Balloting for Nepal's second Constituent Assembly began on Tuesday. 122 political parties and several independent candidates' future will be decided by these elections.
Nepal has a 601-member Constituent Assembly that is expected to write a new constitution this time.
Voting till now has been mostly peaceful.
Voting in some polling booths began a little late due to technical problems.
There are 6,128 candidates in the fray for direct election to 240 seats.
This apart, 10,709 candidates will be competing for 335 seats under the proportional representation election system, while 26 other seats will be filled on the basis of nominations.
One of the voting centers at Chamunda High School in Dailekh-2 constituency was attacked by Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) cadres, who stole the ballot box. Voting at the center was stalled after police fired in the air to bring the situation under control.
The CPN-M, a breakaway faction of the United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, has boycotted the elections.
A total of 12.4 million people are entitled to vote in Nepal's second Constituent Assembly elections after the first elected in 2008 election failed to promulgate a much-awaited constitution that will institutionalize the republic established in 2008 after the 240-year long monarchy was toppled.
(with inputs from IANS)
|
|
Comments:
