Nepal, June 20 -- The Election Commission is preparing to hold by-elections in the second week of Kartik for vacant seats in the House of Representatives and the Gandaki Provincial Assembly.

During a meeting with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar, Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari and other commissioners discussed the upcoming by-elections and the election of 18 National Assembly members whose terms will expire on March 4.

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