Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec 12, 2019: The National Assembly (NA) elections have been scheduled for January 23, 2020. During a press briefing held at Singha Durbar on Thursday, government spokesperson Gokul Baskota announced the date for the NA elections.
As two-year tenure of 19 lawmakers of the 59-member strong NA is going to expire on upcoming March 3, the elections have to be hold before 35 days as per the existing laws.
As per the law provisions, eighteen of the vacant seats would be filled up through the election, while one member would be appointed by the president upon the recommendation of the cabinet.
Article 86 (3) of the constitution has provisioned that one third of NA members get to serve full term of six years while remaining one third NA members will be stepping down upon completion of their tenure in four years.
As per the provision the NA lawmakers who are facing the end of their two-year tenure include Brishesh Chandra Lal, Youtol Tamang, Ramesh Prasad Yadav, Durga Prasad Upadhyay, Badri Prasad Pandey, Balaram Baskota, Mina Buda, Mukta Kumari Yadav, Sarita Prasain, Surendra Raj Pandey, Haricharan Siwakoti, Ramprit Paswan, Binda Devi Ale, Dhan Kumari Khatiwada, Kali Bahadur Malla, Khem Raj Nepal and Kamala Kumari Ale.
The upcoming NA elections is taken importantly within the ruling head Nepal Communist Party (NCP) as Prime Minister KP Oli has been intending to elect senior leader Bam De Gautam as NA member to incorporate in the cabinet and to reelect incumbent Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada to retain the ministerial portfolio amid a differences within the party.
