KATHMANDU: With the vote count of the November 20 election to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly almost over, the political parties and leaders have intensified their races for the formation of new government. Who will be the next prime minister and whose support is intriguing everyone at present? Irrespective of their pride and pledges, action and announcement, and confidence and conjecture, the political parties have seen their true strength. The strength is shown by the sovereign citizen. With the hung parliament in sight, to break the current electoral alliance or not is dogging the big parties. Whosoever forms…
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Prior to the General Election 2079, “No, not Again” campaign was among the most advertised one through social media. Even, the Election Commission faced controversies after its order to stop the campaign. But, major faces the campaign targeted won the election. Sher Bahadur Deuba, KP Oli, Puspa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal made their entry to the House of Representatives, some with huge margins. Deuba was elected from Dadeldhura securing 25,533 votes and Oli (Jhapa-5) got 52,319 votes. Similarly, Dahal (Gorkha-2) and Nepal (Rautahat-1) polled 26,109 and 33,552 respectively.
Kathmandu – Kittiya Pawlowski, deactivated her Instagram account where she had claimed to have donated USD 787.50 to the Snow Leopard Trust on November 25. Kittiya came into the spotlight of nature lover across the world when she claimed that She was able to capture with her camera the rare snow leopard photos in the Mt. Everest region. Her claim was rubbished by the Alpine mag which published an investigative story saying her photos are not real but ‘collage’ work. Fact-checking-research have reached similar conclusions. They say that the snow leopard Photos allegedly shot at 5,000-m altitude in the Mt. Everest region and…
Political Party WinLeadPR VotesPR Votes (%)Nepali Congress5071,896,73126.59CPN-UML3831,829,79127.56CPN (Maoist Center)162801,52411.65CPN (Unified Socialist)100172,4772.51Rastriya Swatantra Party71799,32011.61Rastriya Prajatantra Party 61410,6805.97Janata Samajwadi Party51219,0173.18Loktantrik Samajwadi Party4084,4101.23Nagarik Unmukti Party30160,7102.33Janamat Party10151,3542.20Nepal Workers and Peasants Party1061,4480.89Rastriya Janamorcha10 Others50295,2564.29Total147156,882,718100
Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand has suffered electoral defeat. Rastriya Prajtantra Party election candidate Dipak Bohara defeated Khand by 2042 votes. Bohara bagged 36648 votes while Minister Khand received 34006 votes. Khand contested elections to the House of Representatives from Rupandehi-3 as a common candidate of the Nepali Congress-led ruling alliance. Bohara was backed by the main opposition CPN-UML.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting on Saturday. The heavyweights discussed the contemporary political scenario including election outcomes, according to Prachanda’s secretariat. The meeting comes at a time when the vote counting is entering final stage and discussions have already started over the formation of a post-election government. It requires at least 138 seats in parliament to form the new government. The vote counting results show that not a single party is going to muster a required number of seats to form the government. The Nepali Congress looks…
KATHMANDU, Nov 20: Voting for the election of the members of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies concluded on Sunday evening. Here are the key takeaways:
Professor at the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Tribhuvan University, Dr. Khadga K.C has said that a new Cold War is in the offing. Delivering a key note speech at a conference titled “The New Leadership of the CPC: The Influence on World Order” in Lalitpur on Thursday, Professor KC said that the United States appears to have entered a New Cold War with both China and Russia. “Such hypocrisy suggests that it is at least partly global hegemony, not values, that is really at stake. Since the United States seems serious about confronting China in an extended contest for global…
KATHMANDU, Nov 18: The Election Commission (EC) has maintained that the results of all the election constituencies across the country will be acquired in the three to fives after the voting date. The poll body has set a target to submit the report of the election and results to the Office of President by December 6. According to the poll body, vote count of elections under the direct system will be held first followed by the election under the proportional system in case of lack of officials. The poll body has already directed the election officers to conclude the count…
The ‘silence period’ for the November 20 election will begin from midnight (12:00) today. The election code of conduct prohibits all the campaigns, gatherings and interaction concerning the publicity prior to 48 hours of voting day till the polls are closed. According to the election code of conduct, also the publicity materials kept around 300 meters of polling station are to be removed. The voting on November 20 for the House of Representative and Province Assembly is taking place from 7 am to 5 pm. The EC calls not to conduct any such actions. EC has also warned of taking…