Nepal elections

Nepal polls: PM Sher Bahadur Deuba elected for 7th consecutive time from home district of Dhankuta

Nepal elections: Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba is currently holding the post of Prime Minister for the fifth term. Deuba has been elected with a huge margin of votes from the Dadeldhura constituency in far west Nepal for the seventh consecutive time.

Nov 23, 2022, 08:40 AM IST

Nepal Elections 2022: Counting of votes underway for parliamentary, provincial polls, Nepali Congress opens its account

Nepal Election 2022: The counting started at 7 am local time and will continue till 5 pm, a day after about 61% polling was recorded across the Himalayan nation. 

Nov 21, 2022, 13:33 PM IST

Nepal elections: Voting starts today; new parliament, provincial assemblies to be elected

Nepal elections- Voting starts to elect the new parliament and the provincial assemblies. Voters will elect representatives to seven provincial assemblies. A total of 550 provincial assembly members will be elected directly, with 330 elected directly and 220 elected through the proportional method

Nov 20, 2022, 08:16 AM IST

Nepal polls: Left alliance wins 3 Parliamentary seats

The Left alliance has won three parliamentary seats under the First-Past-the-Post system for which votes were cast in the first phase of the parliamentary and provincial assembly elections.

Dec 08, 2017, 09:36 AM IST

Nepal clocks 67 percent voter turnout in final phase of historic poll

For the Parliament, 1,663 candidates contested while 2,819 candidates tried for the Provincial Assemblies.

Dec 07, 2017, 19:04 PM IST

Nepal polls: Voting begins in second phase of parliamentary, provincial council elections

 Polling began in Nepal on Thursday morning to elect a new parliament and also the provincial councils for the first time after the promulgation of the constitution in 2015.

Dec 07, 2017, 09:47 AM IST

Nepal closes border with India for 72 hrs ahead of Dec 7 polls

The polls are a major step toward implementing the new Constitution. 

Dec 05, 2017, 21:25 PM IST

Nepal pushes back polls a third time, risks monsoon clash

The elections -- the first at local level in 20 years and a key step in Nepal`s drawn-out peace process that ended a civil war in 2006 -- have been beset by delays.

May 31, 2017, 12:26 PM IST

Vote counting slow in Nepal's first local elections in 20 years

The government hopes that the polls, staggered over two phases, will lead to a general election later in the year.

May 15, 2017, 17:39 PM IST

Nepal to conduct first local polls in 20 years on Sunday

Altogether 4.9 million voters are eligible to cast their votes in the first phase of elections.

May 13, 2017, 17:49 PM IST

India pledges support to Nepal for holding local polls

India on Tuesday pledged support to Nepal for holding the contentious local elections, a day after China promised USD 1 million to the Himalayan nation for the May 14 polls.

Mar 28, 2017, 21:48 PM IST