There remains two ballots in the election: one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP, and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation, as mentioned in the Constitution of Nepal.[4]
On 8 September 2025, large-scale protests and demonstrations took place across Nepal, predominantly organized by students and young citizens.[5] On 12 September 2025, the Federal Parliament of Nepal was dissolved and Sushila Karki was sworn in as interim Prime Minister.[6][7] President Ram Chandra Poudel announced that elections would be held on 5 March 2026.[8] The elections were scheduled to have taken place any time before November 2027.
Timetable
The key dates are listed below:
6 October 2025
Legislature parliament dissolved
Cabinet announces election date
21 November 2025
Last date to register to be on electoral roll
26 November 2025
Last day for party registration at Election Commission
2-3 January 2026
Parties submit preliminary closed list for proportional representation
TBD
Election code of conduct starts
TBD
Candidate nomination for first past the post
TBD
Closed list for proportional representation finalized and published
5 March 2026
Election day
Electoral system
The 275 members of the legislature are elected by two methods; 165 are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 110 seats are elected by closed listproportional representation from a single nationwide constituency.[9] Voters receive separate ballot papers for the two methods. A party or electoral alliance has to pass the election threshold of 3% of the overall valid vote to be allocated a seat in the proportional vote.[10] Nepal uses the Webster method to allocate proportional seats.[11]
Voting is limited to Nepali citizens aged 18 or over of sound mind and not having been declared ineligible under federal election fraud and punishment laws.[12]
The Election Commission opened registration for new political parties from 6 October to 16 November 2025, with parties seeking to contest the 5 March, 2026 House of Representatives election required to register for electoral purposes between 17 November and 26 November 2025. According to EC spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, seventeen new parties applied for registration, ten before and seven after the election date was announced. Two of the newly formed parties claimed to represent "Gen-Z protesters" involved in the ousting of the K. P. Sharma Oli-led government.[13][14]
12Electoral Roll Act, 2017(PDF) (Act 23, section 6 & 23) (in Nepali). 2 February 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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