2022 Nepalese National Assembly election
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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 | Province No. 1 | Madhesh | Bagmati | Gandaki | Lumbini | Karnali | Sudurpashchim | Total |
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| 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
[edit]The key dates are listed below
| 19 November 2021 | Cabinet announces election date |
| 4 January 2022 | Candidate nomination begins |
| 9 January 2022 | Nominations finalized and published |
| 10 January 2022 | Election code of conduct starts |
| 26 January 2022 | Election day – polling centers open 07:00 to 17:00 |
| 31 January 2022 | Final result announced and presented to President |
| 4 March 2021 | Tenure of incumbent Class II members ends |
Alliance
[edit]| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates | Reference |
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| 1. | Nepali Congress | 
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6 | 4 | 2 | [7] |
| 2. | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | .svg){kind=small}
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Pushpa Kamal Dahal | 
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5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 3. | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | .svg){kind=small}
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Madhav Kumar Nepal | 
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5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4. | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 
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2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5. | Rastriya Janamorcha | 
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Chitra Bahadur K.C. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates | Reference |
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KP Sharma Oli | 
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19 | 12 | 7 | [8] |
Results
[edit]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).
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| CPN (UML) | 0 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 17 |  7
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| CPN (Maoist Centre) | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 15 |  1
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| Nepali Congress | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3
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| CPN (US) | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1
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| People's Socialist Party | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1
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| Loktantrik Samajbadi Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |  0
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| Rastriya Janamorcha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
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| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
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| Nominated[11] | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0
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| Nepal Communist Party (NCP) | 47 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0
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| Total | 59 | 59 | 20 | 20 | 59 | - | |||
Detailed
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Won a lottery after both candidates tied with 4488 votes
References
[edit]- ^ "माघ १२ गते राष्ट्रिय सभा निर्वाचन गर्ने मन्त्रिपरिषद्को निर्णय". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ a b Article 86 Constitution of Nepal
- ^ "Term of National Assembly members determined thru lucky draw". Reporters Nepal. Retrieved 22 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "IFES FAQs on Elections in Nepal: 2020 National Assembly Elections" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ Article 87 Constitution of Nepal
- ^ "दुई हजार पच्चीस मतदाता कायम". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ "पाँच दलीय राजनीतिक संयन्त्र निर्वाचन प्रयोजनका लागि मात्रै होः कांग्रेस नेता लेखक". रिपोर्टर्स नेपाल. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "एमालेले टुंगायो राष्ट्रिय सभा सदस्यका उम्मेदवार (सूचीसहित)". Pahilopost (in Nepali). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Final Results of National Assembly Election, 2022". Election Commission of Nepal. ECN. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ 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..
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Is a member of CPN (Maoist Centre)
- ^ "Narayan Dahal, Pushpa Kamal's brother, gets the National Assembly membership - OnlineKhabar English News". 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
