SC stays EC decision to fine a candidate The Supreme Court has stayed the Election Commission's decision to impose fine of Rs 15,000 on Binod Mani Bhattarai for allegedly failing to make his election expenditure details public. Nepal 05 Aug, 2023
RSP lawmakers file certiorari in Patan High Court against EC ​​​​​​​Lawmakers of Rastriya Swatantra Party on Sunday knocked on the door of Patan High Court to register a writ against the Election Commission. Kathmandu 31 Jul, 2023
EDITORIAL: EC's resolve The Election Commission (EC) has fined parliamentary and provincial assembly candidates who did not make public their election expenditure details, and those who did not submit the election expense details to the EC. Each of the erring candidates were fined Rs 15,000 for failing to making public the election expense details within 35 days of the announcement of the final poll results. Opinion 27 Jul, 2023
List of those falling foul of poll body ​​​​​​​Candidates from all political parties have failed to comply with the provision of Election (Offence and Punishment) Act, 2017, that requires them to make their election expenditure details public and inform the Election Commission. Nepal 26 Jul, 2023
EC fines erring candidates ​​​​​​​The Election Commission has imposed fine on 2,435 candidates — 1,037 parliamentary candidates and 1,398 provincial candidates — for failing to make their election expenditure details public. Nepal 26 Jul, 2023
EDITORIAL: SC's stay order A five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court has issued a stay order and also is- A sued a show-cause notice to the Election Commission (EC) against the latter’s decision to impose a fine on Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah. Opinion 17 Feb, 2023
Decision to slap fine on Balen stayed The Supreme Court has stayed the Election Commission’s decision to impose fine on Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra (Balen) Shah. The EC had imposed a fine of Rs 750,000 on Balen for not submitting his election expenditure within the stipulated deadline of 30 days. Nepal 16 Feb, 2023
EC fixes Oct 9 for filing FPTP candidacies The Election Commission has approved the election schedule for November 20 parliamentary and provincial polls, fixing October 9 for filing candidacy under the first-past-thepost election system. Kathmandu 09 Sep, 2022
EDITORIAL - BoP deficit Nepal’s balance of payments (BoP) was in the red in fiscal 2021-22 that ended in mid-July despite a surplus seen in the previous fiscal year. Opinion 18 Aug, 2022
EDITORIAL: Poll expenses The Election Commission Act and rules have given power to poll body to take legal actions against those who don’t abide by the law It has been seven months since the parliamentary and provincial elections were held. However, as many as 16 fringe... 11 Jun, 2018
16 parties yet to submit poll expense details Expenditure details are required to make parties accountable Kathmandu, June 9 Sixteen political parties have not submitted election expenditure details to the Election Commission raising questions of accountability. Section 24 of... Horoscopes 10 Jun, 2018
930 local level candidates fail to submit election expenses in Chitwan CHITWAN: As many as 930 out of 2,236 candidates who contested the local level elections in Chitwan district have not submitted the details of their election expenses yet, in nine months after the elections were held. Chief of the District Election... Travel 25 Jan, 2018