: EC’s early
estimates put voter turnout at 73 percent (kp
19/09/2017), High
women participation, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
19/09/2017), Extra
caution in Rautahat to prevent Bharatpur-type incident,
by Madan Thakur (rep 19/09/2017), Bad
weather fails to dampen Birgunj voters' spirit, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep 19/09/2017)
Major
parties agree on two ballot papers for provincial,
parliamentary elections (ht 19/09/2017)
Race
to the end: Lawmakers yet to pass important legislation,
even as Dasain will make Parliament inactive (kp
18/09/2017)
CPN-MC
selects candidates in Jajarkot for HoR, PA elections
(ht 18/09/2017)
Province
2 votes today: Chief Election Commissioner Yadav
requests people to ‘give one day for the nation', by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/09/2017), Final
phase of local level elections today, by Arjun
Poudel (ht), Invalid
vote
concerns: Invalid votes in the eight Tarai districts
were higher than elsewhere during the two
Constituent Assembly elections held in 2008 and
2013, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/09/2017), NC,
UML cadres clash (kp 18/09/2017)
Stage
all set for local elections in Province 2: No violent
clashes reported in run-up to vote: Officials, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/09/2017), Border
sealed for tomorrow’s election: Cross-border crimes
deemed major threat (kp 17/09/2017), Election
code breach ‘rampant’ (kp 17/09/2017), Voter
education ‘ineffective’ in Bara district, by Laxmi
Sah (kp 17/09/2017), Voters
can cast votes using citizenship certificate (ht
17/09/2017)
Rainfall
likely on election day: MFD (kp 16/09/207)
EC
proposes Rs 1.4m expenditure ceiling for FPTP candidates,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 15/09/2017)
MP’s
vote to be equivalent to 79 votes: Bills on
presidential, national assembly polls registered (ht
15/09/2017), Civic
body chief’s vote to have a weightage of 18 (ht
15/09/2017)
Hope
from polls in poor’s camp, by Pawan Yadav (kp
15/09/2017), ‘Heightened’
security for elections (kp 15/09/2017), Silence
period begins at midnight tonight (kp 15/09/2017), Political
parties ready for election day (ht 15/09/2017), Madhes-based
forces in shadow in Siraha (ht 15/09/2017), Voting
to heal past wounds: Local elections in Province 2 bring
together candidates and voters from hills and plains,
by Julia Thomas (nt 15/09/2017), The
Battle for Birganj:
Birganj is a microcosm of everything traditionally
associated with elections: money, muscle and betrayal,
by Rameshwar Bohara (nt 15/09/2017), Last
but not the least (nt 15/09/2017)
How
Nepal has voted: Fair competition enables members of the
janajati populace to rise to leadership positions,
by Krishna Prasad Upadhyaya and Krishna Prasad Sharma (kp
14/09/2017)
Projects
for
lawmakers: Incumbent MPs may have ‘unfair’ advantage; EC
says ‘hands tied’ over projects under constituency
development and infrastructure programmes, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/09/2017), Cabinet
expansion violates poll code, but can’t do anything: CEC
Yadav (kp 14/09/2017), 7
parties told to stop poll code violation (kp
14/09/2017), Parties
violating election code of conduct in Rautahat, by
Madan Thakur (rep 14/09/2017), Overkill:
Excessive security personnel in Tarai during Province 2
polls could do more harm than good (kp 14/09/2017),
Children
used in PM’s election assembly: EC (ht 14/09/2017),
EC
to issue voter ID card from Sept 15-17 in Province 2
(ht 14/09/2017), Musahars
ask for citizenship with candidates seeking votes,
by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 14/09/2017)
Bill
on
National Assembly members registered: The bill has
proposed the first-past-the-post Bloc Voting
Electoral System - similar to the one adopted for
the local level elections - to elect members of
the National Assembly, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/09/2017), 2.66
local unit votes equal 1 provincial assembly vote,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 14/09/2017)
UML
caught
in 2 minds over Oli’s Tarai poll drive: The party
secretariat, how-ever, says the preparations were under
way to hold mass events in the region, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 14/09/2017)
Election
code violation: EC asks deputy Speaker, NTV chief to
clarify (kp 13/09/2017), Tarechauri
folk rally behind one of their own, by Rabindra
Uprety (kp 13/09/2017), Poll
campaigning in full swing (ht 13/09/2017), Rift in
RJPN hits poll campaigns (rep 13/09/2017), Flood
victims unimpressed by candidates’ tall promises, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 13/09/2017), Selling
dreams to buy votes, by Madan Thakur (rep
13/09/2017)
Calendar
for two major polls unveiled (kp 12/09/2017), Federal,
provincial polls: 88 parties listed for PR election
(kp 13/09/2017)
Flood
survivors join poll campaign, by Dipendra Baduwal
and Pawan Yadav (kp 12/09/2017), Schools
to close for five days (kp 12/09/2017), UML
has lost moral ground to seek votes, says Yadav (ht
12/09/2017), Even
candidates don't know how to vote!, by Balkrishna
Adhikari and Suresh Yadav (rep 12/09/2017), Polls
have become costlier: Candidates , by Bal Krishna
Adhikari and Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 12/09/2017), Dalits in
Saptari disappointed over election ticket snub:
'Political parties have taken us only as vote banks',
by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 12/09/2017)
The
state of the race: Holding elections without addressing
concerns is not sufficient to placate the population in
the Tarai (kp 11/09/2017), Election
code violation rampant (ht 11/09/2017), Daily
wage earners to snub candidates favouring bandhs, by
Byashsankar Upadhyay (ht 11/09/2017), Province
2 polls a litmus test for Madhes parties, by Roshan
Sedhai (rep 11/09/2017)
EC
demands 195 judicial staffers for elections (kp
11/09/2017)
3
major parties intensify campaigns in Province 2: While
Maoist Centre Chairman Dahal is already in the plains,
NC President and PM Deuba and UML Chairman Oli are set
to address rallies starting this week, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 11/09/2017)
Province
2 Poll: Litmus Test For Madhesi Parties, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 10/09/2017), RJP-Nepal
views NC as its main competitor (kp 10/09/2017), Election
officials step up monitoring of code violation (kp
10/09/2017), EC
asks Gachhadar, State Min Pun to clarify code violations
(kp 10/09/2017), EC
seeks clarification from DPM, mayoral candidate and NC
minister (ht 10/09/2017), 68,000
personnel on the ground for security (kp
10/09/2017), No
budget allocation for local polls in Province 2 (kp
10/09/2017), Candidates
get election symbols (ht 10/09/2017), 109
polling centres declared highly sensitive (ht
10/09/2017), Poll
campaigning stepped up (ht 10/09/2017), Big
parties figure large in Janakpur polls, by
Balkrishna Adhikari and Suresh Yadav (rep 10/09/2017)
EC
directs ministry to set up DCCs (ht 10/09/2017)
Foreign
firms
invited to enlist for poll observation: EC says presence
of international observers adds to the
credibility of elections (kp 10/09/2017), EC invites
int'l observers for province, parliament polls (rep
10/09/2017)
Federal
and
provincial elections: EC’s plan to publish poll schedule
put off; The poll body, however, has asked parties to
inform it by Tuesday about the places from where they
want to contest elections (kp)
Poll
code
affecting relief works, Deuba tells EC: Code of conduct
for federal and provincial elections—to be held on Nov
26 and Dec 7— has been in place since August 30
(kp 09/09/2017) [???]
Charter
revision on parties’ poll agenda (kp 09/09/2017), 5,686
contesting for 856 posts in Saptari (ht 09/09/2017),
Many
party-switchers in Mahottari, by Mahesh Kumar Das
(rep 09/09/2017), Rampant
breach of election code of conduct in Mahottari (rep
09/09/2017)
PM
urges Election Commission to allow political parties to
file FPTP nominations first (ht 09/09/2017)
Candidate
pressured to withdraw nomination (ht 09/09/2017)
EC
allots election symbols to 91 parties (ht
08/09/2017) [for national and provincial elections]
RJP-N
manifesto lashes out at Maoist Centre (kp
08/09/2017), Campaign
costs ‘hefty’ in Birgunj, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
08/09/2017), Bibeksheel
Sajha Party going slow on Phase 3 polls (kp
08/09/2017), 36,073
candidates vying for 6,627 posts in province no 2: EC
(ht 08/09/2017), Parties
ignore martyrs' families in candidacy registration,
by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 08/09/2017), Trading
tears
for votes: A bullet killed her son. Now she is turning
to the ballot for justice, not just for herself but for
everyone in the community, by Jiyalal Sah (nt
08/09/2017)
Candidates
register nominations (kp 07/09/2017), Over
18,000 file papers for Sept 18 polls (ht
07/09/2017), Parties
use children in election rallies in Rautahat district
(kp 07/09/2017), RJP-N
leader quits party to become Mayor candidate of Maoist
centre (kp 07/09/2017), Martyr’s
sibling files independent candidacy (ht 07/09/2017),
Leaders,
cadres of various political parties clash over election
tickets (ht 07/09/2017)
EC
to seek Rs 10.27bn for Nov, Dec polls (ht
06/09/2017)
RJPN fails
to finalize candidates for 22 local units (rep
06/09/2017)
Nominations
for Province 2 polls today (kp 06/09/2017), NC,
Maoist Centre working on alliance (kp 06/09/2017)
Sarlahi’s
rural voters don’t know how to vote, by Aman Koirala
(kp 06/09/2017)
House
endorses two election-related bills, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 05/09/2017) [SC decisions are once again not of any interest
for politicians!!], Poll
bills clear parliament after amendment dropped, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 05/09/2017), Muted
voices: Ideas such as ‘right to no vote’ should have
been discussed before lawmakers dropped them (kp
06/09/2017)
Two
EC secretaries changed in five days, by Arjun Poudel
(ht 05/09/2017) [????]
Parties
start canvassing in Siraha (ht 05/09/2017), Election
code violation rampant in Birgunj (ht 05/09/2017), Parties
throw lavish feasts to woo voters, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 05/06/2017)
Janak
Shiksha
needs ‘45 days’ to print 34 million ballotsThere was
concern if the JSSK will be able to print so many
ballot papers as it had taken around 45 days to
print 16 million ballots for the local polls
(kp 04/09/2017)
Big
III not forging alliance from centre: However, they will
welcome such alliances if they are made by local
committees (ht 04/09/2017)
Govt
and EC at odds over ‘early’ election code (kp
03/09/2017), Right
to recall unlikely in new election bill, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 03/09/2017), Not
now:
Right to recall provision would likely lead to a spate
of recall moves one or two years after the election, and
it would not do good to anybody (ht 04/09/2017)
Defection
rife among disgruntled party leaders (ht 03/09/2017)
Security
stepped up for phase III civic polls (ht 03/09/2017)
Nepali
Congress, CPN-UML finalise candidates in Siraha (ht
03/09/2017)
Third
phase local polls: Parties struggle to pick their
candidates for Dhanusha (kp 03/09/2017)
CEC
warns against poll code violation (kp 02/09/2017), Election
code violation: Govt orders transfer of over 400
staffers; Poll panel to direct it to rescind its
decision, by Arjun Poudel (ht 02/09/2017), Ministry
halts employee transfers (ht 03/09/2017)
Oppn
MPs accuse NC of delaying poll bills (kp 02/09/2017)
EC to seek
Rs 10b for province, parliament polls, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 02/09/2017)
EC
divides districts for two phases of elections (kp
01/09/2017)
Right
to vote: Ensure accessible polling booths so that
persons with disabilities are not disenfranchised,
by Pragya Lamsal (kp 01/09/2017)
Rs 2
billion sought for phase III local polls, by Bal
Krishna Adhikari (rep 01/09/2017)
Election
code of conduct comes into effect (ht 31/08/2017)
CDC
submits
its report with 165 electoral constituencies: Move takes
the country one more step towards the implementation of
the constitution, by Sanjeev Giri (kp 31/08/2017), CDC
creates 495 constituencies (ht 31/08/2017), 3,578
polling centers for phase III local polls (rep
31/08/2017), Important
step: Some districts seem to be over or
under-represented because of differences in population
distribution (ht 01/09/2017)
Govt
decides to hold polls in two phases: First round on Nov
26, second on Dec 7 (kp 31/08/2017), Govt
decision to hold polls in 2 phases irks UML, by
Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 31/08/2017)
Parties
wooing Madhesi voters (ht 31/08/2017), Nepal
slams Madhes-based parties (ht 31/08/2017), ‘NC-Maoist
alliance frustrated after defeat in first and second
civic polls’ (ht 31/08/2017)
EC
says better to hold polls in two phases: Cites logistics
management and weather conditions among others, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 30/08/2017), EC
preparing for two-phase provincial, parliamentary polls:
If it has its way, the second phase may be held on
December 7 or 12 (ht 30/08/2017)
No
time to lose: CDC’s report is almost complete, now
lawmakers and govt must help EC complete polls (kp
30/08/2017)
Over
1.5m added to voter list (ht 30/08/2017)
Delay in
candidate selection hits parties' poll campaigns
(rep 30/08/2017)
Aspirants
involved in election publicity campaign in Rajbiraj
(ht 30/08/2017)
3rd
phase local polls: EC says 1.8m voter IDs to be
reprinted (kp 29/08/2017)
Parties
eyeing for electoral alliance as polls in Province 2
approach (rep 29/08/2017)
Parties
in race to pick poll candidates (kp 28/08/2017) [Obviously, the central leaders of
the parties once again decide on the local candidates!
This is the opposite of democracy and local
participation!!]
EC
setting up offices in local units of Province 2 (kp
28/08/2017)
Registered
at EC, RJP-N seeks ‘umbrella’ for fed, provincial polls
(kp 27/08/2017)
Parties
asked to list nominating officials (kp 26/08/2017)
Time
bound: To hold elections in a single phase, govt should
prioritise crucial electoral legislation (kp
24/08/2017), Chances
of early poll acts slim (kp 25/08/2017)
More
than 1.3 million new voters registered (ht
25/08/2017)
Fix
roads before polls: EC to govt (kp 24/08/2017)
Morang
has 81,862 new voters (ht 23/08/2017), 20,000
new voters added in Palpa, by Mukti Prasad Nyaupane
(rep 23/08/2017)
EC
suggests govt to hold elections separately (kp
23/08/2017)
Not
my candidate: The right to reject all candidates during
elections is essential in a participatory democracy,
by Saurav Karki (kp 22/08/2017) [This
is especially important under the system of nepotism
that is prevalent in all Nepalese parties!!]
EC
investigates into Budhanilkantha voter registration
dispute (kp 21/08/2017)
Over
1 million new voters registered (kp 20/08/2017)
Close
schools in Province 2 for a week: EC (ht 19/08/2017)
[Why for a week?????]
