Kathmandu – The Election Commission has announced that seven political parties have been recognized as national parties based on the votes counted so far.

The Election Commission has stated that according to the results of proportional voting, CPN-UML, Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist Center, National Independent Party, National Democratic Party, Janata Samajwadi Party and Janmat Party have achieved national party recognition by cutting the 3 percent threshold.

When 1 crore 3 lakh 82 thousand 85 votes were counted on the proportional side, UML got the most 27 lakh 73 thousand 999 votes while Congress got 26 lakh 44 thousand 241, Maoist 11 lakh 61 thousand 256, Rashtriya Swatantra Party 11 lakh 19 thousand 996, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party 585 thousand 921 votes, Janata Samajwadi Party got 420 thousand 931 votes and Janamat Party got 394 thousand 345 votes, the commission said.