Six Parties That Crossed Threshold to Submit Proportional Representation Candidate Lists Today

Kathmandu. Six political parties that crossed the threshold (three percent of the vote) in the House of Representatives election held on Falgun 21 are submitting the names of their elected proportional representation candidates by the end of office hours today.

Election Commission Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC informed that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist Centre), Shram Sanskriti Party, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), which crossed the threshold in the election, were notified on Falgun 28 to submit the names of elected candidates, ensuring cluster representation, by 5:00 PM today.

Out of 11,280,617 votes cast for proportional representation in the Falgun 21 election, 10,835,025 votes were valid. Among the valid votes, the RSP, which received the highest number, will have to send details of 57 MPs elected according to their clusters.

Similarly, GC stated that the Nepali Congress must submit a list of 20 elected candidates, UML 16, CPN (Maoist Centre) 9, and Shram Sanskriti Party and RPP four candidates each, ensuring cluster matching, to the Commission by 5:00 PM today.

If the names submitted by the parties align with the representation based on the designated clusters, the Commission will publish the list of elected candidates today itself. Spokesperson GC mentioned that if there are discrepancies, time will be allotted for corrections. The legal provision is for 110 candidates to be elected through the proportional representation system.