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What are the key issues in Nepal’s national elections?

A woman casts a vote during a mock election held to familiarise people with the electoral process ahead of general elections in Lalitpur, Nepal [File: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters]

Nepal will hold national and provincial elections on Sunday, which the ruling coalition, led by the centrist Nepali Congress party, is expected to win.

About 18 million people are eligible to vote for the 275-member parliament, as well as the 550 members of seven provincial assemblies through a mix of first past the post and the proportional representation system.

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