EC submits election report to President Bhandari
EC to submit election report to President today
ECs Assistant Spokesperson Surya Prasad Aryal stated the presidential elections ought to be held a minimum of one month prior to the termination of the post, as per the President and Vice-President Election Related Act.
There is a provision that the EC ought to identify election dates and notify the same to the federal government.
The EC is preparing to hold presidential elections by February 11, as the term of the incumbent president ends on March 13.
According to Article 63 of the Constitution of Nepal, the president and the vice-president have a fiveyear term.
Elections to these posts are conducted on different dates.An overall of 334 members of the federal Parliament and 550 members of provincial assemblies will enact these elections.
Based on the current population of the nation, the weightage of each member of federal Parliament is 79 which of a provincial assembly member is 48.
A version of this post appears in the print on December 28, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
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