2022 Nepalese National Assembly election

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2022 Nepalese National Assembly election
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  2020 26 January 2022 2024  

19 seats to the National Assembly
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg Election logo Maoist.jpg Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.jpg
Party Congress Maoist Centre Unified Socialist
Seats before7147
Seats won655
Seats after10158
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  CPN (UML) election symbol 1.png Rastriya Janata Party electoral symbol.png RaJaMo.png
Party CPN (UML) PSP-N Janamorcha
Seats before2420
Seats won111
Seats after1731
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg1

Chairperson of the Assembly before election

Ganesh Prasad Timilsina
CPN (UML)

Elected Chairperson of the Assembly

Ganesh Prasad Timilsina
CPN (UML)

National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 26 January 2022 in order to elect 19 of the 20 retiring Class II members of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. [1] Members of the National Assembly are elected through indirect ballot and serve six year terms with one third of the members retiring every two years. [2] However, the retiring members served only four year terms due to the entire house being elected in 2018 when a lottery was held to determine two, four and six year term members. [3]

Contents

Electoral system

Eight members of the National Assembly are elected from each of the seven provinces of Nepal and 3 members are appointed by the President for a total of 59 members. Composition of members from each province have to include three women, a Dalit, and a disabled or member of a minority. The three remaining are categorized as open/other candidates. All members elected from this election must be from the same category as the retiring members. [2]

Members were elected by first-past-the-post voting by an electoral college composed of members of the respective provincial assembly and Chairperson/Mayor and Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor of the local levels within the province. [4] Each provincial assembly member vote has a weight of forty eight whereas each Chairperson/Mayor/Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor vote have a weight of eighteen. [4] This electoral college will elect 19 members while 1 member, whose term will also end concurrently, will be nominated by the President on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.

Qualification for members

According to Article 87 of the Constitution, a person who meets the following criteria is qualified to become a member of the National Assembly: [5]

Electors from Provinces of Nepal
ElectorsProvince No. 1MadheshBagmatiGandakiLumbiniKarnaliSudurpashchimTotal
Provincial Assembly 9210410959813552532
Local Level 2722682371702151561751493
Total3643723462292961912272025 [6]


Election Timeline

The key dates are listed below

19 November 2021Cabinet announces election date
4 January 2022Candidate nomination begins
9 January 2022Nominations finalized and published
10 January 2022Election code of conduct starts
26 January 2022Election day – polling centers open 07:00 to 17:00
31 January 2022Final result announced and presented to President
4 March 2021Tenure of incumbent Class II members ends

Alliance

   Nepali Congress +

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats ContestedMale CandidatesFemale CandidatesReference
1.Nepali Congress Nepali Congress.png Nepalese Election Symbol Tree.svg Sher Bahadur Deuba The former Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba meeting the Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma, in New Delhi on June 13, 2013 (cropped).jpg 642 [7]
2. Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Flag of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).svg Election logo Maoist.jpg Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda 2009.jpg 541
3. Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) Flag of the CPN (Unified Socialist).svg Nepalese Election Symbol Pen.jpg Madhav Kumar Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal 2009-09-23.jpg 514
4. People's Socialist Party, Nepal Flag of Janata Samajbadi Party.svg Rastriya Janata Party electoral symbol.png Upendra Yadav Upendra Yadav at Rajbiraj (cropped).jpg 220
5. Rastriya Janamorcha RaJaMo.png Chitra Bahadur K.C. 110

   Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats ContestedMale CandidatesFemale CandidatesReference
1. Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Flag of the CPN-UML (2021-).svg CPN (UML) election symbol 1.png KP Sharma Oli KP Oli.png 19127 [8]

Results

As the creation of the Nepal Communist Party was reverted by the Constitutional court, its 47 seats total in 2020 are shown here by the subsequent party of its members : CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (US).

Results [9] [10]
Nepal Assemblee nationale 2022.svg
PartiesSeats
Total
in 2020
Total
before
UpWonTotal
after
+/-
CPN (UML) 0248117Decrease2.svg7
CPN (Maoist Centre) 0144515Increase2.svg1
Nepali Congress 673610Increase2.svg3
CPN (US) 07458Increase2.svg1
People's Socialist Party 12013Increase2.svg1
Loktantrik Samajbadi Party 01001Steady2.svg0
Rastriya Janamorcha 00011Increase2.svg1
Independent 01001Steady2.svg0
Nominated [11] 33113Steady2.svg0
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) 4700-0Steady2.svg0
Total5959202059-

Detailed

ProvinceCategoryMP before electionPartyMP after electionParty
Province No. 1 Open Parshuram Megi Gurung CPN (UML) Gopal Basnet [lower-alpha 1] Nepali Congress
Women Nainakala Ojha CPN (UML) Jayanti Rai CPN (Unified Socialist)
Disabled/Minority Aagam Prasad Bantawa Rai CPN (UML) Sonam Gyaljen Sherpa CPN (UML)
Madhesh Open Suman Raj Pyakurel CPN (UML) Mohammad Khalid PSP-N
Women Shashikala Dahal CPN (Maoist Centre) Urmila Aryal CPN (Maoist Centre)
Bagmati Open Radheshyam Adhikari Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Paudel Nepali Congress
Women Udaya Sharma CPN (Unified Socialist) Goma Devi Timalsina CPN (Unified Socialist)
Gandaki Open Dina Nath Sharma CPN (Maoist Centre) Suresh Ale Magar CPN (Maoist Centre)
Women Shanti Adhikari CPN (Unified Socialist) Kamala Panta Nepali Congress
Dalit Khim Bahadur BK CPN (Maoist Centre) Bhuwan Bahadur Sunar CPN (Maoist Centre)
Lumbini Open Dirga Narayan Pandey Nepali Congress Yubaraj Sharma Nepali Congress
Women Komal Oli CPN (UML) Rajya Laxmi Gaire CPN (Unified Socialist)
Dalit Ram Lakhan Harijan CPN (UML) Tul Prasad B.K. Rastriya Janamorcha
Karnali Open Thagendra Puri CPN (Unified Socialist) Udaya Bohara CPN (Unified Socialist)
Women Kabita Bogati CPN (UML) Durga Gurung Nepali Congress
Disabled/Minority Jeevan Budha CPN (Maoist Centre) Nara Bahadur Bista CPN (Maoist Centre)
Sudurpashchim Open Sher Bahadur Kunwar CPN (Unified Socialist) Narayan Dutta Mishra Nepali Congress
Women Tara Devi Joshi Nepali Congress Madan Kumari Shah CPN (Unified Socialist)
Dalit Chakra Prasad Snehi CPN (UML) Jagat Parki CPN (Maoist Centre)
Nominated Ram Narayan Bidari [12] CPN (Maoist Centre) Narayan Dahal [12] [13] CPN (Maoist Centre)

See also

Notes

  1. Won a lottery after both candidates tied with 4488 votes

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