2022 Madhesh Provincial Assembly election

2022 Provincial Assembly election of Madhesh Province
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All 107 seats in the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province ; 54 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Mohammad Lalbabu Raut ; PSP-N	Elected Chief Minister ; Saroj Yadav ; PSP-N

Last updated August 28, 2024

Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022.^[2] The discussion to conduct sooner than later is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML) is already demanding for fresh mandate.^[3]^[4]

Parties

Current composition

Party		Ideology	2017 result			Current seats
Party		Ideology	Votes (%)		Seats	Current seats
	Nepali Congress	Social democracy/Third Way	24.11		19 / 107	22 / 107
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Marxism–Leninism	16.25		22 / 107	8 / 107
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path	11.88		11 / 107	8 / 107
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Marxism–Leninism	New Party			14 / 107
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	Democratic Socialism	RJPN	20.72	25 / 107	33 / 107
			FSFN	18.48	29 / 107
			Independent		1 / 275
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	Social democracy	New party			16 / 107
	Nepal Socialist Party	Social democracy	New party			3 / 107

Candidates

Constituency		Nepali Congress+			CPN (UML)+
Constituency		Party		Candidate	Party	Candidate
Saptari 1	A		LSP-N	Tulsi Prasad Chaudhary
Saptari 1	B		NC	Badri Narayan Mahatman Yadav
Saptari 2	A		LSP-N	Saroj Kumar Mandal
Saptari 2	B		CPN (MC)	Umesh Kumar Yadav
Saptari 3	A		NC	Mohammad Samim
Saptari 3	B		NC	Bhagwati Prasad Yadav
Saptari 4	A		CPN (US)	Govind Bahadur Neupane
Saptari 4	B		NC	Indra Dev Yadav
Siraha 1	A		NC	Sunil Kumar Mahato
Siraha 1	B		CPN (US)	Ashok Kumar Yadav
Siraha 2	A		CPN (MC)	Jeebach Kumar Yadav
Siraha 2	B		CPN (US)	Madansen Prasad Shreevasatav
Siraha 3	A		NC	Ram Sagun Yadav
Siraha 3	B		NC	Sanjay Prakash Yadav
Siraha 4	A		CPN (MC)	Mahendra Paswan
Siraha 4	B		LSP-N	Ram Babu Yadav
Dhanusha 1	A		NC	Sanjay Kumar Mahato
Dhanusha 1	B		LSP-N	Sanjay Kumar Singh
Dhanusha 2	A		LSP-N	Sanjay Kumar Sah
Dhanusha 2	B		CPN (US)	Shailendra Kumar Yadav
Dhanusha 3	A		NC	Ram Saroj Yadav
Dhanusha 3	B		NC	Hari Shankar Sah
Dhanusha 4	A		NC	Shesh Narayan Yadav
Dhanusha 4	B		CPN (US)	Satrudhan Mahato
Mahottari 1	A		LSP-N	Pitambar Mahato
Mahottari 1	B		CPN (MC)	Bharat Prasad Sah
Mahottari 2	A		LSP-N	Jayanul Rain
Mahottari 2	B		NC	Nageshwar Yadav
Mahottari 3	A		LSP-N	Abhiram Sharma
Mahottari 3	B		LSP-N	Rani Kumari Tiwari
Mahottari 4	A		LSP-N	Kaushal Kumar Yadav
Mahottari 4	B		CPN (MC)	Lalendra Kumar Mandal
Sarlahi 1	A		LSP-N	Upendra Mahato
Sarlahi 1	B		CPN (US)	Bechi Lungeli
Sarlahi 2	A		NC	Jangi Lal Ray
Sarlahi 2	B		NC	Kaushal Kishor Ray
Sarlahi 3	A		CPN (US)	Dilli Prasad Upreti
Sarlahi 3	B		NC	Haresh Prasad Mahato
Sarlahi 4	A		NC	Birendra Prasad Singh
Sarlahi 4	B		CPN (MC)	Fakira Mahato
Rautahat 1	A		NC	Nagendra Sah
Rautahat 1	B		NC	Krishna Prasad Yadav
Rautahat 2	A		LSP-N	Shekh Jamsedh
Rautahat 2	B		CPN (MC)	Surendra Prasad Jayasbal
Rautahat 3	A		CPN (US)	Nagendra Raya Yadav
Rautahat 3	B		NC	Sunil Kumar Yadav
Rautahat 4	A		CPN (US)	Bal Krishna Shrestha
Rautahat 4	B		CPN (US)	Shekh Satar Ahmad
Bara 1	A		NC	Ramesh Prasad Dangal
Bara 1	B		NC	Nagendra Prasad Kanu
Bara 2	A		LSP-N	Moti Lal Prasad
Bara 2	B		NC	Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav
Bara 3	A		CPN (MC)	Mukesh Sah
Bara 3	B		NC	Jay Chandra Prasad Chaurasiya
Bara 4	A		CPN (MC)	Chetra Bahadur Shrestha
Bara 4	B		LSP-N	Jitendra Prasad Sonal
Parsa 1	A		CPN (MC)	Rahabar Ansari
Parsa 1	B		NC	Ram Narayan Prasad Kurmi
Parsa 2	A		NC	Shyam Prasad Patel
Parsa 2	B		LSP-N	Ramesh Prasad Kurmi
Parsa 3	A		CPN (MC)	Chotte Lal Prasad Yadav
Parsa 3	B		NC	Janardan Singh Chhetri
Parsa 4	A		NC	Shankar Prasad Kurmi
Parsa 4	B		CPN (MC)	Chand Tara Kurmi

