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- Author, Keshav Koirala
- Source, BBC News Nepali
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The Election Commission has announced the final results of the House of Representatives election. Voting took place on Thursday, Falgun 21 (March 5, 2026).
In the first-past-the-post system, where the candidate with the most votes wins, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured victory in 125 out of 165 constituencies. In the proportional representation system, the party has won 57 of the 110 seats, as announced by the Election Commission on Thursday.See more details here.
According to the Commission, out of a total of 18,903,869 registered voters, 11,168,032 voted under the direct system and 11,280,617 under the proportional system. Vote counting has been completed for 94.55% of ballots in the direct system and 96.05% in the proportional system.
In the proportional representation system, parties that receive at least three percent of the total valid votes—such as Rastriya Swatantra Party, Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Nepal Communist Party, Labor Culture Party, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party—have secured seats.
Once the direct election results are confirmed, the proportional representation lists of the respective parties’ candidates for those constituencies will be made public.
Section 60 of the House of Representatives Member Election Act, 2074 (2017) specifies provisions related to proportional representation results. Sub-clause 11 of this section states: “Only candidates of parties that receive three percent or more of total valid proportional votes shall be elected.”
Previously, there was a requirement that parties must win at least one direct seat to be eligible for proportional seats, but this condition has since been removed.
However, under Section 52 of the Political Parties Act, 2072 (2015), parties must fulfill specific criteria to qualify as national parties.
A special mathematical formula is used to calculate the number of seats awarded to each party under the proportional system.
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