1999 Nepalese general election explained

Country:Nepal
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1994 Nepalese general election
Previous Year:1994
Previous Mps:List of MPs elected in the 1994 Nepalese general election
Elected Mps:List of MPs elected in the 1999 Nepalese general election
Next Election:2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
Next Year:2008 (CA)
Seats For Election:All 205 seats in the Pratinidhi Sabha
Majority Seats:103
Election Date:3 and 17 May 1999
Turnout:65.79%[1]
Image1:Krishna bhattarai.jpg
Leader1:Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Party1:Nepali Congress
Leaders Seat1:Parsa 1
Last Election1:83
Seats1:111
Seat Change1: 28
Popular Vote1:3,214,786
Percentage1:37.17%
Swing1: 3.70pp
Leader2:Madhav Kumar Nepal
Party2:Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Leaders Seat2:Rautahat 1
Rautahat 4 (vacated)
Last Election2:88
Seats2:71
Seat Change2: 17
Popular Vote2:2,734,568
Percentage2:31.61%
Swing2: 0.25pp
Image3:Surya bahadur thapa (cropped).png
Leader3:Surya Bahadur Thapa
Party3:Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Leaders Seat3:Dhankuta 2
Sarlahi 2 (lost)
Last Election3:20
Seats3:11
Seat Change3: 9
Popular Vote3:902,328
Percentage3:10.43%
Swing3: 8.08pp
PM
Before Election:Girija Prasad Koirala
Before Party:Nepali Congress
After Election:Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
After Party:Nepali Congress

General elections were held in Nepal on 3 and 17 May 1999. The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party, gaining 28 seats, while the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN–UML) lost 17.

Background

The previous elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha in 1994 had seen the CPN–UML emerge victorious and the first-ever popularly elected communist government formed. Yet by 1999, infighting, such as the departure of the Bam Dev Gautam and C.P. Mainali led splinter group, had got in the way of policy decisions and put certain people off voting for the party.

Results

Distribution of seats

Aftermath

Following the elections, the various parties found it difficult to cooperate and finalise a policy of the Maoist rebels, culminating in the 2002 dissolution of the parliament by King Gyanendra.

Following the 2006 Loktantra Andolan, in which all of the parties successful in 1999, except the royalist Rashtriya Prajatantra Party participated in the Seven Party Alliance, the House was reinstated in 2006.

See also

External link

Winners and runner-ups in the legislative elections of Nepal 1994 and 1999

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008-10-21. Previous Election Facts and Figures. 2021-01-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20081021001831/http://www.election.gov.np/EN/prevelection.html. 2008-10-21.