KATHMANDU, March 9: A total of 694 votes have been cast till 1:00 PM in the ongoing voting for the presidential election. The election officer's office said that 285 members of the federal parliament and 409 members of the provincial assemblies have voted in the election.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: There were more invalid votes under the proportional representation (PR) system than under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: The counting of votes cast under Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system has concluded. The Election Commission (EC), however, has not released the final results saying that they are verifying the number of votes from the districts.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: The election to the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assembly held on Sunday has witnessed lower turnouts as compared to the last election of HoR and Provincial Assembly held five years ago.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: The voter turnout stood at only 23 percent in Thawang of Rolpa district in the elections to the members of House of Representatives and provincial assembly held on Sunday.

Ilam, Nov 20: In the ongoing elections to the House of Representatives and the Provincial Assembly, 45 percent of votes have been cast in Ilam. According to the district election office, this number of votes were cast as of 3:30PM.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: As much as 70.67 percent votes have been cast in Manang till 3:15 PM in the ongoing voting for the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Election observers have said that the voters did not show much enthusiasm in this election.

LAMJUNG, Nov 20: More than 40 percent of votes have been cast in Lamjung by the time this report was prepared. According to the District Election Office, 52,000 people have voted in the district as of 3 pm.

KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Home Secretary Binod Prakash Singh has said that up to 46 percent votes have been cast across the country as of 2 PM.

KATHMANDU, July 17: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered that government employees, security personnel and prisoners, too, be allowed to vote in the House of Representatives and Province Assembly elections.

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Nepali Congress (NC) leaders Mahalaxmi Upadhyay ‘Dina’, Jivan Pariyar and Bhishmaraj Angdambe have been elected Nepali Congress (NC) joint general secretaries from the voting.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Despite Prime Minister and NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba maintaining the lead, he failed to get more than 50 percent of the votes as per the statute. According to party leaders, the second round of voting will take place today and the results will also be announced today.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Only 203 votes are left to be counted for the post of Nepali Congress President in the 14th national general convention.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: So far, 4,276 votes have been counted and Deuba has received 2,046 votes.

KOLKATA, India, March 27: Voting began in Assam and West Bengal on Saturday in state elections that will show how support for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding up following a coronavirus-stricken year, and months of protests by farmers against his agricultural reforms.

The move is seen to run in direct conflict with the trade strategy of President Trump's cabinet, a member of which warned Thursday that the United States and the European Union would now be joining forces "in the fight against China."

WASHINGTON, July 19: Gay-rights supporters who thronged the Supreme Court plaza after justices declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right expect to have little to celebrate if Brett Kavanaugh replaces Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of all the court’s major gay-rights rulings.

United Nations, June 14: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held its 10th emergency meeting, Wednesday on Israel's response to protests dubbed the 'Great Return March' along the border with Gaza. The UN voted to condemn Israel's excessive force, marked by the use of live ammunition.

KATHMANDU, June 8: Today's lower house meeting endorsed the House of Representatives Regulations, 2075 BS with majority votes.

The UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to send a team of international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly shootings of Gaza protesters by Israeli forces.

YEKATERINBURG, March 18: Vladimir Putin’s victory in Russia’s presidential election Sunday isn’t in doubt. The only real question is whether voters will turn out in big enough numbers to hand him a convincing mandate for his fourth term — and many Russian workers are facing intense pressure to do so.

BEIRUT, Feb 25: A new wave of airstrikes and shelling on eastern suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus left at least 22 people dead and dozens wounded Saturday, raising the death toll of a week of bombing in the area to 500, as the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Sherdhan Rai, Provincial Assembly leader of CPN-UML defeated Bhim Acharya by two votes to secure his win as Parliamentary Party member from Province 1. Rai obtained 26 votes and his rival candidate Acharya garnered 24 votes.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Despite threats from the United States to withhold "billions" of dollars in US aid for countries which would vote in favor of a UN resolution rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Nepal has chosen to vote against the US call.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Nepal was one of the 128 countries to vote against the President Donald Trump’s unilateral call to make Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Both Israel and Palestine claim Jerusalem to be their capital.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: The rise in number of invalid votes has piled up pressure on the Election Commission (EC) to overhaul its ineffective voter education program, for which the election body spends billions of rupees.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The percentage of invalid votes in the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system of the election to the member of House of Representatives is 5.18 on an average throughout the country.

