KATHMANDU, March 24: The CPN-UML has finalized its candidates for the upcoming by-elections scheduled for April 24.

KATHMANDU, March 10: The CPN (Maoist Center) is holding an office-bearers’ meeting today to select a candidate for the upcoming National Assembly chairperson election.

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: The results of the preliminary stage examination of third level, section officer or similar positions has been published in the national gazette. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced the results of the first stage of the examination conducted on February 10.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The opposition parties will decide on the candidate for the election for the vice chairman of the National Assembly by tomorrow morning.

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: The ruling alliance's candidate for the Member of House of Representatives from constituency no 7 of Kathmandu, Manushi Bhattarai, has said green economy should be adopted in the Kathmandu Valley.

TULSIPUR, May 11: Nomination of  another candidate has been set for today after the passing away of CPN-UML's ward chair candidate for Tulsipur sub-metropolis-17 Labaru Chaudhary.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: After weeks-long wrangling between the two chairmen, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Sunday unanimously decided to pick Agni Sapkota – a preferred choice of Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal – as the party’s candidate for the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: Sajha Party has decided to nominate Shiva Kumar Chaudhary in the upcoming by-elections for the vacant seat of provincial assembly from Dang constituency-3 'B'.

KATHMANDU, 31: Sajha Party has decided to nominate Suraj Pradhan in the upcoming by-elections for the vacant seat of provincial assembly from Bhaktapur constituency-1 'A'.

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KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, July 23: A candidate from the party of Pakistan prime ministerial hopeful and former cricket star Imran Khan was killed Sunday in a suicide attack that wounded four others, a police official said, days before Wednesday's general elections.

June 24: South Carolina Republican congressional candidate Katie Arrington, who ousted incumbent U.S. Representative Mark Sanford in a primary this month, was seriously injured in a car crash that killed the driver of a second vehicle, her campaign said on Saturday.

SURKHET, March 27: Eighteen year old Gorikala Rokaya, a SEE candidate has been killed on Monday night at Chaur, Panchpuri municipality-3 of Surkhet.

KATHMANDU, Mar 17: Incumbent Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun is the only one to contest the election for the post of the Vice-president.

KATHMANDU, March 10: CPN (Maoist Center) leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara, 58, is set to be elected as speaker of parliament unopposed on Saturday, after the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) decided not to field its candidate for the post.

KATHMANDU, Mar 6: With the election for the President nearing in, the central committee of UML is meeting at 4 PM today to finalize candidate for the post.

KATHMANDU, Mar 4: The Election Commission (EC) has set Rs 400,000 as election expenses for a candidate contesting the presidential election set for March 13.

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: At a time when the party's establishment faction is in favor of continuing with the current president, a senior leader of the CPN-UML has said that the presidential candidate will be finalized after holding negotiations with the CPN (Maoist Center).

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Former president of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) Ganesh Thapa has said that the current presidential candidate of ANFA, Karma Tshering Sherpa, needed to correct himself on different matters before he could run the apex body of football in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 23: Nepali congress (NC) has expedited its internal preparations to finalize its candidate for the National Assembly election. The Election is slated for February 7.

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PARSA, Dec 11: Rastriya Janta Party Nepal (RJPN) and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN)joint candidate Hari Narayan Prasad Rauniyar has elected from Parsa-3.

DOTI, Dec 10: CPN Maoist candidate for Doti Provincial Assembly (B)Trilochan Bhatta has been elected. Bhatta secured with 16, 091votes.

JHAPA, Dec 10: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) candidate Rajendra Prasad Lingden, who won the elections with the backing of the left-aligned parties, has taken out a victory rally.

BARDIYA, Dec 10: CPN-UML vice-chairman Bamdev Gautam has lost for the House of Representatives in Bardiya-1.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: CPN-UML candidate Laxman Tiwari has been elected as the member to the Provincial Assembly in Tehrathum district (A), with 11, 726 votes.

KAILALI, Dec 10: Nepali Congress candidate for Kailali-5 Arzoo Rana Deuba has suffered a defeat at the hands of CPN-UML candidate Narad Muni Rana in the House of Representatives, with nearly 5, 000 votes.

Nepali Congress candidate Dipak Giri has lost in Dang-3 for the House of Representatives.  CPN-UML candidate Hirachandra KC has made a victory with holding 40287 votes. His nearest rival candidate from NC has got 33730 votes.

