Final Vote Count Complete for Proportional Representation in House of Representatives Election; Seat Allocation Detailed

Kathmandu. The vote counting for the proportional representation (PR) category of the House of Representatives election has concluded. Accordingly, 10,739,115 votes have been validated. The allocation of 110 PR seats will be based on this vote count.

How is the allocation done?
The method for allocating seats under the proportional representation system is stipulated in the House of Representatives Election Act. According to this, first, the total valid votes are calculated by summing the votes received by all parties. Then, the percentage of the total valid votes received by each party is calculated.

This time, the final count for the PR category stands at 10,739,115, with different parties receiving the following votes:

• RSP: 5139235 (47.86 percent)
• Congress: 1749583 (16.29 percent)
• UML: 1448854 (13.49 percent)
• CPN: 805773 (7.50 percent)
• Shram Sanskriti: 378649 (3.53 percent)
• Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP): 329472 (3.07 percent)

Below the Threshold

• JSP: 174317 (1.62 percent)
• Janmat: 78973 (0.73 percent)

Other parties have received fewer votes than these, which are not mentioned here.

The House of Representatives Election Act sets a threshold of less than 3 percent of the total valid votes for exclusion from PR seat allocation. Accordingly, the valid votes received by those parties are not included in the seat allocation process.

Based on the final PR vote results, it appears that 6 parties have secured 3 percent or more of the votes. The JSP, ranked seventh, and parties receiving fewer votes have percentages below this threshold. Therefore, only the votes received by 6 parties are counted for this allocation.

Now, let's sum the total votes received by the 6 parties that crossed the three percent threshold. This amounts to 9,851,566. Dividing this vote count by the total number of PR seats, 110, yields 89,560 votes. This resulting figure is called the 'divisor'.

Now, the seat allocation is done for each party using the 'Result Divisor Formula' as provided by the House of Representatives Election Act. In the first stage, the number of seats for the first round is determined by dividing the votes received by the respective party by the divisor.

Here, dividing the 5,139,235 votes received by RSP by the divisor (89560) results in 57.36. Accordingly, RSP secures 57 seats in the first stage, with 34,315 votes remaining.

Similarly, Congress, with 1,749,583 votes, secures 19 seats based on the mentioned divisor, with 47,943 votes remaining.

UML, with 1,448,854 votes, secures 16 seats based on the same divisor, with 15,894 votes remaining.

When CPN's 805,773 votes are divided by the divisor, it results in 8 seats, with 89,293 votes remaining.

Shram Sanskriti Party's 378,649 votes, when divided by the divisor, result in 4 seats, with 20,409 votes remaining.

RPP's 329,472 votes, when divided by the divisor, result in 3 seats, with 60,792 votes remaining.

Now, let's sum the seats secured by the parties in the first stage. This totals 107 seats. Among the 110 seats, the remaining 3 seats are allocated one by one to the parties with the highest remaining votes, in order.

Here is the status of the remaining votes:

• CPN: 89,293
• RPP: 60,792
• Congress: 47,943
• RSP: 34,315
• Shram Sanskriti: 20,409
• UML: 15,894

Here, CPN, RPP, and Congress are set to receive 1 additional seat each from the remaining 3 seats. Accordingly, in the PR category, RSP is expected to secure 57 seats, Congress 20 seats, UML 16 seats, CPN 9 seats, and Shram Sanskriti and RPP 4 seats each.

This result is based on the votes received. Although there is a possibility of some change based on the final vote count, given the trend of the received votes, the probability of this seat count remaining the same is high.

Consequently, in the upcoming parliament, RSP is projected to have 125+57=182 seats, Congress 18+20=38 seats, UML 9+16=25 seats, CPN 8+9=17 seats, Shram Sanskriti 3+4=7 seats, and RPP 1+4=5 seats. (Note: The initial seat counts for the parties before PR allocation seem to be derived from a different context or are incomplete in the source text, but the calculation follows the provided structure for the final projection.)

Two-thirds majority in the 275-member House of Representatives requires 184 seats. The RSP, having secured 182 seats currently, appears to be short of 2 seats to reach the two-thirds mark.