Kathmandu, Nov 16: A total of 122 political parties are currently listed for the upcoming elections, while the registration of new parties and cancellation of inactive ones is still underway.

According to Election Commission spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, seven new parties have been registered and seven older parties have been removed from the list since the election announcement. The Election Commission has been issuing registration certificates only after verifying all required documents submitted by new parties.

At present, applications from 28 new parties are under review. As per the Commission’s schedule, all existing and new parties must register for the parliamentary elections between December 1 and … A public notice has already been issued to inform parties about this requirement.

Recently, the Commission issued a party registration certificate to the newly formed Communist Party of Nepal (CPN). With this, the number of CPN factions—such as the Maoist Centre and the Unified Socialist—has increased.

Meanwhile, the Commission has extended the deadline for voter list registration and updating until December … The availability of online registration, based on national ID card details, has led to a surge in applications. Due to the increased workload, the Commission continued processing registrations even on Saturday.