Parties working to pick MPs for proportional representation
Summary
Following the final proportional representation election results, six parties crossing the 3% threshold are selecting candidates for the House of Representatives, with lists due to the Election Commission by Sunday.
Key Points
- Six parties that crossed the 3 percent vote threshold are finalizing proportional representation candidate lists for the House of Representatives.
- The Election Commission will allocate candidates by inclusion category and announce final results after reviewing submitted lists.
- The Rastriya Swatantra Party secured the highest vote percentage ever at 47.84%, winning 57 proportional representation seats and 125 direct seats.
- The Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Shram Sanskriti Party, Nepali Communist Party, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party are also in the process of selecting proportional representation MPs.
- Candidate selections include representation from various ethnic, gender, and community categories as mandated by the Election Commission.
