Nepal votes in first local elections in two decades

Record ID: 876076

  • Title: Nepal votes in first local elections in two decades
  • Date: 14th May 2017
  • Summary: KATHMANDU, NEPAL (MAY 14, 2017) (REUTERS) SECURITY AT BASANTAPUR DURBAR SQUARE POLLING STATION FLAGS OF DIFFERENT PARTIES/CANDIDATES VOTERS WALKING TO POLLING STATION SECURITY GUARD DIRECTING VOTERS VOTERS QUEUING VOTER GETTING BALLOT PAPER VOTERS PUTTING BALLOTS INTO BOX (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOCAL-LEVEL RESTRUCTURING COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, BALANANDA POUDEL, SAYING: "This election is much more important, because the people are enjoying their sovereignty power and this local government will encourage the people to utilize their sovereignty power throughout the year, that's why it is so much important." SECURITY PATROL VOTERS AT POLLING STATION VARIOUS OF SECURITY GUARDS BOOTHS WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR GOING TO POLLING STATION (SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) VOTER, KAMAL DAHAL, SAYING: "My wish is to (elect) a clear-minded candidate whose character is unbiased, that is why I have come here to vote." VARIOUS OF VOTERS QUEUING ELDERLY LADY AT POLLING BOOTH THE YOUNGEST CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, RANJU DARSHAN, CASTING HER VOTE (SOUNDBITE) (English) YOUNGEST CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, RANJU DARSHAN SAYING: "This election is quite exciting, taking place after nearly two decades and I am voting for the first time in local election and there are many like me. This election is not only about elections, just an election. This is a referendum - referendum of the old generation and new generation." POLLING STATION AT DURBAR SQUARE
  • Embargoed: 28th May 2017 07:46
  • Keywords: constitution candidates mayor local election voters
  • Location: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
  • City: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
  • Country: Nepal
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016GT79DX
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Nepalese voters cast ballots in local elections for the first time in 20 years on Sunday (May 14) to vote for local council representatives.
    The last time local government representatives were elected was in 1997. Their five-year term expired during a civil war and their mandates lapsed.
    A peace deal ended the decade of conflict in 2006 and the transition from a kingdom to a republic began for Nepal, but it wasn't until 2015 that a new constitution was adopted. The charter mandated that local elections, provincial and national elections needed to be held by January 2018.
    Voters, some of them going to polls for the first time on Sunday, were excited and hopeful of the power of their ballot.
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