Kathmandu, Jan 23: Forty-nine candidates across the country have withdrawn their nominations filed for the first-past-the-post election to the House of Representatives scheduled for March 5, according to the Election Commission (EC).
At a weekly news conference organised by the EC today, EC Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai shared that 49 candidates withdrew their candidacies from different constituencies so far.
The EC is getting more information on this. According to the EC, election programmes from filing candidacies to withdrawal of nominations were held in peaceful and enthusiastic manner. He opined that the final name list of candidates towards FPTP election has been released through 77 offices of chief returning officers and 88 offices of election officers across the country.
These offices would provide election symbols to candidates of political parties as well as independent candidates from 4:00 pm-7:00 pm today itself, said EC’s Joint Spokesperson, Kul Bahadur GC. —
