The Election Commission (EC) has started registering the political parties that have applied for registration to contest the November elections.

On Sunday, the EC registered 11 political parties and finalised their election symbols. Parties registered so far are Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (Democratic), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP), Nepal Sadbhawana Party (Anandi Devi), Rastriya Janamorcha, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP), CPN (United), CPN (Marxist, Leninist and Maoist Centre).

The CPN (Maoist), whose entry into the election politics is keenly observed by the international community, has got the communist symbol ‘hammer and sickle’ as the election symbol while two other major parties, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, have been given their traditional symbols ‘tree’ and ‘sun’ respectively.

NC (Democratic) has been given ‘Kalash’ as its election system while the NWPP has got ‘Madal’, RPP ‘plough’, RJP ‘umbrella’, NSP-A ‘hand’, Rastriya Janamorcha ‘tea glass’ and NSP-U ‘sickle’.

Nearly 100 political parties had filed application at the EC for contesting constituent assembly polls slated for November 22.