Incident Reports
Cadres of Maoist Center stage demonstration in Saptari alleging misconduct during vote counting
2022-05-17
Cadres of CPN (Maoist Center) staged a demonstration in Bodebarsain municipality-3 of Saptari on May 17, alleging that the counting of votes was rigged. Shiv Narayan Yadav of Nepali Congress was elected as the chairperson of Bodebarsain municipality-3 by a margin of one vote. His closest rival, Bhubaneswar Yadav of the Maoists, polled 599 votes.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Primary Form | Demonstration |
| Primary Cause | Election-related incident |
| Secondary Cause | Contestation regarding the outcome of election |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
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