About Rs 117.74 billion for the whole process, according to calculations by Republica based on data released by the Election Commission, the Office of the Auditor General, the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction, and the Peace Fund.
The figure does not include what was spent on security agencies.
The cost includes what was spent on both the elections for the Constituent Assembly (CA) and cost of running both the CAs (including the representatives' salaries and perks).
The second Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on November 19, 2013, after the first CA failed to deliver the constitution.
The first CA was dissolved on May 27, 2012. The first Constituent Assembly elections were held on April 10, 2008, to write a constitution from elected representatives of the people.
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