The Election Commission (EC) has sent a letter to the seven political parties asking them to recommend the names to be picked as members of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies under the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system based on the seats they won.
The EC on Wednesday sent a letter to the respective political parties, which have crossed the threshold to be recognised as national parties, to recommend the names of the PR candidates from among those included in the closed list they had submitted earlier.
“After determining the number of seats to be obtained by the political parties based on the votes they received under PR system, the Election Commission has asked the respective parties to recommend the names by fulfilling the requirement of inclusive representation,” said EC’s Assistant Spokesperson Guru Prasad Wagle.
Wagle said the letter was sent informing the political parties about the seats they had won in the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies under PR system in the November 20 general elections.
According to him, the political parties were given a three-day deadline to select their candidates from the closed list and submit the list to the EC.
The political parties have to submit the list of the candidates by Saturday as per the number of seats they have got, abiding by the guidelines of the Election Commission and according to the designed cluster.
The EC on Wednesday had determined the number of seats won by the parties under the PR electoral system.
According to EC, the CPN-UML garnered 2,845,641 (30. 69%) PR votes and won 34 seats and the Nepali Congress received 2,715,225 (29.29%) votes and got 32 seats under the PR category.
Similarly, the CPN (Maoist Centre) secured 1,175,684 (12.68%) votes and won 14 seats, Rabi Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured 13 seats, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) seven seats and Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N) and Janamat Party (JP) won five seats each under the PR category.
Source : TRN,
