Kathmandu, Jan. 26 -- On March 5, Nepal will hold its ninth democratic election for the House of Representatives. The first one happened in 1959.

In this period, Nepal conducted two Constituent Assembly elections, first in 2008 and second in 2013. Moreover, including the upcoming March 5 poll, Nepal will have witnessed two mid-term elections, with the previous one taking place in 1994.

As Nepal heads towards the March elections, the country's electoral landscape has undergone big change. In earlier elections, political parties largely centred their campaigns on ideological debates, system change, and constitutional questions. Today, however, election issues have shifted more towards governance, economic hardship, unemployment, service d...