National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 23 January 2020 across all seven provinces to elect the 18 of the 19 retiring members of the National Assembly. According to Article 86 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, one third of the members of the National Assembly are elected every two years through an electoral college. Following the full implementation of the house in 2018, one-third of the members chosen by drawing a lottery retired after only two years.
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.
Alliance + +No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats ContestedReference1.Nepal Communist PartyPrachanda16NCP bags 16 out of 18 NA seats up for grabs The Himalayan Times 24 January 2020. Retrieved 22 March 20232.Rastriya Janata Party NepalMahantha Thakur2
+ +No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats ContestedReference1.Nepali CongressSher Bahadur Deuba162.Samajbadi Party, NepalUpendra Yadav2
Results
Province No. 1 Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesSarita PrasaiNepali CongressIndira GautamNepal Communist PartyWomen6,426Khem Raj NepaliNepal Communist PartyGopi AlchhamiDalit6,330Haricharan ShiwakotiDevendra DahalOpen6,234Source: Nepal Gazette
Province No. 2 Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesMukta Kumari YadavNepali CongressTulsa DahalNepal Communist PartyWomen5,208Ramprit PaswanSamajbadi Party, NepalRadheshyam PaswanDalit5,292Ramesh Prasad YadavRastriya Janata Party NepalMrigendra Singh YadavRastriya Janata Party NepalOpen5,400Brijesh Chandra LalShekhar SinghDisabled and Minority5,502Source: Nepal Gazette
Bagmati Pradesh Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesBalram BaskotaNepal Communist PartyBeduram BhushalNepal Communist PartyOpen6,810Dhana KhatiwadaNepali CongressGanga BelbaseWomen6,828Source: Nepal Gazette
Gandaki Pradesh Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesBrinda Rana MagarNepali CongressBhagwati NeupaneNepal Communist PartyWomen3,366Surendra Raj PandeyNarayan Kaji ShresthaOpen3,462Source: Nepal Gazette
Province No. 5 Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesDurga Prasad UpadhyayaNepali CongressGopal BhattaraiNepal Communist PartyOpen5,382Mina BudhaNepal Communist PartyBimala GhimireWomen5,778Raj Kumar KunwarJag Prasad SharmaDisabled and Minority5,424Source: Nepal Gazette
Karnali Pradesh Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesKali Bahadur MallaNepal Communist PartyMaya Prasad AcharyaNepal Communist PartyOpen3,618Yutul LamaSumitra BCWomen3,684Source: Nepal Gazette
Sudurpaschim Pradesh Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyCategoryVotesBadri Prasad PandeyNepali CongressTaraman SwarNepal Communist PartyOpen3,720Kamala Kumari OliNepal Communist PartySharada BhattaWomen3,738Source: Nepal Gazette
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