National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 7 February 2018 across all seven provinces to form the first National Assembly since the adoption of the new constitution in 2015. According to Article 86 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, the members of the National Assembly are elected every six years through an electoral college. In addition to this, one-third of the members are retired every two years for six years by drawing a lottery.
Electoral college The electoral college consists of members of the provincial assembly and Chairperson/Mayor and Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor of the local bodies within the state. Each provincial assembly members vote has a weight of forty eight whereas each Chairperson/Mayor/Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor vote has a weight of eighteen. The electoral college elects 56 members to the National Assembly and three members, including one woman, are nominated by the president on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.
Results
Province No. 1 Elected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesParshuram Megi GurungCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)OpenUnopposedHaricharan ShiwakotiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)OpenUnopposedRamesh Jung RayamajhiNepali CongressOpenUnopposedNainakala OjhaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)WomenUnopposedBina PokharelCPN (Maoist Centre)WomenUnopposedSarita PrasaiNepali CongressWomenUnopposedKhem Raj NepaliCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dalit6,270Aagam Prasad Bantawa RaiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Disabled/Minority6,138Source: Election Commission of Nepal
Province No. 2 Elected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesJitendra DevNepali CongressOpenUnopposedRamesh Prasad YadavRastriya Janata Party NepalOpenUnopposedSuman Raj PyakurelCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)OpenUnopposedShashikala DahalCPN (Maoist Centre)WomenUnopposedMukta Kumari YadavNepali CongressWomenUnopposedPramila KumariFederal Socialist Forum, NepalWomenUnopposedRamprit PaswanFederal Socialist Forum, NepalDalitUnopposedBrijesh Chandra LalRastriya Janata Party NepalDisabled/MinorityUnopposedSource: Election Commission of Nepal
Province No. 3 Elected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesRam Bahadur ThapaCPN (Maoist Centre)Open3,396Balram BaskotaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Open3,444Radheshyam AdhikariNepali CongressOpen2,556Parvati RawalCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Women3,276Udaya SharmaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Women3,510Dhana KhatiwadaNepali CongressWomen2,376Singha Bahadur BishwakarmaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dalit6,858Ramchandra Rai DanuwarCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Disabled/Minority6,876Source: Election Commission of Nepal
Province No. 4 Elected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesGanesh Prasad TimilsinaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Open1,782Dina Nath SharmaCPN (Maoist Centre)Open1,530Surendra Raj PandeyNepali CongressOpen2,262Shanti AdhikariCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Women1,512Dipa GurungCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Women1,716Brinda Rana MagarNepali CongressWomen2,274Khim Bahadur BKCPN (Maoist Centre)Dalit3,396Prakash PanthaNepali CongressDisabled/MinorityUnopposedSource: Election Commission of Nepal
Province No. 5 Elected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesKhim Lal BhattaraiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Open3,006Chandra Bahadur KhadkaCPN (Maoist Centre)Open2,280Durga Prasad UpadhyayaNepali CongressOpen2,418Komal OliCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)WomenUnopposedMina BudhaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)WomenUnopposedAnita DevkotaNepali CongressWomenUnopposedRam Lakhan HarijanCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dalit5,508Raj Kumar KunwarCPN (Maoist Centre)Disabled/Minority5,340Source: Election Commission of Nepal
Province No. 6 Elected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesBhairab Sundar ShresthaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Open1,174Thagendra PuriCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Open1,256Kali Bahadur MallaCPN (Maoist Centre)Open1,251Kabita BogatiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Women1,162Nanda SharmaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Women1,268Yutul LamaCPN (Maoist Centre)Women1,271Nar Pati LuwarCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dalit3,666Jeevan BudhaCPN (Maoist Centre)Disabled/Minority3,720Source: Election Commission of Nepal
Province No. 7 Elected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesSher Bahadur KunwarCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)OpenUnopposedHari Ram ChaudhariCPN (Maoist Centre)OpenUnopposedBadri PandeyNepali CongressOpenUnopposedTara Devi JoshiNepali CongressWomenUnopposedKamala OliCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)WomenUnopposedIndu KadariyaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)WomenUnopposedChakra Prasad SnehiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dalit3,708Mahesh Kumar MaharaCPN (Maoist Centre)Disabled/Minority3,708Source: Election Commission of Nepal
Nominated In addition to the elections, three members were nominated to the National Assembly on 20 February 2019.
Bimala Poudel Ram Narayan Bidari Yuba Raj Khatiwada
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