Election of Federal Parliament – Reporters Nepal https://nepalireporter.com Impart Educate Propel Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:28:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 https://nepalireporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-RN_Logo-32x32.png Election of Federal Parliament – Reporters Nepal https://nepalireporter.com 32 32 NC forms committee to nominate candidates for coming elections https://nepalireporter.com/2017/10/41212 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/10/41212#respond Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:28:21 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=41212 NCNepali Congress has formed a parliamentary committee to nominate the candidates for coming elections of House of Representatives and of provincial assemblies. ]]> NC

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Nepali Congress has formed a parliamentary committee to nominate the candidates for coming elections of House of Representatives and of provincial assemblies.

Leader Bimalendra Nidhi informed that Prime Minister and Party President Sher Bahadur Deuba formed the parliamentary committee after holding consultations with the party leaders on Tuesday. However, he did not mention the names of the committee members.

The recent central committee meeting of the party had authorized President Deuba to hold consultation with the leaders to form the committee for picking the candidates to field in the coming elections. RSS

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2017/10/41212/feed 0 Election program announced for House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40374 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40374#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2017 06:16:47 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=40374 Election Commission, ballot papers for FPTP electionThe Election Commission has announced the election program for the election to the House of Representatives and to the Provincial Assembly scheduled for November 21 and December 7 respectively. ]]> Election Commission, ballot papers for FPTP election

KATHMANDU, Sept 11: The Election Commission has announced the election program for the election to the House of Representatives and to the Provincial Assembly scheduled for November 21 and December 7 respectively.

Accordingly, the election program for the proportional representation (PR) system of the election begins from September 9 while it begins from October 22 for the first phase of First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) election and from November 2 for the second phase of the FPTP elections.

The parties willing to take part in the PR system of election in the election to the HoR and Provincial Assembly has to file an application at the Commission by September 12, and the commission shall publish the final list of parties taking part in the PR election on September 15 after sharing the initial list on September 13, and giving parties opportunity to withdraw names on September 14.

Likewise, as per the election program, political parties have to submit their closed list of candidates for the PR system by October 15.

The political parties would be informed to correct the closed-list of the candidates on October 16 while the political parties would submit the closed-list of the candidates with amendment on October 23.

Likewise, any candidate enlisted in the close-list should lodge an application on October 30 if s/he wishes to withdraw his or her name while the EC would inform the political parties about the move to withdraw the candidacy of the proportional system on October 31.

The vacant seats lying after the candidacy withdrawal would be fulfilled after the candidate from the same group submits his or her name in the EC on October 31, the EC said. The closed-list of the candidates shall be announced on November 3.

Likewise, the date for claim and protest regarding the candidates’ qualification is fixed for November 4 while the decision on the claim and protest would be made on November 11 of the proportional election system.

The EC said that the notice about the deletion of the candidates’ name from the closed-list would be published on November 18 while the candidates’ final list would be published on November 19.

The first phase of the first past the post electoral system 
For the first phase of the election in the House of Representative and province assembly under the first past the post electoral system to be held on November 26, the EC has fixed the date of October 22 for candidates’ nomination while the candidates would be given the election symbol on October 25.

The second phase of the first past the post electoral system 
The EC has also announced the timetable for nomination fielding on November 2 and providing election symbol on November 5 to the candidates under the first past the post electoral system for the election to be held on December 7 in the second phase. RSS 

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40374/feed 0 Election Commission calls for applications from poll observers https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40301 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40301#respond Sat, 09 Sep 2017 12:54:22 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=40301 Election Commission, ballot papers for FPTP electionThe Election Commission has called for applications from the international organizations, community and individuals interested in observing the election to the House of Representatives and the State Assemblies slated for November 26 and December 7. ]]> Election Commission, ballot papers for FPTP election

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: The Election Commission has called for applications from the international organizations, community and individuals interested in observing the election to the House of Representatives and the State Assemblies slated for November 26 and December 7.

In a notice it published today, the EC called on the organizations, communities and individuals wanting to observe the elections to file applications with all the necessary documents from September 14 to 30 for the same.

Election Commission spokesperson Nawaraj Dhakal said the commission has urged the international organizations, community and individuals to participate in the election observation so as to contribute to the objective of holding the elections in a free, fair and fear-free environment.

The EC has expressed the belief that the observation of the elections by the international organizations and community would help maintain the Election Commission’s credibility besides expanding the relations between it and the international community.

The organizations and individuals wanting to observe the elections should fulfil their responsibility within the parameters of the code of conduct for the international observers endorsed by the commission.

According to the EC, the interested organizations or individuals should be registered with the official body of their respective country and also possess the experience of having observed the elections in the past.

