2022 Nepalese provincial elections explained

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.^[3]

Electoral system

The 550 members of the provincial assemblies will be elected by two methods; 330 will be elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 220 seats will be elected by closed list proportional representation for parties gathering more than 1.5% of the votes.^[4] Each voter will get separate ballot papers for the two methods.

Eligibility to vote

To vote in the general election, one must be:^[5]

• on the electoral roll
• aged 18
• a citizen of Nepal
• of sound mind
• not ineligible as per federal election fraud and punishment laws

Timetable

The key dates are listed below:

4 August	Last date to register to be on electoral roll
4 August	Cabinet announces election date[6]
16 August	Last day for party registration at Election Commission
17 September	Tenure of provincial assembly ends
18-19 September	Parties submit preliminary closed list for proportional representation
28 September	Election code of conduct starts
9 October	Candidate nomination for first past the post
26 October	Closed list for proportional representation finalized and published
20 November	Election day[7]
23 November	TBD

Competing parties

In the table below, green shading indicates that the party ran a list in the indicated province. The number in each box indicates how many first-past-the-post candidates the party ran in the indicated province.^{[8] [9]}

Party		Province
		Province 1	Madhesh	Bagmati	Gandaki	Lumbini	Karnali	Sudurpashchim
bgcolor=		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
bgcolor=		Nepali Congress
bgcolor=		CPN (Maoist Centre)
bgcolor=		CPN (Unified Socialist)
bgcolor=		People's Socialist Party
bgcolor=		Loktantrik Samajwadi Party
bgcolor=palevioletred		Nepal Socialist Party
bgcolor=		Rastriya Prajatantra Party
bgcolor=		Bibeksheel Sajha Party
bgcolor=		Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party
bgcolor=		Rastriya Janamorcha	-	-
bgcolor=		Nepal Federal Socialist Party
bgcolor=		Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch
	Aamul Pariwartan Masiha Party Nepal		-			-	-	-
	Bahujan Ekata Party Nepal	-		-	-	-	-	-
	Bahujan Samaj Party Nepal	-		-	-	-	-	-
bgcolor=mediumblue		Bahujan Shakti Party
	Communist Party of Nepal			-	-	-	-	-
	CPN Maoist Socialist		-
bgcolor=		CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
	CPN (Paribartan)	-	-		-	-	-	-
	CPN Marxist (Pushpalal)	1	-	1	-	-	1	-
	CPN (Socialist)					-		-
	Gandhibadi Party Nepal	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
	Hamro Nepali Party
	Janajagaran Party Nepal		-		-	-	-
bgcolor=		Janamat Party						-
	Janasamajbadi Party
	Khambuwan Rastriya Morcha Nepal		-	-	-	-	-	-
	Kirat Khambhuwan Sajha Party		-	-	-	-	-	-
	Maulik Jarokilo Party		1				-
bgcolor=		Mongol National Organisation
bgcolor=		Nagrik Unmukti Party
	Nationalist People's Party
	Nepal Aama Party
bgcolor=limegreen		Nepali Congress (B.P.)
	Nepal Dalit Party	-	-	-			-
	Nepali Janata Dal
bgcolor=		Nepal Janata Party				-		-	-
	Nepalka Lagi Nepali Party
bgcolor=cyan		Nepal Loktantrik Party
	Nepal Naulo Janwadi Party				-	-		-
bgcolor=		Nepal Sadbhawana Party	1		-	-	-	-	-
	Nepal Sushashan Party	-				-	-
bgcolor=		People's Progressive Party	2			-		-
	Pichhadibarga Nishad Dalit Janajati Party	-		-	-	-	-	-
	Punarjagaran Party Nepal	-	-		-	-	-	-
bgcolor=		Rastriya Janamukti Party
	Rastriya Mukti Andolan Nepal	-	-	1	-	-		-
	Rastriya Nagarik Party	-	-		-	-	-
bgcolor=		Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal
	Rastriya Sadbhawana Party	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
	Rastriya Samajwadi Party, Nepal	-	-		-	-	-	-
	Sachet Nepali Party				-	-	-	-
	Sajha Party, Nepal	-	-		-	-	-	-
	Samajik Ekata Party						-	-
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (Tharuhat)				-		-
	Tamangsaling Loktantrik Party	-	-		-	-	-	-
bgcolor=		Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	-		-	-	-	-	-
bgcolor=		Independents	105	547	192	34	164	16	36
Constituencies		56	64	66	36	52	24	32

Results

Overall

Koshi Province

See also: 2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly.

Madhesh Province

See main article: articles, 2022 Madhesh Provincial Assembly election and 2nd Madhesh Provincial Assembly.

Bagmati Province

See also: 2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly.

Gandaki Province

See also: 2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly.

Lumbini Province

See also: 2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly.

Karnali Province

See also: 2nd Karnali Provincial Assembly.

Sudurpashchim Province

See also: 2nd Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly.

See also

• 2022 Nepalese local elections
• 2022 Nepalese general elections

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nepal parliamentary elections on November 20, 2022 - OnlineKhabar English News . 4 August 2022 .
2. Web site: प्रतिनिधि सभा तथा प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७९ को परिणाम घोषणा . 2022-12-14 . Election Commission Nepal . en-US.
3. Web site: Federal and provincial polls to be held on November 20 . 2022-10-09 . kathmandupost.com . English.
4. http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/np/np029en.pdf Article 84
5. Electoral Roll Act, 2017. Act. 23. 2 February 2017. 6 & 23. 5 September 2017. ne. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905141743/http://www.lawcommission.gov.np/documents/2017/07/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%8F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A9.pdf. 5 September 2017.
6. Web site: Nepal to hold parliamentary election in November . 2022-08-04 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
7. Web site: Nepal to hold general election on November 20 . 2022-08-04 . ANI News . en.
8. Web site: अन्तिम बन्दसूची . 2022-11-10 . election.gov.np.
9. Web site: प्रतिनिधि सभा तथा प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७९ को पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचन प्रणाली तर्फका उम्मेदवारहरुको विवरण . 2022-11-10 . election.gov.np.