Provinces Can't Fall In Electoral Shadow

With only less than a week left in run up to the elections of federal and provincial parliaments, the country is now witnessing the poll campaign running at its peak. This is the second general elections being held under the new constitution promulgated in 2015. On November 20, Nepalis will vote to elect 275 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and 550 provincial assembly members. Altogether 60 per cent of the seats of both HoR and provincial assemblies will be elected through the first-past-the-post (FPTP) and the remaining through the proportional representation systems. Each election constituency has three seats – one for HoR and two seats for provincial assembly. As the elections to the HoR gained traction from the political point of view, the provincial candidates are seemingly unable to turn the electoral spotlight on them.