Many countries have the practice of allowing the international organizations, community and individuals to observe their national, parliamentary or general elections. It is expected that this contributes to increasing the credibility of the elections. RSS 

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40301/feed 0 EC sets Sept 10-12 as deadline to apply for PR electoral system https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40299 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40299#respond Sat, 09 Sep 2017 12:52:13 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=40299 Supreme Court, Election Commission, Election of House of Representatives and Province AssemblyThe Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice, asking the political parties wishing to take part in the proportional representation (PR) electoral system during the upcoming elections of the House of Representatives and State Assembly to apply for so from September 10 to 12. ]]> Supreme Court, Election Commission, Election of House of Representatives and Province Assembly

KATHMANDU, Sept 9: The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice, asking the political parties wishing to take part in the proportional representation (PR) electoral system during the upcoming elections of the House of Representatives and State Assembly to apply for so from September 10 to 12.

The government has announced to hold the elections in two phases in coming November 26 and December 7.

According to EC Spokesperson Nawaraj Dhakal, political parties should make it clear to the EC whether they seek PR seats in the House of Representatives election or the State Assembly or both. More, it should be clear that whether they are in the PR electoral race from all States or the particular one. Respective political parties have been asked to apply before the EC for so in writing along with the signatures of party chief official.

Any political party failing to submit application to the EC about this within the deadline shall be barred from taking part in the election towards the PR system. RSS 

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40299/feed 0 Prachanda to contest Federal Parliamentary election from Chitwan district https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40256 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40256#respond Fri, 08 Sep 2017 07:14:13 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=40256 PrachandaCPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has announced that he will contest the election of House of Representatives from Chitwan district.]]> Prachanda

CHITWAN, Sept 8: CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has announced that he will contest the election of House of Representatives from Chitwan district.

He however didn’t reveal which constituency he will contest from. “I will decide on the constituency after consultation with the party’s local committee,” said Dahal during a press meet organized by the Press Center, Chitwan on Friday.

“In 2008 Constitution Assembly Election, I contested from the origin district of People’s War, Rolpa and the capital Kathmandu. I won in both districts. This time, I will contest from Chitwan,” said the former prime minister, whose home district is Chitwan.

The party’s secretariat meeting held recently in Birgunj decided to give him the ticket from Chitwan in the central election, he informed.

According to laws related to Federal Parliament election, one candidate can only contest from only one constituency.

Dahal had also contested from two constituencies from Siraha and Kathmandu districts in the 2013 Constitution Assembly Election. He got victory in Siraha but lost in Kathmandu.

At the event, he took the time to claim that he had experiences of competing in elections from distinct geographical locations and background, and that he wishes to link up Chitwan to the central politics with the utilization of such experiences.

“I have come to Chitwan collecting a vast experience of the whole country. Chitwan can be changed into a smart city. I have preparing a long-term master plan for my home district,” said Dahal adding, “Infrastructures development in Chitwan has been my top priority. A ringroad bridging Narayani and Rapti rivers is also included in the development plan.”

“I believe my candidacy (likely) would be important for the people here as Chitwan is my political base,” he said, adding that his party would collaborate with any party embracing republic and democracy for the upcoming provincial and federal elections, be it the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Madhes-based political parties.

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40256/feed 0 EC registers 87 parties and allocates election symbols https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40243 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40243#respond Fri, 08 Sep 2017 06:25:47 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=40243 Election Commission, ballot papers for FPTP election The Election Commission has registered and allocated election symbols to 87 different political parties for the purpose of the election to the members of the House of Representatives and the State Assemblies. ]]> Election Commission, ballot papers for FPTP election

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: The Election Commission has registered and allocated election symbols to 87 different political parties for the purpose of the election to the members of the House of Representatives and the State Assemblies.

A meeting of the election commissioners chaired by Chief Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav on Thursday took the decision to this effect, in response to the applications registered at the Election Commission by 95 political parties seeking to be registered for the election purposes as per the Article 271 of the Constitution.

The Election Commission, likewise, in the case of political parties, which want to participate in the elections taking a single electoral symbol after the merger of two or more political parties, has decided to register and allocate the election symbols to them in accordance with the Clause 49 of the Act Related to the Political Parties, 2073 BS, spokesman of the Election Commission Nawaraj Dhakal said. RSS 

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40243/feed 0 EC seeks complete enforcement of election code of conduct https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40140 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40140#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:52:07 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=40140 Election Commission, ballot papers for FPTP electionKATHMANDU, Sept 4: The Election Commission (EC) has urged all the bodies concerned to fully abide by the election code of conduct that has come into effect since August 30. The government, all political parties, organizations and office bearers have been urged to implement the election code of conduct. Refuting the rumor that the EC […]]]> Election Commission, ballot papers for FPTP election

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The Election Commission (EC) has urged all the bodies concerned to fully abide by the election code of conduct that has come into effect since August 30.

The government, all political parties, organizations and office bearers have been urged to implement the election code of conduct.

Refuting the rumor that the EC has withdrawn election code of conduct, Spokesperson Nawaraj Dhakal said the EC is committed to its full enforcement.

The EC announced the election code of ethics in view of the upcoming elections to the State Assembly and the House of Representatives scheduled to be held in two rounds on coming November 26 and December 7. RSS

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