Kathmandu, Dec. 1 -- Of the 143 political parties registered with the Election Commission (EC), as many as 23 have not applied to participate in the March 5 elections of the House of Representatives (HoR).Only 120 parties will contest the polls, sharply higher from the 86 parties that competed in the November 2022 elections, when 116 parties were registered with the EC. The EC's records show that all 14 parties represented in the dissolved lower house are contesting the upcoming vote.

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