Rastriya Swatantra Party Dominates Vote Count in Parbat's Proportional Representation Election

Parbat. The counting of votes for the proportional representation election in Parbat has been completed. According to the final results announced on Monday, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured more than double the votes compared to other parties.

According to information provided by the Chief Electoral Officer's office, the RSP, represented by the bell symbol, received 30,735 votes in Parbat. Following in second place was the Nepali Congress with 13,874 votes, and in third place was the CPN (UML) with 13,350 votes. The Communist Party of Nepal received 3,384 votes.

Looking at the results, the vote count received by the RSP alone is almost equal to the combined votes of the UML, Congress, and CPN. Furthermore, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party received 1,477 votes, and the Rastriya Janamorcha received 128 votes. A total of 15 political parties, both large and small, received votes under the proportional representation category in Parbat. The vote count for other political parties was less than 100.

In Parbat's direct election, RSP candidate Sagar Bhusal was elected by a wide margin. In terms of direct election votes versus proportional representation votes, the Congress ranked second, UML third, CPN fourth, and RPP fifth.

Previously, Padam Giri of the CPN (UML) was elected twice consecutively in Parbat, and before that, Arjun Prasad Joshi of the Nepali Congress was elected three times.

The significant victory margin for RSP candidate Bhusal in the direct election, and the higher votes secured by the new party in the proportional representation category, are attributed to growing public dissatisfaction with older political parties and frequently repeated candidates. In Parbat's proportional representation count, out of 66,287 votes cast, 1,654 votes were declared invalid.