Four candidates who filed nominations for the upcoming House of Representatives election on Falgun 21 have withdrawn their candidacies on Friday. The Election Officer's office stated that they withdrew their nominations from Constituency No. 1 and Constituency No. 2 in Banke district.Chief Election Officer of the Main Election Officer's Office, Nepalgunj, Deepak Kumar Dahal, informed that Vijaykumar Gupta, a candidate from Nepal Janata Party, and Saraswatiprasad Barma from Janata Samajbadi Party submitted applications to withdraw their candidacies. With the withdrawal of these two candidates, the number of candidates contesting in Constituency No. 2 of the district is now fixed at...
Bhaktapur. For the House of Representatives election scheduled for upcoming Falgun 21, 76 polling stations and 233 polling centers have been designated across the two constituencies in Bhaktapur.Sub-centers for voting have been added, informed Prakash Magar, Chief of the District Election Office. He stated that while there were previously 222 voting sub-centers, 13 have been added this year, bringing the total to 235. According to him, there are 205,410 registered voters across Constituency No. 1 and 2.Magar informed that 37 polling stations and 119 polling centers have been designated for Bhaktapur Constituency No. 1. He added that 39 polling stations...
Kathmandu. The Election Commission has announced that the printing of 15 million ballot papers for the proportional representation system has been completed.The printing of the ballot papers began on Magh 2 at the press of Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra Limited. Now, 5 million ballot papers remain to be printed.The Commission stated that the printing of ballot papers for the first-past-the-post electoral system will commence immediately after the proportional representation ballot printing is finished.The final list of candidates for the direct election system has been determined. One copy of the voter list was printed and distributed to all districts for the...
Kathmandu. A motion of no confidence against French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has failed. Borne utilized constitutional powers on Tuesday to push parts of the 2026 budget through parliament, gaining the support of the Socialists. A second no-confidence motion filed by the far-right also failed. Borne will have to use the same constitutional power twice to turn the full budget into law, which will subject her to further no-confidence motions. “The issues are now deadlocked. The motion can no longer be voted on. We believe the country must have a budget,” the Prime Minister said on Tuesday. This move brings...