A total of 64 political parties have submitted closed lists under the proportional representation system for upcoming elections to the House of Representatives.

The political parties participating in the March 5 elections were asked to submit the PR closed lists at the office of election officer under the PR system established at Bahadurbhawan-based Election Office on December 28 and 29.

EC Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai shared that 64 political parties submitted their closed lists till early this morning. 

Names of 3,424 candidates of 64 parties have been included in the closed list for 110 places under the PR system. 

Out of 64 political parties, 54 political parties are using their own election symbols while the remaining 10 parties would use shared election symbols. 

A total of 93 political parties had filed applications in the EC to file candidacy under the PR system. 

The EC would give time to the political parties from January 5-11 to make any correction or ask for insufficient documents after investigating the closed lists on January 4. 

The final list of the closed lists under the PR system would be published on February 3.