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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

95 parties to contest November polls


The deadline set by Election Commission for parties to get registered for provincial and federal elections to be held in November has expired on Sunday and total 95 parties have applied to contest the polls, reports Republica in its lead story for the day.

All major political parties including the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, which had boycotted the first and second phases of local level elections, have applied for registration. Likewise, the breakaway faction of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Democratic led by Pashupati Shamsher Rana has also applied for registration, according to the report.

Gorkhapatra quotes Election Commission spokesperson Surya Prasad Sharma as saying that all political parties currently represented in Parliament have applied for registration.

Meanwhile, EC officials have told the government that they cannot begin poll preparations without getting the report of Constituency Delineation Commission, according to Republica.

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