The Commission has initiated discussions and correspondence to correct the weaknesses seen in the closed lists submitted by parties towards the proportional system for the election of members of the House of Representatives.
What you should know
The Election Commission is working to point out any errors by calling political parties that have submitted closed lists for the proportional representation system for the upcoming House of Representatives elections to be held on February 21.
The commission has stated that it will send a formal letter on December 20 to correct the shortcomings found after examining the submitted lists and discussing with the party representatives.
Commission Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC informed that the parties submitting the closed list are examining the details including whether or not they have formed clusters of inclusion and are calling the representatives of the concerned parties and discussing them. He said that discussions were held in the presence of representatives of 12 parties on Wednesday and that discussions are scheduled with 12 parties today as well.
64 political parties had submitted closed lists to the commission on December 13 and 14. Out of them, only 22 parties have nominated candidates in all 110 seats. According to the list, the number of parties submitting candidates under the election symbol is 60 on average. Similarly, the number of parties submitting closed lists in at least 11 seats is 10. Similarly, the commission has stated that there are 10 parties that have taken a single symbol.
93 political parties had applied to the commission to file candidacies under this system, but only 64 parties have submitted closed lists. The Commission will give time to the parties to reconcile the details submitted from 21st to 27th of this month. The Commission's Assistant Spokesperson GC informed that the closed list prepared by the parties from 28th of this month to 3rd of next month will be examined and the final list will be published on 20th of next month.
Experts in statistics, technology and legal fields are working in the office of the Election Officer established for the election of this system in the Commission.