EC
says difficult to hold two major polls together (kp
17/08/2017), Both
polls to be held together most likely on November 20:
Govt preparing to announce date by Sunday after
consulting with EC, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
18/08/2017), EC,
parties agree to hold provincial, parliamentary
elections by Nov 23 (rep 18/08/2017)
EC bars
political leaders from distributing relief items in
Province 2 (rep 18/08/2017)
Cabinet
extends
CDC’s tenure by 15 days: CDC officials say their work
was affected by the SC’s ruling last week that cleared
way for adding new federal units in Province 2 (kp
16/08/2017)
EC
asks govt to announce date for polls immediately (ht
16/08/2017)
Keep
on voting: Election season is in full swing, and archaic
practices and laws need to be reformed, by Krishna
Man Pradhan (kp 15/08/2017)
Govt
to EC: Give RJP-N single election symbol (kp
14/08/2017)
Election
authority writes to govt to purchase EVMs, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/08/2017)
Vote
of confidence: The Election Commission should be
strengthened to make it a bulwark of democracy, by
Bishnu Hari Marasini (kp 11/08/2017)
Fix
a date, by Rameshwar Bohara (nt 11/08/2017)
Election
Commission’s central office also registering voters
(ht 10/08/2017)
Constituency
Delineation Concerns, by Mukti Rijal (rn 10/08/2017)
Prepare
for both polls together, Deuba tells EC: Election
officials ask govt to fix dates by August 17 (kp
08/08/2017), Hold
provincial, parliamentary polls together, PM tells EC:
Poll panel pitches for use of EVMs (ht 09/08/2017),
EC
asks govt to announce date for elections pronto (ht
09/08/2017)
Renu
Dahal turns the tables on Devi Gyawali: Wins the mayoral
race securing 43,127 votes against her rival’s 42,924
(kp 06/08/2017), Renu’s
victory fails to impress Maoist leaders (kp
07/08/2017), Maoist,
NC take out victory rally in Bharatpur, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 07/08/2017)
UML
won most seats with vote share like NC’s, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 06/08/2017)
Local poll
losses trigger blam game in NC, UML, by Sher Bahadur
KC (rep 06/08/2017)
Province
2 Election: Stage Set For One-upmanship, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 06/08/2017)
Voters’
education programme: EC to launch campaign in Province 2
on August 17 (kp 06/08/2017)
75.58pc
voter
turnout in Bharatpur-19 (kp 05/08/2017)
Out-district
voter registration very high in Valley: EC (ht
05/08/2017)
Constituency
delimitation:
So much to do, only a few days in hand; CDC, which has 2
weeks, is yet to fix basis for carving out
constituencies (kp 04/08/2017),
‘Gerrymandering’
warned (kp 04/08/2017), CEC
Yadav advises CDC on delineation: Says don’t overlap
rural municipalities and division of wards (ht
05/08/2017), CDC
to expedite report writing (ht 05/08/2017), CDC
weighing delineation models (ht 06/08/2017)
CEC:
Logistical issues if two polls held together (kp
04/08/2017)
MPs
demand 55 FPTP seats for women (ht 04/08/2017)
Lawmakers
for letting EC decide poll dates (kp 03/08/2017)
EC’s
voter registration boosts citizenship applicant numbers,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 03/08/2017)
All
demands can’t be fulfilled, says CDC (ht 03/08/2017)
EC to
request govt to purchase EVMs (rep 02/08/2017)
Major
parties gear up for Phase 3 poll (kp 01/08/2017), Dahal
for alliance with Madhesi parties (kp 01/08/2017)
Court
upholds EC’s re-polling decision, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 31/07/2017), Bharatpur
poll officer told to hold re-election in Ward 19 at the
earliest (kp 01/08/2017), Conduct
repoll in Bharatpur-19 as soon as possible: Election
panel (ht 01/08/2017), Bharatpur
mayoral candidate’s son held (ht 03/08/2017), Ensure
fair re-polling in Bharatpur-19, says EC (ht
03/08/2017)
CEC
Yadav sees logistical hurdles in holding two elections
together (kp 31/07/2017), Price
of polls: PM and EC should make all efforts to hold
provincial and general polls in one go if it’s
politically feasible (kp 31/07/2017)
Voters’
registration at local levels from today (kp
31/07/2017)
Call
to form 3 constituencies in Banke (kp 30/07/2017), CDC
collects suggestions in Pokhara (ht 30/07/2017), Constituency
delimitation: Parties remain at odds over bases (kp
31/07/2017), CDC
urged to give more weightage to population (ht
31/07/2017), ‘Stress
geography for poll constituencies’ (ht 01/08/2017),
Parties
lay stress on population (kp 02/08/2017)
EC tells
parties to enroll for upcoming polls: Asks parties to
enroll by Aug 27 (rep 30/07/2017)
MPs for
banning candidates for 10 yrs for involvement in tearing
ballot papers (rep 30/07/2017)
Parliament
to send election related bills to House panel, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 30/07/2017)
EC
mulling
single ballot paper for FPTP, PR: Plans to propose the
idea if provincial and federal polls are held together;
What the poll body is planning, however, has drawn mixed
reactions, with some saying it will avoid confusion
among voters and others saying it limits people’s choice,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/07/2017), Govt
preparing to hold 2 major polls together: Says it will
save money, ensure country does not miss Jan 21 deadline,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 30/07/2017)
NEFIN
for
ensuring proportional representation in all elections:
After consulting with indigenous lawmakers from several
parties, NEFIN drafts amendment proposals to the
election bills (kp 28/07/2017)
‘Two
levels of polls possible at one go’: For this the FPTP
and PR votes should also be counted simultaneously: EC
(ht 28/07/2017)
Apex court
verdict deferred for 10th time (rep 28/07/2017) [This smells of political undermining
of jurisdiction!]
EC
to discuss use of EVMs with parties (kp 27/07/2017)
More
than 4 million votes cast in phase II civic polls
invalid: EC (ht 27/07/2017) [How
can these elections be called fair and democratic??]
Recovering
the expenses: High election campaign costs provide
legitimacy to political corruption, by Sanjaya
Mahato (kp 27/07/2017)
Voter
registration pulling crowds, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 26/07/2017), Tikapur
sees rise in number of people seeking citizenship
certificates, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 26/07/2017)
Pressure
builds within RJPN for poll participation (rep
26/07/2017)
Petitioners
plead
against poll panel’s decision to order re-polling,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 24/07/2017), Bharatpur
fracas:
AG challenges petitioners’ right to move SC, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 25/07/2017)
Right
to
reject sought in new election bill (ht 24/07/2017)
Time
constraint may affect EC's EVM plan (rep 24/07/2017)
Flawed
Analysis Of Poll Results, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
23/07/2017)
Carter
Center
renews call for poll observation (kp 23/07/2017)
EC expert
panel suggests Indian EVMs for upcoming elections,
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 23/07/2017)
Govt
forms
CDC under former SC justice Das: Gives 21 days to carve
out constituencies for national, provincial polls; After
receiving CDC’s report, the government will send it to
Parliament, which then will forward it to the Election
Commission (kp 21/07/2017), Race
against
time: The Constituency Delineation Commission should be
allowed to function independently (kp 21/07/2017), Govt
yet
to contact CDC chairperson, members (ht 22/07/2017)
Phase
III
local poll calendar published (kp 21/07/2017), India-made
EVMs
capable of including all parties: EC team; Officials
fear time constraint for using voting machines during
upcoming provincial, federal polls, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/07/2017), Bills
for
federal and provincial polls tabled (kp 21/07/2017),
Candidacy
nominations for Province 2 polls on Sept 6 (rep
21/07/2017)
Metro
without
mayor: "Maoists did not just tear up ballot papers, but
attacked democracy as well", by Om Astha Rai (nt
21/07/2017))
CROs
entrusted
with holding DCC elections (ht 20/07/2017)
High
invalid vote despite Rs 750m spent on voter education,
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 20/07/2017)
Elected
local
reps of Bharatpur unable to work: With vote counting in
wards no. 19 and 20 stalled, those who won elections
haven't been sworn in (ht 20/07/2017)
All
in
the same vote: To make the third phase of local polls a
success, big parties should go to the interior of
Province 2, by Deepak Chaudhary (kp 19/07/2017)
After
pressure,
EC to go to local level for voter listing (kp
19/07/2017), Rs1.7
billion
sought for 3rd phase vote (kp 19/07/2017), Voter
registration
picks pace in Kaski (ht 19/07/2017)
EC
may
extend voter-registration deadline: Poll panel likely to
allow out-district registration as well, by Arjun
Poudel (ht 18/07/2017)
Fringe
parties take strong exception to proposal to retain 240
units (rep 18/07/2017)
Why
CPN-MC Had A Poor Performance, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 17/07/2017)
Morang
voter
education campaign ineffective (ht 17/07/2017), EC begins
nationwide voter registration campaign (rep
17/07/2017), EC
re-urges PM to clear legal, administrative hurdles
without further delay (rep 17/07/2017)
PM
asks
EC to gear up for state, fed polls: Promises
Constituency Delimitation Commission ‘within a week or
two’ (kp 17/07/2017)
Provincial,
national
polls: Revised bills could affect women’s representation,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/07/2017)
Six
parties
registered with EC (kp 16/07/2017)
EC
pressed
for wider voter listing (kp 15/07/2017), Elected
representatives yet to submit their expenditure detail,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 15/07/2017), 396
candidates of Rasuwa yet to submit election expenditure,
by Bhagwati Lama (rep 15/07/2017), Concerns
over upcoming polls as govt misses EC's deadline
(rep 15/07/2017)
Why UML
Won Local Elections, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
14/07/2017), Nepali
Congress
to hear from Province 2 leaders ahead of polls: Party to
assess its position in the eight Tarai districts to
devise a strategy for the third phase of local polls
(kp 14/07/2017)
Parties
call
for extending voter roll update duration: Seek at least
a month, saying 15-day window not enough; As per the EC
calendar, people can register their names, correct
mistakes on the existing list and remove double
registration from July 16-30 (kp 13/07/2017)
Election
expenditure
details sought from parties, candidates: Political
parties, candidates and elected representatives have to
furnish details of poll expenses in 30 days (ht
13/07/2017), 1,178
candidates
forfeit deposit after failing to secure 10 pc votes
(ht 13/07/2017)
Election
bills:
Candidates to be barred from race in more than one
constituency (kp 12/07/2017), 334
candidates
lose security deposit (ht 12/07/2017), UML
gives
relief materials to flood victims in Rajbiraj (ht
12/07/2017)
CDC
delay
likely to hit poll cycle: EC seeks constituency
delimitation report by the end of this month, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 11/07/2017), Delayed
polls
to hinder dev works in Province 2,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
11/07/2017), Bharatpur
ballot
case: Hearing deferred for third time; To be heard on
July 17 (kp 11/07/2017) [Political
reasons??], EC
takes
action against poll observers (ht 11/07/2017), Temporary
police
of Province 2 sent off before phase III polls (ht
11/07/2017), 21
pc
votes invalid in Biratnagar Metropolitan City (ht
11/07/2017)
Two
election
related laws forwarded to Cabinet (kp 10/07/2017), EC
set
to update voters’ list from mid-July, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 10/07/2017), Voter
registration
for provincial, central parliamentary elections to begin
from July 16 (ht 10/07/2017), Unconvincing:
The
EC should reconsider its decision and allow the citizens
to register their names in the voters roll from a
convenient place (ht 12/07/2017)
Nepali
Congress
asserts supremacy in Biratnagar (kp 10/07/2017), RJP-N
not
to get election symbol of its choice (kp
10/07/2017), EC
refuses to provide new election symbol to RJPN (rep
10/07/2017), Endangered
Baramu
folk win 14 seats (kp 10/07/2017), 11
parties
in registration process for upcoming elections (kp
10/07/2017), Frequent
poll
deferrals cost Rs 4 billion, by Bhadra Sharma (rep
10/07/2017)
Hearing
on
Bharatpur ballot row on Monday (kp 08/07/2017), EC
keen
to use EVMs in upcoming polls (ht 08/07/2017), Nripa
Bahadur Od: The first dalit mayor of a sub-metropolis,
by Dil Bahadur Chhantyal (rep 09/07/2017), Ex-teachers
elected
in various posts in rural municipalities (rep
09/07/2017)
UML
makes
most of elections, leaves NC to lick its wounds: Party
managed to sell its agenda well even in Tarai districts,
say experts, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/07/2017),
Election
results
of Dharan Sub-metropolis likely in a week (ht
07/07/2017), Election
fervor returns as RJPN mulling to register party, by
Ritesh Tripathi (rep 07/07/2017), Former
MPs soundly defeated in mayoral races, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 07/07/2017), Big
parties lose traditional strongholds in Jhapa, by
Raju Adhikari (rep 07/07/2017)
Not
disappointed
with poll results: Bibeksheel, Sajha: Parties admit lack
of organisational base (kp 06/07/2017), Uncertainty
persists
over stalled vote count in Dharan (kp 06/07/2017), The
long
road: The dominance of major parties might bring some
political stability, but it has its pitfalls (kp
06/07/2017), Election
results
of 13 local units in Morang declared; NC takes lead
(ht 06/07/2017), 358
forfeit
poll security deposit in Dhankuta (ht 06/07/2017), 15
per
cent votes invalid in Biratnagar (ht 06/07/2017), Flood
victims untouched by election excitement, by Sher
Bahadur KC (rep 06/07/2017), RJPN
candidate wins elections, by Kiran Man Bajracharya
(rep 06/07/2017), Internal
feuds cost parties their traditional strongholds, by
Bhim Chapagain (rep 06/07/2017)
EC
wants
poll dates by first week of August (kp 05/07/2017),
EC
asks
govt to give laws and fix polls date (ht 05/07/2017)
20
per
cent votes cast in KMC invalid (ht 05/07/2017) [Such percentage calls the local
elections into question!!]
Independent
candidate
wins mayoral race (kp 05/07/2017), RPP’s
Rana
elected mayor of Nepalgunj (ht 05/07/2017), When
luck
comes into play in elections (ht 05/07/2017) [Elections must not be a lottery!
