Kathmandu: The Election Commission (EC) is set to publish the list of candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives (HoR) election after completing investigations into complaints filed against some nominations.

According to EC Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC, the investigation, which began at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, will continue until 5:00 pm today.

He said that both the nominations and the complaints are currently under review. As per the election schedule, the provisional list of candidates will be published between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm today.

Candidates who wish to withdraw their nominations have been given time from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Friday, January 23. The final list of candidates will be published between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm on Friday, and election symbols will be allotted to candidates from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm the same day.

Three election-related events have been scheduled for Friday at 77 Offices of Chief Election Officers and 88 Offices of Election Officers.

According to updates received by the EC from these offices, a total of 3,487 nominations have been registered for the HoR elections scheduled for March 5. Of these, 3,089 nominations were filed by men, 396 by women, and one by a gender and sexual minority candidate.

Complaints have been filed against five nominations from four districts: Sunsari-2, Rautahat-1, Bhaktapur-2, and Kailali-2. Two of the complaints are related to Bhaktapur-2.