Voting Underway in Karnali Province for National Assembly Elections
Summary
Voting has started in Karnali Province for two National Assembly seats under a Nepali Congress and CPN-UML alliance, with the CPN (Maoist Centre) contesting independently and likely to lose both seats.
Key Points
- Voting for two National Assembly seats is underway in Karnali Province, including one seat for women and one for other clusters.
- An alliance between Nepali Congress and CPN-UML has divided candidacies, with Nepali Congress contesting the other cluster and CPN-UML the women's cluster.
- CPN (Maoist Centre) is contesting alone with candidates from former Maoist and Socialist factions but is predicted to lose both seats due to the alliance.
- The total vote weights from Provincial Assembly members and local heads/deputy heads favor the alliance of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML over the CPN (Maoist Centre).
