KATHMANDU, JANUARY 22 With 42 days remaining for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections, the Election Commission (EC) is investigating complaints filed against a handful of candidate nominations before publishing the provisional list of candidates. According to EC Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC, the investigation into the complaints began at 3:00 pm on Wednesday and will continue until 5:00 pm today. Both the nominations and the related complaints are currently under review. As per the election schedule, the EC will publish the provisional list of candidates between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm today. Candidates will be allowed to withdraw their nominations from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Friday, January 23. The final list of candidates will be made public between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm on Friday, while election symbols will be allotted from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm the same day. Three election-related events are scheduled for Friday at 77 Offices of Chief Election Officers and 88 Offices of Election Officers. According to data received by the EC, a total of 3,487 nominations have been registered for the HoR elections slated for March 5. Of these, 3,089 were filed by men, 396 by women, and one by a candidate from a gender and sexual minority group. The EC said complaints have been lodged against five nominations from four constituencies-Sunsari-2, Rautahat-1, Bhaktapur-2 and Kailali-2-with two complaints related to Bhaktapur-2 alone. (With inputs from RSS)