Nepal

House of Representatives National Assembly

National Assembly

Political system: Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Background

Election date(s): 26 Jan 2022
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: No information available
Timing of election: Upon normal expiry
Number of seats at stake: 19
Scope of elections: Partial renewal

Results

Members elected, by sex

Number of men elected: 12
Number of women elected: 7

Notes:
The National Assembly comprises 56 indirectly elected members and three appointed members. They normally serve a six-year term, with one third of the membership renewed every two years. However, as part of transitional measures in the 2015 Constitution, for the first National Assembly established in 2018, one third of members was selected to retire after two years (2020), another one third after four years (2022) and the final third after six years (2024). In addition, each of the three appointed members was allocated a year of retirement in line with one of the groups of indirectly elected members (i.e. 2020, 2022 or 2024).

Indirect elections in January 2022 were held to replace the 19 members whose four-year term is due to expire on 4 March 2022. In addition, one (male) appointed member is due to retire in 2022 (his replacement was yet to be appointed as at 27 January 2022).

Out of 19 members indirectly elected in 2022, seven were women. In addition, there are 14 women among the 37 other indirectly elected members whose terms were not expiring in 2022. The National Assembly will thus comprise a total of 21 women among the 56 indirectly elected members when the 19 new members are sworn in on 5 March 2022.

As at 27 January, there were three appointed members: one male and one female member whose terms are not expiring in 2022; and one male member whose term is due to expire in March 2022.

The new legislature will thus comprise at least 22 women among the full 59 members, pending the appointment of one new member.
Percentage of women elected: 36.8%
Women Indirectly Elected: 7
Other notes on the elections: Note on the first Speaker of the new legislature:

Mr. Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, who has been the Chairperson of the National Assembly since March 2018, will continue to serve in the post.
Sources: Federal Parliament (27.01.2022, 17.03.2022)

New legislature

Total number of men after the election: 37
Total number of women after the election: 22
Percentage of women after the election: 37.3%
First-term parliamentarians: No information available
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians: No information available
Date of the first session: 05 Mar 2022

First Speaker of the new legislature

Personal details for the first Speaker of the new legislature: Ganesh Prasad Timilsina (Male)
Date of birth: 1961
Date of election: 14 Mar 2018