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The House of Representatives of Nepal is the lower house of the country's Federal Parliament. It is housed at the International Convention Centre, in Kathmandu, the capital. The current House of Representatives was elected by the general elections held on 20 November 2022, and its first session convened on 9 January 2023. [1] [2] [3]
The fourth presidential election of Nepal, to elect the country's third president since the abolition of the monarchy, was held on 9 March 2023. [3]The term of the incumbent president, Bidya Devi Bhandari, first elected in 2015, was set to expire on 13 March 2023.
The Election Commission conducts, supervises, directs and controls the elections for the President, Vice-president, Federal Parliament, State Legislature and local bodies. It prepares a voters' list for the purpose of the election and holds referendums on subjects of national importance as per the Constitution and Federal law. [6]
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 19 November 2013. [1] The vote was repeatedly delayed, [2] having previously been planned for 22 November 2012 following the dissolution of the 1st Constituent Assembly on 27 May 2012, but it was put off by the election commission. [3]
General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives. [2] There were two ballots in the election; one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP , and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional ...
A party registered with the Election Commission of Nepal is recognised as a national party only if it fulfils the two conditions listed below: [2] [3] The party needs to win at least one FPTP seat in Pratinidhi Sabha. The party gets at least 3% of the total valid proportional representation (PR) votes in Pratinidhi Sabha.
Election Commission Central Secretariat at Kantipath, Kathmandu. The Election Commission, Nepal (Nepali: निर्वाचन आयोग, नेपाल; Nirvācana āyōg, Nēpāl) is a constitutional body responsible for conducting and monitoring elections, as well as registering parties and candidates and reporting election outcomes, in Nepal.
In 2017, a series of elections were held according to the new constitution, which established Nepal Communist Party (NCP) (formally united after the election) as the ruling party at the federal level as well as six of the seven provinces, Nepali Congress as the only significant opposition in federal and provincial levels, while the Madhesi ...