KATHMANDU, May 4: A total of 4,119 employees are being mobilized for the local-level elections taking place in Kathmandu district.

Candidates elected unopposed in various districts

Published On: May 4, 2017 08:19 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 3:  Nepali Congress (NC) candidates contesting the upcoming local level elections have been elected unopposed in various districts including Manang, Myagdi, Gorkha and Sindhupalchowk.

Major parties looking to forge electoral alliances

Published On: May 4, 2017 07:59 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 3 : The three major political parties are all trying to forge electoral alliances with like-minded forces to win support of constituencies that they consider to be their traditional support base.

Pledges of three metro’s mayoral candidates

Published On: May 4, 2017 07:24 AM NPT By: Republica

Considering the excitement about the upcoming local elections among voters and nominees, Republica reached out to some mayoral nominees from Kaski, Bharatpur and Dhading to discuss their candidacy. Here are the excerpts:

KATHMANDU, May 4: More than 44,000 candidates are vying for 13,556 posts at a total of 283 local units in the three provinces where the Election Commission (EC) is conducting the first phase local elections on May 14.

EC wants schools closed for 7 days for May 14 polls

Published On: May 4, 2017 01:20 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 4: The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Ministry of Education (MoE) to close the educational institutions for seven days -- from May 8 to 14 -- for facilitating the first phase of the local elections.

Disabled worry privacy violation while casting vote

Published On: May 4, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Pooja Chauhan

KATHMANDU, May 4: Bhoj Raj Pandey, Chairperson of Kathmandu Association of Blind (KAB) was extremely happy when the government announced the local level elections after a gap of 19 years.  Pandey, blind by birth, cannot see but that does not mean he is unaware about the crises and problems facing the country.

GORKHA, May 3: Candidates in Gorkha district for the local polls, which are just 10 days away, range from central leaders of various political parties to former lawmakers.

LAMJUNG, May 3: At a time when the political parties are facing hard time in finalizing the candidates for the local level election, Narfu rural municipality of Upper Manang has elected all the members unopposed.

NC could enter into electoral alliance as per local need

Published On: May 3, 2017 05:41 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 3: Nepali Congress (NC) has said that it could enter into electoral alliance with any political parties as per the need of the NC's local level mechanism as the candidacy nomination for May 14 election is already over.