KATHMANDU, Oct 25: The candidature of 550 people who did not pay the due fines on time and did not meet the required qualification in the closed list submitted by the parties has been rejected. These candidates were in the lists for the election to the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies to be held on the 20th of November.

Out of 6,457 candidates whose names are included in the closed lists submitted by the parties for the PR category of the election, 369 candidates failed to pay the penalty prescribed according to the election law and code of conduct. Likewise, the names of those who hold public positions and who are on the blacklist for various reasons have also been removed, the Election Commission has said.

During the inquiry about the candidates included in the closed list submitted by the parties for the election to the House of Representatives or the Provincial Assembly, it was found that some persons did not submit the details of the election expenses after running for the local level election, 2079 and were given the opportunity to pay the prescribed fine within a deadline. However, they failed to do so. The number stood at 369.

According to the spokesperson for the Commission, Shaligram Sharma Paudel, 23 PR candidates for the House of Representatives and 29 to the provincial assemblies who have not reached the age of 25 as of September 18, 2022, and 66 people who had filed double candidatures, 37 people who have different details of men and women, six who were not listed as voters of any rural municipality or municipality, 12 whose names are not in the voter list in the respective province and six people who have not submitted the required documents were disqualified as candidates for the upcoming elections in the PR category.

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