KATHMANDU, July 3: The Election Commission has proposed to make a legal arrangement to bar a person who is defeated in one level of election from contesting in another level for five years.

KATHMANDU, July 3: The Election Commission (EC) has decided that there should be a legal arrangement for people to get elected as members of parliament (MPs) through the proportional representation (PR) system not more than twice.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: There were more invalid votes under the proportional representation (PR) system than under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system.

KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The Election Commission (EC) has published the final closed list of the candidates under the proportional election system for the upcoming House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly member elections.

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Although the provision of proportional representation (PR) category was introduced in the constitution to ensure the representation of backward and marginalized communities in the parliament, political parties have been found grossly misusing the provision.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) has revised its Proportional Representation (PR) list following an instruction by the Election Commission (EC) for the same.  The RJPN has replaced Renu Sharma with Narmaya Dhakal in the list.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Although the provision of proportional representation (PR) category was introduced in the constitution to ensure the representation of backward and marginalized communities in the parliament, political parties have been found grossly misusing the provision. The parties have repeatedly recommended the names of the leaders from the elite class as many as four times, against the spirit of inclusive representation.

KATMANDU, Feb 13: The Election Commission (EC) has given two more days to three political parties to revise their lists of candidates for parliamentary seats under the proportional representation (PR) system.

KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Nepali Congress has submitted the name list of the House of Representatives (HoR) members under proportional representation (PR) electoral system to the Election Commission (EC) on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Nepali Congress has submitted the name list of the House of Representatives members under PR electoral system at the Election Commission (EC).

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: A day before the expiry of the deadline set for the political parties, the CPN-UML on Sunday submitted the list of its candidates winning the parliamentary seats under the proportional representation system to the Election Commission.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Nepali Congress has finalized the name of the House of Representatives members under PR electoral system.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: CPN-UML has finalized the name of the members of the parliament for House of Representatives under Proportional Representation electoral system.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: More than two months after the parliamentary elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced the proportional representation (PR) results for the lower house.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Women representation will be increased in the House of Representatives through the Proportional Representation electoral system.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: The Election Commission has prepared to announce the number of seats secured by the political parties in the election of House of Representatives under Proportional Representation (PR) system on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Election Commission (EC) has handed certificates to the members elected to the State Assemblies under the proportional representation (PR) system.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: The Election Commission (EC) has published the winners of the provincial assemblies elected under the proportional representation (PR) category. Altogether 220 members of provincial assemblies have been elected under PR category. On Wednesday the EC had announced the final list of the winners.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: The Election Commission (EC) has announced the winners of the provincial assemblies elected under the proportional representation (PR) category. Altogether 220 members of provincial assemblies have been elected under PR category.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: The Election Commission (EC) is likely to announce winners of the provincial assemblies elected under Proportional Representation (PR) category on Wednesday.

Many leaders whose names were on the closed list but were denied representation at the time of selection have accused their respective leaderships of nepotism and favoritism in the appointments.

KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Nepali Congress (NC) has recommended 72 parliamentarians for the provincial assembly under proportional representation. NC has won 13, 11, 14, 9, 12, 5 and 8 seats in Province 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively.

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav's daughter-in-law Pramila Kumari has been elected as the provincial assembly member under the proportional representation category.

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: CPN (Maoist Center) has recommended the names of 35 Maoist members to represent the party in the Provincial Assembly under the proportional representation (PR) category.

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: Polarization among the political parties over the modality for electing the National Assembly has put the Election Commission (EC) in a fix over the allocation of proportional representation seats for the lower house of parliament.

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: The CPN-UML, which has emerged as the largest political party in the recent parliamentary and provincial assembly polls, has drawn the attention of the Election Commission (EC) over the delay in allocating the proportional representation (PR) seats to the political parties, even weeks after the conclusion of the elections.

KATMANDU, Dec 24: With the allocation of the proportional seats of the provincial assemblies, election officials have begun verifying Proportional Representation (PR) votes cast to the parties in the parliamentary elections held recently before allocating seats for the central parliament.

