KATHMANDU, Jan 21: Complains can be registered against the candidates running for the March 5's election to the House of Representative (HoR) but failing to meet the required qualifications
As per the HoR election schedule, complaints against unqualified candidates can be lodged from 10 am to 3 pm today, according to the Election Commission (EC).
According to the information received by the EC, a total of 3,486 candidates-3,089 men, 396 women and one from third gender- had registered their nominations in 165 constituencies across the country by yesterday.
Complaints filed against two out of 410 by-election candidates
Kul Bahadur GC, Assistant Spokesperson of the EC, told state-owned RSS that the process of filing complaints against unqualified candidates has begun.
GC said that complaints can be filed with the election officer in the concerned constituency in accordance with the Schedule 16 of the House of Representatives Election Directives-2082 BS.
If complaints are filed, the election officer must register their complaints in the registration book in line with the Schedule 17 of the directives and the complainant be provided with a receipt as per the Schedule 18 of the same directive.
Following this process, the EC will publish the final list of the candidates on January 23 between 1 pm to 3pm. The EC will give election symbols to the candidates in fray between 4 pm and 7pm on the same day.