As per the schedule,
the voting time on the voting day is fixed from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm on May 14.
With the announcement of election programme, the EC issued a 19-point directive
seeking government's help.
All government bodies,
public agencies and committees, educational institutions the EC has written
have been urged to give top priority to the election and fully implement the
election code of conduct.
These bodies, agencies, committees, institutions have been directed to provide their
updated data on number of employees within a week they get a letter from the
EC.
The
government bodies and agencies, security offices have been urged to extended
respective support ranging from human resources and infrastructural arrangement
and facilities.
The
government is also directed to manage security to political candidates, and
voters in order to ensure free, fair and credible election.
The
educational institutions have been requested to halt teaching learning
activities from May 8.
Similarly,
the State-run media- Nepal Television, Gorkhapatra daily, The Rising Nepal,
National News Agency (RSS), and Radio Nepal- have been urged to give top
priority to the news relating to the elections and EC activities.
The election timeline
Filing of candidacy at office of election officer,
village unit/municipality from 10 am to 17 pm on April 29
Publication of the name list
of those filing candidacy on April 29 at 17:30
Objection to candidacy from
10 am to 13 pm on April 30
Checking of candidacy filing
on April 30 and May 1
Publishing name list of the
nominated candidate on May 1 at 13:00 pm
Withdrawal of candidacy on
May 1
Publishing of final names of
candidates on May 2
Allocation of election
symbol on May 2
Voting on May 14 from 10 am
to 17 pm
According to EC, those eligible to vote should have crossed 18 years by February 20, 2017.
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