Election campaigns in Nepal, A to Z: from the first shoot to polling day.

We provide election campaign services in Nepal through Anuj Paudel and the Appynox team: planning, video shoots, editing, Nepali posters, social media, websites and apps for agents and volunteers. You have one contact for the work, from the first conversation to polling day. We welcome every party and independents, accept one candidate per race, and give independents priority when requests for the same race arrive together. Every quote is written in NPR after a short call.

What a full campaign service includes

A full campaign brings the work into one plan. We agree what needs filming, which posters need making, what goes on your pages and whether your team needs a website or volunteer app. You can ask for that full service or start with one part.

Anuj is an AI automation specialist in Kathmandu and a co-founder of Appynox, the AI-first agency co-founded in Lalitpur with Ashish Pandey and Jhalak Prasad Pandey. Anuj has done every service offered here himself. Bigger jobs are staffed by the Appynox team, with Anuj checking the team’s work before it reaches you.

You deal with me, Anuj, from the first call to polling day. I personally guarantee everything delivered through me. That means you have a person to speak to about the work, whether the question concerns a caption, a poster or the volunteer app.

The examples on this page show related work: event promos, talking-head reels, design, social media systems and apps. If you are comparing a political campaign agency in Nepal, use those examples to judge the work we can make, then ask us to put your requirements in writing.

Local election 2084, as of 10 November 2026

As of 10 November 2026, the local level election of 2084 BS is expected in 2027, but no polling date has been announced. The House of Representatives election of 5 March 2026 (21 Falgun 2082) is over. The terms of the local representatives elected in 2022 end on 30 Baisakh 2084 (13 May 2027), according to the report on terms and election preparations.

The government sets the date after consulting the Election Commission. The Chief Election Commissioner has said the vote would come around the time the terms end, and the Commission has said it needs about 120 days from the announcement to run a local election. Read the report on the Commission’s preparations for that context.

On 10 November 2026, the Commission’s proposal to hold local and provincial assembly elections together remains undecided. Provincial assembly terms end on 4 Mangsir 2084 (19 November 2027). The report on the proposed joint vote describes the undecided position.

We prepare photographs, introductions, layouts and tools now, then adjust public activity to the announced timetable and applicable rules. The government has also begun merging some local units, so the number of local levels may change before the vote.

Every party welcome, independents first, one candidate per race

We work with candidates from any party and with independent candidates. You do not have to belong to a party, and we do not judge your party or politics. The first booking question is the post and place you are standing for, because we need to check whether we already work with someone opposing you.

Once we start with a candidate, we do not work for anyone standing against them for the same post in the same place in that election. For example, accepting a ward chair candidate rules out another candidate for ward chair in that ward. A candidate for a different post or in another ward is a separate race. For a provincial seat, the boundary is the same post in the same constituency.

The same rule covers a municipality or rural municipality. Working for a mayor candidate prevents us from taking another candidate for mayor in that municipality in that election. It does not make every candidate for every other post a rival. Your campaign plans stay private.

Independents first has a specific meaning. If an independent and a party candidate ask us for the same race at the same time, we take the independent. Otherwise we work with everybody. Once we sign with a candidate, we stay with them. An independent candidate campaign arriving later does not replace a candidate we have already signed with.

Campaign video in Nepal, from shoot to captions

A campaign video shoot can take place in our studio setup for interviews and speeches, or on location in the Kathmandu valley. Shoots outside the valley are available on request, with travel quoted in NPR. Tell us where you want filming and what the candidate needs to explain before we agree the shoot.

We use a Sony a6700 for 4K filming, slow motion at 120 frames per second and S-Log3 recording. S-Log3 is a flat colour profile that we colour grade using LUTs, which are saved colour looks. We edit in Premiere Pro and After Effects. The camera is part of the service, alongside deciding what to film and how to turn the footage into a clear message.

We make vertical 9:16 videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and 16:9 versions for YouTube and projectors. Captions can be in Nepali Devanagari, Romanised Nepali, English or both languages. A Nepali reader checks captions line by line against the recording before approval.

