This time, 64 political parties have filed candidacies for 58 election symbols, informed commission spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai.
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Sixty-four political parties have filed candidacies under 58 election symbols for the proportional representation election to be held on Falgun 21.
According to the Election Commission, 64 political parties have submitted their closed lists of candidates for the proportional representation elections within the time period given until Monday. This time, 3,424 candidates have filed their candidacies for 110 seats in the proportional representation.
This time, 64 political parties have filed their candidacies for 58 election symbols, informed the Commission's spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai.
According to him, 54 political parties have filed their candidacies using their own election symbols, while ten other political parties have filed their candidacies in alliances.
In accordance with the provisions of the law that allows parties to participate with a single election symbol, 10 parties have filed their candidacies in alliances under 4 election symbols.
According to the Commission, the Nepal Federal Socialist Party led by former State Minister Mohammad Rizwan Ansari, the Bahujan Ekta Party Nepal led by Harinandan Kumar Ranjan, and the Nepal Janajagruti Party led by Dhupalal Prasad Sahni have filed their candidacies in alliance under the bus election symbol. The bus is the election symbol of the Federal Socialist Party.
Similarly, the Janata Samajwadi Party led by Ashok Rai, the Rastriya Mukti Party led by Rajendra Mahato, and the Citizens' Liberation Party led by Kabir Sop, patronized by Resham Chaudhary, have also formed an alliance and will contest under the same election symbol. They have filed their candidacies under the Chakia (grinder) election symbol.
Similarly, the Aam Janata Party led by Prabhu Sah and the Janadesh Party Nepal led by Raman Kumar Karna have also formed an alliance and will contest under the mobile election symbol.
Similarly, the Shachet Nepali Party led by Punya Prasad Prasai and the Citizens' Supremacy Party led by Bharat Khadka have also filed their candidacies under the lion symbol with a jaguar.
