It appears that voters are trying to choose a candidate before a 'party', as respondents focused directly on the candidate's qualifications and abilities.
What you should know
Voters are seen favoring casting their votes based on the personality/qualifications and capabilities of the candidates in the upcoming House of Representatives elections.
As respondents focused directly on the candidate's qualifications and capabilities, it seems that voters are trying to choose a candidate before the 'party'. One in four respondents in the study said that they would give priority to a candidate who can work in development and infrastructure. The number of such respondents is the second largest. The statement of respondents looking for a candidate who can build development and infrastructure shows the hunger for development among the people in the country. Which is also confirmed by the fact that respondents mentioned the construction of roads and other infrastructure as the main problem in their lives. It seems that respondents have made 'visible work' such as roads, bridges, drinking water, sewage/drainage, construction and other improvements related to daily life as the primary basis.
In a nationwide survey conducted in collaboration with Kantipur Media Group and Sharecast Initiative Nepal, the highest number of 28 percent of the respondents said that they look at the personality/qualifications and capabilities of the candidate.
During the survey, 2,905 people were asked, 'Which basis do you mainly prioritize when deciding to support a political party or vote for a candidate?' They were not given possible answer options. The respondents answered in their own way.
The survey results indicate that most voters will not vote based on political beliefs in this election. Because only one in a hundred people said that they would vote based on political beliefs. The number of respondents who said that they would vote based on the manifestos and commitments of the parties is also very low. Only about 1 percent mentioned the manifestos and commitments as the basis for voting.
Almost all the parties participating in the upcoming election had made their manifestos public last week. Such manifestos, which are made public by giving names such as pledges, promises, manifestos, resolutions and other names to the plans to be implemented in the next 5 to 10 years, do not seem to be in line with the actual priorities of the citizens.
Respondents say that they give priority to the candidate's personality, qualifications, development and infrastructure building plans and conduct rather than the party's name and flag, ideology or philosophy. Among those who give priority to the candidate's personality/qualifications and capabilities, there are 4 percent more men than women.
