Draft:2022 Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly election
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All 53 seats in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 1,658,004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 54.06% ( 12.32pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Timetable
[edit]The key dates are listed below:
| 4 August | Last date to register to be on electoral roll |
| 4 August | Cabinet announces election date[1] |
| 16 August | Last day for party registration at Election Commission |
| 17 September | Tenure of provincial assembly ends |
| 18-19 September | Parties submit preliminary closed list for proportional representation |
| 28 September | Election code of conduct starts |
| 9 October | Candidate nomination for first past the post |
| 26 October | Closed list for proportional representation finalized and published |
| 20 November | Election day[2] |
| 23 November | TBD |
Electoral system
[edit]The 53 members of the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly will be elected by two methods; 32 will be elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 21 seats will be elected by closed list proportional representation for parties gathering more than 1.5% of the votes.[3] Each voter will get separate ballot papers for the two methods.
Eligibility to vote
[edit]To vote in the general election, one must be:[4]
- on the electoral roll
- aged 18
- a citizen of Nepal
- of sound mind
- not ineligible as per federal election fraud and punishment laws
Candidates
[edit]| Constituency | Nepali Congress+ | CPN (UML)+ | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | ||||
| Bajura 1 | A | CPN (US) | Naresh Kumar Shahi | CPN (UML) | Bam Dev Regmi | ||
| B | Congress | Padam Bahadur Shahi | CPN (UML) | Lal Bahadur Thapa | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Nepal to hold parliamentary election in November". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Nepal to hold general election on November 20". ANI News. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Article 84 Constitution of Nepal
- ^ Electoral Roll Act, 2017 (PDF) (Act 23, 6 & 23) (in Nepali). 2 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "FINAL-Candate-for-5-Partys-final_11_Kartik-14-no-page-editing.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-11-16.