by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 23, 2022Even as unexpected results from the federal and provincial elections continue to pour in from every part of the country, future power-sharing models are already being discussed in Kathmandu. The emergence of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, a new political outfit formed only around six months ago by popular television host Rabi Lamichhane, and victories of new parties in the Tarai is set to drastically alter the…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 23, 2022Preliminary results of the federal and provincial polls held on Sunday suggest the votes of Nepali Congress have not been transferred to other coalition partners. This had been long feared. The transfer from Nepali Congress to CPN (Maoist Centre) was thought to be particularly hard; Congress leaders were among the main Maoist targets during the decade-long bloody insurgency. Nonetheless, an electoral alliance was forged between…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 23, 2022Rastriya Swatantra Party candidates emerged victorious in three Kathmandu constituencies in the recently held federal elections. Sobita Gautam, Ganesh Parajuli and Biraj Bhakta Shrestha secured victories in Kathmandu-2, Kathmandu-7 and Kathmandu-8 respectively. Gautam defeated her closest competitor Maniram Phuyal of CPN-UML by a margin of 3,674. Gautam secured 15,229 votes for the win while Phuyal got 11,555 votes. Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s Kunti Devi Pokharel (Upadhyay) came in third…
report in Nepalnews.com, NOV 23, 2022 at , 7:10AM ,Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected to the House of Representatives for the seventh time from Dadeldhura.He got 25534 votes.His nearest rival Sagar Dhakal got 13042 votes.https://nepalnews.com/s/politics/deuba-elected-as-hor-member-from-dadeldhura
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 22, 2022The newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party, which is doing rather well in the federal elections based on votes secured in the early stages of vote-counting, didn’t field candidates in provincial elections. In the November 20 vote, its president, Rabi Lamichhane, was seen skipping voting for provincial candidates in a widely circulated video. When asked why he chose not to vote for province-level candidates, Lamichhane responded…
Reuters report, Nov 22, 2022KATHMANDU: Results from Nepal’s parliamentary elections held over the weekend began to emerge on Monday, with political analysts saying more established parties could lose some support to newer parties and younger candidates. The ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba with the former Maoist rebels is pitted against the main opposition Nepal Communist Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) party in the election. There were no pre-election polls, though prior to the…
by Arjun Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 21st, 2022Umesh Rijal, a resident of Khorsane in Sundar Haraicha Municipality 10 in Morang district, reached Kathmandu on Wednesday to collect his passport. He did not apply for a passport from his home district as it takes around two months for him to get the travel document. It cost Rijal more than Rs25,000 to acquire the passport from the Department of Passports in Kathmandu since he immediately…
report in Nepalnews.com, Nov 21, 2022 at 11:41 hrsCPN (UML) and Nepali Congress have taken the initial lead in the House of Representatives elections. UML has taken the lead in all three constituencies of Lalitpur in the House of Representatives. Likewise, UML has taken the lead in Jhapa 2, Dhanusha 3, and Banke 3. Nepali Congress has taken the lead in Kathmandu-1, Bhaktapur-2, and Mustang. The National Independent Party has taken the lead in Kathmandu…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 20, 2022Periodic elections offer the best opportunity for the public to give their verdict on the performance of the representatives they elect every five years. They also reflect the electorate’s desire for change, or lack thereof. Nepal votes today to elect representatives for the 275-member House of Representatives and 550-member provincial assemblies. The country has gone through many ups and downs following the 2017 elections. Observers say…
Report in Kathmandu Post, Nov 20, 2022Sporadic incidents of violence have been reported from various places during the federal and provincial assembly polls being held in a single phase on Sunday. Security personnel opened fire at two polling centres in Rautahat to take the situation under control following a clash ensued between cadres of two political parties. Superintendent of Police Bir Bahadur Budha Magar, chief at Rautahat District Police Office, said police fired warning shots…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 19, 2022The ruling Nepali Congress that has fielded Prakash Man Singh and Gagan Thapa in Kathmandu constituencies 1 and 4, respectively, should have been more confident about these heavyweights’ victories. But the case is not so simple. Singh was elected from Kathmandu-1 in the first Constituent Assembly in 2008, then in the second Constituent Assembly Election in 2013, and again in the 2017 general election. Thapa was…