| Country: | Nepal |
| Type: | parliamentary |
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| Previous Election: | 2022 Nepalese general election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Mps: | 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal#Members of the House of Representatives |
| Next Year: | 2027 |
| Seats For Election: | All 275 seats in the House of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 138 |
| Election Date: | before 2027 November |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Image1: | The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on August 24, 2017 crop.jpg |
| Party1: | Nepali Congress |
| Leader1: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Last Election1: | 25.71%, 89 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 88 |
| Seats Needed1: | 49 |
| Party2: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| Leader2: | K. P. Sharma Oli |
| Last Election2: | 26.95%, 78 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 78 |
| Seats Needed2: | 60 |
| Image3: | Prachanda 2009.jpg |
| Party3: | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) |
| Leader3: | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Last Election3: | 11.13%, 32 seats |
| Seats Before3: | 32 |
| Seats Needed3: | 106 |
| Image4: | Rabi Lamichhane.png |
| Party4: | Rastriya Swatantra Party |
| Leader4: | Rabi Lamichhane |
| Last Election4: | 10.70%, 20 seats |
| Seats Before4: | 21 |
| Seats Needed4: | 117 |
| Image5: | Rajendra Prasad Lingden cropped.png |
| Party5: | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| Leader5: | Rajendra Lingden |
| Last Election5: | 5.58%, 14 seats |
| Seats Before5: | 14 |
| Seats Needed5: | 124 |
| Image6: | KP Yohannan with Madvah Kumar Nepal cropped.jpg |
| Party6: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) |
| Leader6: | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| Last Election6: | 2.83%, 10 seats |
| Seats Before6: | 10 |
| Seats Needed6: | 128 |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Before Party: | Nepali Congress |
| After Election: | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| After Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) |
General elections are to be held in Nepal before November 2027 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives unless dissolved earlier.[1] There remains two ballots in the election; one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP, and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation.[2]
The provincial elections are expected to be held along with the general elections.[3] [4]
The 275 members of the legislature are elected by two methods; 165 are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 110 seats are elected by closed list proportional representation from a single nationwide constituency.[5] Voters receive separate ballot papers for the two methods. A party or electoral alliance has to pass the election threshold of 3% of the overall valid vote to be allocated a seat in the proportional vote.[6] Nepal uses the Webster method to allocate proportional seats.[7]
Voting is limited to Nepali citizens aged 18 or over of sound mind and not having been declared ineligible under federal election fraud and punishment laws.[8]
To vote in the general election, one must be:
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Leader's Seat | Seats contested | Male candidates | Female candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nepali Congress | Sher Bahadur Deuba | Dadeldhura 1 | 160 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 2. | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | Mahantha Thakur | Mahottari 3 | 5 | TBD | TBD | ||
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Leader's Seat | Seats contested | Male candidates | Female candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | KP Sharma Oli | Jhapa 5 | 160 | TBD | TBD | |
| 2. | People's Socialist Party | Ashok Rai | Sunsari 1 | 5 | TBD | TBD | |
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Leader's Seat | Seats contested | Male candidates | Female candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Gorkha 1 | 99 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 2. | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | Madhav Kumar Nepal | Rautahat 1 | 66 | TBD | TBD | ||
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Leader's Seat | Seats contested | Male candidates | Female candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rastriya Swatantra Party | Rabi Lamichhane | Chitwan 2 | ||||||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rajendra Prasad Lingden | Jhapa 3 | ||||||
| Janamat Party | C. K. Raut | Saptari 2 | ||||||
| People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Upendra Yadav | Saptari 2 | ||||||
| Nagarik Unmukti Party | Ranjeeta Shrestha | Kailali 1 | ||||||
| Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party | Narayan Man Bijukchhe | None[9] | ||||||
