KATHMANDU, Dec 18: The Election Commission has presented certificates to the newly-elected lawmakers elected to the House of Representatives (HoR) through the proportional representation (PR) system.
Chief Election Officer of the PR election system and EC secretary Gokarna Mani Duwadi handed the certificates to the lawmakers amid a programme held at the Election Commission on Sunday.
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On the occasion, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya congratulated the newly-elected MPs under the PR election system.
One hundred and ten lawmakers have been elected to the HoR under the PR system of election. The CPN (UML) has the largest number of PR lawmakers in the HoR under this category. It has 34 lawmakers while the Nepali Congress has 32 lawmakers, followed by the CPN (Maoist Centre) with 14 MPs, the Rastriya Swatantra Party 13, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party seven and the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal and the Janamat Party with five lawmakers each elected under the PR electoral system.
(RSS)
