Nepal, March 3 -- Nepal's two largest political parties-the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML-that together run the government have floated the idea of reforming the election system. In this interview, the Post's Thira Lal Bhusal asked Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya if the country's electoral system really needs reforms.

Does our electoral model really have serious problems?

Around 11 types of electoral systems are practiced around the world. India only has the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. We also practiced the same until 2008, except for the electoral college model adopted to elect National Assembly members. Now we have the proportional representation (PR) category as well.

I hear leaders give three reasons to ...