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Election Commission (Nepal)

Election regulatory body of Nepal

Summary

Election regulatory body of Nepal

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name	Election Commission
image	Election Commission, Nepal.svg
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headquarters	Kantipath Kathmandu, Nepal
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leader_title	Chief Election Commissioner, Nepal
leader_name	Mr. Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya (2019 April)
leader_title2	Election Commissioner
leader_name2	Narendra Dahal
leader_title3	Election Commissioner
leader_name3	Ishwori Prasad Paudyal
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website	www.election.gov.np

The Election Commission, Nepal (; Nirvācana āyōg, Nēpāl) is a constitutional body responsible for conducting and monitoring elections, as well as registering parties and candidates and reporting election outcomes, in Nepal. It was born out of the 1950 revolution in Nepal, and was established in law in 1951, although it has been changed somewhat by law over time. It has six members who serve for six-year terms, as established by the Constitution of Nepal. During the Constituent Assembly elections in 2008, it was criticized for not fully upholding its duties, but was acknowledged to have managed the elections well nonetheless.

The first election commissioner was Subarna Shamsher Rana in 1951.

History

The year 1950 was important in the history of Nepal: in that year, the Rana dynasty, which had controlled the government for exactly 104 years, was overthrown. one of the primary goals of the revolution was to eventually establish the Nepalese Constituent Assembly. The democratic experiment was short-lived; in less than ten years, King Mahendra dissolved the government in favor of the Panchayat system.

The commission was declared by law to be independent of the government in 1966. This has been confirmed by Nepal's interim constitution in 2007.

Composition

It has five members, consisting of the Chief Election Commissioner and four others. The members serve for 6 years. In order to enforce its election guidelines, the commission employs a group of around 240,000 officials, mostly civil servants, to monitor elections.

When the commission was established, the members were chosen by the King. In 1989, King Birendra's constitution declared that the Chief Election Commissioner would still be appointed by the king, but the others would not. The interim constitution further amended the body's composition in 2006: all five members were made under appointment of the Prime Minister. The new constitution of Nepal has made the provision of appointment of chief election commission and other members by the president on the recommendation of constitutional members

Criticism

The commission came under some criticism during the Constituent Assembly elections for failing to enforce the code of conduct during elections. |access-date=2009-08-21

References

"Election Commission of Nepal".
Adhikari, Deepak. (2008-05-06). "Nepal Takes Tenuous Step to Democracy". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
(1997). "Development Aid to Nepal: Issues and Options in Energy, Health, Education, Democracy and Human Rights". [[Routledge]].
"Historical Background — Election Commission of Nepal". Election Commission of Nepal.
(2008). "European Union Election Observation Mission to Nepal". [[European Union]].
(2009). "A Study of Nepal's Constituent Assembly Election: The Influence of Civil Society and the Multilateral System". Montreal International Forum.
"Nepal Election Commission refuses to give legitimacy to either faction of ruling NCP".

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