There should be a run-off ballot in such cases!],
CPN-Maoist
Centre
wins Bhajani, Kailali (ht 05/07/2017),
UML
internal rifts lose it stronghold to NC, by Ajit
Tiwari (rep 05/07/2017), CPN-UML
bites dust in its own strongholds, by Ajit Tiwari
(rep), Parties
losing traditional strongholds in Province 5, 7, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 05/07/2017), Strike
affects normal life in Rolpa, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
05/07/2017)
Preferred
Political Forces, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
05/07/2017)
What The
Local Elections Say, by Prem Khatry (rn 04/07/2017),
Fringe
parties
limited to handful wins (kp 04/07/2017), Muslim
woman
elected vice-chair (kp 04/07/2017), UML
wins
Ghorahi Sub-metropolis (ht 04/07/2017), Independent
candidates
faring badly in Biratnagar Metropolis (ht
04/07/2017), Parties
file
complaint seeking re-poll (ht 04/07/2017), 85
forfeit
poll security deposit (ht 04/07/2017), Nationalist
stand,
weak NC leadership helped UML in polls, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 04/07/2017), Gachchhadar,
Yadav
maintain influence in their regions, by Amar Khadka
(rep 04/07/2017), Poll
results
bring joy to some and tears to others, by Sher
Bahadur KC (rep 04/07/2017)
EC
forms
panel to complete all polls by Nov-end (ht
03/07/2017)
EC again
proposes buying EVMs: This time from India, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 03/07/2017)
Third-phase
elections:
Too many invalid votes, by Birendra P. Mishra (ht 03/07/2017)
Congress
‘weakened’
in Deuba’s home district, by DR Panta and Mohan
Budhair (kp 03/07/2017), UML
wins
most hill districts of Province 1 (ht 03/07/2017), Dhangadi
Sub-metropolis
records very high number of invalid votes, by
Tekendra Deuba (ht 03/07/2017), Small margins making all
the difference (ht 03/07/2017), Vote
count
too slow in Biratnagar Metropolis (ht 03/07/2017), Four
Dadeldhura
journos win top civic posts (ht 03/07/2017), UML
buoyed, NC-Maoists upset with poll results, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 03/07/2017), Is
Maoist Center bound to confine to rural areas?, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 03/07/2017), UML
wins in all 7 local units of Dhankuta, by Siddha Raj
Rai (rep 03/07/2017), Other
parties making in-roads into Maoist stronghold Rolpa,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 03/07/2017), Mother
defeats
daughter in elections (rep 03/07/2017), NC
wins in CPN-UML stronghold Rampur, by Himal Lamsal
(rep 03/07/2017)
Parliament
and
Provincial Assembly elections not possible in single
phase: CEC Yadav (ht 02/07/2017)
2nd Phase
Of Local Poll: People Dump Extremist Forces, by Ritu
Raj Subedi (rn 02/07/2017)
UML
maintains
lead in sub-metropolises: NC ahead in Biratnagar,
Rastriya Prajatantra Party in Nepalgunj (kp
02/07/2017), Nepali
Congress
leading poll race in Province 7 (ht 02/07/2017), CPN-MC
ahead
in Province 5 (ht 02/07/2017), CPN-UML
wins
in 25 local levels in Province 1 (ht 02/07/2017), 105
votes
invalid, woman loses by 5, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
02/07/2017), Sluggish
pace
of vote counting in Dhangadi Sub-Metropolis irks
residents (ht 02/07/2017), Is
UML emerging as largest party in local poll? (rep
02/07/2017), Polls
performance of fringe parties continue to go from bad to
worse (rep 02/07/2017), Madhesi
Janaadhikar Forum dominant in Tikapur: Tharus' vote
dominant in Tikapur, by Yogesh Rawal (rep
02/07/2017), Biratnagar's
electoral alliances in crisis, by Ajit Tiwari (rep
02/07/2017), EC
to accept only ballots sealed in ballot boxes: Vote
counting has been affected at some local units due to
differences among parties (rep 02/07/2017), Voters
not ready to change their mindset, by Rohit Rai (rep
02/07/2017)
EC
proposes
holding all elections by Nov 23 (kp 01/07/2017),
EC
moots deadlines for provincial, central polls, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 91/07/2017), Hold
provincial,
parliamentary polls before December: EC (ht
01/07/2017), Parliament
and
Provincial Assembly elections not possible in single
phase: CEC Yadav (ht 01/07/2017)
UML,
NC
in tight race, Maoists distant third: The main
opposition is ahead in Provinces 1 and 5 while the
NC is better placed in Province 7 (kp
01/07/2017), Will
major
forces win west Tarai? Regional parties trail in early
race, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 01/07/2017), UML
wins
in three local levels in Province 1 (ht 01/07/2017),
CPN-MC
clean
sweeps civic polls in Rukum (ht 01/07/2017), Nepali
Congress
ahead in Province 7 (ht 01/07/2017), UML
registers victory in Deuba's home district, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 01/07/2017))
Women
voters
outnumber men: High turnout brings grim fact into focus:
Male migration to different countries in search of work
(kp 30/06/2017), Second
phase
local polls: Early results put UML and NC in close
contest (kp 30/06/2017), Counting
begins
in 307 local levels; CPN-UML leading in most (ht), NC
alleges
‘booth capture’ (kp 30/06/2017), NC-Maoist
electoral alliance again demands re-poll, by Ram
Bahadur Kunwar (rep 30/06/2017), Three
injured
in Bajhang clash: The Maoist Centre threatens to
obstruct the vote count if the arrested party cadres are
not freed immediately (kp 30/06/2017) [Crimes
are not punishable if they are committed by party
cadres??], Phase
II
civic poll results coming in (ht 30/06/2017), Peaceful
polls:
The two phases of local elections have proved the fact
that the people want peace, stability and prosperity
through periodic elections (ht 30/06/2017), Early
vote
count spells tight race between NC, UML: CPN (Maoist
Center) stands third, other fringe parties lead in some
seat (rep 30/06/2017), All
eyes on Biratnagar poll: Vote counting delayed for five
hours, by Ajit Tirai (rep 30/06/2017), by
Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 30/06/2017), Voting
in
the rain, by Neel Kantha Uprety (nt 30/06/2017), 2
down, 1 to go (nt 30/06/2017), Getting
to
the other side: Despite lack of conviction that local
elections will improve lives, people cross swollen
rivers to vote, by Gopal Gartaula (nt 30/06/2017)
Phase
II
polls see 70.5pc voter turnout: People brave rains in
some parts of the country to reach polling centres to
cast votes;EC says voting concluded peacefully with no
untoward incidents in any of the provinces , by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/06/2017), 70.5 pc
voter turnout in phase 2 local polls (rep
29/06/2017), Observers
say
voting ‘highly encouraging and peaceful’: The NHRC has
drawn authorities’ attention to poll timing given the
difficulties faced by voters due to rains (kp
29/06/2017), Up
to 80 percent voter turnout in Madhesi constituencies,
by Sher Bahadur KC and Kiranman Bajracharya (rep
29/06/2017), Poll
deferral disappoints locals of Province 2, by Mahesh
Kumar Das (rep 29/06/2017),
Poll
lessons:
Election success should encourage major parties to
engage with RJP-N (kp 29/06/2017),
Tingla
villagers
refuse to cast vote (kp 29/06/2017), Pressure
mounts
on RJP-N; all eyes on 3rd phase now (kp 29/06/2017),
Thawang
locals
participate in polls with enthusiasm, by Kashiram
Dangi (kp 29/06/2017), Four
fake
voters held in Dhankuta (ht 29/06/2017), Voters
brave weather, defy threats (rep 29/06/2017), First-time
voters enthusiastically participated in local elections
(rep 29/06/2017), 4
elderly die at polling centers (rep 29/06/2017)
Head
constable
saves hundreds from fatal bomb explosion (ht
29/06/2017), Policeman
risks his own life to save voters from bomb explosion,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 29/06/2017), Bomb
terror in various districts on Election Day (rep
29/06/2017)
Parties
used
853 children during Phase I polls: CCWB (kp
28/06/2017)
EC
submits
torn ballots to court: Hearing set for July 7 (kp
28/06/2017)
Anti-poll
parties playing double roles (rep 28/06/2017)
LDOs
asked
to Determine size of DCCs (kp 27/06/2017)
Clashes,
blasts
raise security concerns: Such incidents could result in
low voter turnout during polls: Experts (kp
27/06/2017), Light
to
moderate rains expected on voting day (kp
27/06/2017), EC
‘not
acting tough’ on election code violators (kp
27/06/2017), 250,000
leave
Valley for vote (kp 27/06/2017), Surge
in
outbound traffic from capital (ht 27/06/2017), United
States,
UK appeal for peaceful polls (kp 27/06/2017), Poll
officials
to accept govt IDs from voters (kp 27/06/2017), Observers
charge
EC lost its independence (kp 27/06/2017), Voter
education
‘ineffective’ in Siddharthanagar, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp 27/06/2017), IED
detonated
at house of UML candidate (kp 27/06/2017), EC
urges
govt to discipline Mainali (ht 27/06/2017), Security
stepped
up in Province 7: One bomb disposal team has been
deployed a every local level (ht 27/06/2017), 10,630
yet
to receive voters’ ID in Morang (ht 27/06/2017), EC to
tighten preventive measures against ballot tearing,
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 27/06/2017), Thin
security presence spawns worry in Dang during polls,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 27/06/2017), Nepalgunj
voters
want haphazard development to stop, by Roshan Sedhai
(rep 27/06/2017)
Is UML
Reconsidering Its Position?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
26/06/2017)
No
measures
to reduce invalid votes: Observers (kp 26/06/2017),
Only
fresh
voter ID cards to be accepted: Those issued during 2013
CA polls, citizenship cards, passports, driving licences
or land certificates won’t work unless the EC decides
otherwise (kp 26/06/2017), Three
missions
permitted to watch polls (kp 26/06/2017), Silence
period
on (kp 26/06/2017), 7
injured in explosion during Maoist Centre’s election
rally (kp 26/06/2017), Migrant
workers
returning home for elections, by Khagendra Awasthi
(kp 26/06/2017), Prez
approves
Army mobilisation for second phase of local polls
(ht 26/06/2017), Code
of
conduct violations rife in Bajura (ht 26/06/2017), Big
parties fooling voters with conflicting promises
(rep 26/06/2017), Ex-Kamaiyas
to vote for candidates who will address their demands,
by Balkrishna Adhikari and Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
26/06/2017), Nepal-India
border closed for elections (rep 26/06/2017), All
parties have their eye on landless voters in Dharan,
by Durga Dulal and Rohit Rai (rep 26/06/2017) [They
will forget this with the closing of the polling
stations!]
Cheated
and
silenced, the voters in the Terai will go to the polls
with a heavy heart, by Anurag Acharya (The Record
25/06/2017)
Minority
groups
flay parties for ignoring them (kp 25/06/2017), Brush
with
controversies may weaken EC’s teeth: Vehicle purchase
plan, call details of staffers among other issues in
question (kp 25/06/2017), Not
against
polls: RJP-N (kp 25/06/2017), Bibeksheel
Party
gunning for 2nd round vote: The party is running for
mayor and deputy mayor in Baitadi, Kailali and
Kanchanpur districts (kp 25/06/2017), 51
election
candidates over 80 years of age (ht 25/06/2017), Madhes-based
parties
likely to give tough fight to Big III in Morang (ht
25/06/2017), 3
communities will decide Nepalgunj poll result, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 25/06/2017), RJPN brass
campaign for party's independent candidates, by Sher
Bahadur KC (rep 25/06/2017), Voter
ID
card distribution begins today (rep 25/06/2017), Tea estate
workers lament 'use and throw' policy of political
parties, by Raju Adhikari (rep 25/06/2017), Leaders
only visit us during elections: Locals (rep
25/06/2017) [!!]
Rejected
blue
ink to be used in vote again (kp 24/06/2017), CEC
Yadav
plays down EC secy’s transfer (ht 24/06/2017), Old
faces competing for mayoral post in Gulmi, by Shiva
Lal Subedi (rep 24/06/2017), Maoist
Center lures voters with sample land ownership
certificates in Dharan, by Rohit Rai (rep
24/06/2017)
Election
To
Education: The failure of the three parties to bring the
RJPN in the election process will definitely pose a
threat to the legitimacy of the elections, by Keshab
Poudel (sp 23/06/2017)
Costly
Election Boycott, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
23/06/2017), No
political
pressure on EC: Yadav (kp 23/06/2017), Mayoral
candidates
vow to rejuvenate Biratnagar, by Madhav Ghimire and
Binod Bhandari (kp 23/06/2017), EC
likely
to bar party reps from touching ballot papers (ht
23/06/2017), 32
Doti
polling centres sensitive (ht 23/06/2017), 66
polling
stations highly sensitive in Kanchanpur, 18 in Palpa
(ht 23/06/2017), NHRC
to
monitor elections in 35 districts on June 28 (ht
23/06/2017), Polling
Together:
Two years after bloody clashes, Tikapur is trying to
bury the past to hold local elections, by Shreejana
Shrestha (nt 23/06/2017), Polls
apart (nt 23/06/2017), Factors
that could sway Butwal city polls, by Roshan Sedhai
and Sher Bahadur KC (rep 23/06/2017), Big
parties woo Tharu voters in Tikapur, by Balkrishna
Adhikari and Yogesh Rawal (rep 23/06/2017)
How
Crazy
Are We?, by Hemang Dixit (sp 23/06/2017)
Local
Polls
ill legitimacy: Although the second phase of local
election is under way, the absence of RJPN, a strong
Madheshi group, will pose a question of legitimacy
(sp 23/06/2017)
EC secy
transferred after row over purchase of cars, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 23/06/2017), Election
commissioners
scramble to defend move (kp 24/06/2017)
Fringe
parties' survival at stake with rise in political
opportunism, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 23/06/2017)
Setting
a
bad precedent: Postponing elections is a terrible habit,
it will weaken Nepal’s democracy, by Damakant Jayshi
(nt 23/06/2017)
The
baffled
voters: Effective voter education programmes are
necessary to reduce the number of invalid ballots,
by Umesh Raj Regmi (kp 23/06/2017)
Second
Round Poll: Success Will Prevail, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 22/06/2017), Achham’s
female
candidates for compulsory girl child education, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 22/06/2017), Central
leaders
busy in election campaigns (kp 22/06/2017), Election
Commission
clueless about number of contestants (ht
22/06/2017), EC
deploys
75 undercover officials for phase II election (ht
22/06/2017), Dalits
of
Bajura village cannot vote freely (ht 22/06/2017)
EC
assigns
election symbols to candidates (kp 21/06/2017), EC
publishes
final list of nominees (ht 21/06/2017), NHRC
to
step up vigilance (kp 21/06/2017), 4
APF AIGs in election security visit (kp 21/06/2017),
7
held for anti-election activities (kp 21/06/2017), SC
directs
EC to produce torn ballot (kp 21/06/2017), SC
asks
EC to submit ‘original decision’ over Bharatpur
re-polling (ht 21/06/2017), SC seeks
torn Bharatpur ballots, other documents (rep
21/06/2017), Communication
unavailable
for 4 remote polling stations in Bajura (ht
21/06/2017), Women
leaders buoyed, eyeing better posts in next elections,
by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 21/06/2017), Over 5,000
women elected in phase one local polls (rep
21/06/2017), Candidates
head into election campaigns carrying flags and symbols
of other parties (rep 21/06/2017)
Is it
ethical for teachers to take to politics? Some 1,000
teachers quit their jobs to contest local polls, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep
21/06/2017)
Election
And Population Dynamics, by Prem Khatry (rn
20/06/2017), 11
elected
unopposed (kp 20/06/2017), Four-day
school
closure for polls (kp 20/06/2017) [Schools
cannot be closed often enough!], Parties
counting
on Muslim voters in Rupandehi and Kapilvastu, by
Madhav Dhungana and Manoj Paidel (kp 20/06/2017), Tingla
residents
boycott election (kp 20/06/2017), Parties
urged
to exercise restraint: EC (ht 20/06/2017), Poll
code
of conduct flouted in Province 7 (ht 20/06/2017), 3,366
nominated
to contest for 685 posts in Jhapa election (ht
20/06/2017), 1,234
candidates
to contest in polls in Panchthar (ht 20/06/2017), Twenty
candidates
contesting in Khotang (ht 20/06/2017), NC,
Maoists join hands to keep UML at bay: Form a poll
alliance in over 70 local units (rep 20/06/2017), Communal
harmony major agenda for Tikapur voters, by Yogesh
Rawal (rep 20/06/2017)
CPN-MC,
FSF-N
tie up for votes in Biratnagar (ht 19/06/2017), Ensure
elections:
The EC will have to do more to ensure that elections are
held and the counting is also done in a free, fair and
impartial manner without any security lapses (ht
19/06/2017), RJPN
attempts to foil candidacy filing in various districts,
by Mahesh Kumar Das and Suresh Yadav (rep 19/06/2017), RJPN
demands release of cadres (rep 19/06/2017), Political
parties violate election laws (rep 19/06/2017), Thawang
finally ready for polls, by Devendra Basnet and
Dinesh Subedi (rep 19/06/2017), We
are caught between the government and RJPN: Locals of
Province-2, by Upendra Yadav (rep 19/06/2017), ‘Phase
III
poll as suggested by agitating forces’ (ht
19/06/2017) [Did they really
suggest it in this way?], No Shift