HUMLA, Dec 8: Independent candidate Chhaka Bahadur Lama has won the federal election in Humla.

DOLPA, Dec 8: CPN-UML candidate, Nanda Singh Budha won with 5490 votes from Dolpa provice 1 'A', the district's Chief Election Officer informed.

In Kathmandu-1, 42% of voters think that the Nepali Congress candidate Prakash Man Singh will win the seat for the House of Representatives.

In Kathmandu-3, 29% of voters think Ambika Basnet of the Nepali Congress will win the race.

Just over half of voters (54%) in Kathmandu-2 think that Former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (CPN-UML) will be the winner. The next candidates mentioned are Surya Raj Acharya of Bibeksheel Sajha Party (20%) and Ganesh Prasad Simkhada of Naya Shakti Party (16%).

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SAPTARI, Dec 5: Unidentified group has attacked with knife to Federal Societal Forum Nepal (FSFN) candidate for the upcoming elections in Balaan Behul rural municipality on Monday night.

TANAHU, Dec 4: As the candidates intensify their election campaign for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections due on December 7, Nepali Congress central committee member and the Provincial Assembly candidate, Pradip Poudel has used a drone for canvassing for votes.

KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Even though old faces always seem to dominate the election nominations, many fresh faces have dared to challenge such seasoned candidates by filing their candidacies in the local as well as parliamentary and provincial polls this year.

UDAYAPUR, Nov 30: Nepali Congress (NC) parliamentary election candidate from Udayapur constituency-2 Narayan Karki has been critically injured after the vehicle he was traveling in was hit by a 'pressure cooker bomb' during his election campaign in the district on Wednesday morning.

UDAYAPUR, Nov 29: Nepali Congress candidate for the House of Representatives, Narayan Karki sustained serious injuries after a bomb exploded at Udayapurgadi rural municipality. Karki was en route to Nepaltar from Katari for election campaigns when a cooker bomb exploded at Danuwarbesi of Udayapurgadi at 9:30 AM. Witnesses said that three more were injured in the incident.

UDAYAPUR, Nov 29: Narayan Karki, Nepali Congress candidate was injured after a bomb exploded at Nepaltar of Udayapurgadi rural municipality, Udayapur. Karki is a candidate for the House of Representatives from Constituency -2.

Narayan Kaji Shrestha, candidate from left alliance for the House of Representatives in Gorkha-2, cast the vote at polling center of Paropkaar Adarsha Secondary school at Siranchok rural municipality-8.

USA, Nov 23: The communications director for U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore has resigned amid the Alabama Republican’s efforts to combat allegations of sexual misconduct that have roiled his campaign.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: Nepali Congress leader Arzu Rana Deuba decided to buy a house in Kailali after her rival candidates in Kailali-5 accused her of being a tourist candidate in the district.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: Claiming that Nepali Congress (NC) candidate for provincial elections from Sunsari constituency no. 2, Hemkarna Paudel is a convicted criminal, CPN-UML candidate from the same constituency, Sarvadhoj Sawa has filed a writ petition against Paudel's candidacy at the Supreme Court (SC).

KOHALPUR, Nov 9: Altogether 112 candidates have registered their candidacy in Banke for the upcoming parliamentary and provincial polls scheduled for December 7. However, only one Dalit woman will be contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) category from the whole district.

TEHRATHUM, Nov 7: With the second phase of elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies just around the corner, election fever has gripped Tehrathum, a district of the Province-1 in eastern Nepal.

GORKHA, Nov 7: Police have seized a pistol along with three rounds of bullets from a motorcycle used by proportional representation candidate representing CPN (Maoist Center) Sushila Simkhada.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: Time for filing complaint against the candidates for the upcoming second-phase elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies has begun. The Election Commission has fixed 10:00 am to 17:00 pm today to register a complaint against the candidate at the respective office of Election Officers.

KATHMANDU, Oct 26: Khanda Lama Gurung, the main opposition CPN-UML's Manang (B) candidate for provincial assembly elections, has withdrawn her candidacy, paving the way for an independent candidate Rajiv Gurung better known as Deepak Manange to become sole candidate from the left alliance.

RASUWA, Oct 17: Nepali Congress (NC) has fielded Man Bahadur Tamang, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in an 88-kg gold smuggling case, as a candidate for the upcoming provincial election under the Proportional Representation (PR) system.