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The Election Commission (EC) is to provide certificates to the winners of the House of Representatives (HoR) elections under the proportional representation (PR) system on Wednesday.

According to Krishna Bahadur Raut, the Election Officer of the PR electoral system, the winners of the HoR seat under the PR system will be given certificates at 11:30 am on Wednesday at the EC premises.

The name of 110 candidates elected under the PR system from the HoR elections conducted on March 5 was released by the EC on Monday.   

According to the EC, six different political parties have gained the status of national party by crossing a minimum threshold of three percent of the total valid votes. 

Under the PR system, the Rastriya Swatantra Party has won 57 seats, Nepali Congress 20, CPN-UML 16 and nine by the Nepali Communist Party. Likewise, Shram Sanskriti Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party won equal four seats under the PR system.  

The election process of the HoR elections conducted on March 5 will be completed after providing certificates to the winning candidates.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is running an orientation program for its newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs). 

The two-day residential program is beginning today in Lalitpur, the party stated.

RSP Spokesperson Manish Jha shared that parliamentary practices, policymaking, parliamentary businesses and the responsibilities of people's representatives, party policies to be applied and other related matters would be shared to the MPs.

Earlier on Monday, the party's General Secretary Kabindra Burlakoti issued a six-point directive to the party lawmakers, asking them to attend the orientation program.  

The RSP won 182 seats under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) system in the House of Representatives (HoR) elections conducted on March 5.

The Election Commission (EC) has disclosed a list of 110 Members of Parliament (MP) who have been elected in accordance with the law under the proportional representation electoral system, following the designated 'cluster'. 

The published list reveals that 57 MPs were elected from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) under this system. 

Additionally, 20 MPs were elected from the Nepali Congress (NC), 16 from the  CPN-UML,  nine from the Nepali Communist Party (NCP), and four each from the Shram Sanskriti Party and the  Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). 

It was shared in a statement issued today by Krishna Bahadur Raut, Commission's Secretary and Returning Officer for Proportional Representation system. 

In the election held on March 5, a total of 11,280,617 votes were cast for proportional representation with 10,835,025 deemed valid.

Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming paid a courtesy call on National Assembly Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal on Monday. 

During the meeting held at Chair Dahal's office in Singha Durbar, they discussed matters including relations between the two countries, parliamentary cooperation, mutual assistance and contemporary issues. 

Talking about long-standing relations between Nepal and China, Chair Dahal viewed the relations between the two countries are strong and deep not only at diplomatic level but also at people-to-people level. 

He mentioned that formation of a new government is in the process after completion of the election to the House of Representatives on March 5 in Nepal. 

The NA Chairperson also lauded the Chinese support to Nepal's development, according to Dahal's Secretariat. 

On the occasion, Ambassador Zhang shared that friendly relations based on mutual interest have been maintained since establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal. 

Collaboration and cooperation between the two countries have remarkably increased and the relations between the two countries have reached a new height after the exchange of presidential visits of both countries, he argued.  

NA Secretary Tul Bahadur Kandel, employees at Foreign Ministry and Federal Parliament Secretariat and the officials of the Chinese Embassy were present in the meeting.