KATHMANDU: The filing of candidacy for the first-past-the-post system under the second phase of the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections has started from 10:00 am today.

The second phase of provincial and parliamentary elections is scheduled to be held in 45 districts on December 7.

The candidates can get their candidacy registered at the Office of the Chief Returning Officer and the Office of the Returning Officer in their respective electoral constituencies till 5:00 pm today, said the Election Commission.

It has been learned that candidates have reached the office of the chief returning officer and the returning officer since the morning and inquired about the process and the papers required for registering their candidacies.

The Election Commission has urged one and all to make the registration of candidacy civilised and peaceful.