Poll Update (23 - 29 September 2013)

RPP-Nepal Announces Candidates for Direct Election

Rastriya Prajatantra Party -Nepal (RPP-Nepal) has announced the list of candidates for the CA elections contesting under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system. Organising a press conference in the capital last Friday, the party has said that it will be contesting from all 240 constituencies. The list of 196 declared candidates includes most of the party’s top leaders, central committee members and district leaders. Among the top leaders, Padma Sundar Lawoti has been announced RPP-N candidate from Panchthar -2. Chandra Bahadur Gurung has been declared as candidate from Syangja-1, Udhav Poudel from Kathmandu-4 and singers Mira Rana and Sanjaya Shrestha from Kathmandu-3 and 6, respectively. Bharat Jangam, who joined the party recently, is also contesting from Kathmandu-1. The announcement of the remaining candidates will be done within the next two days, informed party chairman Kamal Thapa.

 

“Polls preparation almost completed”

Chief Election Commissioner Neelkantha Upreti has said that the Election Commission (EC) has almost completed the preparations for the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) elections scheduled for November 19. Speaking at a programme in the capital last Friday, Upreti said the EC is expediting the preparation work as per the election schedule. He also expressed confidence that the election fervour will further catch up with the parties after the registration of the candidates under the first-past-the-post election system.