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EC fixes expenditure cap for upcoming polls
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday set an expenditure cap of Rs 2.5 million and Rs 1.5 million for each candidate contesting federal parliamentary and provincial elections respectively under the first-past-the-post system.
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Published at : October 13, 2017
Updated at : October 14, 2017 08:17
Kathmandu
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday set an expenditure cap of Rs 2.5 million and Rs 1.5 million for each candidate contesting federal parliamentary and provincial elections respectively under the first-past-the-post system.
The proposed ceiling for FPTP is 150 percent higher than what the election body had set for candidates contesting the second Constituent Assembly (CA) elections in 2013.
Likewise, Rs 200,000 and Rs 150,000 have been set as the expenditure cap for each candidate contesting both polls under Proportional Representation system.
Expenditure cap
Federal elections
FPTP candidates Rs 2.5 million
PR candidates Rs 200,000
Provincial elections
FPTP candidates Rs 1.5 million
PR candidates Rs 150,000
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