The Democrats have opened application for parliamentary primaries for parliament elections.

The Democrats made an announcement on Thursday that candidates who have singed up for the Party by 4 February will be eligible to contest in the primary.

The announcement said that the applicant must be a member of the party and must meet all the conditions laid down in Article 73 of the Constitution and Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 2015, which stipulates that a candidate should be eligible for parliamentary elections.

As per the announcement, the primary will be held on February 17 and the party will give a party ticket to a single MP without a primary in constituencies where only one member is contesting the primary.

Democrats said only those registered with the party were eligible to vote in the primary.