Nepal’s Election Commission has set January 20 for candidate nominations and March 5 for voting in the upcoming parliamentary election.
The elections were triggered by the ouster of K P Sharma Oli after violent anti-corruption and anti–social media ban protests left 76 people dead.
Nepal Announces March 5 Parliamentary Election Schedule
The final list of candidates and election symbol allotments will be completed on January 23, following verification and withdrawal deadlines.
Summary
The Election Commission of Nepal on Sunday released the schedule for the parliamentary election set for March.
According to a notice issued by the Election Commission, candidates must file their nominations for the House of Representatives between 10 am and 6 pm on January 20.
The list of candidates will be published the same day after 5 pm, while objections against any nominee can be registered from 10 am to 3 pm on January 21.
A verified list of candidates will be released the following day.
Those wishing to withdraw their nominations may do so until 1 pm on January 23. The final list of candidates will then be published by 3 pm the same day, followed by the official allotment of election symbols.
The election is scheduled for March 5, with voting to take place from 7 am to 5 pm, the Election Commission said.
Under the Nepalese constitution, 165 members of the House of Representatives are elected through the first-past-the-post system, while the remaining 110 seats are filled through proportional representation, bringing the total strength to 275.
The polls were necessitated after prime minister K P Sharma Oli was ousted on September 9, following violent Gen Z-led protests against corruption and a ban on social media, which resulted in 76 deaths over two days.
Sushila Karki was sworn in on September 12 as the prime minister of an interim government in Nepal.
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