In Position Fuelling The Fire, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 19/06/2017),
Polls
‘undemocratic’,
say RJP-N leaders, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
19/06/2017), Candidacies
filed
despite protests (kp 19/06/2017),
Sporadic
clashes
in Tarai but candidates unfazed (kp
19/06/2017), UML
cadre
killed in clash with NC in Bajura (ht
19/06/2017), FA
condemns
firing, arrest of protesters (ht
19/06/2017), Doubtful
deferral:
It would be wrong to blame only the RJPN for Province 2
delay. Congress is as responsible, by David Kainee
(rep 19/06/2017)
Nominations
for
June 28 local elections today, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 18/06/2017), Candidates
to
file nomination today (ht 18/06/2017), Refrain
from
using kids for electioneering: EC (ht 18/06/2017), Far-flung
Bajura
villages deprived of voter education (ht 18/06/2017)
Holding
Local Polls Still A Challenge, by Kushal Pokharel
(rn 17/06/2017), Poll
officials,
volunteers return from Province 2 (kp 17/06/2017), EC
lifts
some provisions of election code of conduct in Province
2 (ht 17/06/2017), Polls
leave
villages across Mechi untouched (ht 17/06/2017), RJPN
cadres torch poll materials (rep 17/06/2017)
Nomination
deadline
pushed to Sunday (kp 16/06/2017), Govt
postpones
polls in Province 2: UML objects to the move; RJP-N
unconvinced; Deuba runs risk of repeating history
(kp 16/06/2017), Invalid
ballot:
Candidates teach people how to vote, by Birendra KC
(kp 16/06/2017), Two
former
PLA members in race for top local level posts in Morang
(ht 16/06/2017), CPN-MC
hindering
poll campaigning, allege NC, UML (ht 16/06/2017), The
Third-Phase
Local Election, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
16/06/2017)
Strong
security
in place for polls: Home minister (kp 15/06/2017), EC
concerned
as officials detained (kp 15/06/2017), Remote
Bajura
villagers demand parturition centre in return for votes
(ht 15/06/2017), 15
voting
centres most sensitive in Panchthar (ht 15/06/2017),
Bajhang
women to vote for those pledging to end chhaupadi
(rep 15/06/2017)
Phase
II
poll preparations complete: CEC (ht 14/06/2017), Tea
workers
announce ‘no vote’ agitation (ht 14/06/2017), UML
cadres
injured in Bajura clash (ht 14/06/2017), Teacher
falls
prey to leaders’ promise (ht 14/06/2017), NC
picks
Dalit leader as mayoral candidate (ht 14/06/2017), Security
beefed up across tarai amid RJPN threats (rep
14/06/2017), 42
polling stations marked 'security-sensitive' in Udayapur,
by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep), Birgunj
locals eager to cast votes, by Ram Saran Tamang (rep
14/06/2017)
Technically
included,
practically left out: The number of Dalit candidates for
top jobs in municipal and village councils is near zero
despite commitments for inclusion in the constitution
and party documents, by Bhola Paswan (The Record
13/06/2017)
Candidate
selection
delayed in Province 2, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
13/06/2017), Confusion
reigns
in central Tarai (kp 13/06/2017), UML
not
to back party’s corrupt local reps (kp 13/06/2017),
‘EC
can’t
accept third-phase elections’ (kp 13/06/2017), It’s
all
a ruse: Landless people’s take on polls, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 13/06/2017), NHRC
condemns
poll event disruption (ht 13/06/2017), Election
fever
grips Biratnagar metropolis (ht 13/06/2017), Parties
launch
poll campaign in Jhapa district (ht 13/06/2017), Major
political parties struggling to finalize candidates,
by Santosh Singh (rep 13/06/2017), Bhojpur
wants
capable, competent persons (ht 13/06/2017), RJPN
cadres beat up 3 polling officers, vandalize vehicles
(rep 13/06/2017)
Parties
accused of giving tickets to affluent candidates, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 13/06/2017)
Bibeksheel
set
to field candidates in five districts: Sajha focuses on
party organisation, remains undecided, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 12/06/2017), EC:
Materials
printed in local languages with ‘good intent’ (kp
12/06/2017), ‘Zero
tolerance
against anti-election activities’ (kp 12/06/2017), Apex
court
postpones hearing on Bharatpur ballot count row: Bench
of Justices Bishwombher Prasad Shrestha and Prakash Man
Singh Raut ‘find no time for the case’ (kp
12/06/2017) [??], MTF
submits
details for candidate authorisation (kp 12/06/2017),
EC
fiat
to strictly implement poll conduct code (ht
12/06/2017), FNJ
members
told to resign before filing candidacy for civic polls
(ht 12/06/2017), Candidates
selection
incomplete in Bara (ht 12/06/2017), Parties
yet
to choose poll contestants in Siraha (ht
12/06/2017), Kin
of
poll-clash victim stage mute rally (ht 12/06/2017),
Family,
ethnic ties decisive in tarai polls, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 12/06/2017)
CPN-UML
finalises
Province 1 candidates (kp 11/06/2017), 3
parties field aspirants from a single family (kp
11/06/2017), Poll
body
firm on ensuring code compliance (kp 11/07/2017), 20
candidates
obtained less than 100 votes in Kavre (ht
11/06/2017), Major
parties finalize candidates in Dhankuta, by
Siddharaj Rai (rep 11/06/2017), Parties
barred from distributing symbol-printed materials
(rep 11/06/2017)
EC
gives
RJP-Nepal three days to submit details (kp
10/06/2017), Parties
gearing
up for quick candidate picks , by Tika Ram Pradhan
(kp 10/06/2017), ‘Illegal
arms
a major security threat’ (kp 10/06/2017)
House
amends
Local Level Election Act: Move aimed at bringing
agitating parties on board the election process, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 09/06/2017)
Special
security
plan for polls in Rupandehi, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
08/06/2017)
Over
4,500
temporary cops resign (kp 07/06/2017), Election
offices
stage mock polls, run voter education programme, by
Bedraj Paudel (kp 07/06/2017), Election
fever
grips Bhojpur (ht 07/06/2017)
Question
of
credibility: The Election Commission acting like an
extended wing of the government does not bode well for
democracy, by Achyut Wagle (kp 06/06/2017)
RJP-N
‘ready’
for polls with one of six vote symbols: Election
officials say the demanded symbol - umbrella - cannot be
given to the united party as ballot papers have already
been printed and delivered to the districts, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/06/2017)
EC
to
take diplomats on poll inspection visits (ht
06/06/2017), Election
drives
wedge between siblings (ht 06/06/2017), Preparations
for
polls over in Sunsari (ht 06/06/2017)
First
vote
in rainy season fraught with challenges, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 05/06/2017)
Brothers
become
rival candidates in Baitadi (kp 05/06/2017), Bharatpur
vote
count venue declared prohibited zone (kp
05/06/2017), Writ
petition
against EC’s decision on Bharatpur vote row: Petitioners
demand annulment of the Election Commission’s decision
and a court order for the EC to resume counting of the
votes in the disputed ward (kp 05/06/2017), SC
stays
EC’s decision to hold re-polling in Bharatpur-19
(hts 05/06/2017), Re-polling
in
bharatpur-19: Apex court stays EC decision; Asks
authorities to maintain status quo until Sunday (kp
06/06/2017)
706
candidates
lose security deposit (ht 05/06/2017)
Educate
voters:
Emphasise on voter education for the upcoming second
phase of local elections, by Reena Chikanbanjar (ht
04/06/2017)
44k
police
deployed in the East for poll security (kp
04/06/2017)
Mother,
daughter
NC’s deputy mayor candidates in Jhapa (kp
03/06/2017), NA
mobilised
to ensure security ahead of polls (ht 03/06/2017), Locals
concerned
as parties flout poll code of conduct in Panchthar
(ht 03/06/2017), Children
being
used for poll campaigning (ht 03/06/2017)
Bharatpur
vote
counting fiasco: 90 ballot papers found torn, 70pc in
shreds, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 02/06/2017), EC
undecided how to resolve ballot-tearing row (rep
02/06/2017), Political
parties
violating election code in Morang (ht 02/06/2017), Poll
date
change elates Muslims (ht 02/06/2017), Candidates
yet
to submit expense details (ht 02/06/2017), PM
election
boils down to EC decision on Bharatpur incident, by
Tika R. Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp 03/06/2017), Bharatpur
Scam Spoils Prachanda’s Image, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn 04/06/2017)
RJP-N
viewed
as strong contender in the plains, by Aman Koirala
(kp 02/06/2017)
Local
concerns: Some analysts believe it will be tough to hold
elections in the Tarai belt without first amending the
constitution, by Biswas Baral (rep 02/06/2017)
Bharatpur
vote
counting fiasco: EC panel fails to throw enough light on
incident, by Prithvi Man Shrestha and Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 01/06/2017), EC
seeks
number of ballot papers torn (ht 01/06/2017),
Parties
gearing
up for elections in Biratnagar (ht 01/06/2017), Polls
rescheduled for June 28: Kune 16 is candidacy nomination
day (rep 01/6/2017), Repeated
deferrals annoys voters, candidates, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 01/06/2017), Rainfalls
may
affect elections during monsoon, by Ram Saran Tamang
(rep 01/06/2017)
Phase
II
local polls to be held on June 28: The government says
the decision to reschedule polls was taken after members
of the Muslim community drew its attention to the
Ramadan festival they are observing (kp 31/05/2017),
Govt
registers
bill to amend local poll law (kp 31/05/2017,
RJP-N
fallen
between two stools? Differences within the party
stalling decision on its participation in local
elections: Some leaders within the RJP-N are for finding
‘a political way out’ and going to polls while others
say participating in the polls without government
addressing their demands would mean losing face with the
constituencies, by Anil Giri (kp 31/05/2017), RJP-N
cadres
clash with police, four injured: The clash ensued when
police intervened as the RJP-N supporters were trying to
padlock the office of Chief Election Officer (kp
31/05/2017)
More
than
150,000 personnel to be deployed for poll security
(kp 31/05/2017), Widow
and
kids of slain Tamang seek protection, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 31/05/2017), Re-election
unacceptable,
says main opposition (ht 31/05/2017), UML
threatens protest if Bharatpur goes for re-polls
(rep 31/05/2017), Nine
journos
in election fray in Dang (ht 31/05/2017), Investigation
panel
returns from Chitwan (ht 31/05/2017), Quitting
job paid off only for eight, by Anil Bhandari (rep
31/05/2017)
Phase
II
local elections rescheduled for June 23 (kp
30/05/2017), Govt
puts off phase 2 local polls for June 23 (rep
30/05/2017), NDF
seeks
conducive environment for polls (ht 30/05/2017), NC
picks
candidates for Doti, Udayapur (ht 30/05/2017), Vote
counting put off in Bharatpur after Maoists tear ballot
papers, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 30/05/2017), Most
parties fielding Tharu candidates in Kailali rural
municipality (rep 30/05/2017)
Parties
‘ready
to delay polls by about a week’, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 29/05/2017)
UML’s
Shakya
elected Kathmandu mayor (kp 29/05/2017), ‘I’ll
make
Kathmandu a better place to live’, interview Bidhya
Sundar Shakya (kp 29/05/2017), Victory
in
defeat: New parties have proved that their foray into
politics is not only hype (kp), ‘Failing
to
win won’t stop our work’, interview with Ranju
Darshana Neupane (kp 29/05/2017), Sajha
Party
thanks its voters (kp 29/05/2017), EC
gears
up for second phase of local elections (kp
29/05/2017), Myadi
recruits
up in arms against police (kp 29/05/2017), Siraha
engaged
in preparations for local poll (ht 29/05/2017), EC opening
election office in all local units today (rep
29/05/2017)
Second
Phase Election: Fraught With Challenges, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 28/05/2017), 100k
civil
staffers to be on poll duty (kp 28/05/2017), RJP-N
protest
dampens poll spirit in Banke (kp 28/05/2017), Security
in
Bajura to be stepped up (kp 28/05/2017), Four-party
meeting
ends inconclusively: NC leaders ready to delay second
phase of local level elections, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 28/05/2017), Election
should
not be postponed: Oli, by Bhim Ghimire (kp
28/05/2017), Salt,
rice
top voters’ demands in remote Bajhang villages, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 28/05/2017)
Gathabandhan
ups
the ante: Announces protests aimed at foiling June 14
election; The RJP-N says it will not participate in
polls as the government has failed to address its
demands and implement past deals, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 26/05/2017), RJPN
announces to disrupt polls, by Roshan Sedhai (rep
27/05/2017)
SC
stays
govt decision to add local units in Tarai districts
(kp 27/05/2017), SC
stays
addition of local levels in Tarai: Observes such changes
should be made one year before civic polls,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
27/05/2017) [Under this
consideration the whole local elections would be
invalid!!], UML
wins
mayor, news digest deputy mayor seats in Pokhara
Lekhnath (kp 27/05/2017), 11
women
candidates elected to deputy mayoral, vice-chair’s posts
in Dhading (ht 27/05/2017), Mood
in Madhes veering toward election, by Ajit Tiwari
(rep 27/05/2017), Locals
concerned about lack of voters' education, by Raju
Adhikari (27/05/2017)
Election
and
ballot papers: Simple solutions are possible, by
Pramod Raj Pokharel (ht 26/05/2017)
Including
the
excluded: The real winners of the local elections are
not political parties, but women, by Om Astha Rai
(nt 26/05/2017), Federal
feminine
republic of Nepal (nt 26/05/2017), Madam
Mayor, by Kantika Sejuwal (nt 26/05/2017)
Elections
with
added units not possible on June 14, says EC, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/05/2017), Parties
in
Banke ready for polls, save RJP-N (kp 26/05/2017), Voters
of
remote Bajura village demand rice before election,
by Arjun Shah (kp 26/05/2017), Madhes-centric
parties
welcome govt decision to increase local units (kp
26/05/2017), Quake
victims
hope elected reps will help them get grant (ht
26/05/2017), Election
activities
intensify in Dang (ht 26/05/2017), 13934
representatives elected in 278 local units (rep
26/05/2017)
Unprincipled
Hobnobbing
In Local Polls, by Mukti Rijal (rn 25/05/2017), Gearing
Up For Second Phase Local Poll, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 25/05/2017), Police
blamed
for candidate’s death in Malkot firing (kp
25/05/2017), Security
beefed
up for second phase of local level elections (ht
25/05/2017), Musahar
community
deprived of voter education (ht 25/05/2017), Results
still awaited three cities, two other units (rep
25/05/2017), Major
political parties facing hard time choosing candidates
(rep 25/05/2017)
Polls
on
June 14 with added local units difficult, says EC:
According to EC officials, PM Dahal has sought to know
whether postponing elections could be an option to bring
agitating forces on board the poll process, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 25/05/2017), EC
tells
PM second phase polls not possible if local bodies
increase (ht 25/05/2017), EC rules
out polls in 22 newly-created local units: Dahal
proposes defering second round polls to accomodate new
units, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 25/05/2017)
Bar
Afghanistan, Nepal has perhaps the slowest vote counting
process, interview with Neel Kantha Uprety (rep
25/05/2017)
Campaign
to
educate voters yet to reach villages (kp
24/05/2017), Aspirant
candidate
spends Rs 1.5m to open 6km track, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 24/05/2017), Parties
at
pains to select candidates (ht 24/05/2017), NC
selects
candidates in rural municipalities (ht 24/05/2017),
EC
takes flak for not enforcing code, credibility
questioned (rep 24/05/2017), Preparations
in
full swing for phase II local polls, by Binod Subedi
(rep 24/05/2017), Locals
of
Rolpa eager to cast votes, by Dinesh Subedi (rep
24/05/2017), Parties
set to adopt failed alliance strategy again, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 24/05/2017)
Congress
Can Bounce Back, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 24/05/2017)
Vote
count
resumes in Pokhara Lekhnath (kp 23/05/2017),
UML
wins
mayor, NC deputy mayor in Madhyapur Thimi (ht
23/05/2017), Madhes
moves into election mode, by Suresh Yadav (rep
23/05/2017), Party-switching
worked for many but didn't for some, by Dhruba
Dangal (rep 23/06/2017), Maoists
still remain influential in 'war-era' bases, by
Devendra Basnet and Ganesh BK (rep 23/05/2017)
12
Tarai
districts to get 22 more local units: Cabinet decides to
upgrade Birgunj and Biratnagar as metropolitan cities
(kp 23/05/2017), Cabinet
adds
22 local levels in Tarai (ht 23/05/2017),
Govt
forms 22 more local units in Tarai districts: EC says it
will now be 'quite difficult' to conduct second round
local polls on June 14, by Bhadra Sharma and Gyan P.
