HoR election: EC to submit comprehensive election report to President tomorrow

Kathmandu, March 18: The Election Commission would submit the comprehensive report along with results of the election to the House of Representatives held on March 5 before President Ramchandra Paudel on Thursday.     

EC Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC told RSS that the consolidated election report would be submitted on Thursday afternoon after presenting certificate to newly elected proportional representation (PR) lawmakers tomorrow morning.     

The EC would organise a press conference at its office on Thursday evening after it submits the election report to President Paudel. Once the EC submits the report, it is said that the way would open for the formation of a new government in accordance with Article 76 (1) of the Constitution.     

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has got clear majority to form a new government. Out of 275-member House of Representatives, 182 lawmakers of the RSP have been elected.     

GC added that preparations have completed to present certificate to 110 newly elected members of parliament elected from the proportional representation (PR) system under HoR election on Thursday.     

Fifty-seven lawmakers from RSP, 20 from Nepali Congress, 16 from CPN (UML), nine from Nepali Communist Party and four from Shram Sanskriti Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party each were elected under PR election system.     

Similarly, 125 members of RSP, 18 from NC, nine from UML, eight from NCP, three from Shram Sanskriti Party and one from RPP and one independent candidate were elected under the first-past-the-post election (FPTP) system of HoR election.(RSS)