41 days to go for HoR elections: EC to provide election symbols today
The Election Commission (EC) has stated that candidates filing nomination for the elections to the House of Representatives (HOR) member can withdraw their names by 1 pm today. .
According to the election schedule, the candidates can withdraw their candidacy from 10 am to 1 pm today.
Likewise, the final name list of candidates will be published from 1 pm to 3 pm today itself.
The EC informed that the candidates will be provided with election symbols from 4 pm to 7 pm today.
According to the election schedule towards the first-past-the-post, the deadline for filing complaints against nominations was set for January 21 from 10 am to 3 pm.
On the same day from 3 pm until 5 pm, the nomination papers and complaints were scrutinized; decisions were made, and the list of candidates was published.
A total of 3,486 candidates have filed their nominations across 165 constituencies nationwide.
Nomination filing was completed simultaneously across the country on January 20.
The House of Representatives election is scheduled for March 5.
Out of total 275 members of the HoR, 110 will be elected through the proportional representation system and 165 through the FPTP election system.
EC scraps Resham Chaudhary's nomination
The Election Commission (EC) has scrapped the nomination of Resham Chaudhary for the House of Representatives (HoR) election from Kailali constituency-1 following an investigation into a complaint filed against him.
However, the complaints lodged against the HoR election candidates from constituency-2 of Sunsari, constituency-1 of Rautahat, and constituency-2 of Bhaktapur lacked sufficient claims, assistant spokesperson at the Election Commission, Kul Bahadur GC, says. .
Similarly, a complaint registered in Rautahat district was rejected on Wednesday.
The EC conducted an investigation into the complaints from 3 pm on Wednesday, which concluded at 5 pm on Thursday.
The Election Commission is publishing the list of the candidates under the first-past-the-post shortly.
Probe Commission deadline extended by 20 days
The deadline of the Probe Commission formed by the government to probe the damages occurred during the September 8 and 9 Gen Z movement has been extended by 20 days.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers today took a decision to this effect, confirmed Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal.
The Commission was formed by the Cabinet decision on September 21, 2025 under the chair of former judge GauriBahadur Karki.
It comprises former Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Bigyan Raj Sharma and legal expert BishweshworBhandari as members.
The term of the Commission has been extended again for the second time at the proposal of the Home Ministry as preparation of the report was underway though the three-month deadline was given to the Commission in the beginning.
The term of the commission ended today itself.
Similarly, the government has decided to accept grant assistance of USD two million from the Asian InfrastructureInvestment Bank for the Butwal-Pokhara section upgrading project.
Likewise, Home Minister Aryal has been appointed as the government spokesperson.
Other decisions of the meeting would be made public in a regular press meeting, it has been said.
95 polling centers classified as highly-sensitive in Jhapa
The Security Bodies have classified voting stations in three groups in order to make voters and polling centers in Jhapa fear-free for upcoming elections to the House of Representatives.
Chief District Officer Shiva Lal Gelal said 95 voting centers in the district have been classified as highly –sensitive.
Out of 285 polling centers in the district, 147 voting centres have been identified as sensitive while 43 as normal.
The district has 815 polling stations.
Gelal added that Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Nepal and Nepali Army would be mobilized to hold the March 5 elections in a fear-free environment.
He stated that additional security personnel have been requested from the provincial police office, as the current situation demands greater security measures than in previous instances due to the heightened security sensitivity in Jhapa Constituency-5.
There are five constituencies as well as 713,537 voters in Jhapa.