Neupane (rep 23/05/2017), Decision
to
increase number of local units puts EC in a fix: The EC
says it cannot make any comment as it is yet to receive
information about the government decision of increasing
22 local units in 12 Tarai districts, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/05/2017), Local
unit
addition affects poll preparations, says CEC Yadav:
Chief commissioners says preparing new voter lists and
managing logistics in the new local units are
challenging tasks (kp 24/05/2017), Phase
II
polls as scheduled: CEC (ht 24/05/2017),
New
local
federal units: UML accuses govt of gerrymandering; Oli
says the decision should not have been made taking cues
from the results of the first-phase polls, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 24/05/2017), UML
takes
serious exception to govt decision (ht 24/05/2017),
EC
'totally unaware' of decision on 22 new local units
(rep 24/05/2017)
Towards
tech-friendly
polls: The chaos of the elections reflected the nature
of our society, where planning and order have never been
a priority, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 23/05/2017), Sheer
underrepresentation:
Electing a familiar person to represent the locals is
almost impossible under the new structure, by Achyut
Wagle (kp 23/05/2017)
Maoist
Center Shaken To Roots, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
22/05/2017), Maoist
Center fails to impress urban voters, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 22/05/2017), Parties
other
than UML boycott counting in Pokhara (ht
22/05/2017), Election
activities
intensifiy in Province 7 (ht 22/05/2017), Parties
preparing
for second phase of polls in Morang (ht 22/05/2017),
EC
rejects PM's request to increase local units: The
election body has also refused to give umbrella as the
election symbol to the newly-formed Rastriya Janata
Party Nepal as demanded by its leaders (rep
22/05/2017), Madhesi
parties in bid for poll alliance (rep 22/05/2017), Parties in
final phase to select candidates for second round polls,
by Ajit Tiwari (rep 22/05/2017), Poll
observer
urges enhanced voter education (rep 22/05/2017)
Local
Elections Voters Punish Flip-floppers, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 21/05/2017), EC,
ministry
review security situation for Phase II vote: Potential
election boycott by RJPN, activities of CPN and open
border with India among the security threats, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 21/05/2017). Vote
counting
in Bharatpur resumes after 16-hour halt, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 21/05/2017), Changu
vote
counting centre sealed (kp 21/05/2017), General
strike
hits life in Rasuwa after Khukuri attack (kp
21/0572017), Election
preparations
begin in eastern region (kp 21/05/2017), Not
over
yet: Election Commission can do a better job during the
second phase of local elections, by Khagendra N.
Sharma (kp 21/05/2017), UML
leading
with NC not far behind (ht 21/05/2017), Certificate
seized
three days after being sworn in as ward chairperson
(ht 21/05/2017)
Early
Indications Of Local Polls, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
20/05/2017)
Election
Commission
to change stamp colour for Phase II polls (ht
20/05/2017)
Hubby
elected
ward chairman, wife deputy mayor of Rukum (ht
20/05/2017), CPN-UML
leading
in vote count on Day V (ht 20/05/2017), UML
maintains tiny lead as vote-count nears completion
(rep 20/05/2017), Maoists
in blame game after KMC losses, by Gyan P. Neupane
(rep 20/05/2017), Five
women mayor and deputy mayors to lead Syangja towns,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 20/05/2017), Man
beaten
almost to death during conflict becomes Gorkha's mayor,
by Narahari Sapkota (rep 20/05/2017), Women
who made it to major local unit posts, by Pooja
Chauhan (rep 20/05/2017)
As
results
trickle in, NC admits its shortcomings (kp
19/05/2017), Chepangs
elected
ward chairmen (kp 19/05/2017), UML
leading
with NC close behind in vote count (ht 19/05/2017),
CPN-MC
sweeps
polls in Rukum (ht 19/05/2017), Vote
counting in hills excites tarai folks, by Ritesh
Tripathi (ht 19/05/2017), Maoists
lose influence in Gorkha, by Narahari Sapkota (rep
19/05/2017), Results
declared for two-thirds local units (rep
19/05/2017), Political
Parties
And First-Phase Local Elections, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 19/05/2017)
E-voting,
anyone?
What we need right now is a healthy debate on voting
system, by Saugat Gautam (rep 18/05/2017)
Poll
observers
point to lack of voter education: Huge ballot papers,
dozens of electoral symbols and inadequate awareness
programmes could lead to high number of invalid votes
(kp 18/05/2017), Report
stresses
need for effective voter education (ht 18/05/2017),
CEC says counting will be completed in a week (kp
18/05/217), More
desks
set up to speed up vote counting (ht 18/05/2017), Women
win
village seats, by Narayan Sharma (kp 18/05/2017), UML
calls
for probe into poll violence: Says second phase
elections should be held under current structure (kp
18/05/2017), UML,
Congress
pitted in tough electoral battle (ht 18/05/2017), More
results
of local level election on Day III (ht 18/05/2017),
Congress,
UML neck and neck on Day 3 of vote count (rep
18/05/2017), Only
one woman elected mayor so far, by Kalendra Sejuwal
(rep 18/05/2017), Local
election seen as harbinger of inclusiveness (rep
18/05/2017) [??], 'Ill-timed'
second
phase polls less exciting for Muslims, by Binod
Subedi (rep 18/05/2017), RPP
seemingly headed for a stinging defeat, by Gyan P.
Neupane (rep 18/05/2017) [This
anti-inclusive Hindu fundamentalist party should see it
as the referendum it has been asking for!!!]
The
election
effect: One hopes the dysfunction that became so
apparent with the all-party mechanisms after 2007 will
stop after these elections, by Deepak Thapa (kp
18/05/2017)
All Eyes
On Second Phase Poll, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
18/05/2017), Palpa,
Jhapa
prepare for JUNE 14 elections (kp 18/05/2017)
Vote
counting
tedious, time-consuming affair: It may take weeks for
results to be out if enumerators keep at current pace
(kp 17/05/2017), Slow
counting leaves voters disappointed, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 17/05/2017), Correct
it:
Adequate counting units should be added to finish
counting even in the metropolitan cities within a week
at the latest (ht 17/05/2017),
Vote
counting
to speed up (ht 17/05/2017), Early
counts
show high vote wastage, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
17/05/2017) [!!!], Poor
voter
education blamed for high number of void votes, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 17/05/2017), Local
polls bring promising signs of social change, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep), Namobuddha,
Dhulikhel
re-election today (kp 17/05/2017), Keys
to
ballot boxes ‘go missing’ from inside court building
(kp 17/05/2017), Ex-Maoist
fighters
win in Rukum village, by Hari Gautam (kp
17/05/2017), UML
front-runner
even on Day Two: Kathmandu Metropolitan City results
unlikely before one week, states Election Commission
(ht 17/05/2017), Local
level
election results so far (ht 17/05/2017), Early
vote count shows big 3 leading pack (rep
17/05/2017), NC,
UML win 12 wards each in Makawanpur, by Ashok
Shrijan Shrestha (rep 17/05/2017), New
parties put in 'unexpected performance', by Roshan
Sedhai (rep 17/05/2017), Manang
drops consensus way, by Santosh Pokharel (rep), Representatives
who stand out (rep 17/05/2017), NC’s
memo
against killing of its cadre (ht 17/05/2017), Lessons
From Local Polls, by Shyam KC (rn
17/05/2017), A
Victory For Democracy, Nation, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 17/05/2017), New
Delhi
changes tack, assumes ‘neutral position’: Observers say
India has softened stance on Nepal’s constitution and is
encouraging Madhes-based forces to take part in polls,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 17/05/2017), US
seeks
int’l observers’ access to June 14 polls (kp
17/05/2017)
Legal
vacuum for elected representatives to start work
(rep 16/05/2017)
Complicated
ballot
paper,
poor voter's education and inks blamed for slow vote
counting, by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 16/05/2017)
UML,
NC
ahead in Manang and Mustang districts (kp
16/05/2017), Malkot
clash:
RPP candidate succumbs to bullet injuries (kp
16/05/2017), Family
members of victim shot by APF seeking justice, by
Madhusudan Guragain (rep 16/05/2017),
Large
number
of youngsters participate in Chitwan polls (kp
16/05/2017), Valley
residents
complain of tardy pace of vote counting, by Rupesh
Acharya (kp 16/05/2017), Painstakingly
slow vote-counting a new challenge for EC, by Gyan
P. Neupane (rep 16/05/2017), 18
hours to count just 2,000 votes in Lalitpur (rep
16/05/2017), EC
to provide more staff (rep 16/05/2017), An
anxious wait for election results, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 16/05/2017), UML
leads
vote count, NC follows (ht 16/05/2017), Thapa,
Darshana catch poll limelight (rep 16/05/2017), Elections
re-scheduled (rep 16/05/2017), First
Phase
Local Elections of 2017, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
16/05/2017)
Infrastructure,
clean
environment remain a powerful appeal to voters, by
Anup Ojha and Manish Gautam (kp 15/05/2017), More
parties
turning to social media to swing opinions, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 15/05/2017), First
time
voters prefer good candidates over party links, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 15/05/2017), Those
who didn’t vote: Daily wage laborers say earning evening
meal a higher priority, by Ram Saran Tamang (kp
15/05/2017)
Nation
holds
local polls in 20 yrs: First round of election
successful with more than 73 percent turnout: EC, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 15/05/2017),
73% voter
turnout in historic local polls, by Bhadra Sharma
(rep 15/05/2017),
First
phase
of civic polls witnesses enthusiastic participation,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 15/05/2017),
Ballot
papers
‘confusing’ (kp 15/05/2017),
Large
ballot paper confuses voters, by Gyan P. Neupane
(rep 15/05/2017),
Election
cancelled
in three centres; one killed (kp
15/05/2017), APF
accused
of killing youth in Kavre: Protest over murder disrupts
polling in Namobuddha (ht
15/05/2017), Dhading
CPN-UML
cadre beaten to death (ht 15/05/2017), Nawalparasi’s
ballot
paper used at Nagarkot (kp
15/05/2017), UML
for
re-polling over ‘code violation’ (kp
15/05/2017), Periodic
polls:
After the success of first phase of local polls,
challenge now is to ensure the second one (kp
15/05/2017), Local
polls
at last: Voters were more enthusiastic as the new
constitution has given more power and authority to the
elected representatives at the local level (ht
15/05/2017)
Local
representatives to enjoy executive, legislative and
judicial powers, by Ashok Dahal (rep 15/05/2017) [This not only means rights but also
duties!!!]
Nearly
100
pc turnout in Gorkha polling centre (ht 15/05/2017)
Go
vote
for democracy (kp 14/05/2017), First
phase
of local elections today, by Rupesh Acharya (ht
14/05/2017), All
set
for polls: Voters will, for the first time under the new
constitution, instate elected representatives in village
and municipal councils which will have more powers and
budget (kp 14/05/2017), ‘Fully
prepared
to hold first phase of local polls today’, interview
with Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav (kp
14/05/2017), Quake-displaced
return
to cast vote, by Anish Tiwari (kp 14/05/2017)
High
number
of null votes possible in Ramechhap (ht 14/05/2017)
Health
Minister
Thapa escapes possible scuffle with UML cadres (kp
14/05/2017)
Citizenship,
passport,
driving licence can be used to vote: EC; Poll body,
however, says names should be on voter list, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/05/2017), Voters’
ordeal
to find their identity cards: Many who voted during last
CA polls complain of being delisted (kp 13/05/2017)
Raute
demand voting rights, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
13/05/2017)
Know
your
vote (kp 13/05/2017)
On eve of
polls, govt doles out Rs 150m to Kailali incident
victims (rep 13/05/2017) [??]
EC
warns
against poll campaigning (ht 13/05/2017)
Two days
to collect ballot boxes in upper Gorkha, by Santosh
Pokharel and Narahari Sapkota (rep 13/05/2017)
Election
Commission prohibits vehicular movement on election day
(rep 13/05/2017)
1k
voters
returning from India daily (kp 13/05/2017), Outflow
of
people leaving Valley to cast vote up (ht
13/05/2017)
Cylinder
bomb
goes off in Bhaktapur (kp 13/05/2017), IEDs
found
outside two candidates’ homes (kp 13/05/2017)
Nerve
centre:
With over 100,000 security personnel being deployed for
the local level elections, the election security cell
will serve as the hub, by Manish Gautam (kp
13/05/2017)
Senior
politicians, ministers not to cast their votes in phase
I polls (rep 13/05/2017)
Double
symbol
confuses voters, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
12/05/2017), Voters
find
ballot papers confusing (kp 12/05/2017)
Dozens
of
Nepalis stranded after Rasuwa border closure (kp
12/05/2017)
Grassroots
democracy (nt 12/05/2017), Trial
and
error democracy: Nepal is experimenting with radical
decentralisation in local elections, and does not have
the luxury of failing, by Om Astha Rai (nt
12/05/2017)
EC all set
to conduct phase one local polls (rep 12/05/2017)
Security
upped
for Sunday’s vote (kp 12/05/2017), 41
youths
arrested (ht 12/05/2017), Police
tighten
security to prevent poll violence (ht 12/05/2017), NHRC
casts
doubts (ht 12/05/2017)
Three
disable-friendly polling centers in Nuwakot and Rasuwa,
by Bhagwati Lama (rep 12/05/2017) [All
polling centres should have such provisions!]
