On the first day, 12 party registration applications were received, and the number of new voters also increased after they were linked to national identity cards.
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Twelve political parties on Monday applied for party registration with the Election Commission with the aim of participating in the House of Representatives elections. The commission has set the party registration period from 1-10 Mangsir for political parties wishing to participate in the House of Representatives elections scheduled for 21 Falgun.
The Commission's Law and Political Party Management Division has stated that a dozen parties were listed in the registration book for the purpose of the House of Representatives elections on the first day. Among the parties registered with the Commission, there is a legal provision that parties must be re-registered for the purpose of participating in the elections.
The Nepali Communist Party, formed by the merger of five communist parties, the National Swatantra Party, the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, the Aam Janata Party and the Desh Bikas Party are on the list to apply for registration on the first day. The Progressive Democratic Party, the Patriotic Society, the Nepal Democratic Party, the Mongol National Organization, the Bahujan Shakti Party, the Nepal Sadbhavana Party and the Nepal Humanist Party are on the registration list for the purpose of the House of Representatives elections. Yagya Bhattarai, head of the Law and Political Party Management Division, said that a decision on party registration will be made after studying the applications received for the purpose of participating in the House of Representatives elections.
After reducing the number of parties that were dissolved after the merger, 123 political parties, both old and new, are registered with the Commission. The applications for registration of 29 new parties are still pending with the Commission. The old or newly added parties registered with the Commission must re-register for election purposes. Article 271 of the Constitution and Section 48 of the Political Parties Act, 2073 BS stipulate that parties registered with the Commission must re-register their parties for the purpose of participating in the relevant elections.
In the case of parties that were not represented in the previous House of Representatives, the election symbol on the ballot paper will be based on the order in which they were registered with the Commission for election purposes. Parties also try to register their parties early for election purposes by placing the symbol on the ballot paper. The symbol on the ballot paper of the parties that were represented in the previous House of Representatives will be based on the votes they received under the proportional election system at that time.
Section 31 of the Election Act, 2074 BS contains provisions regarding election symbols. Section 31(7)(a) states that the party representing the House of Representatives immediately before the election shall be included in the ballot paper based on the number of votes it received under the proportional election system in the election to such House of Representatives. In (b) of the same section, it is stated that in the case of a party that is not represented in the House of Representatives immediately before the election, the election symbol of that party will be included in the ballot paper based on the order in which it was registered with the Commission for election purposes.
Voters added after linking with national identity card
The number of people registering their names in the voter list has increased after linking with national identity card for biometric data. The Commission has stated that 527,637 new voters have been added as of 30 Kartik.
The link with national identity card has been linked to the voter list since 27 Kartik. Since then, 225,575 voters have been added using online technology only. 322,062 new voters have been added as of 30 Kartik due to the provision of filling out a personal form online and visiting the election office to provide biometrics issued from 12 Asoj.
After the amendment to the Voters' Roll Act, the Commission had set the deadline for compiling the voter list until 30 Kartik. The pressure to register names in the voter list increased at the last minute. It was difficult to get an appointment for biometrics online at the Commission's office. But later, after the biometrics of those who had made a national identity card were technically linked to the National Identity Card Office, it has become possible to register names in the voter list from home. Since then, around 50,000 new voters have started being added every day.
Seeing the increasing pressure, the Commission has extended the deadline by 5 days to 5 Mangsir.
