- Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Election countdown: 85 days to go for voting
The Election Commission (EC) is reviewing how convenient the polling centres are across the country.
Gen Z movement leader Gurung calls on PM Karki
Gen Z movement leader Sudan Gurung on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Sushila Karki at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar.
HoR election- 86 days to go: EC opens Office of Election Officer for PR system
The Election Commission on Monday opened the Office of Election Officer for the proportional representation (PR) electoral system for the House of Representatives (HoR) member election slated for March 5, 2026. The Office is established at the EC premises in the federal capital.
UML registers party for proportional representation electoral system
UML Central Election Department chief Niraj Acharya, visited the Commission's office at Kantipath and met with Acting Chief Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari and other officials to submit the party registration application for PR electoral system.
HoR election- 87 days to go: Election Commission allots election symbols to parties
The Election Commission has allocated the election symbols to the political parties that have registered with it for the House of Representatives (HoR) member election slated for March 5, 2026.
PM Karki seeks former President Bhandari's support on election bid
During a meeting held at PM Karki's office in Singh Durbar on Sunday, PM Karki informed the former Head of State that government was engaged in corruption control and preparation for the March 5 election to the House of Representatives. The PM sought Bhandari's positive role in supporting government activities.
Election will be held on schedule: Finance Minister Khanal
Finance Minister Rameshore Khanal has said that the election to the House of Representatives would be held on the slated date at consent of all parties and the participation of general public.
Security alertness tightened in Kailali border
The security vigilance in the border area has been intensified as a preemptive security measure in the view of the election of the House of Representatives (HoR) to be held on March 5.
HoR election on scheduled date: Communication Minister Kharel
During the inauguration of a week-long religious event at Krishna Mandir in Imadol, Lalitpur, organized by the Shrikrishna Pranami District Service Committee Lalitpur today, he encouraged citizens to elect the right representatives in the forthcoming elections.
Preparations for convention, election go together: General Secretary Thapa
General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, Gagan Kumar Thapa, has said preparations would go together for both the 15th general convention of the party and the election to House of Representatives (HoR).
EC issues 30-point directive to political parties in view of elections
Kathmandu, Dec 6: The Election Commission (EC) has issued 20-point directive to the political parties in view of the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) member scheduled for 5 March 2026. Likewise, the EC has set the date of the National Assembly (NA) election for coming December 26. Commission's Assistant Spokesperson Prakash Neupane informed that necessary directives were given to the political parties registered at the EC as per the Political Party Act, 2073 (Clause 57) to maintain good governance while keeping inclusive proportional representation in the election. In order to ensure inclusive proportional representation in the election system, each political party has to guarantee representation of women candidates in a way that one third is not overlooked, and nominate candidates to ensure gender and inclusive representation is maintained while presenting candidacies towards first-past-the-post. Likewise, the political parties are obligated to arrange candidacy nomination to ensure gender and inclusive representation for effective implementation of the policy to level up 40 percent women representation in the parliament by 2030 in consideration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While conducting election related activities, the political parties are not allowed to engage in any actions that would undermine mutual harmony being adherent to the Nepal Constitution and respectful to the diverse castes and ethnicities, communities, gender, religions, languages, regions and cultures. To make the polling stations and centres gender and disable-friendly, the EC has asked the political parties to extend cooperation to that end and necessarily address the gender and social inclusion arrangements in their political documents, including election manifesto. Inclusive proportional representation principle should be adhered in a way to keep at least one third women and represent Nepal's social diversities while nominating candidates to the posts, excluding the posts reserved for women, Dalit and minority communities. The political parties should also ensure participation of women, inclusive groups and target sections at the programmes, including training, workshop, seminar, discussion and interaction. During election campaigns, it is prohibited to directly or indirectly intimidate, defame, insult, discourse, attempt character assassination, or show discriminatory actions against women, children, person with disabilities, inclusive groups or any other candidates. The commission's directive has stated that the political parties must ensure that language used on social media does not impart false, misleading and malicious information that could negatively impact the feelings of womena and indigenous nationalities. Likewise, the political parties are obliged to make necessary arrangements to inform voters about gender and inclusivity in elections, the importance of the election, and voting process during poll campaigns. The political parties' office-bearers, members and workers should comply with the election code of ethics. As per the directive, the political parties should make arrangements to ensure that children are not used during political activities. Likewise, parties are not allowed to carry out undemocratic acts such as obstructing, restricting and forcing another party not to do their election-related activities. (RSS)
Robust environment set for election after joint meeting, Minister Kharel says
Minister for Communications and Information Technology Jagadish Kharel has said that the environment for poll has become further robust following the joint meeting between the government, major political parties, Election Commission and the security bodies held on Friday evening.
PM urges all parties to think about how to make the election successful
Prime Minister Sushila Karki has reiterated her commitment to holding the election as scheduled on March 5 in a peaceful and fair environment.
