Political parties, including major ones, are preparing to submit their closed lists of candidates for the Proportional Representation (PR) system under the House of Representatives (HoR) election–2082 BS today, which is the second and final day for submission.

According to the schedule released by the Election Commission (EC), the submission of PR lists began on Sunday. 

While several smaller parties submitted their lists on the first day, major parties such as the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML,  Nepali Communist Party (NCP), and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are expected to submit their lists today. These parties have scheduled internal meetings before formally approaching the EC.

Political parties must submit supporting documents along with the lists, including confirmation that candidates’ names appear on the voter list, their voter ID numbers, and copies of citizenship certificates.

EC Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said that scrutiny of the lists submitted on December 28 and 29 will take place from December 30 to January 4. If corrections are required, parties will be allowed to make adjustments between January 5 and 11. Verification of the lists will be conducted from January 12 to 17. The preliminary closed list will be published on January 18, while the final list is scheduled for publication on February 3.

A total of 100 political parties, using 93 election symbols, have applied to participate in the PR system. Each party is required to submit a list containing between 11 and 110 candidates.

For the HoR elections scheduled for March 5, the number of registered voters stands at 18,903,689. Voters will cast their votes using two separate ballots: one for the direct election and another for the proportional representation system.