Forty-nine political parties have submitted the list of their candidates for the parliamentary election under the proportional representation (PR) category at Election Commission (EC) on Monday.

Furthermore, political parties have also submitted separate closed list of candidates in all the seven provinces for provincial assembly election.

According to the EC, 27 political parties in Province 1, 29 in Province 2, 31 in Province 3, 20 in Province 4, 27 in Province 5, 18 in Province 6 and 20 in Province 7, have filed their nominations for the provincial elections under PR category.

EC Spokesman Nawaraj Dhakal said that the election officers will study the closed list till September 21 and will allow the parties a time till September 28 to make any corrections.