KATHMANDU, March 10: Vote counting under the proportional representation (PR) system for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections is underway, with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) maintaining a commanding lead.
According to the Election Commission (EC)’s latest report, the RSP, which has already won 125 seats under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, is also leading the PR vote count by a wide margin.
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Out of a total of 10,397,681 votes counted so far, the RSP has secured 4,987,707 votes. Based on the current trend, the party is expected to secure around 58 seats under the PR system, leaving it just one seat short of a two-thirds majority in parliament. A total of 184 seats are required for a two-thirds majority in the current House.
Similarly, the Nepali Congress (NC) has secured 1,691,076 votes and is expected to win around 19 PR seats. The CPN-UML has garnered 1,407,923 votes and is projected to secure 16 seats, while the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) has obtained 766,392 votes and is likely to win nine PR seats.
The Shram Sanskriti Party (SSP) with 355,737 votes and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) with 324,051 votes are also likely to qualify as national parties, having crossed the 3 percent threshold in the PR vote count. Both parties are expected to secure four PR seats each.
According to the EC, the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal has secured 170,890 votes, the Rastriya Pariwartan Party 166,335 votes, and the Janamat Party 76,151 votes. These parties are unlikely to qualify as national parties, as they have not crossed the 3 percent PR threshold and have not secured sufficient seats under the FPTP system.
Under the FPTP system, the RSP has emerged as the clear winner with 125 seats, followed by the NC with 18 seats, UML with nine seats, and the NCP with eight seats. The SSP has won three seats, while the RPP and an independent candidate have secured one seat each.
