Kathmandu, 13 October: Only 57 political parties have filed nominations towards the first-past-the-post system under the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Province Assembly (PA). The voting for the HoR and PA is taking place on November 20 in a single phase.
Earlier 86 political parties registered at the Election Commission (EC) for the election purpose. The EC said towards PA elections, the number of political parties contending in the voting is varied as they are 30 in Province 1, thirty-seven in the Madhes, 32 in Bagmati, 23 in Gandaki, 25 in Lumbini, 16 in Karnali and 20 in the Sudur Paschim.
According to the EC, 17 million 988 thousand 570 people: 9,140,806 males, 8,847,579 females and 185 others have been registered in the voters’ list for November 20 elections.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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