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: Presidential pardon President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s move to provide blanket amnesty to all the local level candidates who were fined for not submitting the poll expenditure details within the deadline by the Election Commission (EC) has drawn flak from lawyers. Nepal 20 Feb, 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
General election: Hope of transformation Same old faces. What will the future of our country be? A man, holding a cup of tea in one hand and a newspaper in the other, was mumbling in innocence but looked concerned. Divided comments about the election candidacy and results can be heard at every corner of the street, in the tea stalls, restaurants and gatherings. Opinion 14 Nov, 2022
EDITORIAL: EC's strict code With the federal and provincial elections less than two months away, the Election Commission (EC) has enforced the poll code of conduct from Wednesday. Opinion 29 Sep, 2022
Poll code comes into effect today The Election Commission has decided to enforce the election code of conduct for parliamentary and provincial elections slated for November 20 from Wednesday. Nepal 28 Sep, 2022
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
