The Election Commission (EC) has reminded all stakeholders that violation of the Election Code of Conduct, which has remained in effect for the April 27 by-elections of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Ilam-2 and the Province Assembly in Bajhang 1(1), is punishable by law.
The CPN (Unified Socialist) has appointed election commanders to assist the party's candidates in the by-elections scheduled to be held on April 27.
The Election Commission (EC) today provided election symbols to candidates of by-election of the House of Representatives.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Rabi Lamichhane, has expressed his hope that a draft of the Election Management Bill will be further enriched by the sovereign parliament.
Six candidates have registered nominations so far for the House of Representatives (HoR) by-election in Ilam constituency 2.
The Election Commission (EC) has allotted election symbols to the registered political parties to participate in the by-elections to be held in the Ilam House of Representatives constituency-2 and Bajhang Province Assembly constituency-1 on coming April 27.
The National Assembly has fixed coming March 12 as the date for the election of the Chair of the upper house of the Federal Parliament.
The Election Commission said the by-election in Ilam and Bajhang district for the vacant seat of House of Representatives and Province Assembly member would be held coming April 27.
The 8th Election Day is being observed today with the theme "Success of Elections, Outreach of Electoral Education".
The Election Commission has directed the political parties to inform it if they have made any changes and amendment to their names, statute, rules, stamp, flag and symbol as well as changes in their office-bearers within 30 days.
On February 8, the CEC declined to register presidential hopeful Sergey Malinkovich of the Communists of Russia party and Boris Nadezhdin of the Civic Initiative party, citing a high percentage of invalid signatures submitted in their support.
The Election Commission has urged all eligible Nepali citizens, who missed registering their name in the voters' name list due to various reasons, to register their names before the announcement of the date for the by-election.