President calls to form government; EC distributes certificates to lawmakers elected through PR system

Kathmandu / Dec. 18: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called the parties for the formation of the government within seven days.

The President’s call comes after the submission of a report by the Election Commission (EC) of the final results of the election of members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assembly (PA) held on November 20.

As no single party got a majority in the HoR election, the President has called for submitting a claim by a member of the HoR who can garner a majority with support from two or more parties, as stipulated in the constitution.

The deadline for submission of the claim is 5 pm on 25 December, according to the press release of the office of the President.

Lawmakers elected to HoR through PR system election get certificates

The Election Commission has presented certificates to the newly-elected lawmakers elected to the House of Representatives (HoR) through the proportional representation (PR) system.

Chief Election Officer of the PR election system and EC secretary Gokarna Mani Duwadi handed the certificates to the lawmakers amid a programme held at the Election Commission on Sunday.

On the occasion, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya congratulated the newly-elected MPs under the PR election system.

One hundred and ten lawmakers have been elected to the HoR under the PR system of election. The CPN (UML) has the largest number of PR lawmakers in the HoR under this category. It has 34 lawmakers while the Nepali Congress has 32 lawmakers, followed by the CPN (Maoist Centre) with 14 MPs, the Rastriya Swatantra Party 13, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party seven and the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal and the Janamat Party with five lawmakers each elected under the PR electoral system. RSS