Youths
demand employment, elderly people seek allowance, by
Janak KC (rep 12/05/2017)
Parties
found
using children in campaigns, by Anish Tiwari (kp
12/05/2017), Rights
group
concerned over use of schools, kids (kp 12/05/2017)
Journos
urged
to abide by election code of conduct (ht 12/05/2017)
Vehicles
to
stay off roads on Sunday (ht 12/05/2017), NTB
to
open shuttle service from Tribhuvan Int’l Airport on
election day (kp 12/05/2017) [And
what about travellers who are not going to stay in
five-star hotels???]
Poll
paraphernalia
ramp up small traders’ business (kp 12/05/2017)
Local
elections not a priority for foreign media (rep
12/05/2017)
The call
of the ballot box (rep 12/05/2017)
It’s
party
time on the internet: … but still doubtful if the wave
of digital campaigning in this local election will
translate into votes, by Sonia Awale (nt 12/05/2017)
Why social
media won’t change anything: We’re still a masu-bhat,
raksi and ‘dai ko mama ko party’ type of nation and we
tend to vote accordingly, by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep
12/05/2017)
Incidents
of
violence a cause for concern: EC; Political leaders
point finger at each other for cases of violence, clashes
(kp 11/05/2017), UML
activist
killed in clash, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
11/05/2017), Son
of UML candidate killed in clash with Maoists, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 11/05/2017), Violence
in
the time of polls: Govt and security forces need to be
alert, but constructive public engagement is best
policing (kp 11/05/2017), Unidentified
groups
detonate explosive devices in three districts (kp
12/05/2017), Police
alerted
by recent acts of violence, by Manish Gautam (kp
12/05/2017), EC
panel probing deadly Dolakha clash (rep 12/05/2017)
Voters
perplexed as parties forge ‘strange’ electoral alliances
(rep 11/05/2017)
Second
phase
poll date can’t be changed: Yadav (kp 11/05/2017)
EC:
Silence
period to kick in from Thursday midnight (kp
11/05/2017)
Candidates
fail
to impress Sindhupalchok quake victims, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 11/05/2017)
Election
activities
nil in Rautahat (ht 11/05/2017)
Spending
in poll campaign different this time, by Rudra
Pangeni (rep 11/05/2017), Candidates
spending
millions for campaigns, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep
11/05/2017)
Confusion
still
reigns among voters, by Binod Ghimire and Anish
Tiwari (kp 11/05/2017), Many
voters
in Surkhet say they don’t know how to vote, by
Prakash Adhikari (kp 11/05/2017)
EC
lifts
ban on ministers from participating in campaign (kp
11/05/2017)
Temporary
cops
to be deployed in areas other than they come from
(kp 11/05/2017)
People
returning to villages to cast their votes, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 11/05/2017)
Social
media
a strong tool this poll season? Difficult to say it
indeed will have an impact on voters: Experts, by
Binod Ghimre (kp 10/05/2017)
NHRC
concerned
about travel arrangement for elderly, differently abled,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 10/05/2017)
Locals
living
on city fringes ‘unaware’ of voting process (kp
10/05/2017)
Voter
education
drive to continue till poll eve (kp 10/05/2017)
Polls
expenditure ceiling criticized as impractical, by
Santosh Neupane (rep 10/05/2017)
First-time
voters
voice their preferences (ht 10/05/2017)
Biplav’s
party
‘major obstacle’ to polls, by Janak Nepal and
Tularam Pandey (kp 10/05/2017)
NC,
Maoist
Centre supporters clash in Rukum (kp 10/05/2017)
Half
of
polling centres most sensitive: MoHA, by Manish
Gautam (kp 10/05/2017)
Internet
voting:
Viva la revolución: In the age of internet, rather than
voting every five years at a polling booth, we could
vote directly, issue-by-issue, using our smartphones,
by Manish Pokharel and Bimal Pratap Shah (rep
10/05/2017)
Counting
soon
after May 14 polls (kp 09/05/2017)
Dalit
women
candidates face discrimination, by Janak Nepal,
Tularam Pandey and LP Devkota (kp 09/05/2017)
CEC
urges
parties to abide by poll code (kp 09/05/2017), EC
seeks
clarification from UML candidates, CPN-MC’s whip (ht
09/05/2017)
Cops
file
public offence case against 19 CPN M cadres (ht
09/05/2017)
Jumla
youths
prefer yarsa to elections, by LP Devkota (09/05)
‘Chief
Election
Officer hiring trade union members’ (ht 09/05/2017)
Security
department
chiefs inspect Bara voting centres (ht 09/05/2017)
Election
code
of conduct: EC team to keep close vigil (kps
08/05/2017)
Media
Coverage Of Polls, by P. Kharel (rn 08/05/2017)
2
forces to answer EC over motorcycle rally (kp
07/05/2017)
10
embassies
to observe polls in Valley (kp 07/05/2017)
IED
recovered
from NC candidate’s house, 5 held (kp 06/05/2017)
Over
49,000
in fray for May 14 elections (ht 05/05/2017)
SC seeks
govt clarification over voting rights of Nepali migrant
workers (rep 05/05/2017)
Third
gender barred from contesting poll, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 05/05/2017)
Seven
candidates
withdraw nomination in Hetauda (ht 05/05/2017)
Thousand-plus
candidates
vying for 391 posts in Lamjung (ht 05/05/2017)
Dozens
elected
unopposed (kp 04/05/2017), Candidates
elected unopposed in various districts (rep
04/05/2017)
Disabled
worry privacy violation while casting vote, by Pooja
Chauhan (rep 04/05/2017)
EC wants
schools closed for 7 days for May 14 polls (rep
04/05/2017) [Why?]
Major
parties looking to forge electoral alliances (ht
04/05/2017)
It’s
not
done yet: The first-phase nomination has gone very well,
but the second phase still has political hurdles (kp
04/05/2017)
Two-phase
election is problematic, says Bipin Adhikari (rn
04/05/2017) [interview], Polls
Amidst Polemics, by Mukti Rijal (rn 04/05/2017), Local
Polls And Emerging Developments, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 04/05/2017)
Around
44,000
nominations filed for May 14 polls, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 04/05/2017)
In
Kaski,
electoral mood in overdrive (kp 04/05/2017)
Poll
officials
face difficulties to reach Upper Dolpa, by Thakur
Singh Tharu and Bishnu Lal Budha (kp 02/05/2017)
Against
odds, EC sets stage for May 14 polls, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 02/05/2017)
Female
leaders
forced to accept candidacy for second position (ht
02/05/2017)
Voting
centre
location excludes disabled, pregnant women (ht
02/05/2017)
No woman
candidate for major post in Mugu, by Suman Malla
(rep 02/05/2017)
Nominations
for
first phase of local polls today, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/05/2017)
Confusion
looms
over local polls: mpeachment motion against CJ
Karki precipitates a series of events from Nidhi
quitting as home minister to coalition partner RPP-N
considering exit (kp 01/05/2017)
The
election
blunder: National integration is more important than
elections to satisfy the ‘ego’ of certain persons linked
to implementing the constitution in its current form,
by Hari Bansh Jha (rep 01/05/2017)
Sole woman
candidate for local level election in Kalikot (rep
01/05/2017)
Polls:
Parties
hop on youth bandwagon (kp 01/05/2017)
India
to
gift vehicles to EC (kp 01/05/2017)
Election
candidate
injured by bullet shot during police live-fire exercise
(kp 01/05/2017)
Govt
to
mobilise 50,000 Myadi police for second phase of
elections (kp 30/04/2017)
50,000
observers
for local level elections (ht 30/04/2017)
Embassies
seek
EC nod to observe polls outside KTM, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 29/04/2017), Int'l
community concerned over foreign observers' absence in
local polls, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 29/04/2017), EC
to
let diplomats observe polls in Valley (ht
29/04/2017)
Hardly any
female aspirant for major posts in Dhading, by
Shankar Shrestha (rep 29/04/2017)
UML
picks
male candidates for top local level posts in Siraha
(ht 29/04/2017) [This is the UML understanding of inclusion and
equality!]
Muslim
community demands rethink on phase II poll date (rep
29/04/2017)
Yarsha
season affecting local elections, by Kalendra
Sejuwal (rep 29/04/2017)
Candidates
start making their election manifestos public, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 29/04/2017)
Polls
deferral worries candidates of election expense:
Prospective candidates have been spending Rs 10, 000 on
a daily basis for their promotional campaign, by
Daman Rai (rep 28/04/2017)
Not
yet
there (nt 28/04/2017)
RJP-N
misses
time to enlist for Phase I vote: New party only informs
poll body about the merger of six Madhes-based parties
to become RJP-N and demands ‘umbrella’ as its election
symbol, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/04/2017)
Nawalparasi,
Rukum
polls in two phases (kp 27/04/2017)
Local
leaders
turn to social media to woo electorate: Many voters
strongly feel that the elections are won on the ground,
that the numbers of likes and shares on social
networking sites are not the deciding factor, by
Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 27/04/2017)
Active
Citizens For Local Govt, by Mukti Rijal (rn
27/04/2017), Setting
The Stage For Conducting Polls, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 27/04/2017)
EC to
begin vote counting shortly after phase I polls, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 26/04/2017)
Too many
candidates in big parties, small parties struggle to
find aspirants, by Sangam Gharti Magar (rep
26/04/2017)
Election
fever grips rural municipalities of Koshi-Mechi (rep
26/04/2017)
EC
unveils
Phase II poll schedule (ht 25/04/2017)
No
foreign
observers for local polls: EC (ht 25/04/2017)
Govt
confirms
June 14 as Phase II polling day: Cabinet approves
contents of revised constitution amendment bill; Call to
defer April 29 deadline for candidate nomination bya few
days in states 3, 4 and 6, where vote takes place first
(kp 24/04/2017), PM:
Deuba
govt to oversee June vote (kp 24/04/2017)
Gathabandhan
to
take part in two-phase local elections: Govt agrees to
fast-track endorsement of a revised constitution
amendment proposal, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/04/2017), Two-phase
poll
OK, but changes could hamper preparations, says EC:
Warns that local elections could become uncertain,
by Rupesh Acharya (ht 23/04/2017)
Ballot
paper
printing over, being sent to district (kp
23/04/2017)
Yadav
directs
NGOs not to influence vote (kp 21/04/2017)
‘Preparations
in
final stage’ (kp 21/04/2017)
Ballot
papers,
voter IDs printed: EC (ht 21/04/2017)
Meritocracy
At
Local Polls, by Mukti Rijal (rn 20/04/2017), Conducting
Polls Amid Protests, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
20/04/2017)
18,572
polling
booths set up (kp 20/04/2017)
Security
chiefs
say measures in place for local elections (kp
19/04/2017)
Police
disrupt
Chand party’s anti-poll events (kp 19/04/2017)
NP
fails
to arrange dress for temporary police (kp
18/04/2017)
China
provides 11 types of poll materials: EC purhcases
indelible ink on its own (rep 18/04/2017)
Election
activities
yet to kick off in rural areas, locals confused (ht
18/04/2017)
Morcha’s
protests
challenge for polls: Security officials, by Thakur
Singh Tharu (kp 18/04/2017)
Senior
citizens hope to take one last shot at polls: Ageing
people say it is their last chance to cast vote, by
Daman Rai (rep 18/04/2017)
People
excited
to cast vote in local polls, say voter educators: Local
political leaders in particular, who seem to be excited
about the elections, are providing help in all possible
ways, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/04/2017)
Law
bars
issuing poll symbols to parties outside House, says
Yadav, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/04/2017)
EC
concerned
over voters’ ID distribution (kp 17/04/2017)
Parties
violating
poll code in Dhankuta (ht 17/04/2017)
EC opens
offices of chief returning officers in all 75 districts,
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 17/04/2017)
Delayed
poll
education programme: Concerns grow over low voter
turnout, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/04/2017)
EC
to
open offices of chief poll officers today (kp
16/04/2017)
Ruling
parties
for single-phase polls: Dahal, Deuba and Thapa assert
that elections will be held on May 14 even if the
Madhesi Morcha refuses to participate (kp
15/04/2017)
Partyfull
Panchayat: The parliament should immediately correct
this constitution-defying apartheid law and allow all
parties to use their party symbols as electoral symbols,
by Ujwal Thapa (rep 15/04/2017)
EC
finalises
polling stations across nation (ht 15/04/2017)
Govt
delay
in releasing funds puts temporary cops at their wits’
end: With no cash in hand, recruits are facing hard time
managing food and lodging, by Manish Gautam (kp
15/04/2017)
EC
chief
drops a hint about polls in two phases, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 14/04/2017)
Poll
panel
to deploy more than 21,000 voter educators across the
country (ht 14/04/2017)
EC
chief
urges coordination among election officers (ht
13/04/2017)
It's too
late to raise the number of local bodies: Paudyal
(rep 12/04/2017)
Election
materials:
Items from China arriving today (kp 12/04/2017)
Polling
stations
finalised for 74 districts (ht 12/04/2017)
More
than
50 organisations apply to EC to monitor polls, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 11/04/2017)
EC
begins
training election officers across country (kp
11/04/2017)
EC
seeks
poll security expenditure estimate from home ministry
(ht 11/04/2017)
MoHA seeks
EC nod to transfer 300 police officers (rep
11/04/2017)
Four
Province
2 districts finalise polling stations (ht
10/04/2017)
Voter
education
materials sent to districts (ht 09/04/2017)
EC
to
distribute voter identity cards from May 11; May retain
2013 polling stations in six districts of province 2
(ht 08/04/2017)
EC
seeks
govt nod to print ballot papers for Province 2 (ht
07/04/2017)
Not
enough
time to educate voters: EC; Poll panel fears higher
percentage of invalid votes than witnessed in 2013 CA
elections, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 06/04/2017)
EC
pressured into relaxing election code, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 06/04/2017)
Dozens of
mayoral aspirants from big parties in Koshi hills
(rep 06/04/2017)
Local
Level Election: Confidence And Suspicions, by
Narayan Upadhyay (rn 05/04/2017)
I/NGOs
told
to follow election code (kp 05/04/2017) [Those
providing relief to earthquake victims before the
elections shall be arrested????]
Ballot
papers
printed for 60 districts; EC starts voter education
training across the country (ht 05/04/2017)
Teachers
quit
job for civic polls (kp 05/04/2017)
Number
of
voters in Tarai up by 15.46 pc, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 04/04/2017) [Nevertheless is the number of registered voters in
the Tarai less than in the rest of the country even
though the population is higher according to national
census!]
