Seat distribution to 6 parties that crossed the 3 percent threshold [with list]

The commission is preparing to submit a report containing the complete results of the election to the President on March 5. After that, the path to government formation will be clear.

Chaitra 3, 2082

Rajesh Mishra

Seat distribution to 6 parties that crossed the 3 percent threshold [with list]

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The Election Commission announced the names of 110 people elected to the House of Representatives through the proportional electoral system on Monday. With this, the results of all 275 seats in the House of Representatives election held on 21 Falgun have been announced. 

The complete results of the House of Representatives have been announced 11 days after the end of voting. The counting of 165 seats was completed directly and the results were announced on 25 Falgun. Election Commission Secretary Krishna Bahadur Raut said that this time the results were announced much faster compared to previous years. He said that the process prescribed by law for the proportional system also took some time.

The counting for the proportional system was concluded on 28 Falgun. The commission had distributed seats to the six political parties that had crossed the 3 percent threshold. The commission had given three days to the parties that managed to win seats in the proportional system to send their names from the closed list, according to the order and the number of inclusive groups and women. The parties had submitted their names on Sunday. Raut said that the results could be announced even faster as there were no errors in the list.

After crossing the 'threshold' of 3 percent votes in the proportional system, the RSVP won 57 seats, the Congress won 20, the UML won 16, the NCP won 9, the Shram Sanskriti won 4 seats each, and the RPP won 4. 48 women and 9 men were elected from the RSVP, 15 women and 5 men from the Congress, 10 women and 6 men from the UML, 4 women and 5 men from the NCP, 3 women and 1 man from Shram Sanskriti, and 2 women and 2 men from the RPP. 

There is a constitutional provision that women members should be elected through the proportional election system so that 33 percent of the total number of members represented in the federal parliament by the parties are women. Due to that provision, 82 women have been elected out of 110 seats in the proportional system. In the direct system, 13 women were elected from the RSVP and 1 woman from the Congress. The presence of 96 women in the current House of Representatives has been ensured. 

In the 275-member House of Representatives, there will be 182 members from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), 38 from the Congress, 25 from the UML, 17 from the NCP, 7 from the Shram Sanskriti (Labor and Culture Party), and 5 from the RPP, both directly and proportionally. Similarly, there will be representation from 1 person who won as an independent. 138 seats are required in the House of Representatives to form a government. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has won a single majority. It is only 2 seats short of the 184 seats required for two-thirds. 

The Commission is preparing to submit a report containing the entire election results to the President on Chaitanya 5. After that, the path to government formation will be paved. Commission Secretary Raut said that the report will be submitted to the President after distributing certificates to 110 people elected through proportional representation on Chaitanya 5 itself.  

After the President sends the report to the Parliament Secretariat, there will be a program including the swearing-in of the MPs. Along with this, the President will also start the process of government formation. Article 76(1) of the Constitution provides that the President shall appoint the leader of the parliamentary party with the majority in the House of Representatives as the Prime Minister and that the Council of Ministers shall be formed under his chairmanship. Since the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has secured a clear majority in the elections, the President shall appoint the leader of the parliamentary party of the RSS as the Prime Minister. In the meantime, the RSS will have to choose the leader of its parliamentary party. 

There is a constitutional provision to convene a session of the Federal Parliament within 30 days from the date of the announcement of the final results of the House of Representatives election. Article 88 of the Constitution states that members of each House of the Federal Parliament shall take an oath in accordance with federal law before attending a meeting of the House or any of its committees for the first time. 

Since it is said that the oath must be taken before attending a meeting of the House or any of its committees, the absence of an MP's oath will not block the formation of the government, said an official of the Federal Parliament. The official mentioned that the Constitution and the law do not stipulate that the appointment of the Prime Minister shall be made only after the MPs take the oath. There is a legal provision that the senior member among the elected members of the House of Representatives shall be administered the oath by the President and the senior member shall administer the oath to the remaining members.

Rajesh

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