KATHMANDU: Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari has called upon all political parties and candidates to engage in election publicity campaigns in a free and unobstructed manner.

In his message on the occasion of the 10th Election Day today, Bhandari also appealed to all stakeholders to create an environment conducive for participation in the election in an impartial and peaceful manner, ensuring necessary security for employees, monitors, observers, and voters involved in the election.

Officiating Chief Commissioner Bhandari stated, “I believe that the election to be held on March 5 will steer the country to the order that was disrupted after the Uprising, embracing the core mantra of peace, stability, prosperity, and good governance through a clean, independent, credible, transparent, and cost-effective election.”

It may be noted that Nepal’s first general election for the House of Representatives had begun on 7 Falgun 2015 BS and concluded on 21 Baisakh 2016 BS. This was the first general election Nepal conducted on the basis of adult suffrage.

In commemoration of the day when Nepali voters were able to exercise their sovereign right, Election Day is celebrated every year on Falgun 7.