District
judges
to oversee polls (ht 04/04/2017)
PM
explores possibility of polls in two phases, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 04/04/2017) [Why?],
Polls
in all 744 local units in one go: EC, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 05/04/2017)
Province 1
awaits election in anticipations of first-ever mayors,
by Raju Adhikari and Bhim Chapagain (rep 04/04/2017)
Carter
Center
applies for monitoring local elections: Besides Carter
Center, the Norwegian embassy, the USAID had also
inquired the EC recently for poll monitoring roles,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/04/2017)
14.054m
people
eligible to vote: EC (kp 03/04/2017), 14,054,482
voters
for local polls (ht 03/04/2017), Over
14 million eligible to vote in local polls, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 03/04/2017)
Democracy
becomes much dearer, by Rudra Pangeni (rep
03/04/2017)
Bibeksheel
moves court demanding election symbol (rep
03/04/2017)
Female
turnout
disappoints EC: Women job aspirants account for only
14pc of total 179,486 applicants, by Manish Gautam
(kp 02/04/2017)
Election
Commission
vows to hold local polls in free and fair manner (kp
01/04/2017)
Hustle
and bustle at EC, as poll preparations in full swing,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 01/04/2017)
‘10k
ballot
boxes arrive at Kerung’ (kp 01/04/2017)
EC
seeks
PM help on polling centres in Province 2 (kp
31/03/2017)
BRB
issues
48-hr ultimatum to PM: Demands participation in local
polls (kp 31/03/2017), NSN
to
protest at EC, election offices (ht 02/04/2017), BRB
caught
from EC, released (kp 03/04/2017), Police
detain
Bhattarai among dozens from demo outside EC (ht
03/04/2017)
Local
polls
bring job opportunity for many, by Anup Ojha (kp
31/03/2017)
Udayapur
youths
miffed at not being able to vote (ht 30/03/2017) [???]
Even if
election is deferred in Province-2 the rest of the
country will vote on May 14, interview with Chief
Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav (rep
30/03/2017)
Voter card
printing to begin April 2, 14m voters to get IDs, by
Bhadra Sharma (ht 30/03/2017)
Big party
mayoral aspirants in Pokhara, Bharatpur, by Santosh
Pokharel and Sangeet Sangroula (rep 30/03/2017), Major
parties initiate process to pick candidates for local
polls (rep 30/03/2017)
UML
reports
EC about threats, code violation, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 29/03/2017)
Officials
discuss
security issues on Monday in view of Morcha protests:
Point to challenges in holding elections in eastern
Tarai districts (kp 28/03/2017), Security
Council
recommends Army deployment for May polls: The decision
should be endorsed by Parliament within a month of the
deployment (kp 28/03/2017)
China
pledges
Rs 136m assistance for local polls: PM says he
‘had open and candid discussion with Chinese president’;
Two leaders hold talks on important issues related to
bilateral interest, by Anil Giri (kp 28/03/2017)
EC
bars
trade union office bearers from election duty, by
Arjun Poudel (ht 28/03/2017)
Polling
stations
fixed in 68 districts: Task remains in six districts of
Province 2 and Dhading (kp 28/03/2017)
Finance
Ministry
releases Rs3.4b for election security (kp
27/03/2017), Additional
security sought in tarai districts for upcoming polls,
by Roshan Sedhai (rep 27/03/2017)
Six
districts
of Province 2 yet to finalise polling stations (ht
27/03/2017)
Ballot
papers printed for 36 districts, by Bhadra Sharma
(rep 27/03/2017)
Leaders,
locals take to social media to announce candidature,
by Nagendra Upadhyay and Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep
27/03/2017)
Refining
Electoral Democracy, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
26/03/2017)
Poll
Campaign Advertising, by Krishna Shrestha (rn
25/03/2017)
Publish
‘minority’
list, EC asks govt, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
25/03/2017)
Ballot
papers
for 18 districts printed (ht 25/03/2017)
EC
assured
of poll security (ht 24/03/2017)
EC yet to
get started on voter education, by Bhadra Sharma
(rep 24/03/2017)
Criteria
for
national parties: 3 percent vote share, 1 FPTP seat a
must, by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/03/2017), Threshold
of 3pc plus one FPTP seat for national party (rep
23/03/2017), House
endorses
Bill on Political Parties with threshold provision
(ht 23/03/2017), For
stability:
This bill is very important for holding three tiers of
elections that are not very far off and there is little
time to prepare for all these elections (ht
24/03/2017) [The treshold is
necessary, but your argument that the major political
parties are inclusive is wrong!]
Parties
missing deadline in some districts allowed to contest
polls (ht 23/03/2017)
Poll
security in 8 tarai districts a big challenge (rep
23/03/2017)
NSC
nod
to deploy army for elections (ht 23/03/2017)
EC
set
to publish notice for polls: The election body says it
will allow only national institutions to observe the
elections (kp 23/03/2017)
Polling
station
fixing in ‘2 days’ (kp 22/03/2017)
Wheels for
polls: MoHA, EC seek vehicles (rep 22/03/2017)
EC
seeks
Indian, Chinese assistance (ht 22/03/2017)
House
passes
bill relating to wards and constituency: Provision to
allow division of one ward between two constituencies
(ht 21/03/2017)
JEOC to
mobilize 200,000 security personnel for local elections,
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 21/03/2017)
Lies,
damn
lies and statistical lies: When elections do not reflect
the will of the people, they could become a problem in
themselves, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 19/03/2017)
Poll
code
of conduct for observers endorsed (kp 19/03/2017)
Province
2
likely to see heavy police presence during local
elections, by Manish Gautam (kp 19/03/2017)
4
secretaries summoned over poll code (kp 19/03/2017)
EC
chief
takes his poll concerns to PM Dahal: Calls for
environment to accommodate all parties for May 14
elections, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/03/2017)
EC
removes
Hindu state, monarchy from RPP’s statute (ht
18/03/2017) [The correct way
would have been not to register anti-national parties
like the RPP-Nepal that stand aginst the fundamental
principals of Nepali state and society and try to
disturb social harmony!!], EC
removes 'Hindu state', 'monarchy' from RPP's statute,
by Bhadra (rep 18/03/2017), Election
Commission
robbed us of our soul, says Kamal Thapa (ht
18/03/2017), EC
move
can ruin poll environment: Thapa; Objects to removal of
‘Hindu state’, ‘monarchy’ from his party statute, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 19/03/2017)
Up to 11
security personnel to be deployed per polling booth: An
estimated 226,000 security personnel including
intelligence officials are likely to be deployed during
the polls, according to MoHA officials (rep
18/03/2017)
Six
types
of ballot papers for local level elections (kp
18/03/2017)
Few days
delay in printing ballots 'not serious', by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 18/03/2017)
No
temp
cops in sensitive districts: Govt (kp 18/03/2017)
Quandary
over
election symbol allocation, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 17/03/2017), EC
awards
electoral symbols to 26 parties: A total of 79 political
parties have been registered with the EC for the
upcoming local elections (kp 18/03/2017)
Flagged
off:
With local polls less than two months away, the Nepali
public sphere is abuzz with talk of candidates for
mayors or village council chiefs, by Om Astha Rai
(nt 17/03/2017)
Question
of
threshold: A stabilising factor, by Pranav Bhattarai
(ht 17/03/2017)
EC
clips
wings of ministers, MPs, secys: Election Commision bans
foreign junkets till polls are over, by Arjun Poudel
(ht 17/03/2017)
Home
ministry seeks security threat reports from districts
(rep 17/03/2017)
255
returning officers deputed for local polls (rep
16/03/2017)
Over
three
lakh voters in Chitwan local bodies (ht 15/03/2017)
EC seeks
army’s role for ballot printing security (rep
15/03/2017)
EC seeks
logistical help from neighbors, by Bhadra Sharma
(rep 15/03/2017)
Additional
cash
to conflict victims: EC appears softer towards govt on
poll code violation; Former commissioners say govt
decision untimely, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
14/03/2017) [As usual, the
politicians get active ahead of elections, but they will
forget their promises immediately after the elections!]
EC
seeks
local election security plan, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 13/03/2017)
EC to
start printing ballot papers soon, by Bhadra Sharma
(rep 13/03/2017)
EC
to
procure 30,000 ballot boxes from AIT: Selected as its
quoted price of Rs106.8 million to supply ballot boxes
and the security seals was the lowest among six
bidders (kp 13/03/2017)
Local
polls elate women leaders, by Raju Adhikari (rep
13/03/2017)
EC
puts
expenditure cap for candidates (kp 12/03/2017)
EC
asks
govt to depute staff to local levels by Thursday, by
Rupesh Acharya (ht 12/03/2017)
Electoral
Violence, by Prabin Manandhar (sp 10/03/2017)
Govt brings
bill for delineation of electoral constituencies
(rep 09/03/2017)
EC And
Electoral Integrity, by Mukti Rijal (rn 09/03/2017),
Local
Polls & Strengthening Of Democracy, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 09/03/2017)
EC now at
point of no return: CEC Yadav, by Bhadra Sharma (rep
09/03/2017)
Govt
hands
over local level restructuring report to EC, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 09/03/2017), Districts
to
get LBRC report (ht 10/03/2017)
EC
seeks
operational plan from security agencies (kp
07/03/2017)
Local
polls
cost may cross Rs40b mark (kp 06/03/2017)
Debate over
poll-related bill surfaces (rep 06/03/2017)
EC bars PM
from electioneering (rep 06/03/2017), PM,
ministers
directed to comply with poll code, by Arjun Poudel
(ht 06/03/2017)
EC
not
to call international observers for local polls (kp
05/03/2017)
Poll
body
seeks support from India and China: The Election
Commission says it has sought support from the
neighbouring countries to prevent a lengthy
procurement procedure, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 05/03/2017)
Election
Commission
to buy 30,000 ballot boxes (kp 04/03/2017)
Minister
breaches
election code of conduct (kp 03/03/2017), Govt
breaches poll code, appoints 4 VCs (rep 03/03/2017),
PM
uses
chopper to ride roughshod over poll code, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 04/03/2017)
‘Avoid
use
of schools as polling centres’ (ht 03/03/2017)
EC
tells
ministers not to engage in campaigning, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 02/03/2017)
EC
registers
81 parties for local polls (kp 02/03/2017)
70,000
temporary
police recruits on cards for local polls, by Manish
Gautam (kp 01/03/2017), 105,000
civil
servants to be deployed for local polls, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 01/03/2017). 226,000
security
personnel to be deployed for local polls (kp
02/03/2017)
Elections,
parties
and money: Creating a fund with tax deductible donations
can end campaign finance corruption, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp 28/02/2017)
Baidhya
and
Chand-led Maoist parties won’t be able to contest local
polls: EC (ht 28/02/2017)
Election
Commission
proposes expenditure limits for local polls: Rs 700k
highest amount a candidate can spend, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 27/02/2017), Seven-lakh
ceiling
set on poll spending, by Arjun Poudel (ht
27/02/2017), Govt’s
dillydallying puts EC in a fix to begin ‘actual
preparations’, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 27/02/2017)
SC refuses
to register 'right to reject' plea, by Bhadra Sharma
(rep 27/02/2017)
EC books 30
parties (rep 27/02/2017)
Poll
symbol
rule riles fringe forces, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 26/02/2017)
Delay
in
bringing poll code a major cause for concern: We’ll take
a decision most probably by tomorrow: EC, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 25/02/2017)
Poll
expenses
likely to touch Rs 20 billion: Rs 10.3b already approved
for Election Commissionn; MoHA yet to finalise budget
required for security, by Anil Giri and Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 24/02/2017), EC
prefers
local resources over external help for upcoming polls
(ht 24/02/2017)
MoHA
starts
homework for poll security plan (kp 23/02/2017), EC
makes
public election schedule (kp 23/02/2017)
Local
Election A Reality Now!, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn) [They should have been held together
with the election for the two constituent assemblies in
2008 and 2013, but this has been prevented by the
leaders of NC, UML and the Maoists! Reasons for this
denial that had given by them then are still valid!]
Cabinet
sets
May 14 as local election date, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 21/02/2017), Local
polls
after 20 years, finally, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
21/02/2017), Morcha
announces
stir, by Roshan Sedhai (kp 21/02/2017), UML
welcomes
announcement (kp 21/02/2017), With
shortest time ever for poll preparations, EC faces
daunting task, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 21/02/2017)
1.5 pc
threshold proposed for upcoming parliamentary poll,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 20/02/2017)
EC
needs
Rs 10.3 billion for civic elections (ht 20/02/2017)
EC
presses
‘close’ button on EVM purchase for now: Move follows
controversy that the election body was in bid to buy the
machines without competition, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 16/02/2017), Amid
controversy, EC drops plan to use Smartmatic EVMs,
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 17/02/2017)
PHSC
endorses new election commissioners (rep 15/02/2017)
EC
starts
preparing for civic elections (ht 14/02/2017)
EC
registers over 250,000 new voters (rep 13/02/2017)
Breaking
the
threshold: All the making and breaking of post-1990
governments have been due to the big parties, not the
small ones, by Deepak Thapa (kp 09/02/2017), Fringe
parties:
Threshold design to disenfranchise marginalised groups;
The bill related to political parties, which awaits
parliamentary nod, requires a national party to pass 3
percent vote threshold in parliamentary polls (kp
10/02/2017)
Crucial
bill on local elections stalled, by Prakash
Timilsina (rep 09/02/2017)
PM roots
for EVMs, others sceptical (rep 08/02/2017), Moves
to buy EVM stirs controversy (kp 09/02/2017), Developers
of Nepali voting machine feel discouraged, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 09/02/2017)
Local
Polls Vehicle Of Grassroots Democracy, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 05/02/2017)
Letter
from
govt lacks clarity, says poll body: EC yet to take a
decision on how to respond to the government missive
(kp 04/01/2017), Election
body
to ask govt for polling date: To write to the Cabinet
today to make matters clear, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 06/02/2017)
Political
parties are trying to sabotage Election Commission,
interview with Neel Kantha Uprety (rep 04/02/2017)
Nepali
workers abroad still unable to vote, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 04/02/2017)
Local
level
election bill endorsed (kp 03/02/2017)
Election
Commission: Maintaining Independence, by Mukti Rijal
(rn 02/02/2017)
45
parties
registered with EC for local elections, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 02/02/2017)
District
judge
to be poll commissioner: Provisions on vote threshold
and election symbols in the bill on political parties
are contentious. The major parties want a threshold of
votes to ensure a seat for a party in the Parliament but
fringe parties have been opposing the provision (ht
01/02/2017)
No
Alternative To Elections, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn
31/01/2017), Election
And The New Generation, by Prem Khatry (rn
31/01/2017)
‘EC
gradually losing autonomy’, by Bhadra Sharma (rep
30/01/2017)
Three
members
recommended for EC, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
28/01/2017)
Parliament
endorses
two poll-related bills (kp 26/01/201), Parties
barred from accepting donations from NGOs, govt
agencies; Motorbike/vehicle rallies banned; Wall
paintings/pamphleteering on public/private walls
prohibited (rep 28/01/2017), 'Right
to reject' removed from election bill (rep
28/01/2017)
Local
Polls: A Political Discourse, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 25/01/2017)
‘Ready
to
hold local level polls within May-June’, by Kamal
Dev Bhattarai (kp 25/01/2017)
Parties
continue
to bicker over threshold: Parties that are against
threshold say big political parties want to maintain
monopoly by keeping the provision, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 25/01/2017)
Ensure
Early Polls, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn 24/01/2017)
PM
consults
CEC on local elections, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/01/2017)
Polls
impossible
if date not fixed within a week, says Shrestha: PM’s
press adviser Govinda Acharya says government would set
the date only after endorsing essential election-related
bills (kp 21/01/2017)
EC invites
former election chiefs to seek their views, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 20/01/2017)
Polls
uncertain as govt ties up amendment and election bills
(rep 20/01/2017)
Fixing
election
date: Sub-panel for further deliberation (kp
19/01/2017), EC:
Polls unlikely in May-June if issues not resolved in 10
days, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 19/01/2017)
Improving
Laws For Federal Elections, by Mukti Rijal (rn
19/01/2017)
EC
seeks
laws pronto for local polls in May, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 18/01/2017), Local
polls
possible in May only if laws ready by Jan: ECN chief
(ht 18/01/2017)
Crisis
of
confidence: If three elections are to be held by next
January, parties need to strike an immediate deal
(kp 16/01/2017)
‘Local
elections
by May-end’: PM Dahal’s political adviser Chakrapani
Khanal says dates will be announced in 10 days: Ruling
Maoist Centre and NC ‘unwilling’ to wait until the
amendment bill is passed to announce the
local poll dates, by Sarin Ghimire (kp 13/01/2017)
Lawmakers
want
amendment bill to state poll dates (ht 10/01/2017)
Sub-panel
seeks
more time to talk poll-related bills: A meeting of the
State Affairs Committee is expected to extend the
deadline on Sunday (kp 08/01/2017)
EC ‘not
well-prepared’ as elections draw near, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 03/01/2017), Election
Commission
preparing for local polls against all odds: The
election-governing body may formally ask parties to
register names for local polls in a week; Officials
believe the decision could spur parties into shifting
their focus towards elections, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 04/01/2017), EC
to estimate the number of parties contesting polls
(rep 05/01/2017), Printing
ballot papers for local elections may take two months:
EC, by Bhadra Sharma (rep 06/01/2017)
EC
needs
five laws, admin centres for local polls by May, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 01/01/2017)
‘Govt
may
ask EC to prepare for elections’, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 31/12/2016) [And what about corresponding laws that are a
preconditions for the preparation of elections?]
