Parties busy working on proportional lists for March election

Key Points

• Political parties are finalizing closed lists of candidates under the proportional representation system for the March 5 elections.
• Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have decided not to repeat candidates elected under PR in the past and exclude incumbent local representatives.
• The Nepali Communist Party and Rastriya Swantantra Party are also preparing candidate lists with inclusive representation as per the revised Act.
• The election Act has been amended to adjust representation based on the 2021 census, affecting the seat share of various ethnic clusters.