EC Unveils List of 110 PR Lawmakers

The Election Commission on Monday, March 16, unveiled the names of 110 lawmakers elected to the new House of Representatives under the proportional representation (PR) system.

The announcement came after six political parties that crossed the PR threshold submitted their lists of nominees to the commission the previous day.

Under Nepal’s electoral law, a party must secure at least 3 percent of the valid PR votes to qualify for proportional seats. It must also win at least one seat under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system to be recognised as a national party.

Based on the vote share obtained in the election, the Rastriya Swatantra Party secured 57 PR seats, followed by the Nepali Congress with 20, CPN-UML with 16, and the Nepal Communist Party with nine. The Shram Sanskriti Party and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party won four seats each.

Following this allocation, the parties recommended their candidates from the closed lists submitted to the Election Commission before the election, in accordance with the required cluster system.

The selection process must follow an inclusive framework to ensure representation of women, indigenous nationalities, Madhesis, Dalits, Tharus, Muslims and people from backward regions. The constitution requires political parties to ensure that at least 33 percent of members in the federal parliament are women.

Here is the list of the 110 lawmakers: