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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 ...
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.
17 March – 2023 Nepalese vice presidential election: Ram Sahaya Yadav of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal is elected 3rd Vice President of Nepal, defeating Asta Laxmi Shakya of the CPN (UML) and Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party. [20] 19 March – Free Student Union elections are held in TU-affiliate campuses for the first time in 14 years.
All members elected from this election must be from the same category as the retiring members. [ 4 ] Members were elected by Instant-runoff voting 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. [ 5 ]
A party with an overall majority (more seats than all other parties combined) following an election forms the government. If a party has no outright majority, parties can seek to form coalitions. The first provincial assembly elections in Nepal were held on 26 November and 7 December 2017.
The 2023 Chitwan–2 by-election was held in the Chitwan 2 constituency of Nepal on 23 April 2023. [2] [3] The by-election was held as the result of the vacation of the seat by the sitting member, Rabi Lamichhane, president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party. [4] It was held alongside by-elections in Tanahun 1 and Bara 2. [5]
Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven provincial assemblies will be elected by first-past-the-post voting and 220 by proportional representation.
The 2023 Bara–2 by-election was held in the Bara 2 constituency of Nepal on 23 April 2023. [2] [3] The by-election was held as the result of the vacation of the seat by the sitting member, Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, who was elected vice president on 17 March 2023. [4] It was held alongside by-elections in Chitwan 2 and Tanahun 1. [5]