For an election campaign video in Nepal, look at the related examples here: the HYPERCE x BEAMSTART entrepreneurs’ meetup promo in Kathmandu, Code Camp 2024 for LOCUS at IOE Pulchowk, and Bhailo 2080 from Chitwan. The captioned local-issue reel for Feed Philly Coalition shows another format. Our Nepal video editing page explains the editing service. We also offer election song video editing. Related editing work includes the music videos Darsan and Ud Jayega and the lyric film Big Black Car.

Election poster design in Nepal

Election campaign poster design in Nepal starts with the details you need people to read: your name, the post, the place, your photograph and the confirmed symbol. We make the layout around those details, then check the Devanagari text and send it for your approval. The print file and the social media version can carry the same information in different shapes.

An independent candidate picks an election symbol when filing the nomination. We can prepare the text, photographs and layouts earlier, but independent symbol posters are finalised only after confirmation. Party candidates use their party’s symbol.

Tell us the sizes your printer needs for flex and pamphlets, and which social formats you need. We prepare separate print files and social versions in the sizes you need. Before approval, check the spelling, post, place and symbol on the version you intend to use.

Festival greetings can sit in the calendar when they fall within the campaign window and the rules allow them. We plan Maghe Sankranti, Holi and Nepali New Year greetings alongside your other material. The Bijaya Dashami greeting poster for a neighbourhood committee is related design work you can inspect. Our Nepal graphic design page also shows the service.

Social media inside the Election Commission’s rules

Social media for candidates includes ideas, captions, graphics, video and scheduling. We built and run an AI social media system managing 10 brand accounts for a US client, with a person approving every post. The social media automation case study shows that related work. For your campaign, we agree the calendar and keep publication subject to your approval and the applicable rules.

The Election Code of Conduct, 2082, used for the March 2026 vote banned paying to boost or advertise campaign posts on social media. It allowed ads on Nepali online news sites in set formats and counted online campaign spending as reportable election expenses. The report on social media rules describes those provisions of the earlier code.

As of 10 November 2026, the 2084 local election code has not been issued. We read it again on the day it is published and follow its requirements. We keep records of online spending for your expense report. We plan for organic reach through unpaid posts.

Nothing posts without the candidate’s yes. When the silence period begins, campaigning stops, including scheduled campaign posts. A posting system still needs a person checking what is scheduled and whether it is allowed. The Nepal automation page explains the wider service behind that work.

The agent app, voter assistant and campaign website

The agent app is for your campaign agents and volunteers. It can bring together door-to-door lists by ward and tole, tasks for volunteers, check-ins from polling-centre representatives on polling day and reports from counting representatives. We agree which of those functions your team actually needs before building the app.

The app uses the lists and information your campaign already works from. We do not promise access to the voter roll or propose collecting additional voter personal data for these features. The starting question is practical: what does your coordinator need to assign, and what must a representative report back? A smaller team may need fewer functions.

A voter question assistant is a separate service. It can answer common questions on Messenger, WhatsApp or Viber in Nepali, Romanised Nepali and English. Answers cover approved information, such as the candidate’s plan and confirmed information about where and when to vote. Someone who reads Nepali checks the answers, and questions outside the agreed material go to a person.

A campaign website gives your introduction, plan and approved material a place of their own. We build websites that are fast on mobile data and structured to be found on Google. Android apps are built in Flutter, with an iPhone version able to follow from the same code. See website and app development in Nepal and Rhino Dash (rhinodash.appynox.com), an app live on Google Play. These show the development work we bring to your campaign tools.

How we use AI and what we refuse to make

AI helps with transcripts, caption timing, rough cuts, design drafts and the repeated work of preparing posts. A person makes every creative call. We check how your name is spelled, whether each caption matches your meaning and whether each claim is true before the material goes in front of voters.

We do not make fake accounts, deepfake audio or video, false claims about rivals, hate speech, insults or character assassination. We do not make campaign material showing children. These limits protect the candidate as well as the people who see the material. The earlier code’s ban on using children is covered in the report on children and campaigning.

Our design rule is to use real photographs whenever the subject is real. If a person is AI-generated, that person is labelled as AI. A generated face must not be presented as a real supporter or witness. Anuj checks the finished work, including work produced by the Appynox team, before you see it.

The production system has made 85 social videos for SameShot and 65 shorts for WideMath. We do not promise votes, reach or a win. Your approval is required for publication, and it does not replace our responsibility to check the work against the code of conduct.

