2022 Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly election

2022 Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly election
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All 93 seats in the Provincial Assembly; 47 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Registered	3,396,865
Turnout	1,899,144
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Chief Minister before election; Rajendra Kumar Rai; Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)	Elected Chief Minister ; Hikmat Kumar Karki; Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial assembly elections were held in the Nepal province of Province No. 1 on 20 November 2022 to elect the 93 members of the Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly. There were two ballots in the election; one to elect 56 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP, and the other to elect the remaining 36 members from a single state-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation.^[2]^[3]

TimetableEdit

The key dates are listed below:

4 August	Last date to register to be on electoral roll
4 August	Cabinet announces election date^[4]
16 August	Last day for party registration at Election Commission
17 September	Tenure of provincial assembly ends
18-19 September	Parties submit preliminary closed list for proportional representation
28 September	Election code of conduct starts
9 October	Candidate nomination for first past the post
26 October	Closed list for proportional representation finalized and published
20 November	Election day^[5]
23 November	TBD

Electoral systemEdit

The 93 members of the Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly will be elected by two methods; 56 will be elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 37 seats will be elected by closed list proportional representation for parties gathering more than 3.0% of the votes.^[6] Each voter will get separate ballot papers for the two methods.

Eligibility to voteEdit

To vote in the general election, one must be:^[7]

on the electoral roll
aged 18
a citizen of Nepal
of sound mind
not ineligible as per federal election fraud and punishment laws

Alliance^[8]Edit

Democratic alliance Edit


No.	Party^[9]^[10]	Leader	Photo	Seats contested
1.	Nepali Congress	Uddhav Thapa	File:Udhav Thapa 1 (cropped).jpg	25
2.	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Indra Bahadur Angbo	File:Indra Bahadur Angbo (cropped).jpg	20
3.	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Rajendra Kumar Rai	File:RajendraKumarRai (cropped).jpg	11

CPN (UML)+Edit


No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested
1.	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)			Hikmat Kumar Karki	File:Hikmat Kumar Karki.jpg	52^[11]^[12]

OthersEdit


No.	Party^[13]^[14]	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested
1.	Rastriya Prajatantra Party			Bhakti Prasad Sitaula	File:Bhakti Sitaula 1 (cropped).jpg	44
2.	People's Socialist Party, Nepal			Jay Ram Yadav	File:Jay ram yadav (cropped).jpg	35

