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Rabi Lamichhane, a candidate for the House of Representatives (HoR) Member election from Chitwan- 2 representing the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has disclosed his election expenditure details.

He also serves as the party president. 

According to the information provided to the Election Commission, Lamichhane's total election expenditure amounts to Rs 989,987. 

The submitted letter outlined that the nomination registration cost was Rs 10,000, sample ballot printing expenses were Rs 68,161, transportation and fuel costs totaled Rs 295,000, voter training and snacks costs were Rs 14,200, ward-level publicity expenses were Rs 46,000, and flags and badges for promotional activities cost Rs 112,000. 

Additionally, it was noted that the expenses for purchasing banners and stickers for publicity reached Rs 55,000, food and food rations cost Rs 196,000, air travel expenses were Rs 13,626 and seminar and gathering costs amounted to Rs 180,000. 

The expense details were submitted to the Election Commission on Tuesday by Sita Gyawali, the chairperson of Chitwan Metropolitan City from the same party.

The counting of votes under the proportional representation system for the House of Representatives (HoR) election, which took place on March 5, has been finalized.

With the recent completion of vote counting in Gorkha 1 and Ilam 1, the overall counting for proportional representation has also concluded, said Kul Bahadur GC, Assistant Spokesperson of the Election Commission. 

He noted that the process of gathering details from the relevant election officer's office to the commission is still in progress following the completion of the counting. 

Now that the vote counting for proportional representation is done, the commission has initiated the groundwork to determine the allocation of seats for political parties under this system. 

Reports indicate that this process is expected to wrap up in a few days. 

In the meantime, the Election Commission has reported that by 11 am today, a total of 10,739,115 votes have been counted for the proportional election. Among these votes, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading with 5,139,235 votes. 

The Nepali Congress has garnered 1,749,583 votes, while the CPN-UML has received 1,448,854 votes. The Nepali Communist Party has 805,773 votes, the Shram Sanskriti Party has 378,649 votes, and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party has 329,472 votes. 

Other parties have not managed to meet the required threshold of three percent of the total valid votes cast under the PR system as per the prevailing law.

The Election Commission has said  that over 10.7 million votes (total 10720,567) have been counted so far under proportional category of the House of Representatives elections.

The vote count updated at 3:30 am today showed the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) at top with over 5.1 million votes.

The RSP is followed by the Nepali Congress with over 1.7 million votes, while the UML is third in the race with over 1.4 million votes. The Nepali Communist Party stands fourth in the tally with over 800 thousand votes, which is trailed by the Shram Sanskriti Party with 378 thousand votes.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has so far collected 329,197 votes in the proportional category. It is followed by the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal with 174, 305 votes, the Rastriya Paribartan Party with 171,444 votes and the Janamat Party with 78,927, according to the EC.

Bangladeshi Ambassador to Nepal Shafiqur Rahman congratulated the people of Nepal on the peaceful and successful elections, describing it as an important milestone in the country’s democratic journey. 

He made the remarks while welcoming the guests at an iftar-dinner hosted in honour of the Heads of Mission and members of the diplomatic corps in Kathmandu on Tuesday, reads a statement issued by the Bangladeshi Embassy in Kathmandu. 

During the event, the Bangladeshi envoy expressed willingness to work with the new government of Nepal to further strengthen bilateral cooperation. 

Senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, and other distinguished guests were present in the program. 

On the occasion, the ambassador conveyed Ramadan greetings and touched on the spirit and teaching of the holy month of Ramadan. 

He underscored the longstanding friendly relations between Bangladesh and Nepal, and reaffirmed Bangladesh’s commitment to further strengthening this partnership.

Referring to Bangladesh’s journey towards democracy and reforms, the ambassador noted that the new government in Bangladesh is committed to advancing democratic reforms and building a discrimination-free, corruption-free and prosperous Bangladesh under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.