‘The final election results will be out by December 8’

‘All candidates, no matter what their background, are equal before the commission, and it won’t spare anyone if there are complaints with substantive evidence.’

Close to 18 million voters will get an opportunity on November 20 to elect 275-strong House of Representatives as well as 550 members to the provincial assemblies. The Election Commission of Nepal is in its final preparations. In an interview with the Post’s Thira Lal Bhusal and Binod Ghimire, the Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya discussed what he has been doing to ensure the elections are free and fair. Here are excerpts from the interview.