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- खण्ड ३: सङ्घीय संसद, राजनीतिक दल तथा निर्वाचन · Volume 3: Federal Parliament, Political Parties and Elections
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What does it do?
- The President and Vice President are elected by an electoral college of all members of the Federal Parliament and the provincial assemblies; vacancies or an unelected provincial assembly do not stop the college being formed. The Election Commission fixes the election date at least one month before the term ends, or within one month of a vacancy, and appoints the returning officer and polling staff.राष्ट्रपति र उपराष्ट्रपतिको निर्वाचन सङ्घीय संसद् र प्रदेश सभाका सदस्य मतदाता रहने निर्वाचक मण्डलले गर्छ; कुनै पद रिक्त रहेको वा कुनै प्रदेश सभाको निर्वाचन नभएको कारणले मात्र निर्वाचक मण्डल गठनमा बाधा पर्दैन। निर्वाचन आयोगले पदावधि सकिनुभन्दा कम्तीमा एक महिनाअघि वा पद रिक्त भएको एक महिनाभित्र निर्वाचन हुने गरी मिति तोक्छ, र निर्वाचन अधिकृत तथा मतदान अधिकृत नियुक्त गर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 3–5, PDF pp. 3–4; Sections 7–10, PDF pp. 4–5
- A candidate must be a Nepali citizen by descent, at least 45 years old, on a local voter roll, not disqualified by federal law and not holding an office of profit. Each nomination needs five proposers and five seconders from the electoral college, and a person may be nominated by at most two nomination papers. The Vice President must be of a different sex or community from the person elected President.उम्मेदवार वंशजको आधारमा नेपाली नागरिक, कम्तीमा पैँतालीस वर्ष उमेर पूरा भएको, कुनै गाउँपालिका वा नगरपालिकाको मतदाता नामावलीमा नाम भएको, सङ्घीय कानूनले अयोग्य नठहराएको र लाभको पदमा बहाल नरहेको हुनुपर्छ। मनोनयनका लागि निर्वाचक मण्डलका पाँच जना प्रस्तावक र पाँच जना समर्थक चाहिन्छ, र एक व्यक्तिलाई बढीमा दुई मनोनयनपत्रबाट मनोनयन गर्न सकिन्छ। उपराष्ट्रपतिमा राष्ट्रपतिभन्दा फरक लिङ्ग वा समुदायको व्यक्ति मनोनीत हुनुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Section 11, PDF pp. 5–6; Section 16, PDF p. 8
- Votes are weighted: each member's vote counts according to a formula in the Schedule based on total population (using the 2068 census figures as the example, 79 for a federal MP and 48 for a provincial assembly member). A candidate who wins a majority of the total weighted votes is elected; otherwise a run-off is held between the top two, and the one with more than 50% wins.मत भारित हुन्छ: अनुसूचीमा तोकिएको कुल जनसङ्ख्यामा आधारित सूत्रअनुसार हरेक सदस्यको मतभार कायम हुन्छ (२०६८ को जनगणनाका आधारमा उदाहरणका लागि सङ्घीय संसद्का सदस्यको ७९ र प्रदेश सभा सदस्यको ४८)। निर्वाचक मण्डलको कुल भारित मतको बहुमत ल्याउने उम्मेदवार निर्वाचित हुन्छ; नत्र सबैभन्दा बढी मत ल्याउने दुई उम्मेदवारबीच फेरि मतदान हुन्छ र पचास प्रतिशतभन्दा बढी मत ल्याउने विजयी हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 54–56, PDF pp. 24–25; Schedule, PDF p. 29
- The Act regulates the voter list, nominations and objections, polling and counting (including help for voters with disabilities and secrecy of the ballot), and requires candidates to keep within a campaign spending limit set by the Election Commission in the Nepal Gazette and to keep accounts of all election spending. The Election Commission can issue orders and directions and make rules to implement the Act.ऐनले मतदाता नामावली, मनोनयन र दाबी–विरोध, मतदान र मतगणना (अशक्त मतदातालाई सहयोग र मतको गोप्यतासमेत) को व्यवस्था गर्छ, र उम्मेदवारले निर्वाचन आयोगले नेपाल राजपत्रमा तोकेको खर्चको हदभित्र रहन र निर्वाचनमा भएको सबै खर्चको विवरण राख्नुपर्ने बनाउँछ। ऐन कार्यान्वयनका लागि निर्वाचन आयोगले आदेश, निर्देशन र नियम जारी गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission (lawcommission.gov.np), consolidated text Sections 17–53, PDF pp. 9–24; Section 62, PDF p. 26; Sections 64–69, PDF pp. 27–28
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
None documented in the official reports we have reviewed so far.
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.