By-election for vacant NA member seat scheduled for May 20

The Election Commission of Nepal has announced to hold by-election for the vacant post in National Assembly (NA) on May 20 this year. The by-election would elect a member in place of Ram Bahadur Thapa Magar who was released from the position of the NA member recently. He was elected a member to the NA from Bagmati Province representing CPN (Maoist Centre). The Clause 61 of National Assembly Member Election Act-2075 BS mandates that by-election should be held within 35 days of vacancy if the term of office of NA member remains vacant for more than six months. Commission’s... Read More