KHOTANG, Dec 13: The number of political parties securing less than 100 has climbed to 36 in the district.

BARDIYA, Dec 13: The Nepali Congress (NC) has secured the highest votes towards the proportional representation system in the recently held elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies.

KHOTANG, Dec 13: CPN-UML has bagged highest votes in the district. The vote counting has finalized on Wednesday where UML wins towards first-past-the-post elections in Khotang has also become the first party in the proportional representations (PR) elections in the district.

DOLAKHA, Dec 12: CPN-UML has bagged highest votes in Propotional Representaional system in Dolakha.

BAGLUNG, Dec 12: Nepali Congress that lost all seats towards first-past-the-post elections in Baglung has become the first party in the proportional representations (PR) elections in the district.

ITHARI, Dec 12: The votes counting has rsumed n Sunsari-3, Where Nepali congress candidate Bijaya Kumar Gachhedhar and his nearest rival from CPN-UML Bhagawati Chaudhary are vying for the House of Representatives.

ILAM, Dec 12: Like in the previous elections, there were scores of invalid votes during the recently concluded parliamentary and provincial elections.

KANCHANPUR, Dec 10: Nepali Congress youth leader Narayan Prakash Saud (NP) has lost with more than 8,000 votes for the House of Representatives in Kanchanpur.

GORKHA, Dec 10: With the completion of vote counting in Gorkha district under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category for the parliamentary and provincial elections, rural parts of the district reported higher number of invalid votes. As per the details provided by the District Election Office (DEO), more than 4% of the total votes were invalid in the district.

TANAHUN, Dec 10: Nepali congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel has lost to UML Candidate Krishna Kumar Shrestha in the House of Representatives with more than 6,000 votes in Tanahau-1.

JHAPA, Dec 10: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has made a victory with more than 28 thousand votes in Jhapa-5.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: Nepali Congress General Secretary Dr. Sashank Koirala has lead with more than four thousand votes for the House of Representatives in Nawalparasai-East-1.

KAILALI, Dec 10: Nepali Congress candidate for Kailali-5 Arzoo Rana Deuba has suffered a defeat at the hands of CPN-UML candidate Narad Muni Rana in the House of Representatives, with nearly 5, 000 votes.

KANCHANPUR, Dec 10: CPN-Maoist center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Daughter-in-Law, Bina Magar has lead with more than ten thousand votes for the House of representatives in Kanchanpur-1.

UDAYAPUR, Dec 10: Narayan Bahadur Karki candidate from Nepali Congress looses in Udayapur-2 for the House of Representatives by more than 5 thousand votes.

MAKAWANPUR, Dec 10: Krishna Prasad Dahal has defeated Rastiya Prajatantra Party (RPP) chairman Kamal Thapa with more than 5 thousand votes in Makawanpur-1.

DHANUSHA, Dec 10: Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal candidate for Dhanusha-3 Rajendra Mahato has been elected in the constituency.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9:  Prime Minister and Nepali Congress’s Chairman, Sher Bahadur Deuba is continually leading during vote count of Dadeldhura. Deuba has received 14,724 votes while his rival, Khag Raj Bhatta from Left Alliance has garnered 8,862 votes.

CHITWAN, Dec 9: CPN-Maoist center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has lead for the House of Representatives in Chitwan-3. Former Prime Minister Dahal lead by 2099 votes.

DADELDHURA, Dec 9: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has lead with nearly double votes for the House of Representatives in Dadeldhura.

PALPA, Dec 8: Votes counting has begun in Palpa-1 where election was held on December 7. According to preliminary results of votes counting Nepali congress is leading in this Constituency.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: A total of 2,409 votes have been counted in Pachthar for the House of Representatives. Of them, 1931 have been counted as invalid. Following the vote counts, Left alliances continue to lead the race by more than 2,000 votes in Pachthar.