Kathmandu, Nepal, April 5, 2021: Considering to the approaching election for the local governments, the Election Commission (EC) held a meeting with the top leaders of political parties today.
All the political parties registered at the EC take part in the local level elections were invited at the meeting. Altogether, 79 political parties have been registered to participate in the local level elections scheduled for coming May 13.
During the meeting discussions were held over the fully implementation the election code of conduct. The EC also sought written commitment by the top leaders of the political parties for fully implementation of code of conduct.
Meanwhile, the EC has stated that printing of ballot paper for the May 13 local level election has begun from Monday.
According to the EC spokesperson Shaligram Sharma, a total of 1,940,000 ballot papers of 77 types and 23 rows are going to be printed for the upcoming local level election in the Janak Education Materials Center in Bhaktapur.