KATHMANDU, Oct 25: The Election Commission has allocated the election symbols to 702 candidates fielded for the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies being held on November 26.

EC Spokesperson Nabaraj Dhakal informed that the candidacies of 100 persons were withdrawn while a candidacy got scrapped.

A total of 803 candidacies were filed from 32 districts from the mountainous and upper hilly region are having the elections on November 26.

The symbols were provided from the offices of the chief election officers and election officers.

Of the total candidates, 481 are vying for provincial assembly seats and 322 for central parliament. The first phase of elections will elect 37 members for the central parliament and 74 for province assembly.

Dissatisfied with the official candidates of their parties, some leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) had filed their candidacy independently. But most of them withdrew their candidacy following pressure from their respective political parties.

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Altogether 807 people have filed their candidacy for the first phase of the House of Representatives and State Assemblies elections to be held on November 26.

The first phase of the twin elections is taking place in 32 districts in all the provinces.

According to the Joint Election Operation Centre (JEOC) at the Election Commission, of the total 807 persons filing candidacies, 323 have registered their candidacy for the House of Representatives election and 484 for the State Assembly elections.

The Election Commission has fixed the time from 10 am to 5 pm today to file complaints against the candidates, the Election Commission spokesman Nawaraj Dhakal said.

The complaints would be looked into and the list of candidates published on October 24. Similarly, the EC will allocate election symbols to the candidates after the conclusion of withdrawing their names by the candidates, if they wish to do so.