2020 Nepalese National Assembly election

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2020 Nepalese National Assembly election
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18 seats to the National Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Party NCP NC
Seats before 39 13
Seats after 47 6
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 7
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party RJPN Samajbadi Party
Seats before 2 2
Seats after 2 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 1

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.[1] According to Article 86 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, one third of the members of the National Assembly are elected every six 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.[2]

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.[2]

Results

National

Results[3]
Parties Seats
Total
before 		Up
to 		Won Total
after 		+/-
Nepal Communist Party 39 8 16 47 +8
Nepali Congress 13 7 0 6 -7
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal 2 2 2 2 -
Samajbadi Party 2 1 0 1 -1
Nominated[4] 3 1 1 3 -
Total 59 19 19 59 -

Province No. 1

Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Category Reference
Sarita Prasai bgcolor="Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color" | Nepali Congress Indira Gautam rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Women [5]
Khem Raj Nepali rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Gopi Alchhami Dalit
Haricharan Shiwakoti Devendra Dahal Open

Province No. 2

Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Category Reference
Mukta Kumari Yadav bgcolor="Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color" | Nepali Congress Tulsa Dahal rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Women [5]
Ramprit Paswan Samajbadi Party, Nepal Radheshyam Paswan Dalit
Ramesh Prasad Yadav Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Mrigendra Singh Yadav Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Open
Brijesh Chandra Lal Shekhar Singh Disabled/Minority

Bagmati Pradesh

Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Category Reference
Balram Baskota bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Beduram Bhushal rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Open [5]
Dhana Khatiwada bgcolor="Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color" | Nepali Congress Ganga Belbase Women

Gandaki Pradesh

Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Category Reference
Brinda Rana Magar rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color" | Nepali Congress Bhagwati Neupane rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Women [5]
Surendra Raj Pandey Narayan Kaji Shrestha Open

Province No. 5

Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Category Reference
Durga Prasad Upadhyaya bgcolor="Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color" | Nepali Congress Gopal Bhattarai rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Open [5]
Mina Budha rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Bimala Ghimire Women
Raj Kumar Kunwar Jag Prasad Sharma Disabled/Minority

Karnali Pradesh

Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Category Reference
Kali Bahadur Malla rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Maya Prasad Acharya rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Open [5]
Yutul Lama Sumitra BC Women

Sudurpaschim Pradesh

Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Category Reference
Badri Prasad Pandey bgcolor="Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color" | Nepali Congress Taraman Swar rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Open [5]
Kamala Kumari Oli bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | Nepal Communist Party Sharada Bhatta Women

References

  1. ^ "National Assembly elections today". The Himalayan Times. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. ^ a b "Constitute". www.constituteproject.org. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  3. ^ Republica. "NCP sweeps upper house elections". My Republica. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  4. ^ All three parts of Nepal Communist Party, before and after the election
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Sansar, Nepali (2020-01-24). "Nepal National Assembly Election Results Released!". Nepali Sansar. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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