In weekly polls conducted with the support of The Asia Foundation, Himal Khabarpatrika asks 375 respondents in 12 cities across Nepal every Monday for their opinion on contemporary issues. This week’s result of interviews is about Nepalis’ opinion on the upcoming elections.
Do you really think the elections will take place on 19 November?
Yes 54.4%
No 25.9%
Don’t know 19.7%
What criteria will you base your vote on?
Candidate 28.2%
Party policy 24.4%
Party/candidate record 20.9%
Issues raised 10.1%
Election manifesto 8%
Candidate’s ethnicity 2.1%
Don’t know 5.6%
Won’t say 0.7%