KATHMANDU, Jan 10: The Election Commission (EC) received 114 complaints related to violation of the election code of conduct during the period of the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections.

Commission’s spokesperson Nawaraj Dhakal said of these complaints, the EC cleared 81 complaints after studying into all the complaints while no action was required regarding the remaining 33 complaints.

The highest number of complaints was related to the use of vehicles in violation of the election code.

Thirty-nine such complaints were filed with the EC, followed by 31 complaints related to the transfer and deputation of employees, 11 complaints related to conduction of examinations for appointing new employees or employees on contract basis in various bodies, five complaints related to the violation of the code by the employees mobilized on election works, five complaints concerning appointment of office-bearers in various bodies, and holding the town or village assemblies by the local bodies, and one complaint related to expansion of the Council of Ministers.

The election code of conduct was in force from August 30 to December 12, 2017 in view of the House of Representatives and State Assemblies elections held in two phases on November 26 and December 7. RSS

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: The Election Commission has asked the CPN-UML to furnish clarification within 24 hours for its advertisement in newspapers, an act which the EC said violates the election code of conduct.

EC’s deputy spokesperson Mukunda Sharma confirmed the EC’s move to seek the clarification.

It has been reported that UML’s advertisements with a photo of party chairman KP Sharma Oli reading ‘vote for Sun’ appeared in various national dailies. “The UML’s advertisement violating the election code of conduct has drawn the attention of the EC. It has been requested that a clarification relating to the act must be submitted within 24 hours,” the EC statement said.

Likewise, the EC has asked five national dailies including ‘Kantipur’, ‘Annapurna Post’, ‘Naya Patrika’ and ‘Rajdhani’ to submit clarifications within 24 hours on the same issue.

The dailies have been charged with publishing the UML’s advertisements in violation of the election code of conduct.

COLLECTION OF BALLOT BOXES IN FINAL PHASE
Meanwhile, almost all the ballot boxes of the voting that took place in 31 districts on November 26 under the first phase of elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies have been collected to the respective district headquarters, the EC said. Only the ballot boxes of nine polling centres of Dolpa district are yet to arrive. RSS