Kathmandu, November 6
By-elections are set to fill various vacant local-level positions on December 1. These vacancies, caused by various reasons, will be contested to elect new officials.
The elections will cover 44 posts, including two district coordination committee chiefs, two rural municipality chairpersons, four vice-chairpersons, one mayor, one deputy mayor, and 34 ward chairs.
According to the National Election Commission, by-elections will be held for the following positions: district coordination committee chiefs of Okhaldhunga and Kailali, mayor of Kirtipur Municipality in Kathmandu, deputy mayor of Nalgad Municipality in Jajarkot, and chairpersons of Gramthan Rural Municipality in Morang, Mahabu Rural Municipality in Dailekh, Gaurishankar Rural Municipality in Dolakha, Sarkegad Rural Municipality in Humla, and Swamikartik Khapar Rural Municipality in Bajura.
Additionally, elections will be held for ward chairpersons in several locations, including Siriganga Rural Municipality-3 in Taplejung, Kankai Municipality-6 in Jhapa, Laligurans Municipality-8 in Tehrathum, Gadhi Rural Municipality-6 in Sunsari, Molung Rural Municipality-5 in Okhaldhunga, and Triyuga Municipality in Udayapur. Other wards include Belka Municipality-9, Dakneshwari Municipality-1 and 4 in Saptari, and Dhanushadham Municipality-1 in Dhanusha.
Further by-elections will also take place in Ramgopalpur Municipality-2 in Mahottari, Ishnath Municipality-7 in Rautahat, Rajpur Municipality-6, and Gadhimai Municipality-8. Suman Ghimire, Information Officer at the Election Commission, informed RSS that elections will also occur in Ward No. 1 and 4 of Kirtipur Municipality, Ward No. 16 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Ward No. 2 of Kakani Rural Municipality in Nuwakot, Ward No. 12 of Hetauda Municipality in Makawanpur, Ward No. 5 of Gorkha Municipality in Gorkha, Ward No. 1 of Musikot Municipality in Gulmi, Ward No. 4 of Runtigadhi Rural Municipality in Rolpa, Thakurbaba Municipality-4 in Bardiya, Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality-2 in Rukum (East), and Shuddhodhan Rural Municipality-1 in Kapilvastu.
