The deposits of about 85 percent of candidates in the House of Representatives elections have been forfeited. Out of 3,406 candidates in the direct system, 2,885 failed to secure their deposits because they secured less than 10 percent.

There is a legal provision that the deposit amount will be returned only if the candidate secures more than 10 percent of the total votes cast in their constituency. The deposits of candidates securing less than 10 percent of the votes are deposited in the state treasury.

According to the Election Commission's Information Officer Suman Ghimire, those who did not secure 10 percent of the votes include candidates from major political parties. According to the final results posted on the commission's website, the largest number of independent candidates have had their deposits forfeited. 1,141 candidates who contested the elections independently secured less than 10 percent of the votes.

According to the commission, the deposits of 17 candidates from the Congress, the largest party in the previous House of Representatives, have been forfeited this time. The deposits of Congress candidates Sarita Prasai (Jhapa-2), Rajendra Kumar Ghimire (Jhapa-3), Sujendra Tamang (Sunsari-1) and others will not be returned. Other Congress candidates who have secured 10 percent votes are from Saptari, Siraha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Chitwan and Rupandehi.

The deposits of 50 UML candidates have been forfeited. Former UML senior vice-president Ishwor Pokharel is also among those whose deposits will be forfeited. Pokharel had filed his candidacy from Kathmandu-5. He received only 4,701 votes out of the total 50,203 votes cast.

The Commission has data that the deposits of 99 Nepal Communist Party (NCP) candidates have been forfeited. The NCP had filed its candidacy in 164 constituencies directly, supporting the Janamorcha in Baglung-1.

Even 14 candidates of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which won 125 seats in the direct election and received about 48 percent of the votes from across the country in the proportional election, could not get 10 percent of the votes. Birendra Shrestha, who was the candidate in Taplejung, received 4,155 votes (9.7 percent) and Mahendra Bikram Thamsuhang in Panchthar received 4,197 votes (6.3 percent).

The votes of the RSSS candidates in the districts of Karnali are even less. For example, Dev Singh Aidee, who was the candidate from Dolpa-1, received only 181 votes (1.2 percent). Candidates from Mugu, Jumla, Kalikot, Humla, Jajarkot, Achham and Rukum West also could not get 10 percent of the votes.

The deposits of 93 candidates of the Hark Sampang-led Shram Sanskriti Party, which won three seats in the direct election, have been forfeited. The deposits of 103 candidates of the Ujjaya Nepal Party led by Kulman Ghising will not be returned. Not a single candidate from this party could be elected directly.

The deposits of 159 candidates of the RPP have been forfeited. Only Gyanendra Bahadur Shahi was elected from Jumla from the RPP. The deposits of 83 candidates of the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal led by Upendra Yadav were not saved.

The number of candidates whose deposits were forfeited in the 2079 House of Representatives elections was very low among the major parties. At that time, only one candidate each of the UML, Congress and the then Unified Socialist Party had their deposits forfeited. The deposits of 2 candidates of the then Maoists, 38 of the Janmat Party, 82 of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, 114 of the RPP, 43 of the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, 62 of the Janata Samajwadi Party and 20 of the Nagarik Unmukti Party were not returned.

14 candidates did not get a single vote in this election. All of them are independent candidates except Arjun Bahadur Shahi of Nepal Janasewa Party from Kathmandu-1.

Krishna Kumar Sah, Matrika Prasad Das and Sita Devi Sah in Dhanusha-3, Krishna Prasad Adhikari in Dhading-1, Devendra Singh in Lalitpur-1, Kusum Khatun in Rautahat-4, Prem Prasad Shrestha and Bimal Gyawali in Gulmi-1, Tika Bahadur Chhetri, Dilip Kumar Sunar, Bal Krishna Gyawali, Bimala Bhattarai and Bishnu Prasad Basyal in Rupandehi-2 did not get a single vote.

36 candidates have received a single vote. Among them, all are independent candidates except 68-year-old Jit Bahadur Tamang of Miteri Party Nepal from Kathmandu-3. The candidates who received one vote are from various constituencies of Siraha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Dhading, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Makwanpur, Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Gulmi, Rupandehi, Kapilvastu and Dang.