Nepal enters final hours of general elections, silence period to start past midnight

Nov 18, 2022

Kathmandu (Nepal), Nov 18 (ANI): Nepal has entered the final hours of general elections which are set to be held on Sunday to elect members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies. The Himalayan Nation will be observing a silence period past midnight on Thursday which as per the Election Code of Conduct, 2022 comes into effect 48 hours before the voting day until the polls are closed. For Sunday's election, the Election Commission has stated that the preparations for the general elections are almost completed. The Election Commission from Thursday has started distributing election materials to all the polling stations except the ballot papers for preparations. Setting up the polling booth as per the election officials would be completed late by Saturday with security personnel guarding it round the clock. As per the data, there are 18,879,570 eligible voters across the country who will be casting their votes in 10,892 polling stations across the country. For the smooth conduct of election, as many as 2,45,960 officials and security personnel have been deployed all across the country. The electoral body has called on concerned authorities to abide by the election code of conduct. With special focus on political party office-bearers, candidates, sister organizations of the parties or related individuals, the commission has made it mandatory to abide by during the silence period. Election campaigning as well as any type of discussion, interaction, assemblies, workshop seminar and gatherings are not allowed during silence period. Likewise, the Code of Conduct states...