Dhaka, Nov. 24 -- Hundreds of thousands of new voters have registered to cast their ballot in Nepal's first polls since a mass uprising in September ousted the government, election officials said on Sunday.
Election Commission spokesman Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said there was "a total of 837,094 registered names" of first-time voters.
Bhattarai said that by Friday, 123 established parties had registered to take part in the March 5 parliamentary polls, while another 40 new slates await further verification to be allowed to run.
Interest in participating in the elections has surged, especially among young people who see it as a critical test of whether the demands of protesters who took to the streets against economic hardships and governm...