By Our Reporter  Now when only 18 days are left to file nominations for the elections to be held under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP), the ruling five parties are still unable to divide the seats among them. The top leaders of the ruling parties and the members of the Seat Sharing Task Force resumed their meeting on Tuesday after halting it for about a week as the leaders were busy finalizing the list of their party candidates for the Proportional Representation (PR) category. It was informed that the parties finalised 100 of 165 seats under the FPTP category. Still, the parties are exercising to decide remaining 65 seats where more than one party has their claim. Now when the President rejected the Citizenship Bill, the parties are under pressure to further consolidate their unity, as such, they may reach a conclusion regarding seat sharing. After the alliance divide the seats among them, they again have to exercise to pick their candidates in the seats allotted for their party. 48 parties submit closed list for PR elections As many as 48 political parties have submitted their closed lists of candidates to the Election Commission (EC) to participate in the election to the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system. As a few of the parties have forged electoral alliances agreeing to take the same electoral symbol, the number of parties came down to 48 from 68 which had applied to participate in the poll. Earlier, 84 parties had registered themselves with the EC to contest the federal and provincial elections slated for November 20. The Election Commission (EC) had allotted Sunday-Monday for submitting the closed lists of candidates under the PR system to the election of House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assemblies. On Monday alone, a total of 46 political parties submitted their closed lists, the EC informed. The parties that submitted their closed lists for HoR elections include Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Bibekshil Sajha Party, Rastriya Mukti Andolan Nepal, Rastriya Bam Morcha, Bahujan Ekata Party, Rastriya Nagarik Party, Mangol National Organisation, Miteri Party Nepal, Janamat Party, Nepal Ka Lagi Nepali Party and Ekikrit Shakti Nepal. Similarly, Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party, Nepal Marxbadi (Pushpalal), Rastriya Janamukti Party, Maulik Jarokilo Party, Aamul Pariwartan Masiha Party, CPN (Pariwartan), Nagarik Unmukti Party, CPN-ML, Nationalist People’s Party, Nepali Congress (BP), Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (Tharuhat) and Punarjagaran Party Nepal have also submitted their closed lists for PR electoral system. Likewise, Pichadabarga Nishad Dalit Janajati Party, Nepal Janata Party, Rastriya Swotantra Part, Janata Pragatisheel Party, Nepali Janata Dal, Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Mancha, CPN (Moiast Socialist), Hamro Nepali Party, Janajagaran Party Nepal, Jana Samajbadi Party Nepal, Bahujan Shakti Party and Nepal Sanghiya Samajbadi Party also submitted their list. Nepal Aama Party, Nepal Nolo Janabadi Party, Sachet Nepali Party and Nepal Sushashan Party jointly submitted their closed list for the HoR election. In the same way, Samajbadi Ekata Party, Nekapa Samajbadi and Nepal Dalit Party have submitted their joint list. Similarly, 36 each have submitted their closed lists for the Provincial Assemblies in Province 1 and Madhes Province, 40 in Bagmati Province, 31 in Gandaki Province, 32 in Lumbini Province, 28 in Karnali and 34 in Sudurpaschim. The process of submitting a closed list continued till the early morning of Tuesday, said EC. The EC would verify and go through the closed lists of PR candidates from Tuesday to September 25. The PR system was introduced in Nepal for the first time in 2008 to give the people of the marginalised community space in politics and to lead a more inclusive system that is representative of all citizens. But in practice, the PR system has become suitable for leaders to take their wives, sons and rich men, who cannot win the direct election, to make members of the parliament. For example, when Arzoo Rana, Bimalendra Nidhi and Prakash Sharan Mahat feared defeat, they were picked under the PR category. It is the system through which corrupt and unpopular leaders reach the parliament and government. As many as 110 parliamentarians will be elected under the PR system in the HoR and 220 in the Provincial Assembly. According to the mixed election system, 40 per cent of the members of HoR and Provincial Assembly are elected through the PR electoral system.