Ending the debate over whether the constituent assembly election should be held in phases in view of the fragile security situation, the Election Commission (EC) Tuesday announced that the election would be held in a single phase.

The EC has set the voting time from 7 am to 5 pm on November 22.

Issuing a statement, the commission asked the political parties to form all-party mechanism, from the central level to the voting booths, in order to create an atmosphere for free and fair election.

The commission also asked the government to extend all necessary assistance as and when asked for during the preparation for the polls.

Meanwhile, eight more parties were registered with the EC today. They are: Janamorcha Nepal with election symbol Five-angle star, Rastriya Janata Dal (election symbol Football), Nepal Samata Party (symbol Fish), Dalit Janajati Party (symbol Jug), Hariyali Nepal Party (symbol Mango), Nepal Cooperative Party (symbol Notebook and Pen), Naba Janabadi Morcha (symbol Baby) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Marxist with election symbol Spade.

The EC has already registered 15 political parties including major parties Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist), NC (Democratic) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party and allocated election symbols to them.