2022 Nepalese general election

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2022 Nepalese genernal election

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All 275 seats in the House of Representatives
138 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba K. P. Sharma Oli Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Party Nepali Congress CPN (UML) Maoist Centre
Leader's seat Dadeldhura 1 Jhapa 5 Gorkha 2
Last election 32.78%, 64 seats 33.25%, 121 seats 13.66%, 53 seats
Seats before 63 94 49
Seats won 89 78 32
Seat change Increase26 Decrease43 Decrease21
Popular vote 2,715,225 2,845,641 1,175,684
Percentage 25.71% 26.95% 11.13%
Swing Decrease 7.07 pp Decrease 6.30 pp Decrease 2.53 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Rabi Lamichhane Rajendra Lingden Upendra Yadav
Party RSP RPP PSP-N
Leader's seat Chitwan 2 Jhapa 3 N/A
Last election New party 2.06%, 1 seat New party
Seats before 1 20
Seats won 20 14 12
Seat change New Increase 13 Decrease8
Popular vote 1,130,344 588,849 421,313
Percentage 10.70% 5.58% 3.99%
Swing New Increase 3.52 pp New

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal CK Raut Mahantha Thakur
Party Unified Socialist Janamat Party Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
Leader's seat Rautahat 1 Saptari 2 TBD
Last election New party New New party
Seats before 25 14
Seats won 10 6 4
Seat change Decrease15 New Decrease10
Popular vote 298,391 394,655 167,367
Percentage 2.83% 3.74% 1.58%
Swing New New New


Prime Minister before election

Sher Bahadur Deuba
Nepali Congress

Elected Prime Minister

Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Maoist Centre

General elections are expected to be held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 unless the House of Representatives is dissolved earlier. The discussion is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML), is already demanding a fresh mandate.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Nepal parliamentary elections on November 20, 2022 - OnlineKhabar English News". 4 August 2022.