Local Election: Number of adult candidates higher; family of security personnel to get Rs 2 million in case of death

Kathmandu / May 8 : Adults comprise a significant number of candidates for various positions in the upcoming local level election.

According to the Election Commission, 76 thousand 162 candidates are between 35 years to 50 years of age. Among them, 39 thousand 669 are male and 27 thousand 493 are female.

The number of candidates between 21 years to 35 years is 35 thousand 258, including 18 thousand 780 males and 16 thousand 478 women.

Similarly, the number of candidates between 51 years and 65 years is 37 thousand 54, including 26 thousand 515 males and 10 thousand 539 females. Candidates above 65 years of age number 5,527 including 4,350 men and 1,177 women.

The election is being held on May 13 for a total of 35 thousand 221 posts of 753 local levels. There are a total of 145 thousand 10 candidates. Three thousand 238 candidates are contesting for the post of municipality mayor, 1,964 for the post of deputy mayor, three thousand 92 for the post of the chair and 2,163 for the post of vice-chair of the rural municipality.

Similarly, there are 32 thousand 496 candidates for the ward chair position, 53 thousand 173 forward members, 25 thousand 599 women members and 23 thousand 285 Dalit woman members at the ward level.

Family of security personnel deployed for local election to get Rs 2 million in case of death

Families of the security personnel including Myadi (temporary) police deployed for the May 13 local election will get Rs 2 million each in case of their death on duty.

This provision will apply to the security personnel of the Nepali Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and the National Investigation Department as well.

A Cabinet meeting today morning on the proposal of Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand took a decision to this effect, according to the Secretariat of the Home Minister.

Similarly, the government will bear treatment costs for security personnel deployed for the poll who are injured on duty, said the press coordinator of Home Minister Khand, Madhusudan Bhattarai.

It was also decided upon to provide rations to Myadi police deployed in mountainous districts for the election on a par with police personnel, he said.