Govt drops
right to reject provision in elections: Experts describe
move as regressive, by Bhadra Sharma (rep
30/12/2016)
EC
to
have less time as election laws unlikely before a month:
11-member taskforce will submit its report to State
Affairs Committee after sorting contentious issues
(kp 25/12/2016)
Voter
list
updated in Mountain districts (kp 25/12/2016)
Local
elections:
Apex court sets up amicus curiae; Seeks opinion from six
experts to decide on whether to hold polls under
existing structure or new set-up (kp 22/12/2016), Sub-committee(s)
to
finalise election laws: Three election related bills
have been languishing at the State Affairs Committee of
Parliament for more than two months (kp 22/12/2016),
Sub-panel
formed
to finalise threepoll-related bills (kp 23/12/2016)
PM
rules
out local polls in old set-up (kp 21/12/2016)
Parties
divided
over choice of poll modality, by Sarin Ghimire (kp
15/12/2016)
Govt
registers
two poll related bills: Up to three-year jail term, Rs 2
lakh fine proposed for those violating election laws,
by Prakash Acharya (ht 15/12/2016)
Lack
of
election laws puts EC in a fix, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 13/12/2016), All
nine election-related bills still in pipeline, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 13/12/2016)
Parties
mulling
civic polls under existing structure (ht 13/12/2016)
UML,
Madhesi
parties doubt polls by constitution deadline, by
Roshan Sedhai (kp 12/12/2016)
Local
bodies
told to help EC update voter list (ht 11/12/2016)
Bill
proposes
hike in penalty for poll-related offences (kp
06/12/2016)
Early
local
polls crucial to holding four layers of election in next
14 months: Clouds of uncertainty hang over
elections after the government registered a constitution
amendment bill in Parliament, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 02/12/2016)
PM
proposes
local polls by mid-April, by Binod Ghimire (kp
01/12/2016) [??], Four
parties discuss holding local polls (rep 01/12/2016)
EC
working
on voter list (kp 30/11/2016)
Legal
hurdle
remains in Nepalis voting from abroad (kp
29/11/2016)
No election
without political consensus: CEC Yadav (rep
29/11/2016)
Lawmakers
want
voting age to be lowered to 16 years (ht 26/11/2016)
Fringe
parties
against vote threshold to ensure seat for party in
Parliament, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 25/11/2016) [This was to be expected but the
number of parties in parliament has to be reduced
dramatically if Nepal shall have a chance for reasonable
politics in future!], ig and small
parties sharply divided over vote threshold (rep
26/11/2016)
21
January
2018: Nepal’s politics is sliding towards the edge of
the cliff, and there isn’t much time left to meet the
deadline for an elected Federal Parliament (nt
25/11/2016)
Civil
society
urges government to announce local election date (kp
23/11/2016)
Govt, EC at
odds over right to fix poll date, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (kp 23/11/2016)
EC
should
declare poll date: Nidhi (kp 21/11/2016)
EC starts
updating voter rolls in 21 districts from today (rep
19/11/2016)
52
parties
fail to re-registerTo be barred from upcoming polls if
decision is not reviewed, says CEC (kp 16/11/2016)
Lawmakers
push
for stronger EC (kp 14/11/2016),
EC
seeks
more authority for free, fair polls (ht 14/11/2016)
EC
updating
voters’ list in 21 districts in first phase, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 13/11/2016)
‘Public
funding
of parties necessary to check poll anomalies’ (ht
08/11/2016) [??]
EC
wants
power to announce poll dates, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
06/11/2016)
Local
bodies’
support sought to update electoral rolls (ht
05/11/2016)
Only three
of nine election-related bills arrive in parliament
(rep 28/10/2016)
Local
polls
in mid-March: CEC (kp 27/10/2016)
Proposed
Electoral Bills: Some Provisions Questioned, by
Mukti Rijal (rn 27/10/2016)
EC
asks
parties to furnish details for re-registration: The
notice follows two rounds of talks with the parties
about finding a common view on re-registration (kp
21/10/2016)
Better
get
going: Denial of local democracy has resulted in
grievous injury to almost every aspect of national life,
by Krishna Man Pradhan (kp 21/10/2016)
Provide
Autonomy:
Election Commission should be empowered to announce as
well as organise elections (kp 18/10/2016)
3
poll bills land in House panel (kp 17/10/2016), Poll
bill
proposals give EC more teeth: Clause 15 of the bill
states that a political party should hold intra-party
election at least once every five years in line with the
statute of the concerned party (kp 17/10/2016)
NC,
UML
register proposals to amend poll-related bills: Say
atleast 3pc votes must to get berth in parliament,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 08/10/2016)
Govt
removes
key provisions in poll related bills: Two or more
parties can fight an election under the same election
symbol after forming an alliance, by Prakash Acharya
(ht 04/10/2016), Flawed
bills:
The Election Commission’s proposal allowing two or more
political parties to take part in elections jointly
under one single election symbol is flawed (ht
05/10/2016), The
five basics: Reforms proposed in draft bills should be
tabled in parliament in their original form and should
on no account be mutilated based on whims and fancies of
bureaucrats, by Ila Sharma, Election Commissioner
(rep 05/10/2016), EC
against
revising draft bills for polls: The commission says key
clauses have been either changed or dropped, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 06/10/2016), Big
III
want key provisions of poll bills changed, by
Prakash Acharya (ht 07/10/2016), Big parties
propose differing thresholds: Small parties against any
threshold; EC should fix election dates: UML, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 07/10/2016), NC
to
discuss EC issue with other parties (kp 07/10/2016)
Deuba
calls
for timely local elections (kp 28/09/2016),
Oli
demands
poll roadmap (kp 28/09/2016), Local
Government: Fulfill Commitment To Hold Polls, by
Mukti Rijal (rn 29/09/2016)
Electoral
reforms:
The main objective of providing the public fund to the
political parties is to discourage the interest groups
from getting their vested interests served through legal
means (ht 28/09/2016), Govt
registering bill denying EC power to set poll dates
(rep 28/09/2016)
Submission
of
audit report: Election authority proposes axing defiant
parties, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/09/2016), 11
parties
removed from EC register (kp 24/09/2016)
EC
should
be vested with authority to announce election dates:
Sharma, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 04/09/2016)
EC
says
6 months for poll preparations (kp 29/08/2016)
Democracy
2.0:
There is no reason why Nepali citizens should not get to
vote over the internet, by Mahesh Singh Kathayat and
Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 28/08/2016)
PM
Dahal
directs EC to start poll preparations, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 23/08/2016), Local
body
restructuring: NC makes a pitch for at least 1,000
units; Deuba says elections a must, calls for consensus
on statute amendment, by Sarin Ghimire (kp
23/08/2016) [Mr Deuba, you were
the one who dissolved the last elected local bodes for
political motives in 2002!!]
Direct
Election
To A Chief Executive And Prosperity, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 21/08/2016)
EC
ready
to hold elections by January 2018: Yadav (ht
18/08/2016)
EC proposes
1.5 pc threshold for PR system: Also wants to bar
candidates from contesting more than one constituency
under FPTP, by Sangeet Sangrouls (ht 10/08/2016), EC for
mandatory one-third women representatives (rep
11/08/2016)
Can’t
work
on polls sans local body report: EC (kp (10/08/2016)
NC,
Maoist
Centre for holding local elections in Feb-March, by
Sarin Ghimire (kp 28/07/2016)
Effective
electoral
justice mechanism a must: Chief Justice (ht
26/07/2016)
Yadav
okayed
as election chief, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/07/2016),
CEC
Yadav
assumes office (kp 12/07/2016)
Preparing
for
the polls: The many and varied complexities of
restructuring local bodies should be understood, by
Khim Lal Devkota (kp 06/07/2016)
Laws
must
be in place first to hold polls: EC; PM Oli visits
commission office to enquire about its preparedness,
by Pratichya Dulal (kp 28/06/2016) [Govt
and politicians think they can run the state by
declarations and statements!]
EC
moots
public funding for parties, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
23/06/2016), State
funding
for elections: Money and muscle, by Birendra P.
Mishra (ht 29/06/2016)
Election
at
all levels by Dec 2017: PM Oli (ht 16/06/2016), PM
reaffirms
local polls by mid-December, by Sangeet Sagroula
(rep 16/06/2016)
Pun
calls
for polls in package (kp 05/06/2016), We
should
hold all three elections simultaneously under a unity
govt, interview with Barsha Man Pun (kp 06/06/2016)
NC
leader
Singh proposes holding elections at all levels (ht
13/05/2016)
NC
against
civic polls under existing structures: UDMF also demands
election to local bodies only after restructuring
federal units, by Prakash Acharya (ht 10/05/2016), Cong
objects
to plan to hold local polls by Dec, by Binod Ghimre
(kp 10/05/2016), Conditions
must
be met for local polls, says Election Commission (ht
10/05/2016), Local
polls
by December? Leaders say there’s a catch: Call for
resolving political and technical complexities before
elections, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 11/05/2016), NC,
UCPN-M
rule out possibility of civic polls (ht 11/05/2016),
Cong
criticises
govt’s policies, programmes (kp 11/05/2016), NC
opposes
local election plans (rep 11/05/2016),
Hold
local
polls: As the largest party in parliament, Nepali
Congress should have welcomed the plan of holding the
local polls (ht 11/05/2016) [It
has been NC chairman Deuba who dissolved the local
bodies in 2002 for base motives! Obviously, he still
wants to have them being dissolved forever!!]
EC
proposes
bill to fund parties, by Prakash
Acharya (ht
28/04/2016)
EC
working
out plan to curb rigging, by Prakash Acharya (ht
11/04/2016)
India
ex-poll
chief for EC autonomy; Quraishi: Since Nepal’s election
commission has no right to set the date, elections are
not being held periodically (kp 06/04/2016)
Still
pending:
Local elections can institutionalise democratic
processes or they can be a political tool, by Ajaya
Bhadra Khanal (kp 06/04/2016)
Cabinet
for
amending Local Body Election Procedure Act (ht
02/04/2016), Local
poll
law moves forward: Cabinet decides to submit draft to
Bill Committee under Prime Minister’s Office for final
look before tabling it in Parliament, by Bhadra
Sharma (kp 02/04/2016)
Election
Commission
wary of missing out on poll window (kp 22/03/2016)
Trials
and
errors: Hopefully Nepal will adopt best practices of
other democracies to produce less flawed election
results, by Pramod Mishra (kp 17/03/2016)
Speaker
sends
back CC recommendation of Yadav for EC chief (rep
11/03/2016)
Election
Commission
scraps registration of 15 political parties (ht
07/03/2016), Minister
weighs
case against EC: Prem Bahadur Singh says he will
challenge Election Commission’s decision to scrap his
Samajbadi Janata Party at Supreme Court (kp
10/03/2016)
Parties
to
report progress towards inclusion (kp 04/03/2016) [There will be hardly something to
report!]
Parties
not
ensuring full representation to be crossed off EC list:
Political parties need to ensure inclusive
representation of women, Dalits and marginalised groups
in their working committees and those of their sister
organisations (kp 28/02/2016)
Election
commission
seeks mandate to fix election dates (rep 23/02/2016)
Dispute
on
hearings committee delays EC chief appointment, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 08/02/2016)
Ex-EC
commissioners
suggest 1.5 pc threshold for PR seats (ht
02/02/2016), Fringe
parties
not for vote threshold (kp 06/02/2016)
EC
urges
prime minister to fix local election date (kp
08/01/2016)
Money
in
politics: In South Asia, elections are treated as
festivals and voters as consumers of lies, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp 22/12/2015)
Ayodhee
Yadav
recommended as new EC chief (kp 09/12/2015)
Preparations
begin
to fill vacancies in EC (kp 07/11/2015)
Election
of
local bodies still uncertain (ht 26/10/2015) [Party leaders don't need local
elections! They are only interested in their power games
at the centre, nothing else!]
Proportional
representation:
Start with humble threshold, by Birendra P. Mishra
(ht 13/08/2015)
EC
seeks
more teeth for electoral reforms, by Bhadra Sharma
(kp 20/07/2015)
Local
polls
possible only after December: EC (kp 17/07/2015)
Exclusionary
elections:
The draft consitution needs to restrict special
representation to politically excluded groups, by
Seira Tamang (kp 10/07/2015)
Sharma:
Let
EC announce elections (kp 10/07/2015)
Govt
urged
to hold local body election (kp 18/04/2015)
We
should
adopt fully proportional electoral system, interview
with former Secretary and Chief Election Commissioner
Bhojraj Pokhrel (rep 16/04/2015)
Baglung
by-election
today (kp 11/04/2015), Baglung-1
bypoll
held peacefully (ht 12/04/2015), 73pc
voters
cast ballot in Baglung: By-election results to be out
Sunday (kp 12/04/2015), NC
candidate
elected from Baglung-1, by Prakash Baral (kp), Khadka
of
NC wins; UCPN-M forfeits deposit (ht 14/04/2015)
Worth
the
paper? The use of machines in voting has definitely
advantages; A vote once recorded in EVM cannot be
tampered with, by Birendra Prasad Mishra (rep
19/03/2015)
EC
bars
nominations in Baglung-1 by-polls (ht 11/03/2015), 13
contenders
file candidacy, by Prakash Baral (kp 16/03/2015)
UCPN-M
fields
Sharma for Baglung-1 by-poll (ht 08/03/2015), Sharma
drops
out of race for CA By-poll (kp 15/03/2015)
EC
mulls
reforms in election code of conduct (rep 04/02/2015)
New
election
code of conduct being formulated: Uprety (ht
03/02/2015)
Party
finances:
Election body to take action for non-compliance (kp
02/02/2015)
152
parties
yet to submit expenditure details to EC (rep
26/01/2015)
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