What is a Constituent Assembly Election?
Constituent Assembly is the apex body of representatives elected by eligible voters through direct voting system. A constituent assembly election means when the eligible citizens vote to elect their representatives from his/her constituency for the purpose of drafting a constitution of the country. The high level commission for the constituency delimitation was formed by the interim constitution of Nepal in 2007. The commission has completed their task of demarking areas throughout the nation in terms of population and geographical boundaries into 240 constituencies for the CA election. The tenure of the Constitution Assembly will be for two years from the first meeting of the Assembly (article 64 of the Interim Constitution, 2007). The first meeting of the assembly should take place within 21 days after the election results (article 69). The Assembly can be dissolved before the stipulated time and such a decision can be taken by the Assembly itself (article 64). The Election System wi
