KATHMANDU: As many as 51 political parties have failed to secure the minimum vote threshold required for representation in the House of Representatives under the proportional representation (PR) system.
According to the Election Commission, vote counting for the PR segment of the parliamentary elections held on March 5 has been completed.
A total of 57 parties contested the election under a combined election symbol. Of them, only six parties managed to surpass the minimum vote requirement to secure seats in parliament, while the remaining 51 parties fell short of the threshold.
The commission clarified that only parties obtaining at least three percent of the total valid votes are eligible to receive seats under the proportional representation system.
Deputy Spokesperson of the Election Commission Kul Bahadur GC said the existing legal framework treats the entire country as a single electoral constituency, allowing candidates from political parties to be elected to the House of Representatives based on the total votes secured nationwide.
According to the commission, a total of 17,039,115 valid votes were counted under the PR system.
Among the parties, the Rastriya Swatantra Party secured the highest number of votes with 5,103,923. The Nepali Congress obtained 1,749,583 votes, while the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) received 1,404,854 votes.
Similarly, the Nepal Communist Party secured 805,773 votes, the Shram Sanskriti Party received 378,649 votes, and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party obtained 329,472 votes.
The Election Commission stated that the remaining participating parties did not manage to cross the required threshold for representation in the federal parliament.
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