At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the Pratinidhi Sabha: 205
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Description
of government structure:
- Nepal's bicameral parliament, the Sansad,
is composed of the National Council (Rastriya Sabha) and the House of
Representatives (Pratinidhi Sabha).
- The National Council consists of 60
members.
- The House of Representatives consists
of 205 members.
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Description
of electoral system:
- Nepal's Chief of State is a
constitutional monarch.
- National Council: 35 members of the
National Council are chosen by the House of Representatives through a mixed system of
proportional representation and single-transferable vote; 15 members are chosen by the
five Development Regions; 10 are chosen by the monarch.
- House of Representatives: Members of
the House of Representatives are directly elected by simple majority vote.
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Results of the electoral race:
- Party: Nepali
Congress Party (NCP)
Leaders: Krishna Prasad BHATTARAI, Girija Prasad KOIRALA
Seats won in this election: 111
Seats won in last election: 83
- Party: Nepal
Communist Party/United Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML)
Leaders: Man Mohan ADHIKARI, Madhav Kumar NEPAL
Seats won in this election: 71
Seats won in last election: 88
- Party:
National Democratic Party (NDP)
Leader: Surya Bahadur THAPA
Seats won in this election: 11
Seats won in last election: 20
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When was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Legislative elections last held: November
15, 1994
- Seats decided in the 1994 election: 205
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 21,843,068
- Number of registered voters: 13,518,839
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Of Interest:
- The May 1999 election was held in two
phases.
- The May poll was the third multiparty poll
since Nepal became a constitutional monarchy in 1990.
- Over 2200 candidates and over 90
political parties registered to participate in the May 1999 election.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
