2020 Nepalese National Assembly election explained

Election Name:	2020 Nepalese National Assembly election
Seats For Election:	18 seats to the National Assembly
Country:	Nepal
Type:	parliamentary
Party1:	Nepal Communist Party
Seat Change1:	8
Seats After1:	47
Seats Before1:	39
Party2:	Nepali Congress
Seat Change2:	7
Seats After2:	6
Seats Before2:	13
Party4:	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
Seats After4:	2
Seats Before4:	2
Party5:	Samajbadi Party
Colour5:	FFC0CB
Seat Change5:	1
Seats After5:	1
Seats Before5:	2
Election Date:	23 January 2020
Previous Election:	2018 Nepalese National Assembly election
Previous Year:	2018
Next Election:	2022 Nepalese National Assembly election
Next Year:	2022
Ongoing:	no
Chairperson of the Assembly
Before Election:	Ganesh Prasad Timilsina
Before Party:	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
After Election:	Ganesh Prasad Timilsina
After Party:	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 23 January 2020 across all seven provinces to elect the 18 of the 19 retiring members of the National Assembly.^[1] According to Article 86 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, one third of the members of the National Assembly are elected every two years through an electoral college. Following the full implementation of the house in 2018, one-third of the members chosen by drawing a lottery retired after only two years.^[2]

Electoral college

The electoral college consists of members of the provincial assembly and Chairperson/Mayor and Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor of the local bodies within the state. Each provincial assembly members vote has a weight of forty eight whereas each Chairperson/Mayor/Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor vote has a weight of eighteen. The electoral college elects 56 members to the National Assembly and three members, including one woman, are nominated by the president on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.

Alliance

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Results

Province No. 1

Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Category	Votes
Sarita Prasai		Nepali Congress	Indira Gautam		Nepal Communist Party	Women	6,426
Khem Raj Nepali		Nepal Communist Party	Gopi Alchhami			Dalit	6,330
Haricharan Shiwakoti			Devendra Dahal			Open	6,234
Source: Nepal Gazette^[4] ^[5]

Province No. 2

Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Category	Votes
Mukta Kumari Yadav		Nepali Congress	Tulsa Dahal		Nepal Communist Party	Women	5,208
Ramprit Paswan		Samajbadi Party, Nepal	Radheshyam Paswan			Dalit	5,292
Ramesh Prasad Yadav		Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Mrigendra Singh Yadav		Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Open	5,400
Brijesh Chandra Lal			Shekhar Singh			Disabled and Minority	5,502
Source: Nepal Gazette

Bagmati Pradesh

Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Category	Votes
Balram Baskota		Nepal Communist Party	Beduram Bhushal		Nepal Communist Party	Open	6,810
Dhana Khatiwada		Nepali Congress	Ganga Belbase			Women	6,828
Source: Nepal Gazette

Gandaki Pradesh

Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Category	Votes
Brinda Rana Magar		Nepali Congress	Bhagwati Neupane		Nepal Communist Party	Women	3,366
Surendra Raj Pandey			Narayan Kaji Shrestha			Open	3,462
Source: Nepal Gazette

Province No. 5

Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Category	Votes
Durga Prasad Upadhyaya		Nepali Congress	Gopal Bhattarai		Nepal Communist Party	Open	5,382
Mina Budha		Nepal Communist Party	Bimala Ghimire			Women	5,778
Raj Kumar Kunwar			Jag Prasad Sharma			Disabled and Minority	5,424
Source: Nepal Gazette

Karnali Pradesh

Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Category	Votes
Kali Bahadur Malla		Nepal Communist Party	Maya Prasad Acharya		Nepal Communist Party	Open	3,618
Yutul Lama			Sumitra BC			Women	3,684
Source: Nepal Gazette

Sudurpaschim Pradesh

Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Category	Votes
Badri Prasad Pandey		Nepali Congress	Taraman Swar		Nepal Communist Party	Open	3,720
Kamala Kumari Oli		Nepal Communist Party	Sharada Bhatta			Women	3,738
Source: Nepal Gazette

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Assembly elections today. 2020-01-23. The Himalayan Times. en-US. 2020-01-30.
2. Web site: Constitute. www.constituteproject.org. en-US. 2017-06-24.
3. https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/ncp-bags-16-out-of-18-na-seats-up-for-grabs NCP bags 16 out of 18 NA seats up for grabs
4. Web site: राष्ट्रिय सभा सदस्यहरुको नामावली र राजनीतिक दल दर्ता सम्वन्धी सूचना. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200216213556/http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np:80/welcome/book/?ref=23936 . 2020-02-16 . 2021-01-04. rajpatra.dop.gov.np.
5. Web site: Sansar. Nepali. 2020-01-24. Nepal National Assembly Election Results Released!. 2020-01-30. Nepali Sansar. en-US.