Election Commission Publishes Final List of Proportional Representation Winners for House of Representatives from Bagmati Province

Hetauda. The Election Commission has published the final list of candidates elected under the Proportional Representation (PR) system for the House of Representatives election.

The PR candidates were declared elected based on the votes received by political parties and cluster allocation, as per the Commission's decision on Chaitra 2, following the House of Representatives election held on Falgun 21, 2082 BS.

The Commission is preparing to present this list to President Ramchandra Paudel on Chaitra 5. According to the Commission, 31 candidates from five national parties, representing various districts of the Bagmati Province, have been elected under the PR system.

Out of the 33 constituencies recommended from the province, 31 members have been elected to the House of Representatives through PR.

Among the six parties recognized as national parties, five have representation from the province. However, none of the candidates from the Shram Sanskriti Party, which won four seats under PR nationwide, secured a position from Bagmati Province.

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Secures 18 PR Seats, Sweeping 11 Districts

The highest number of elected candidates under the PR system belongs to the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). RSP had won direct elections in 31 out of the 33 constituencies in Bagmati. The party achieved a clean sweep in 11 districts of Bagmati (excluding Rasuwa and Sindhupalchok).

The highest number of RSP members elected from Bagmati under PR is 19. Those elected include Ram Lama and Rachana Khatiwada Khatri from Kavre; Khushbu Sarkar Shrestha, Sumnima Udas, and Prabha Karki from Lalitpur.

From Kathmandu, Basumaya Tamang, Anushka Shrestha, Ojaswi Sherchan, Sirjana Shrestha, Lima Adhikari (Acharya), Bidhusi Rana, Samikshya Baskota, and Sita Wadi have been elected. Shobha Khanal from Nuwakot, Prabha Dhakal and Afsana Banu from Chitwan, Smriti Century from Dolakha, and Tara Bishwakarma from Lalitpur have also become MPs from RSP.

The Nepali Congress has five elected members from this province: Madankrishna Shrestha (Disability Quota) and Gangalakshmi Awal from Bhaktapur; Arjun Narsingh KC from Nuwakot; Sita Thapaliya from Dhading; and Pabitra Bik from Makwanpur.

Furthermore, four members have been elected from CPN-UML: Ganga Devi Shrestha and Pushpa Raj Kandel from Dhading; Ram Bahadur Thapa Magar from Chitwan; and Kulbhakt Shakya from Kathmandu. Pramesh Kumar Hamal from Lalitpur and Parshuram Tamang from Kathmandu have been elected from the Communist Party of Nepal, while Saraswati Lama from Dhading and Khushbu Oli from Kathmandu have been elected from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).

How Many Elected from Which District?

The final list of members elected under the PR system for the House of Representatives election 2082, released by the Election Commission, shows representation from only 9 districts of the Bagmati Province.

According to the Commission's details, although the Shram Sanskriti Party, recognized as a national party, won 4 seats nationwide, no one from the Bagmati Province was selected. Kathmandu District, which includes the federal capital, has the highest representation with 11 elected MPs.

RSP selected MPs from Kathmandu and Lalitpur, failing to include districts such as Bhaktapur, Makwanpur, Sindhuli, Ramechhap, and Sindhupalchok. Congress included Bhaktapur, Nuwakot, Dhading, and Makwanpur, while UML included candidates from Dhading, Chitwan, and Kathmandu lists.

Eight RSP members were elected solely from Kathmandu: Basumaya Tamang, Anushka Shrestha, Ojaswi Sherchan, Sirjana Shrestha, Lima Adhikari (Acharya), Bidhusi Rana, Samikshya Baskota, and Sita Wadi. Kulbhakt Shakya was elected from UML, Parshuram Tamang from the Communist Party, and Khushbu Oli from RPP, all from Kathmandu.

Five individuals from Lalitpur received opportunities from two parties: Khushbu Sarkar Shrestha, Sumnima Udas, Prabha Karki, and Tara Bishwakarma from RSP, and Pramesh Kumar Hamal from the Communist Party. Dhading includes four members: Ganga Devi Shrestha and Pushpa Raj Kandel from UML, Sita Thapaliya from Congress, and Saraswati Lama from RPP.

Three members were elected from Chitwan: Prabha Dhakal and Afsana Banu from RSP, and Ram Bahadur Thapa Magar from UML. Ram Lama and Rachana Khatiwada Khatri from Kavre, and Arjun Narsingh KC from Congress and Shobha Khanal from RSP were elected as MPs from Nuwakot under PR.

Madankrishna Shrestha (Disability/Indigenous Tribe Cluster) and Gangalakshmi Awal from Bhaktapur were elected as PR MPs, while Smriti Century from Dolakha and Pabitra Bik from Makwanpur became MPs.