CandidatesEdit

Constituency		Nepali Congress+			CPN (UML)+
Constituency		Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
Taplejung 1	A		US	Khem Bahadur Balem		UML	Til Kumar Menyangbo
Taplejung 1	B		NC	Khegen Singh Hangam		UML	Gopal Thopra
Panchthar 1	A		US	Kamal Prasad Jabegu		UML	Raj Kumar Bhandari
Panchthar 1	B		MC	Indra Bahadur Angbo		UML	Aindra Sundar Nemwang
Ilam 1	A		US	Khinu Langwa Limbu		UML	Shobha Parajuli
Ilam 1	B		NC	Shamsher Rai		UML	Dipak Kumar Thebe
Ilam 2	A		NC	Govind Giri		UML	Ganesh Prasad Baral
Ilam 2	B		MC	Harka Bahadur Lawati		UML	Ram Bahadur Ranamagar
Jhapa 1^[15]	A		NC	Gopal Tamang		UML	Rabin Koirala
Jhapa 1^[15]	B		MC	Shyambir Limbu	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Jhapa 2^[15]	A		US	Pushpa Raj Pokharel		UML	Ekraj Karki
Jhapa 2^[15]	B		NC	Khagendra Mainali		UML	Tilchan Pathak
Jhapa 3^[15]	A		NC	Bhumi Prasad Rajbanshi		UML	Basanta Kumar Baniya
Jhapa 3^[15]	B		MC	Purna Prasad Rajbansi		UML	Chhabilal Chudal
Jhapa 4^[15]	A		MC	Jhalak Bahadur Magar		UML	Radha Krishna Khanal
Jhapa 4^[15]	B	style="background-color:Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color;" width=0.3em \| " \|	NC	Ekraj Upreti
Jhapa 5^[15]	A		NC	Jeevan Kumar Rai		UML	Hikmat Kumar Karki
Jhapa 5^[15]	B		MC	Rewa Raj Puri		UML	Hom Bahadur Thapa
Morang 1	A		MC	Kul Prasad Samba		UML	Umakanta Gautam
Morang 1	B		US	Upendra Prasad Ghimire		UML	Khadga Bahadur Basnet
Morang 2	A		MC	Ganesh Prasad Upreti		UML	Dan Bahadur Karki
Morang 2	B		NC	Binod Karki		UML	Lila Ballav Adhikari
Morang 3	A		NC	Man Bahadur Limbu		UML	Dilip Kumar Rai
Morang 3	B		US	Laxmi Kumar Shrestha		UML	Gyanendra Subedi
Morang 4	A		NC	Guru Raj Ghimire		UML	Jay Prakash Chaudhary
Morang 4	B		NC	Bhim Parajuli		UML	Jeevan Ghimire
Morang 5	A		NC	Gayananda Mandal Gangai		UML	Santosh Kumar Shah
Morang 5	B		NC	Amrit Kumar Aryal
Morang 6	A		MC	Jeevan Acharya		UML	Rita Neupane
Morang 6	B		NC	Kedar Karki		UML	Krishna Basnet
Sunsari 1	A		NC	Umesh Thapa		UML	Ramesh Kumar Basnet
Sunsari 1	B		US	Rewati Raman Rai		UML	Bijay Kumar Rai
Sunsari 2	A		MC	Dawarik Also Chaudhary		UML	Rewati Raman Bhandari
Sunsari 2	B		NC	Rajiv Koirala		UML	Ram Prasad Mahato
Sunsari 3	A		MC	Saraswoti Pokhrel		UML	Rohit Bahadur Karki
Sunsari 3	B		NC	Bindeswor Yadav		UML	Ramdev Yadav
Sunsari 4	A		MC	Sadanand Mandal
Sunsari 4	B		NC	Esrail Mansuri		UML	Abash Ansari
Dhankuta 1	A		US	Arjun Kumar Rai		UML	Niran Rai
Dhankuta 1	B		MC	Kusum Kumar Shrestha		UML	Indra Mani Parajuli
Sankhuwa sabha 1	A		MC	Rajendra Karki		UML	Bhabisar Gurung
Sankhuwa sabha 1	B		US	Sarita Thapa		UML	Bidur Kumar Lingthep
Bhojpur 1	A		US	Rajendra Kumar Rai		UML	Hari Bahadur Rai
Bhojpur 1	B		NC	Binod Rai		UML	Khadga Bahadur Karki
Tehrathum 1	A	style="background-color:Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color;" width=0.3em \| " \|	NC	Santosh Subba		UML	Kishor Chandra Dulal
Tehrathum 1	B		MC	Durga Prasad Chapagain		UML	Ghanshyam Khatiwada
Okhaldhunga 1	A	style="background-color:Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color;" width=0.3em \| " \|	NC	Pradeep Kumar Sunuwar		UML	Ambir Babu Gurung
Okhaldhunga 1	B		MC	Baburam Gautam		UML	Gyan Bahadur Khadka
Khotang 1	A		US	Birbal Kaji Rai		UML	Panch Karna Rai
Khotang 1	B	style="background-color:Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color;" width=0.3em \| " \|	NC	Bhupendra Rai		UML	Ram Prasad Dangal
Solukhumbu 1	A		MC	Gombu Sherpa		UML	Uttam Kumar Basnet
Solukhumbu 1	B		MC	Shiv Bahadur Basnet		UML	Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari
Udayapur 1	A		MC	Rajendra Karki		UML	Kushal Babu Basnet
Udayapur 1	B	style="background-color:Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color;" width=0.3em \| " \|	NC	Himal Karki		UML	Ishwor Madi Raut
Udayapur 2	A		MC	Narayan Bahadur Magar		UML	Dev Raj Rai
Udayapur 2	B	style="background-color:Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color;" width=0.3em \| " \|	NC	Ram Kumar Khatri

