By Our Reporter  The Election Commission has forwarded the process to take action against the candidates of the May 13 local poll who have not submitted their expenditure details. According to the Election Commission, out of 145,013 candidates in the local level election, 123, 783 candidates (85.4 per cent) have not submitted their expenditure details within the stipulated time frame. EC’s Spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Paudel said that the commission had started the process of taking action against the candidates who hadn’t furnished their expenditure details within the stipulated time. Issuing a statement on Tuesday, Poudel said the EC had directed the 123,783 flouting candidates to furnish written clarification at their respective district election offices within seven days. According to Poudel, the EC has decided to seek clarifications from 115,131 candidates (79.4 per cent), who hadn’t furnished their expenditure details within the stipulated period and 8,652 candidates who submitted their election expenditure details only after the stipulated period. The EC has also published the names of those candidates on its official website. As per the Election Commission Act, all candidates are required to submit the details of their election expenses to their respective district election office or provincial election office within 30 days of the publication of the election results. As per the existing law, those who fail to furnish expenditure details will be disqualified to become candidates for six years. 84 political parties registered with EC for election purpose Altogether 84 political parties have been registered with the Election Commission (EC) to contest the upcoming election to the House of Representatives (HoR) slated for November 20. Party registration for the federal and provincial level elections has begun on August 7. The EC has given a 10-day time for the registration, and Tuesday was the last day to register the party with the EC. On the last day today, the ruling Nepali Congress and 21 other political parties were registered with the EC. Similarly, 51 political parties have been registered in Province-1, 54 in Madhes Province, 53 in Bagmati Province, 48 parties in Gandaki, 50 in Lumbini Province, 47 in Karnali Province and 45 political parties have been in Sudurpaschim Province for provincial assembly elections. The EC has made it mandatory to submit separate applications to register the party for the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Provincial Assembly.