KATMANDU, Dec 22: CPN-UML has bagged the most seats in the provincial assemblies under the proportional representation (PR) category.

KATHMANDU, Dec 22: Election Commission (EC) has announced the number of seats secured by the political parties in the Provincial Assembly elections under Proportional Representation (PR) system on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday concluded the counting of Proportional Representation (PR) votes cast in the parliamentary and provincial polls held recently. Poll results show the CPN-UML, which bagged the most seats under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system, got the highest number of votes under the PR category as well.

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Vote counting for Proportional Representation electoral system under Federal Parliament and Provincial Assemblies concluded on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15:  Vote counting under Proportional Representation of all election constituencies will complete today, Nawaraj Dhakal, spokesperson at the Election Commission said. So far, votes of Province 3 and 4 have been completed.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The Election Commission (EC) has completed counting the proportional representation (PR) votes of 65 of the total 77 districts till Thursday evening.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Only five political parties including two Madhes-based parties have crossed three percent threshold to qualify for representation in the federal parliament as the counting of proportional representation (PR) votes entered the final stage.

BARDIYA, Dec 13: The Nepali Congress (NC) has secured the highest votes towards the proportional representation system in the recently held elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies.

KHOTANG, Dec 13: CPN-UML has bagged highest votes in the district. The vote counting has finalized on Wednesday where UML wins towards first-past-the-post elections in Khotang has also become the first party in the proportional representations (PR) elections in the district.

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: CPN-UML has continued its lead in the vote counts of federal and provincial parliamentary elections under the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system till early this morning.  According to the latest vote count results unveiled by the Election Commission, CPN-UML has secured 1,685,069 votes while Nepali Congress is in second position with 1,593,758 votes.

DOLAKHA, Dec 12: CPN-UML has bagged highest votes in Propotional Representaional system in Dolakha.

BAGLUNG, Dec 12: Nepali Congress that lost all seats towards first-past-the-post elections in Baglung has become the first party in the proportional representations (PR) elections in the district.

PALPA, Dec 12: CPN-UML has secured 30, 114 votes in Palpa-1 in the parliamentary elections under the proportional representation (PR) category. Similarly, Nepali Congress has obtained 22, 945 votes while CPN (Maoist Center) has got 1,949 votes. Mangol National Organization has secured 922, Bibeksheel Sajha got 495 while Rastriya Janamorcha secured 217 while Rastriya Janamukti Party got 123 votes.

Exit poll result of Provincial Assembly of Kathmandu under PR system.

Exit poll result of Lalitpur under PR electoral system

Exit poll results for Kathmandu under PR electoral system

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav's daughter-in-law Pramila Kumari is contesting the upcoming elections on a CPN (Maoist Center) ticket. Pramila has been fielded as a provincial assembly candidate of the party under the Proportional Representation category.

KATMANDU, Nov 3: More than 6,000 candidates are contesting the upcoming parliamentary and provincial assembly elections under the Proportional Representation (PR) category.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: The Election Commission (EC) has unveiled a closed list of candidates contesting the upcoming elections under the proportional representation category.

KATHMANDU, Oct 29: Political parties have submitted closed lists (amended copy) of their candidates for the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies towards the proportional representation (PR) system.

KATMANDU, Oct 17: Serious differences have emerged within the political parties over candidacy nominations under the Proportional Representation (PR) category. Many leaders of major political parties have expressed dissatisfaction with the party leadership over their not informing rival factions about candidates fielded under  PR.

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: There was a hullabaloo in the party office of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) after a woman was found enlisted in the close list of candidates under proportional representation category.

KATHMANDU, Sept 23: The Election Commission (EC) has approved the model ballot paper towards the Proportional Representation system to be used in the upcoming elections to the members of House of Representatives and State Assemblies. The elections have been scheduled to be held in two rounds later this year- November 26 and December 7.