KATHMANDU, March 15: The Nepali Congress (NC) has instructed the relevant bodies of the party to propose and recommend names for the first-past-the-post by-election in Chitwan constituency No. 2 and other constituencies to be held in April 2023.

KATHMANDU, March 11: There will be three candidates from the ruling coalition for the Vice President election to be held on March 17.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Candidates vying for the post of the next President would be filing their nomination papers today. The election is scheduled to be held on March 9.

JHAPA, Dec 12: Eighty four of the total 192 candidates who contested in the recently held election to the House of Representatives and province assemblies from Jhapa district have submitted the details of their election expenditures.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Twenty candidates, who contested the election for a seat in the House of Representatives on November 20, lost the poll even after securing over 30,000 votes.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: With the conclusion of the House of Representatives and provincial assembly elections, the candidates who ran in the elections have rushed to submit their expenditure details.

TERHATHUM, Nov 16: Less than a week away from the federal and provincial elections, the candidates of the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assembly are making their final efforts to convince the voters.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: Voters along the Nepal-India border areas in Banke district have demanded candidates for the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly take initiations for a reliable security system in these settlements.

Only 12 days are to go before the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies.

KANCHANPUR, Nov 8: People, who suffer from floods in the Banhara-Doda River of Shuklaphanta Municipality-12 in the district every year, are all set to press the election candidates for their commitment to solve problems and request for votes thereafter. The locals are united with the voice on whether the candidates pledge or not for their cause.

DODHARA CHANDANI, Nov 3: Lakshman Chaudhary, a resident of Laljhadi Rural Municipality-3 in Kanchanpur, was found at the Gaddachauki checkpoint on Wednesday evening.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has urged the parties and candidates to safeguard the sanctity of election and comply with the election code of conduct as the election campaign enters the second phase beginning today.

GORKHA, Oct 31: "There is no law in the country. There is no real leader and those who are called leaders have come to earn money,” said Tikadatta Pokharel, who is a candidate for the House of Representatives from Gorkha-2 in the upcoming election. "I have filed my candidacy to give rights to the people and to make our country a Hindu state again.”

KUSHMA, Oct 27: The election to the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies is due on coming November 20. So, the election candidates are busy campaigning for the election and are making several initiatives to convince the voters.

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.

KATHMANDU, Oct 22: The candidates included in the closed list of Proportional Representation (PR) election system for upcoming elections to the member of House of Representatives and Province Assembly are allowed to pay the penalized amount, if any, on public holiday as well.

KATHMANDU, OCT 19: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday directed government ministers not to use their office vehicles while visiting their electoral constituencies for election campaigns.

KATHMANDU, Oct 19:  In the House of Representatives (HoR) election, the mountain district of Manang has the least number of candidates with a total of three candidates.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: The government is to mobilize all four security mechanisms for the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assembly elections to be held on November 20. According to the integrated election security plan passed by the Central Security Committee, the security personnel of all the four security agencies have been mobilized.

NEPALGUNJ, Oct 13: Nine candidates have withdrawn their candidature for the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly elections.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The Election Commission (EC) has given time to give notices against candidates who have registered their candidature today.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: The Election Commission (EC) has asked the candidates filing their nominations for the upcoming House of Representatives and provincial assembly to clear all tax dues and arrears.

KATHMANDU, Sept 1: The CPN-UML has directed its subordinate committees to recommend the names of candidates for the elections to the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies scheduled for November 20 within September 7 .

TAPLEJUNG, August 20: CPN (Unified Socialist) Taplejung District Chapter, has unanimously recommended the names of the candidates for the direct and proportional representation for the Provincial Assembly and House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for November 20.

GALESHWOR, May 7: With just seven days to go for the local level elections, candidates and political parties in Myagdi are reaching out to the voters to solicit their voters while also teaching them how to vote.

KATHMANDU, April 30: Independent mayor candidate for Kathmandu metropolis, Balen Shah has received ‘stick’ as his election symbol. Similarly, another independent mayoral candidate Sushil Thapa has chosen ‘cap’ as his election symbol while independent deputy mayoral candidate Rinku Shrestha has also chosen cap as her election symbol.

KATHMANDU, April 25: Nomination registration of candidates for the local level election 2079 BS has been fixed till 5 PM today.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon) is likely to get its new chairman soon as the selection panel recently shortlisted three contenders and forwarded their names to the Cabinet.

SURKHET, Jan 4: Six candidates have registered themselves for the three vacant seats in the National Assembly from Karnali Province.

BIRATNAGAR, Jan 4: Eight candidates have registered for the three posts of National Assembly members in Province 1. The ruling coalition, CPN-UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) have registered eight candidates

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: A total of 11 candidates have applied for the post of Chairperson of the Securities Board of Nepal (Sebon).

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The main opposition party Nepali Congress on Saturday finalized candidates for the upcoming National Assembly elections slated for January 23.

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: With the by-elections slated for November 30 approaching fast, the major political parties are busy in closed-door discussions to finalizing their candidates for the 52 seats at stake at the central, provincial and local government levels.

KATHMANDU, Oct 18: With by-elections slated for November approaching fast, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has prioritized the widows of its deceased lawmakers as candidates from the party.

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: With the announcement of the date for the by-elections by the Election Commission, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) have intensified their search for candidates in Kaski-2, the only constituency which has a vacant seat for the federal parliament.

KATHMANDU, July 8: The Parliamentary Hearing Committee (PHC) of the federal parliament has endorsed the names of candidates to the post of ambassador for four countries on Monday.

KATHMANDU, June 9: Police arrested 53 individuals proxying for registered candidates at the 10th Korean Language Test (KLT) held under the Employment Permit System (EPS) of South Korea l on Saturday. The test was held at 32 centers in Nepal.

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KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Revising its ‘blanket’ reservations policy, the government has come up with new provisions granting reservation privileges on the basis of economic and social status to candidates belonging to various marginalized communities.

RUPANDEHI, Jan 27: In each election, land ownership certificates for the people of Rudrapur village in Rupandehi district becomes a common agenda for all poll candidates. The villagers here actively participated in each election starting from 1999 to 2017 hoping of getting land ownership certificates.

KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Parliamentary committees under the National Assembly are set to get their heads on Wednesday, with the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) finalizing its candidates for the elections to the posts of committee chiefs.

KHOTANG, June 5: The provincial and federal elections were held months ago but five candidates of those elections in Khotang district have not submitted their election expense details till date.

BHAKTAPUR March 22: The secondary education examination (SEE) has been held simultaneously at 1,956 exam centres across the country today without any hitches.

KATHMANDU, Feb 15: The Election Commission (EC) has asked National Assembly election candidates to submit details of poll expenditures soon.

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KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Nepali Congress has submitted the name list of the House of Representatives (HoR) members under proportional representation (PR) electoral system to the Election Commission (EC) on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: CPN-UML has finalized the name of the members of the parliament for House of Representatives under Proportional Representation electoral system.

BIRATNAGAR, Feb 7: Both candidates of the left alliance have emerged victorious in the National Assembly election held in Province 1 on Wednesday.

JANAKPURDHAM, Feb 7: Eight unopposed elected candidates of Province-2 for National Assembly have received certificates today.

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The Election Commission will provide certificate to all unopposed elected candidates of Province-2 at 3:00 PM today.