Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhi Prasad Yadav on Wednesday presented the annual report of the Election Commission (EC) for the fiscal year 2015/16 to President Bidya Devi Bhandari. 

At a programme organised at Sheetal Niwas, the CEC submitted the report incorporating the work executed by the EC in the last fiscal year as per the trend of submitting the annual progress report. 

Sharing a brief summary of the report, CEC Yadav said that the EC would mobilise all its power to face the challenges of holding elections of three tiers within January 20, 2018. 

He said, "The EC has taken the challenge for the management of the elections as an opportunity. It is committed to make the election a success. However, it is necessary to formulate required laws, regulations and guidelines for the same. Attention of the bodies concerned should be drawn towards it." 

The EC has formulated the second five-year strategic plan 2071-2076 BS and has brought into force to make its works effective. The report states that the EC has also implemented voters' education policy, gender and inclusion policy to make work operation system more effective. 

According to the EC, different nine laws, required for different-level of election, have been sent to bodies concerned for the formulation. 

The EC has expressed the determination to work by facing challenges in preparedness for the arrangement of different-level election and in formulation of laws and regulations related to election as per the constitution. RSS