UK Labour Party sweeps to power in historic election win. But impatient voters mean big challenges Britain’s Labour Party swept to power Friday after more than a decade in opposition, official results showed, as a jaded electorate appeared to hand the party a landslide victory but also a mammoth task of reinvigorating a stagnant economy and dispirited nation. World 05 Jul, 2024
Leader Bhattarai calls for high-level investigation to curb corruption Nepal Samajwadi Party Chairperson Dr Baburam Bhattarai pointed out the need of a high-level investigation committee to curb corruption. Nepal 13 Aug, 2023
Deuba moots election system change NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba broached the idea of changing the electoral system so that members of the House of Representatives could be elected through first-past-the-post system and members of the National Assembly through Proportional Representation system. Nepal 11 Jun, 2023
NC submits name list of selected HoR members under PR The Nepali Congress (NC) has submitted the name list of selected members of the House of Representatives (HoR) under the proportional representation (PR) system. Nepal 11 Dec, 2022
PA elections: NC wins 111 out of 330 seats, UML 91 A final results of the elections to the Province Assembly held under the first-past-the-post system have been announced. Nepal 05 Dec, 2022
Results for 165 seats in HoR declared, NC wins highest 57 The entire results of the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Province Assembly held under the first-past-the-post system have been announced. Nepal 05 Dec, 2022
CPN-MC, a pale shadow of its 2008 avatar The CPN-Maoist Centre, which was once a popular force in national politics, has been on a constant decline ever since it took everybody by surprise in 2008 when in its earlier avatar as CPN-Maoist, it won 220 seats (120 first-past-thepost and 100 proportional representation seats) in the 601-member Constituent Assembly, enough for its chairman, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, to lead a government. Nepal 01 Dec, 2022
Over 10 million PR votes counted: EC Over 10 million votes have been counted under the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system for the House of Representatives (HoR). Nepal 30 Nov, 2022
No FPTP representation of women in Karnali Province There will be no representation of women under the first-pastthe-post election system in Karnali Provinial Assembly as no woman won the election. Nepal 29 Nov, 2022
EC directs submission of election expenditures within 35 days The Election Commission (EC) has reminded political parties and poll candidates participating in the elections to the Member of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly to submit details of their election expenditures within 35 days of the announcement of the poll results. Nepal 28 Nov, 2022
Rastriya Swantantra party on way to become national party Rastriya Swatantra Party is on way to become a national party as it has almost met the 'threshold requirement' of securing at least 350,000 votes from the Proportional Representation election, and election of at least one candidate via the First Past the Post system. Kathmandu 24 Nov, 2022
Ballot papers sent to all constituencies: Poll panel The Election Commission today said ballot papers had been sent to all constituencies for the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies. Nepal 12 Nov, 2022
