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Upcoming elections

  • Parliamentary election

    2027 Nepal National Assembly election

    Date to be announcedNational Assembly

    Indirect election: chosen by Provincial assemblies and local electoral colleges as provided by Nepal's constitutional electoral rules, not by a public vote.

    Date expectedIndirect
  • Presidential election

    2028 Nepal presidential election

    Date to be announcedPresident

    Indirect election: chosen by Federal Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies, not by a public vote.

    Date expectedIndirect
  • Presidential election

    2028 Nepal vice-presidential election

    Date to be announcedVice-President

    Indirect election: chosen by Federal Parliament and the Provincial Assemblies, not by a public vote.

    Date expectedIndirect

How Nepal is governed

System of government
Federal democratic republican parliamentary system

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of state
President

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Head of government
Prime Minister

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Voting age
18

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Compulsory voting
No

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Electoral authority
Election Commission, Nepal

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Legislature

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

  • Federal Parliament - House of Representatives 275 seats · 5-year term · Mixed: 165 first-past-the-post and 110 proportional representation
  • Federal Parliament - National Assembly 59 seats · 6-year term · Indirect election by an electoral college of federal and provincial lawmakers, with staggered terms

The president is elected by an electoral college of members of the federal parliament and provincial assemblies, not by direct popular vote. The National Assembly is indirectly elected and renewed in staggered cycles; the commission also runs referendums if authorized by law.

repository.lawcommission.gov.np Official source

नेपालको शासकीय स्वरूप बहुलवादमा आधारित बहुदलीय प्रतिस्पर्धात्मक संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्रात्मक संसदीय शासन प्रणाली हुनेछ ।

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

Elected offices

  • President of Nepal head of state · 1 seats · 5-year term · Electoral college of federal parliament and provincial assembly members

Past elections

Newest first. Results are as the sources published them.

Results

The latest elections with a result table. Provisional figures can change until the count is certified.

2023 Nepalese presidential election

Final resultsIndirect election: chosen by Federal Parliament and Provincial Assembly members, not by a public vote.

Share of the vote (%): all 2 lines, as in the table
Results of 2023 Nepalese presidential election
Party or candidateVotesShareSource
Ram Chandra Paudel (Nepali Congress) Elected33,80265.5%

result.election.gov.np Official source

मतगणनाको परिणाम

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

9 March 2023 (2023-03-09)

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Subas Chandra Nemwang (CPN (UML))15,51831.5%

result.election.gov.np Official source

मतगणनाको परिणाम

Recorded 8 Oct 2026

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

9 March 2023 (2023-03-09)

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

2022 Nepalese legislative election · 20 November 2022

Final resultsTurnout 61.9%

Results of 2022 Nepalese legislative election
Party or candidateVotesShareSeatsSource
Nepali Congress Elected2,715,22525.7%89

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

CPN (UML) (Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)) Elected2,845,64127%78

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

CPN (Maoist Centre) - Nepal Socialist Party alliance (Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)) Elected1,175,68411.1%32

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Rastriya Swatantra Party Elected1,130,34410.7%20

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Rastriya Prajatantra Party Elected588,8495.6%14

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

People's Socialist Party, Nepal Elected421,3144%12

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Janamat Party Elected394,6553.7%6

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) Elected298,3912.8%10

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Nagrik Unmukti Party Elected271,7222.6%3

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal Elected167,3671.6%4

en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives.

Recorded 8 Oct 2026 · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

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Nepal in numbers

From the World Bank, each with the year it is from.

Sources

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