ResultsEdit

Results by PartyEdit


Party		Party list			Constituency			Total seats	+/–

Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	665,460	35.04	15			25	40	3
	Nepali Congress	562,956	29.64	12			17	29	8
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	198,511	10.45	4			2	6	5
	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)―Nepal Socialist Party	181,245	9.54	4			9	13	2
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	61,723	3.25	1			0	1	2
	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)	55,957	2.95	1			3	4	6
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	26,531	1.40	0			0	0	1
	Hamro Nepali Party	26,071	1.37	0			0	0	–
	Mongol National Organisation	25,387	1.34	0			0	0	New
	Janamat Party	24,513	1.29	0			0	0	New
	Nagrik Unmukti Party	12,155	0.64	0			0	0	New
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	7,268	0.38	0			0	0	–
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	6,352	0.33	0			0	0	–
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	5,937	0.31	0			0	0	New
	Nepal Aama Party―Nepal Naulo Janwadi Party―Sachet Nepali Party	3,449	0.18	0			0	0	New
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	3,391	0.18	0			0	0	New
	Nepal Loktantrik Party	3,282	0.17	0			0	0	New
	Aamul Pariwartan Masiha Party Nepal	2,708	0.14	0			0	0	–
	Nepalka Lagi Nepali Party	2,550	0.13	0			0	0	New
	Khambuwan Rastriya Morcha Nepal	2,455	0.13	0			0	0	New
	Nepali Janata Dal	2,315	0.12	0			0	0	–
	Janajagaran Party Nepal	2,105	0.11	0			0	0	New
	Nepali Congress (B.P.)	2,058	0.11	0			0	0	–
	Janasamajbadi Party	1,901	0.10	0			0	0	–
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	1,882	0.10	0			0	0	New
	Kirat Khambhuwan Sajha Party	1,784	0.09	0			0	0	New
	Nepal Federal Socialist Party	1,530	0.08	0			0	0	New
	Maulik Jarokilo Party	1,506	0.08	0			0	0	New
	Communist Party of Nepal (Socialist)―Samajik Ekata Party	1,308	0.07	0			0	0	–
	Communist Party of Nepal	1,171	0.06	0			0	0	–
	Nepal Janata Party	789	0.04	0			0	0	–
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	789	0.04	0			0	0	New
	Communist Party of Nepal Maoist Socialist	738	0.04	0			0	0	New
	Nationalist People's Party	569	0.03	0			0	0	New
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (Tharuhat)	507	0.03	0			0	0	New
	Bahujan Shakti Party	291	0.02	0			0	0	New
	Communist Party of Nepal Marxist (Pushpalal)			0			0	0	New
	People's Progressive Party			0			0	0	New
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party			0			0	0	New
	Independents			0			0	0	–
Total		1,899,144	100.00	37			56	93	–

Valid votes		1,899,144	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		0	0.00
Total votes		1,899,144	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,396,865	55.91		3,396,865	–
Source: [1] [2]

Results by districtEdit

District	Seats	UML	NC	MC	RPP	US
Taplejung	2	1	1	0	0	0
Panchthar	2	0	0	1	0	1
Ilam	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jhapa	10	6	2	0	2	0
Morang	12	5	5	2	0	0
Sunsari	8	6	2	0	0	0
Dhankuta	2	2	0	0	0	0
Sankhuwasabha	2	1	0	1	0	0
Bhojpur	2	0	1	0	0	1
Terhathum	2	1	0	1	0	0
Okhaldhunga	2	0	1	1	0	0
Khotang	2	1	1	0	0	0
Solukhumbu	2	1	0	1	0	0
Udayapur	4	0	2	2	0	0
Total	56	25	17	9	2	3

NotesEdit

↑ CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) supported Rastriya Prajatantra Party candidate in Jhapa 1 District ^[16]

