2022 Nepalese general election

2022 Nepalese genernal election

20 November 2022[1]
All 275 seats in the House of Representatives 138 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba K. P. Sharma Oli Pushpa Kamal Dahal Party Nepali Congress CPN (UML) Maoist Centre Leader's seat Dadeldhura 1 Jhapa 5 Gorkha 2 Last election 32.78%, 64 seats 33.25%, 121 seats 13.66%, 53 seats Seats before 63 94 49 Seats won 89 78 32 Seat change 26 43 21 Popular vote 2,715,225 2,845,641 1,175,684 Percentage 25.71% 26.95% 11.13% Swing 7.07 pp 6.30 pp 2.53 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Rabi Lamichhane Rajendra Lingden Upendra Yadav Party RSP RPP PSP-N Leader's seat Chitwan 2 Jhapa 3 N/A Last election New party 2.06%, 1 seat New party Seats before — 1 20 Seats won 20 14 12 Seat change New 13 8 Popular vote 1,130,344 588,849 421,313 Percentage 10.70% 5.58% 3.99% Swing New 3.52 pp New   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal CK Raut Mahantha Thakur Party Unified Socialist Janamat Party Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal Leader's seat Rautahat 1 Saptari 2 TBD Last election New party New New party Seats before 25 — 14 Seats won 10 6 4 Seat change 15 New 10 Popular vote 298,391 394,655 167,367 Percentage 2.83% 3.74% 1.58% Swing New New New
A map of Nepal parliamentary constituencies
Prime Minister before election Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepali Congress Elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Maoist Centre

General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 after the House of Representatives was dissolved. After power sharing talks between the outgoing Democratic Left Alliance broke down on 25 December 2022, CPN (Maoist Centre) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal became prime minister, its eight-member cabinet consisting of MPs from his party, CPN (UML), Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janamat Party, with the confidence and supply of RPP, JSP, NUP and three independents.