Women Outnumber Men in Final Proportional Representation Candidate List for House of Representatives Election

Kathmandu. It has been observed that the number of women is higher than that of men in the closed list submitted by political parties for the proportional representation system of the House of Representatives election.

According to the details published by the Election Commission, there are 1,772 women in the final closed list of names for the proportional representation system. Similarly, there are 1,363 men. A total of 63 political parties are participating in the proportional representation system. The Commission has finalized 57 election symbols.

According to the Commission, a total of 3,135 candidates have been finalized in the final list. The Commission published the final list in accordance with Section 29 of the House of Representatives Election Act, 2074, and Rule 16, Sub-rule 2 of the House of Representatives Election Regulations, 2074.

The Commission had removed the names of 76 candidates from the closed list for various reasons. This included 21 individuals on the blacklist of the Credit Information Center and a total of 25 individuals whose names were retained in the closed list for the provincial assembly's proportional representation system.

Similarly, the Commission removed 10 individuals who failed to pay the stipulated fine, and one individual who was not in the backward area in the voter list. Furthermore, the names of 10 individuals who were requested to be removed by the respective political parties were also struck off the list.