KATHMANDU: A total of 120 political parties have applied at Election Commission for their participation in the March 5 election to the House of Representatives (HoR).

The EC had originally allotted the time from November 17 to 26 for the registration of parties in view of the announcement of HoR election coming March 5. Later, the time was extended by four days.

EC Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai informed that total 120 political parties applied each with a unique election symbol till Sunday.

After conducting study on the applications, EC will provide final approval by December 6.