Nepal approves 114 parties for first polls since Sep

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Nepal's Election Commission has said that 114 political parties, several new, have been approved to contest the first polls since a mass uprising ousted the government. Commission spokesman Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said on Tuesday that the general election in the Himalayan nation of 30 million people was on track for March 5 2026. "About 19 million eligible voters have registered their names,"