KATHMANDU: Nominations for candidates in the upcoming by-election will be registered from 10 am to 5 PM today (Sunday), the Election Commission (EC) has announced.
The by-election is scheduled for December 1, with 44 vacant seats to be contested nationwide.
Joint Secretary and Spokesperson Nita Pokharel said that candidacy filings will take place at the election officer’s office in the respective local levels.
The list of registered candidates will be published on the same day, between 5 PM and 6 PM.
The Commission stated that preparations for the candidacy registration process are complete, with 32 offices designated for chief election officers and six additional offices for election officers at the relevant local levels.
Following the nomination period, complaints against candidates may be filed from 10 AM to 3 PM on November 18.
The Election Commission will review these complaints and finalize the candidate list between 5 PM and 6 PM on November 19.
Candidates wishing to withdraw their nominations can do so between 9 AM and 1 PM on November 20.
The final list of candidates will be published between 1 PM and 3 PM on the same day.
Election symbols will be assigned to candidates between 3 PM and 5 PM on November 20. The by-election will take place from 7 AM to 5 PM on December 1.
Meanwhile, the election code of conduct for the upcoming local-level by-elections, scheduled for December 1, has officially come into effect today, Sunday.
According to the Election Commission’s joint secretary and Spokesperson Nita Pokhrel Aryal, the code of conduct is applied to people holding public posts in the respective districts, to authorities concerned, and to officials.
It is applied to the Government of Nepal and its Ministers, the province governments and their ministers, constitutional bodies and officials of such bodies, bodies of the Nepal government or province governments and their officials, local executives and their members, employees at the federal, province, and local level, the security bodies, security personnel and employees, government, semi-government, and public entities and employees.
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