2020 Nepalese National Assembly election

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]

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

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 Nepali Congress Indira Gautam Nepal Communist Party Women [5]
Khem Raj Nepali 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 Nepali Congress Tulsa Dahal 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 Nepal Communist Party Beduram Bhushal Nepal Communist Party Open [5]
Dhana Khatiwada Nepali Congress Ganga Belbase Women

Gandaki Pradesh
Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Category Reference
Brinda Rana Magar Nepali Congress Bhagwati Neupane 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 Nepali Congress Gopal Bhattarai Nepal Communist Party Open [5]
Mina Budha 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 Nepal Communist Party Maya Prasad Acharya 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 Nepali Congress Taraman Swar Nepal Communist Party Open [5]
Kamala Kumari Oli Nepal Communist Party Sharada Bhatta Women

References
  1. "National Assembly elections today". The Himalayan Times. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. "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. Sansar, Nepali (2020-01-24). "Nepal National Assembly Election Results Released!". Nepali Sansar. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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