Low turnout, says EC as Nepal votes for fresh government

Nov 21, 2022

Kathmandu/ Lalitpur, Nov 21 (ANI): Ballot counting is underway in Nepal after people polled on Sunday for the formation of the country’s 11th government since 2008. Earlier, the Election Commission informed after the polls that the voter turnout stood much lower than its expectations at 61 percent. Nepali citizens, who earlier exercised their franchise stated that they were voting for change and development. Political stability in the country was high on people’s agenda when they came out to vote. First held in 2017 in three phases, the Federal and Provincial Elections of Nepal had witnessed 68.7 percent voter turnout. The Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) had secured near to half-the-majority seats in the parliament. Following the victory after the three tier election Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli was elected as the Prime Minister but his government fell after just three years in office. Nepal parliament has been dissolved twice since then, pushing the country into political crisis.