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Follow Nepal's historic federal elections with us.
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Features
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The nationwide local elections, held for the second time since Nepal went federal, concluded at 5pm with relatively free and fair voting, amid sporadic incidents of violence.
News Analysis
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Registration and voting regulations are making it difficult for many Nepalis to get to the polls
Perspectives
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Candidates for the local level elections are advertising more and more on social media, especially Facebook, presenting the Election Commission with new problems it must account for.
Features
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The ruling party’s top leaders have finally come to a truce, but the peace probably won’t last
Opinions
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The campaigns revealed that either the idea of provinces hasn’t yet filtered down to the street level, or the federal project has been deliberately weakened
News Analysis
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Features
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2 percent elected to head rural or urban municipalities, 1 percent elected to head wards
