The Himalayan Times 30 September 2022 Misuse of PR system Nepal is holding the second general elections at the provincial and federal level on November 20 in a single phase in accordance with 2015 promulgated constitution to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives (H0R). There will be two ballot papers in the election; one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via first-past-the-post voting (FPTP), and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation (PR). The proportional representation system was meant to ensure the representation of the people from the marginalised and underrepresented communities in the state organs. As per the Election Commission, the closed list must have 28.7 per cent share of the indigenous and janajatis, 31.2 per cent Khas-Arya, 6.6 per cent Tharus, 13.8 per cent Dalits, 15.3 per cent Madhesis, 4.4 per cent Muslims, and 4.3 per cent from the
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