Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) gets 57 seats

Kathmandu. The Election Commission (EC) has distributed seats after completing the counting of votes under the proportional representation system.

According to the EC, 6 parties that have crossed 3 percent have got the number of seats.

According to the Election Commission, Rastriya Swatantra Party has secured 57 seats, Nepali Congress 20, CPN-UML 16, NCP 9, Labour Culture 4 and RPP 4.

According to the EC, out of a total of 1,89,03,689 voters, 1,11,68,032 had cast their votes under the first-past-the-post category. Of them, 1,55,59,017 votes or 94.55 per cent were approved.

Similarly, 1,12,80,617 votes were cast under the proportional representation category, out of which 1,08,35,025 votes or 96.05 per cent votes were validated.

The EC has also given three days to the political parties to submit their names.