RSP bags 125 seats in Nepal's parliamentary elections

KATHMANDU, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won 125 out of 165 seats of the House of Representatives under the first-past-the-post system in Nepal's parliamentary elections, as the vote counts for the category completed on Monday night, the Election Commission said in a report.

The Nepali Congress, which was the largest party in the dissolved parliament, managed to secure 18 seats. The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) got nine seats.

The RSP is leading in the proportional representation category as well with around 50 percent vote share, according to the commission. ■