Kathmandu, March 8 -- Vote counting continues in Nepal for the third parliamentary election held since the promulgation of the constitution in 2015. Once counting concludes, the strength of each political party in the House of Representatives will become clear. However, early trends suggest that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) will secure a clear majority-perhaps even a two-thirds majority.

Nepal currently follows a mixed electoral system. Under this arrangement, 60 percent of representatives in the federal legislature are elected through the first-past-the-post system (FPTP) while the remaining 40 percent are selected through proportional representation (PR). Under the direct electoral system, candidates from political parties as wel...