2022 Nepalese National Assembly election
26 January 2022
19 seats to the National Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Nepali Congress Maoist Centre Unified Socialist
Seats before 7 14 7
Seats won 6 5 5
Seats after 10 15 8
Seat change Increase3 Increase1 Increase1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party CPN (UML) PSP-N Rastriya Janamorcha
Seats before 24 2 0
Seats won 1 1 1
Seats after 17 3 1
Seat change Decrease7 Increase1 Increase1
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]

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]

  • citizen of Nepal,
  • completed the age of thirty five years,
  • not having been convicted of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude,
  • not being disqualified by any Federal law, and
  • not holding any office of profit.
Electors from Provinces of Nepal
Electors Province No. 1 Madhesh Bagmati Gandaki Lumbini Karnali Sudurpashchim Total
Provincial Assembly 92 104 109 59 81 35 52 532
Local Level 272 268 237 170 215 156 175 1493
Total 364 372 346 229 296 191 227 2025[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. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates Reference
1. Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba 6 4 2 [7]
2. Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 5 4 1
3. Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal 5 1 4
4. People's Socialist Party, Nepal Upendra Yadav 2 2 0
5. Rastriya Janamorcha Chitra Bahadur K.C. 1 1 0

  Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates Reference
1. Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) KP Sharma Oli 19 12 7 [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]
Parties Seats
Total
in 2020		 Total
before		 Up Won Total
after		 +/-
CPN (UML) 0 24 8 1 17 Decrease7
CPN (Maoist Centre) 0 14 4 5 15 Increase1
Nepali Congress 6 7 3 6 10 Increase3
CPN (US) 0 7 4 5 8 Increase1
People's Socialist Party 1 2 0 1 3 Increase1
Loktantrik Samajbadi Party 0 1 0 0 1 Steady0
Rastriya Janamorcha 0 0 0 1 1 Increase1
Independent 0 1 0 0 1 Steady0
Nominated[11] 3 3 1 1 3 Steady0
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) 47 0 0 - 0 Steady0
Total 59 59 20 20 59 -

Detailed

Province Category MP before election Party MP after election Party
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

  • 2022 elections in Nepal

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "माघ १२ गते राष्ट्रिय सभा निर्वाचन गर्ने मन्त्रिपरिषद्को निर्णय". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  2. 1 2 Article 86 Constitution of Nepal
  3. ↑ "Term of National Assembly members determined thru lucky draw". Reporters Nepal. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "IFES FAQs on Elections in Nepal: 2020 National Assembly Elections" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  5. ↑ Article 87 Constitution of Nepal
  6. ↑ "दुई हजार पच्चीस मतदाता कायम". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  7. ↑ "पाँच दलीय राजनीतिक संयन्त्र निर्वाचन प्रयोजनका लागि मात्रै होः कांग्रेस नेता लेखक". रिपोर्टर्स नेपाल. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  8. ↑ "एमालेले टुंगायो राष्ट्रिय सभा सदस्यका उम्मेदवार (सूचीसहित)". Pahilopost (in Nepali). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Final Results of National Assembly Election, 2022". Election Commission of Nepal. ECN. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. ↑ Republica. "Ruling alliance secures victory in 18 of 19 seats in National Assembly poll (With list of elected candidates)". My Republica. Retrieved 28 January 2022..
  11. ↑ Out of three, two are members of CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist), the remaining one, up for election in 2022, is member of CPN (Maoist Centre). Another member of CPN (Maoist Centre) was nominated.
  12. 1 2 Is a member of CPN (Maoist Centre)
  13. ↑ "Narayan Dahal, Pushpa Kamal's brother, gets the National Assembly membership - OnlineKhabar English News". 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
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