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Candidacy registration is underway across the country today for the first-past-the-post (FPTP) elections of members of the House of Representatives. The general elections are being held on March 5.

The Election Commission has stated that necessary preparations for filing of nominations by the candidates have been completed by establishing election offices in all 165 constituencies across the country.

Meanwhile, the Commission has urged all political parties and associated candidates to reach the election offices peacefully and with dignity to complete the due process of candidacy. It has also fixed the time for candidacy registration for major political parties and their candidates, so as to reduce crowding and facilitate the process of candidacy registration.

In the total 275-member House of Representatives, 165 members are elected through the FPTP system and 110 through the proportional election (PR) system.

According to the election calendar set by the commission, nomination of candidates is being held across the country today, and candidates are required to be present with a copy of their citizenship certificate or voter ID card for filing their respective nomination papers. Various other documents need to be submitted and requirements met for being eligible to stand for the elections.

The commission has stated that all necessary preparations have been completed and expressed confidence that the filing of candidate nomination papers will proceed enthusiastically across the country today.

The Janak Education Materials Center Limited has so far printed 12.3 million ballot papers for the March 5 elections. 

The state-owned company has been entrusted with the responsibility of printing ballot papers for the upcoming House of Representatives elections.

According to the details provided by the center, 1.313 million ballot papers have been printed in the last 24 hours alone. 

A total of 28.3 million ballot papers for the proportional representation (PR) system of the election have been printed. The center has so far printed 50 percent of the ballot papers.

The center has provided a total of 1.098 million ballot papers to the Election Commission.

The Janak Education Materials Center has stated that the printing of the ballot papers for the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system will begin after the process of filing of nomination by candidates is completed and the final list is published, and the election symbols are given to the candidates.

Former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has decided not to stand in the upcoming House of Representatives elections.

Deuba has been elected from Dadeldhura in all elections since 2048 BS, but will not be a candidate this time, his secretariat has stated. 

Nominations are being registered today for the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system of the upcoming House of Representatives elections to be held on March 5.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has awarded its ticket to Pukar Bam for Kathmandu Constituency No. 4.

Bam had sought candidacy from Kathmandu-1, where he had contested in the previous election. However, the party has fielded him from Constituency 4 for the upcoming election.

Kathmandu-4 has long been represented by Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa. Thapa is set to contest from Sarlahi-4 in the next election, changing the electoral landscape of the Kathmandu constituency.

With Thapa not contesting from Kathmandu-4, the constituency is expected to see a new political contest in the upcoming polls.