The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the final results of the election to the House of Representatives held on Nov 20. As per final outcome of the poll, 12 parties will have their representatives in the HoR. Seven of these parties have become national parties.
They are Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party, and Nepal Janamat Party.
The Nepali Congress has become the largest party with 79 seats—57 under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system and 32 under the proportional representation (PR) category. The CPN-UML won 78 seats—44 FPTP and 34 PR—to become the second largest party. The Maoist Center came a distant third with 32 seats. 
The Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party won 20 and 14 seats respectively. Likewise, the Janata Samajbadi Party and Nepal Janamat Party secured 12 and six spots in the HoR. Besides these seven national parties, the Nagarki Unmukti Party, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, Rastriya Janamorcha and five independents will also show their participation in parliament.
Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has informed that the election results of seven provincial assemblies will be announced on Saturday (Dec 17). The poll body is scheduled to submit the report of the final results of the elections to President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday.
