Incident Reports

Setopati: Tingla yet again boycotts elections

2017-11-26

Province 1, Solukhumbu, Nechasalyan

Locals of Tingla in Solukhumbu district have boycotted the federal and provincial assembly elections being held in 32 districts in the first phase on Sunday. They have boycotted the elections as part of the ‘No Vote, No Candidate’ campaign protesting inclusion of Tingla in Nechasalyan rural municipality at the time of local level restructuring. They demand Tingla be included in Solu Dudhkunda municipality instead. Nobody in the village with 2,575 voters, have received voter identity card, as per the Office Of The Chief Returning Officer in the district. The village had also boycotted the recent local elections and not a single vote was cast there.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Election-related incident
Actor 1 - Number of people 2575
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth na
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