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Poll Spending

84 candidates in Jhapa submit details of poll spending

The candidates who submitted details of their poll spending also include Chairperson of the CPN UML, KP Sharma Oli.

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JHAPA: Eighty four of the total 192 candidates who contested in the recently held election to House of Representatives (HoR) and State Assembly (SA) from Jhapa district have submitted details of their election expenditures.

The candidates who submitted details of their poll spending also include Chairperson of the CPN UML, KP Sharma Oli, who was elected to the HoR from Jhapa constituency-5, said the district election office. His election expenditures were over Rs 1.8 million, said Prem Guragain of the election office.

Although there is a provision that details of poll expenditures should be submitted within 35 days of the announcement of poll results, it is delayed by the candidates, he said.

Similarly, Krishna Gopal and Mahendra Khayamali of the Nepal Workers Peasants Party (NWPP) submitted the report mentioning that their election spending was zero, he said.