Kathmandu : The Election Commission (EC) has directed the Election Code of Conducts Monitoring Officers to effectively implement the code of conduct until the voting centres are closed from today.

The House of Representatives (HoR) election is scheduled to take place on March 5.

The EC has assigned the Assistant Chief District Officer and Chief of District Treasury Office as the election code of conducts monitoring officers with specific responsibility.

The EC has directed the concerned officials to effectively implement the code of conducts as per the provisions stated in the Election Code of Conducts, 2082 BS.

As per the election code of conducts, the political parties and candidates have been barred from being engaged in election publicity campaigns since last midnight.
With the beginning of silence period for the March 5 election to the House of Representatives, the election publicity is banned.

The silence period provides time for the voters to decide their voting for the favourable candidates. The election publicity and silence period are also effective on social networking sites.