KATHMANDU: Out of the 64 political parties that submitted their closed lists for the proportional representation system for the upcoming House of Representatives elections, 22 parties have filed candidacies for all the 110 seats.

In the closed list submitted to the Election Commission on December 28 and 29, only 22 parties have nominated 110 candidates for the proportional representation system. Commission spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said that out of a total of 64 parties that submitted their lists, 58 parties have filed candidacies for 58 election symbols.

The political parties fielding candidates in all (110) seats are Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, Rastriya Janamorcha, Mongol National Organization, Democratic Socialist Party, CPN (ML), Labor Culture Party, Federal Democratic National Forum, Nepal Sadbhavana Party, Janamat Party, Miteri Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party (United).

Similarly, Nepali Janata Dal, National Democratic Party, Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), Progressive Democratic Party and some parties have submitted closed lists for 110 seats by organizing joint elections and combining their lists.

In the upcoming election of members of the House of Representatives to be held on March 5, parties have filed candidacies based on the percentage of inclusive groups as per the 2021 census. In the meantime, as some parties have agreed on unity and cooperation, the process of submitting closed lists continued until late at night. Out of 93 political parties that applied to the Commission to file candidacies under this system, only 64 parties have filed candidacies.