A meeting of the constitutional body held in the capital on Sunday also allocated election symbols to the newly registered 16 political parties.
According to the commission, Akhanda Sudur Paschim Party Nepal, Garib Ekata Samaj Party, Nepali Janata Party, Rastriya Tharu Samaj Ekata Party, Nepali Jana Bhawana Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Tarai Pahad Himal Samaj Party, Rastrabadi Ekata Party, Rastrabadi Janata Party and Nepal Labor Party have been registered at the EC. [break]
Similarly, the EC has registered Nayan Nepal Rastriya Party, Nepal Communist Party (Malema) Samyabadi, Nepal Shanti Kshetra Parishad, Hindu Prajatantrik Party, Nepal Shramajivi Dal and Rastriya Churebhawar Party.
The number of political parties registered with the EC has now reached 125. The commission on July 24 had registered 59 political parties and 27 on July 25. Likewise, the EC had registered 23 new political parties on August 1.
The commission is yet to decide about the remaining 14 new political parties. Altogether 139 political parties have filed application for registration at the commission.
Election commissioner Dolakh Bahadur Gurung told Republica that the commission would take decision about registration of the remaining political parties within a day or two. "The commission has been studying the applications of the remaining parties," he added.
Asked if all the remaining parties would be eligible for registration, Gurung said, "Some of them may not be eligible."
Altogether 75 political parties had registered for the 2008 CA elections and 54 parties had contested the polls while 25 were elected.
The EC had started registering political parties from April 30.
The political parties will appear in ballot box in the same order as registered at the commission.
As per the existing provisions, political parties must submit their respective manifestoes, statutes, regulations, flags and election symbols, among other things, while the new political parties must also submit the signatures of 10,000 voters in order to get registered with the EC.
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