CEC Shri Rajiv Kumar Invited as International Observer for Elections in Nepal

CEC Shri Rajiv Kumar Invited as International Observer for Elections in Nepal: The Election Commission of Nepal has invited Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar to participate as an international observer in the upcoming elections for the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly of Nepal, according to the Election Commission.

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More About The Development:

Rajiv Kumar will be leading a delegation of ECI officials as State guest in Nepal from 18 November to 22 November, 2022, the poll panel said. During his visit Kumar would be visiting Polling stations at Kathmandu and areas around.

ECI also has a similar International Election Visitors Program where members from other Election Management Bodies are invited to experience firsthand our General and Assembly Elections held periodically.

About Nepal’s Election:

Nepal will hold elections on November 20 to fill 550 seats in the seven Provincial Assemblies and 275 seats in the Federal Parliament.

A total 330 seats in the seven provincial houses will be decided directly; the remaining 220 seats will be filled by proportional representation. 

About Nepal’s Democratic Governments:

In the twenty years that Nepal has been democratic since 1990, there have been 32 governments, and in the 14 years following the 2008 abolition of the monarchy, there have been 10 governments. The country’s leaders had then made collective promises of a “stable government, consolidation of democracy, economic prosperity, and corruption free governance”. They stand thoroughly discredited — and not many people expect that the election to bring lasting political stability.