Month: December 2017
Preliminary Statement on Nepal’s House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Elections 2017
The first House of Representatives (HoR) elections under the new Constitution and the first-ever elections…
Factsheet: Electoral Violence and Contestation during Nepal’s Second Phase – House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Elections
The Factsheet includes a summary of violence and contestation during the campaign silence period and election day from December 5 to 7, 2017 around Nepal’s second phase of House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections.
Incidents Analysis Update 16 – Prior to Second Phase Parliamentary and Provincial Election
Of all the incidents recorded during this period: 50 incidents were related to unidentified groups and improvised explosive devices (IEDs); eight incidents involved the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN); two incidents entailed inter-party disputes; one incident involved a clash between political party cadres and police; two incidents concerned persons being arrested with explosive devices; one incident entailed a polling officer being arrested with 50 illegally cast votes.