The upcoming House of Representatives election will follow the constitutional mixed electoral model. Out of 275 total seats, 165 members will be elected from single-member constituencies through first-past-the-post voting, while 110 seats will be filled via nationwide proportional representation lists submitted by parties. A party or alliance must cross the legal vote threshold in the proportional count to secure PR seats, with allocation using a method such as the Webster formula to distribute seats fairly among eligible forces.
On election day, each voter will receive two ballot papers: one for the federal FPTP candidate and one for the federal PR party list. This design aims to combine local constituency accountability with broader party-based inclusion, including gender, caste, regional and minority representation as defined in law. The complexity of the system makes voter education crucial, and recent explainers by Nepali media and civil society have focused on clarifying how a single vote for a party in the PR ballot can influence overall seat balance in the new House.