KATHMANDU; Nepal’s Election Commission is reviewing complaints filed against several candidates who registered their nominations for the upcoming House of Representatives election, officials said on Wednesday.

The review process began on Wednesday afternoon following the close of the nomination period. According to Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur Jisi, the commission will publish the provisional list of candidates after 5:00 pm on Wednesday.

“The Election Commission will complete the scrutiny of nomination papers and complaints today and publish the list of candidates between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm,” Jisi said.

Under the election schedule, candidates will be allowed to withdraw their nominations on Friday, Magh 9 (January 23), from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The final list of candidates will be published the same day between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm, followed by the allocation of election symbols from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

The programmes will be conducted through 77 chief election officer offices and 88 election officer offices across the country.

According to data received by the commission, a total of 3,487 candidates have registered for the parliamentary election nationwide. Of them, 3,089 are men, 396 women and one from the third gender category.

Complaints have been filed against five candidates from four districts: one from Sunsari constituency No. 2, one from Rautahat constituency No. 1, two from Bhaktapur constituency No. 2 and one from Kailali constituency No. 1. The complaints are currently under review at the respective election officer offices, the commission said.