Ward candidates and mayor candidates need different scopes

A ward member campaign or ward chair campaign can start with an introduction video, posters and a posting calendar. A mayor campaign can bring together a profile film, issue videos and tools for teams across wards. We start with your post, filming locations and approval contact. These are starting scopes to discuss before we put the work in writing.

Work	Ward member or ward chair	Mayor, deputy mayor, chair or vice-chair
Video	An introduction video and short reels filmed in the ward	A profile film, issue videos, reels and event coverage across the municipality
Posters and print	A poster, flex and pamphlet files, plus social versions	A full set: posters, flex, pamphlets, a manifesto booklet and social templates
Social media	A calendar the candidate approves	Daily posting with a named approval contact
Tools	A volunteer list for the ward	The agent app across wards, a voter question assistant and a website
Who approves	The candidate	The candidate and one named coordinator

Deputy mayor, vice-chair and ward member candidates are welcome too. You can commission a shoot or poster set on its own. A larger campaign can ask us to coordinate the video, design, social media and tools as one body of work.

The quote follows the scope we agree, in NPR. We discuss what you need before proposing the work. The written proposal sets out what the team will make and who will approve it before you decide whether to proceed.

Planning from preparation to polling day

The polling date has not been announced. We use the following months for preparation, then adjust the campaign calendar to the official announcements and code of conduct. The month ranges below are approximate. A full campaign can use all three preparation months; a candidate commissioning one service can begin with that work.

Mangsir 2083 runs from mid-November to mid-December 2026. We agree the brief, check that your race is available and prepare your photographs. We film an introduction that explains who you are, the post you are standing for and your plan. You name the person who will review drafts so feedback comes through one contact.

Poush 2083 runs from mid-December 2026 to mid-January 2027. We prepare poster layouts, build the campaign website and agent app, and edit a bank of videos. We send drafts for your approval and collect changes before preparing the final files. Independent candidates leave space for the symbol until it is confirmed.

Magh 2083 runs from mid-January to mid-February 2027. We rehearse the posting routine with your approval contact and train volunteers on the app. Your team practises assigning tasks and sending reports. Maghe Sankranti greetings can go into the calendar if the rules allow them. This preparation gives everyone a chance to check how the work moves before the campaign period begins.

If the vote comes in Falgun 2083, from mid-February to mid-March 2027, the campaign period follows soon after Magh; if it comes near the end of the local terms, Chaitra 2083 and Baisakh 2084 carry the campaign. Chaitra runs from mid-March to mid-April 2027, and Baisakh from mid-April to mid-May 2027. Holi falls in Falgun or Chaitra, and Nepali New Year starts Baisakh 2084. We include festival greetings only when the campaign timetable and rules allow them.

When the date is announced, we revise the calendar around polling day. We read the new code on publication and check the planned formats, spending and publishing against it. When your symbol is confirmed, we finalise symbol posters and video end cards after you check your name, post, place and symbol.

During the permitted campaign period, we shoot, edit and publish approved material, with online expense records kept alongside the work. When the silence period begins, all campaigning stops, including scheduled posts. On polling day and during counting, representatives use the agreed app functions for check-ins and reports within the applicable rules.

After the result, we close the campaign calendar and bring together the agreed files and online expense records for handover. The amount of work in each stage is something we agree in writing.

How working with us begins

The 2084 local election is our first season as a campaign team. Every part of the work is something we already do for clients: event promos in Kathmandu, captioned talking-head reels, Nepali design, an AI system running 10 brand accounts for a US client, and Android apps live on Google Play. Judge us by those examples and by a written plan for your race.

Send the post you are considering, the ward or municipality and the work you need. We check race availability before accepting the campaign. You can speak to Anuj about a full campaign or a single service. After a short call, we send a written quote in NPR, including travel if an outside-valley shoot is part of the agreed work.

We agree the calendar and review process before production. Drafts come to you for checking, and WhatsApp or Viber can carry your feedback. I check every video and poster before you see it. Nothing is published without the candidate’s approval. That is how the work moves from the first conversation to a finished post without leaving you to coordinate separate teams.

Contact Anuj on WhatsApp, Viber or phone at +977 9849274961, or book a 30-minute call. Tell us your post, place and what you need help making. We will discuss the work and send a written quote in NPR.