Results of House of Representatives Election Show Declining Representation for Marginalized Communities, Especially Dalits

Kathmandu. The results for both the first-past-the-post and proportional representation categories of the House of Representatives elections have been announced. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) emerged as the first party, followed by the Nepali Congress in second, CPN (UML) in third, and the CPN (Maoist Centre) in fourth place.

The representation of marginalized communities appears weak this time. Out of 165 seats in the first-past-the-post category, only 14 members (8.48 percent) belong to these groups: Indigenous Nationalities account for 26 (15.76 percent), Madhesis for 28 (16.97 percent), Tharus for five (3.3 percent), Muslims for four (2.42 percent), and Dalits for only one member (0.61 percent).