KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The Election Commission (EC) has submitted a report with the election results of both the first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) electoral systems to President Bidya Devi Bhandari. The elections to the members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies were held on November 20.
At a program organized at Sheetal Niwas today, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya submitted the report to the President.
There is a provision that the EC should submit a report with final results of the FPTP and PR system within seven days of the announcement of the election results to the President.
EC submits by-election report to President
On the occasion, President Bhandari said elections are important for strengthening democracy.
Expressing her happiness over the conclusion of the elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies, she thanked all including the Election Commission, security bodies, stakeholders and voters for this.
Similarly, CEC Thapaliya said the polls were concluded in a fair and fearless environment.
Through the elections, a total of 825 people’s representatives were elected (275 under the HoR and 550 under the provincial assemblies. Women’s participation in the HoR is 33.10 percent, and 36.36 percent in the PA.
The EC’s representatives are scheduled to present a report along with the results of provincial assembly polls to the chiefs of all seven provinces on 17 December, said the EC. Present on the occasion were election commissioners Ishwori Prasad Paudel, Ram Prasad Bhandari, Dr Janaki Kumari Tuladhar and Sagun Shumsher JB Rana and the EC secretary Gokarna Mani Duwadi, among others.
