Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 along with the

general election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...

. 330 seats in the seven provincial assemblies will be elected by

first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

and 220 by

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Electoral system

The 550 members of the provincial assemblies will be elected by two methods; 330 will be elected from single-member constituencies by

and 220 seats will be elected by

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for parties gathering more than 1.5% of the votes. Each voter will get separate

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s for the two methods.

Eligibility to vote

To vote in the general election, one must be: * on the

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* 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:

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 First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

candidates the party ran in the indicated province.

Results

Overall

Koshi Province

Madhesh Province

Bagmati Province

Gandaki Province

Lumbini Province

Karnali Province

Sudurpashchim Province

References

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