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. 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.Article 86 Constitution of Nepal 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.
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.
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. 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. 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:Article 87 Constitution of Nepal 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 ElectorsProvince No. 1MadheshBagmatiGandakiLumbiniKarnaliSudurpashchimTotalProvincial Assembly9210410959813552532Local Level2722682371702151561751493Total3643723462292961912272025
Election Timeline The key dates are listed below
19 November 2021Cabinet announces election date4 January 2022Candidate nomination begins9 January 2022Nominations finalized and published10 January 2022Election code of conduct starts26 January 2022Election day – polling centers open 07:00 to 17:0031 January 2022Final result announced and presented to President4 March 2021Tenure of incumbent Class II members ends
Alliance + +No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats ContestedMale CandidatesFemale CandidatesReference1.Nepali CongressSher Bahadur Deuba6422.Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Pushpa Kamal Dahal 5413.Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)Madhav Kumar Nepal5144.People's Socialist Party, NepalUpendra Yadav2205.Rastriya Janamorcha Chitra Bahadur K.C.110
+No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats ContestedMale CandidatesFemale CandidatesReference1.Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)KP Sharma Oli 19127
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. PartiesSeatsTotalin 2020TotalbeforeUpWonTotalafter+/- CPN (UML)0248117 7 CPN (Maoist Centre)0144515 1 Nepali Congress673610 3 CPN (US)07458 1People's Socialist Party12013 1Loktantrik Samajbadi Party010010 Rastriya Janamorcha00011 1 Independent010010NominatedOut 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.33113 0Nepal Communist Party (NCP)4700 -0 0Total5959202059 -
Detailed + Province Category MP before electionParty MP after electionPartyProvince No. 1OpenParshuram Megi GurungCPN (UML)Gopal BasnetNepali CongressWomenNainakala OjhaCPN (UML)Jayanti RaiCPN (Unified Socialist)Disabled/MinorityAagam Prasad Bantawa RaiCPN (UML)Sonam Gyaljen SherpaCPN (UML)MadheshOpenSuman Raj PyakurelCPN (UML)Mohammad KhalidPSP-NWomenShashikala DahalCPN (Maoist Centre)Urmila AryalCPN (Maoist Centre)BagmatiOpenRadheshyam AdhikariNepali CongressKrishna Prasad PaudelNepali CongressWomenUdaya SharmaCPN (Unified Socialist)Goma Devi TimalsinaCPN (Unified Socialist)GandakiOpenDina Nath SharmaCPN (Maoist Centre)Suresh Ale MagarCPN (Maoist Centre)WomenShanti AdhikariCPN (Unified Socialist)Kamala PantaNepali CongressDalitKhim Bahadur BKCPN (Maoist Centre)Bhuwan Bahadur SunarCPN (Maoist Centre)LumbiniOpenDirga Narayan PandeyNepali CongressYubaraj SharmaNepali CongressWomenKomal OliCPN (UML)Rajya Laxmi GaireCPN (Unified Socialist)DalitRam Lakhan HarijanCPN (UML)Tul Prasad B.K.Rastriya JanamorchaKarnaliOpenThagendra PuriCPN (Unified Socialist)Udaya BoharaCPN (Unified Socialist)WomenKabita BogatiCPN (UML)Durga GurungNepali CongressDisabled/MinorityJeevan BudhaCPN (Maoist Centre)Nara Bahadur BistaCPN (Maoist Centre)SudurpashchimOpenSher Bahadur KunwarCPN (Unified Socialist)Narayan Dutta MishraNepali CongressWomenTara Devi JoshiNepali CongressMadan Kumari ShahCPN (Unified Socialist)DalitChakra Prasad SnehiCPN (UML)Jagat ParkiCPN (Maoist Centre)NominatedRam Narayan BidariIs a member of CPN (Maoist Centre)CPN (Maoist Centre)Narayan DahalCPN (Maoist Centre)
See also 2022 elections in Nepal
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