Alliance

Democratic alliance


No.	Party^[5]^[6]	Leader	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Nepali Congress	Ram Saroj Yadav	27	TBD	TBD
2.	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	Jitendra Prasad Sonal	15	TBD	TBD
3.	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Satrudhan Mahato	11	TBD	TBD
4.	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Bharat Prasad Sah	10	TBD	TBD
5.	Socialist Party of Nepal	Ram Naresh Ray Yadav	1	1	0

CPN (UML) +


No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)			Satya Narayan Mandal		32	TBD	TBD
2.	People's Socialist Party, Nepal			Mohammad Lalbabu Raut		32	TBD	TBD

RPP+


No.	Party^[7]^[8]	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male candidates	Female candidates
1.	Rastriya Prajatantra Party			Rajendra Prasad Lingden		TBD	TBD	TBD

Others


No.	Party	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Chief Candidates	Deputy chief Candidates
1.	Bidrohi CPN (UML)	Prabhu Sah	17	TBD	TBD
2.	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Brikhesh Chandra Lal		TBD	TBD	TBD
3.	People's Progressive Party	Shivajee Yadav		TBD	TBD	TBD
4.	Janamat Party	Kishori Sah Kamal		TBD	TBD	TBD
5.	People's Freedom Party	Resham Lal Chaudhary		TBD	TBD	TBD

Opinion poll


Party		FPTP	PR	Total
Party		Seats	Seats	Total
	Nepali Congress	17-20	11-13	28-33
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	11-13	9-10	19-23
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	9-11	6-8	15-19
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	7-8	5-6	12-14
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	8-9	6-8	14-17
	Nepal Socialist Party	8-9	6-8	14-17
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4-5	3-5	7-10
	Janamat Party	3-4	2-3	0-1
	Independent	0-1		0-1
Invalid/Blank votes
Total		64	43	107
Registered voters/turnout
Source:

Result


Party		FPTP			PR			Total
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total
	Nepali Congress			13	303958	20.14	9	22
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)			15	268048	17.77	8	23
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal			8	211690	14.03	7	15
	Janamat Party			6	203892	13.51	6	12
	CPN (Maoist Centre)			4	128737	8.53	4	8
	CPN (Unified Socialist)			4	89012	5.89	3	7
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal			7	74319	4.92	2	9
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party			0	52415	3.47	2	2
	Nagrik Unmukti Party			0	39656	2.63	1	1
	Nepal Federal Socialist Party			0	38771	2.56	1	1
	Others			0	98134	6.5		0
	Independent			6	-			6
Invalid/Blank votes
Total			100	64	1508692	100	43	107
Registered voters/turnout
Source:

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

[2] "Gorkhapatra e-Paper". Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2022-06-14.

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[6] "गठबन्धन बैठक : लोसपाले प्रतिनिधिसभातर्फ ८ सिट र प्रदेशमा १३ सिट लिने सहमति". Naya Patrika. Retrieved 2022-10-08.

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[8] "राप्रपाले सबै स्थानीय तहमा उम्मेदवार खडा गर्ने". राप्रपाले सबै स्थानीय तहमा उम्मेदवार खडा गर्ने. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

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