Last day to register parties for by-elections today

KATHMANDU: The Election Commission has stated that parties can register for the House of Representatives by-election until today.

The Election Commission set the party registration period from March 22 to March 26 for the by-elections in Chitwan 2, Tanahun 1, and Bara Constituency No. 2 on May 3.

Political parties that want to run in the by-elections can do so until this afternoon (Sunday) (office time). By-elections are planned following the election of Nepali Congress MP Ram Chandra Poudel from Tanahun-1 as President and JSP MP Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav from Bara-2 as Vice President.

Rabi Lamichhane, the president of RSP and an MP from Chitwan-2, lost his seat in the citizenship case, and by-elections had already been scheduled.