Kathmandu, Dec. 4 -- Candidates contesting next month's National Assembly election will have to file their nominations on January 7.

Making the detailed election schedule public, the Election Commission has set January 3 for the publication of the voters' list, with the final list published three days later. The government, on October 29, had decided to hold the upper house elections on January 25. The poll will elect 18 out of 19 members that retire on March 4, 2026.

Voting will take place between 9 am and 3 pm on January 25, reads the election schedule. The election results will be published on the voting day.

A third of the 59 members of the upper house retire biennially, requiring a vote to elect their replacements.

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