2022 Nepalese National Assembly election

The 2022 Nepalese National Assembly elections will take place on 26 January 2022 in order to elect 19 of the 20 retiring Class II members of the National Assembly.[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 and a lottery was held to determine two, four and six year term members.[3]

2022 Nepalese National Assembly election
26 January 2022
19 seats to the National Assembly
 
Party CPN (UML) Maoist Centre
Current seats 24 14
 
Party Nepali Congress CPN (US)
Current seats 7 7

Electoral system

There are 8 members 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 will be chosen through First past the post system 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

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 from Provinces of Nepal
Electors Province No. 1 Province No. 2 Bagmati Gandaki Lumbini Karnali Sudurpashchim
Provincial Assembly 93 107 110 60 87 40 53
Local bodies 274 272 238 170 218 158 176
Total 367 379 348 230 305 198 229

Election Timeline

The key dates are listed below

19 November 2021Cabinet announces election date
Election code of conduct starts
4 January 2022Candidate nomination begins
9 January 2022Nominations finalized and published
26 January 2022Election day – polling centers open 07:00 to 17:00
Final result announced and presented to President
4 March 2021Tenure of incumbent Class II members ends

Alliance

  Nepali Congress+
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates Reference
1. Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba TBD TBD TBD [6]
2. Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal TBD TBD TBD
3. Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal TBD TBD TBD
4. People's Socialist Party, Nepal Upendra Yadav TBD TBD TBD

  Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)+
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested Male Candidates Female Candidates Reference
1. Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) KP Sharma Oli TBD TBD TBD TBD

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
Parties Seats
Total
in 2020		 Total
before		 Up Won Total
after		 +/-
CPN(UML) 0 24 8
CPN(Maoist-centre) 0 14 5
CPN(US) 0 7 4
Nepali Congress 6 7 2
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal 2 0 0
People's Socialist Party 1 2 0
Loktantrik Samajbadi Party 0 1 0
Independent 0 1 0
Nominated[7] 3 3 1
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) 47 0 0 - 0 -47
Total 59 59 20 20 59 -

Detailled
Province Category MP before election Party MP after election Party
Province No. 1 Open Parshuram Megi Gurung CPN (UML)
Province No. 1 Women Nainakala Ojha CPN (UML)
Province No. 1 Disabled/Minority Aagam Prasad Bantawa Rai CPN (UML)
Province No. 2 Open Suman Raj Pyakurel CPN (UML)
Province No. 2 Women Shashikala Dahal CPN (Maoist Centre)
Bagmati Open Radheshyam Adhikari Nepali Congress
Bagmati Women Udaya Sharma Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
Gandaki Open Dina Nath Sharma CPN (Maoist Centre)
Gandaki Women Shanti Adhikari Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
Gandaki Dalit Khim Bahadur BK CPN (Maoist Centre)
Lumbini Open Chandra Bahadur Khadka CPN (Maoist Centre)
Lumbini Women Komal Oli CPN (UML)
Lumbini Dalit Ram Lakhan Harijan CPN (UML)
Karnali Open Thagendra Puri Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
Karnali Women Kabita Bogati CPN (UML)
Karnali Disabled/Minority Jeevan Budha CPN (Maoist Centre)
Sudurpashchim Open Sher Bahadur Kunwar Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
Sudurpashchim Women Tara Devi Joshi Nepali Congress
Sudurpashchim Dalit Chakra Prasad Snehi CPN (UML)
Nominated Ram Narayan Bidari[8] CPN (Maoist Centre)

References
  1. "माघ १२ गते राष्ट्रिय सभा निर्वाचन गर्ने मन्त्रिपरिषद्को निर्णय". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-18.
  2. Article 86 Constitution of Nepal
  3. "Term of National Assembly members determined thru lucky draw". Reporters Nepal. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. IFES FAQs on Elections in Nepal: 2020 National Assembly Elections
  5. Article 87 Constitution of Nepal
  6. "पाँच दलीय राजनीतिक संयन्त्र निर्वाचन प्रयोजनका लागि मात्रै होः कांग्रेस नेता लेखक". रिपोर्टर्स नेपाल. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  7. 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)
  8. Is a member of CPN (Maoist Centre)
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