It could take up to two weeks to declare final results. In these elections, Nepali citizens voted for representatives in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities, and 460 rural municipalities to fill 35,221 local legislative and executive seats . An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive. Available for both RF and RM licensing. 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Elections in Nepal are administered by the Election Commission of Nepal (ECN), a constitutionally mandated independent body headed by Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya. Closing behind second is the main opposition Communist Party of Nepal [Unified Marxist . An official from the election commission breaks the seal of a ballot box before counting the votes, a day after the completion of polling, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 21, 2022. According to the Election Commission, elected in the HoR from NC are Bishnu Kumar Karki, Shyam Kumar Ghimire, Deepak Giri, Sanjay Gautam, Binod Chaudhary, Ramkrishna Yadav, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, Shekhar Koirala, Dilliraj Panta, Chandrakanta Bhandari, Raju Thapa, Deepak Khadka, Surendra Raj Acharya, Sita Gurung, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Arjun Narsingh KC, Tejulal Chaudhary, Ain Bahadur Shahi, Mahendra Kumar Raya, Dig Bahadur Limbu and Purna Bahadur Tamang. Lokatantrai Samajwadi Party and Janmat Party, both Madhesi parties --have won two and one seat respectively. The counting of votes started on Monday. The local administration has the authority to proceed in acts of criminal offences. No ads found for this position. Whether or not any further action is required, depends on the clarification from the accused. Shekhar Koirala v Lal Babu Pandit | Morang-6. 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Furthermore, the Commission shared that (CPN) UML's Bidhya Bhattarai, Surya Prasad Dhakal, Ram Shankar Yadav, Damodar Bhandari, Tara Lama Tamang, Balaram Adhikari, Basanta Kumar Nemwang, Damodar Poudel 'Bairagi', Hari Prasad Uprety, Jwala Kumari Shah, Achyut Prasad Mainali, Juli Mahato and Man Bahadur Gurung secured victory. Change Font Sizes: TRN Online. In Kathmandu, senior NC leader Prakash Man Singh was re-elected from the Kathmandu 1 constituencyafter securing 7,140 votes against his nearest rival Ravindra Mishra from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party who got 7,011 votes. Leelanath Shrestha, Thakur Prasad Gaire, Rishikesh Pokharel, Mangal Prasad Gupta, Bishnu Poudel, Gokul Banskota, Narayan Prasad Acharya, Chabilal Bishwakarma, Bim Acharya, Subash Nemwang, Laxmi Mahato Koiri and Mahesh Basnet were also CPN (UML)'s victorious candidates. Nagarik Unmukti Party has bagged two seats and Janamorcha and Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party have received one each. It's not that Nepal has not used electronic voting machines in the past. The preparation for the voting day is in its final leg. Deuba had negotiated a coalition with CPN-Maoists and CPN-Unified Socialists to form the government after CPN-UML leader K P Sharma Oli was forced to resign as prime minister. Nearly 60 per cent voting recorded in Nepal elections, 1 killed in poll-related violence . NC General Secretary Gagan Thapa won the House of Representatives election from Kathmandu Constituency No 4 by a margin of about 7,500 votes. KATHMANDU: The Election Commission published the final results of the parliamentary elections held on November 20 this year on Wednesday. Your email address will not be published. Published Feb. 25, 2023 6:47 a.m. PST. Your email address will not be published. 2022 Nov 27, 22:20, Kathmandu. According to Kathmandu Post, Nepali Congress (NC) has won in three constituencies and is leading in 48 seats. NEPAL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Prachanda backs Opp candidate; Oli says 'breach' of understanding The Indian Express Delhi | February 26, 2023 Four ministers submit resignations. The party also won a HoR in Mustang constituency with Yogendra Thakali defeating Prem Prasad Tulachan of CPN-UML with a margin of 914 votes. Published on : Tue, 17 May, 2022. The commission conducted local elections on May 13 (Friday), by and large successfully, and now vote counting is underway. Kathmandu [Nepal], May 16 (ANI): On the third day since the formal start of vote-counting after Friday's local election, the ruling Nepali Congress has taken lead with its candidates continuing to . It seems making allegations against each other has become a part of the political culture. Create an account. The Election Commission of Nepal is in its final preparations. Even during the 2017 federal and provincial polls, the Election Commission had discussed with the parties about using the electronic voting system but the parties, especially the Nepali Congress, the UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre), rejected the idea after the commission failed to convince them. According to him, many of the problems, if not all, can be addressed by electronic voting as the longer it takes for the results to be out, the more complications arise. Tika R Pradhan is a senior political correspondent for the Post, covering politics, parliament, judiciary and social affairs. These are those cookies that belong to us and which we place on your device or are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g., cookies placed byzeenews.india.com). 21,302. Binod Ghimire covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post. [14], Rapper and structural engineer Balendra Shah announced his candidacy as an independent on 17 December 2021. Phone: +977-1-4222921. Similarly, CPN (Unified Socialist) got 10 seats while Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party got seven seats each. The results of 157 seats out of 165 of House of Representatives (HoR) under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) have come out as of 7:00 pm today in which Nepali Congress (NC) continues to lead. Meanwhile, in Jhapa-2, UML's Devraj Ghimire has taken a lead and RSP's Shambhu Dhakal is leading Jhapa-4. Nepali Times February 25, 2023. We have a report that all the people from one place in Darchula have descended to another place. This means, all the counting will be completed by the end of November. According to Dutta, Nepal can use electronic voting by forming a team to aggregate voting devices as per the need of the polling constituencies. Special security arrangements have been made in the places identified as problematic. Binod Ghimire. All Rights Reserved. As per the latest vote count update and final result, Nepali Congress has obtained 53 seats, CPN (UML) is trailing with 42 followed by CPN (Maoist Centre) with 17 seats. However, the trends suggest a divided polity with voters refusing to give a decisive mandate to any party. This time our target is to complete the vote count under first-past-the-post within three days after the counting begins. All Rights Reserved. The election for the parliament and seven provincial assemblies were held on Sunday, and the counting began the next day Monday. NL Today - 21 November, 2022 @NepalLiveToday-A; A +A; Read Time < 1 min. This wont do anyone good. election.ekantipur.com. We use session cookies to help us track internet usage as described above. The commission is careful that its decisions are not overturned by the Supreme Court. Sher Bahadur Deuba in Dandeldhura, Gagan Thapa in Kathmandu, Madhav . Five seats were won by independents and others. Rastriya Prajatantra Party candidate Bharat Bahadur Khadka is leading in Bhaktapur-1 while Durlabh Thapa Chhetri of Nepali Congress has taken a lead against UML's Mahesh Basnet in Bhaktapur-2. Recently, in an interview with The Kathmandu Post, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said all results of the elections will be out by December 8, which is 18 days after the voting day. From Rastriya Janamorcha, Chitra Bahadur KC emerged victorious while Prem Suwal from Nepal Workers and Peasants Party's and Chandrakant Raut from Janamat Party. The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UMAL) led by former Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli on Monday extended its support to the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' citing change in the political equation. The commission should have only directed to remove the posts that spread negativity against others. Required fields are marked *. 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