The Nepali Government is all set to conduct Rastriya Sabha (or National Assembly) elections for 18 seats in all seven provinces today, i.e., January 23, 2020.<\/p>\n
A total of 45 candidates from 6 political parties are contesting for the National Assembly (NA) seats.<\/p>\n
According to Election Commission (EC), the NA elections will be conducted in 7 district headquarters, namely Morang, Dhanusha, Lalitpur, Kaski, Dang, Surkhet and Doti.<\/p>\n
The district judges of the aforementioned districts will work as returning officers.<\/p>\n
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A total of 2,056 candidates will cast their votes. They include:<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, the voters can cast their votes at the polling booths from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm today and the results will be released after that.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are 19 NA posts, of which 18 seats will be filled by the candidates to be elected today and the remaining 1 seat will be appointed by the President.<\/p>\n The 2-year term of the present 19 members of the 59-member NA is going to expire on March 3, 2020.<\/p>\n The election is being conducted in a bid to replace the serving members, after their tenure, with new candidates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Nepali Government is all set to conduct Rastriya Sabha (or National Assembly) elections for 18…<\/span><\/p>\n\n