ReferencesEdit

↑ "Nepal parliamentary elections on November 20, 2022 - OnlineKhabar English News". 4 August 2022.
↑ "Federal and provincial polls to be held on November 20". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
↑ "संसद र प्रदेश निर्वाचन विधेयक पारित". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
↑ "Nepal to hold parliamentary election in November". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
↑ "Nepal to hold general election on November 20". ANI News. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
↑ Article 84 Constitution of Nepal
↑ "Electoral Roll Act, 2017". Article 6 & 23, Act No. 23 of 2 February 2017 (PDF) (in नेपाली). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
↑ "FINAL-Candate-for-5-Partys-final_11_Kartik-14-no-page-editing.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-11-05.
↑ says, Laleek. "सत्ता गठबन्धनको चुनावी तालमेल : सबै चाहन्छन्, तर कांग्रेस चाहँदैन". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
↑ "गठबन्धन बैठक : लोसपाले प्रतिनिधिसभातर्फ ८ सिट र प्रदेशमा १३ सिट लिने सहमति". Naya Patrika. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
↑ "प्रदेश १, प्रतिनिधिसभा र प्रदेशसभा निर्वाचन ०७९– प्रतिनिधिसभाका लागि चार सय बढी उम्मेदवार – इन्सेक". inseconline.org. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
↑ बराल, ईश्वरी (2022-10-14). "यि हुन् एमालेका प्रतिनिधि तथा प्रदेशसभा उम्मेदवार". देशसञ्चार. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
↑ "स्थानीय चुनावमा सबै शक्ति लगाउने राप्रपाको निर्णय, राजसंस्था र हिन्दू राष्ट्रमा सम्झौता नहुने अडान". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
↑ "राप्रपाले सबै स्थानीय तहमा उम्मेदवार खडा गर्ने". राप्रपाले सबै स्थानीय तहमा उम्मेदवार खडा गर्ने. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 "एमाले राप्रपा गठबन्धनः झापामा एउटा प्रतिनिधि सभा र दुई वटा प्रदेश सभा राप्रपालाई". www.setopatra.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
↑ "झापामा राप्रपाका ३ उम्मेदवारलाई एमालेको समर्थन". The Nepal Top. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

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[UMLRPP-17] CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) supported Rastriya Prajatantra Party candidate in Jhapa 1 District ^[16]

[1] "Nepal parliamentary elections on November 20, 2022 - OnlineKhabar English News". 4 August 2022.

[2] "Federal and provincial polls to be held on November 20". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

[3] "संसद र प्रदेश निर्वाचन विधेयक पारित". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[4] "Nepal to hold parliamentary election in November". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

[5] "Nepal to hold general election on November 20". ANI News. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

[6] Article 84 Constitution of Nepal

[7] "Electoral Roll Act, 2017". Article 6 & 23, Act No. 23 of 2 February 2017 (PDF) (in नेपाली). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

[8] "FINAL-Candate-for-5-Partys-final_11_Kartik-14-no-page-editing.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-11-05.

[:1-9] says, Laleek. "सत्ता गठबन्धनको चुनावी तालमेल : सबै चाहन्छन्, तर कांग्रेस चाहँदैन". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2021-10-29.

[10] "गठबन्धन बैठक : लोसपाले प्रतिनिधिसभातर्फ ८ सिट र प्रदेशमा १३ सिट लिने सहमति". Naya Patrika. Retrieved 2022-10-08.

[11] "प्रदेश १, प्रतिनिधिसभा र प्रदेशसभा निर्वाचन ०७९– प्रतिनिधिसभाका लागि चार सय बढी उम्मेदवार – इन्सेक". inseconline.org. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

[12] बराल, ईश्वरी (2022-10-14). "यि हुन् एमालेका प्रतिनिधि तथा प्रदेशसभा उम्मेदवार". देशसञ्चार. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

[13] "स्थानीय चुनावमा सबै शक्ति लगाउने राप्रपाको निर्णय, राजसंस्था र हिन्दू राष्ट्रमा सम्झौता नहुने अडान". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[14] "राप्रपाले सबै स्थानीय तहमा उम्मेदवार खडा गर्ने". राप्रपाले सबै स्थानीय तहमा उम्मेदवार खडा गर्ने. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[:0-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 ^15.4 "एमाले राप्रपा गठबन्धनः झापामा एउटा प्रतिनिधि सभा र दुई वटा प्रदेश सभा राप्रपालाई". www.setopatra.com. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

[16] "झापामा राप्रपाका ३ उम्मेदवारलाई एमालेको समर्थन". The Nepal Top. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

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2022 Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly election

Contents

TimetableEdit