Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven provincial assemblies will be elected by

first-past-the-post voting In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...

and 220 by

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Electoral system

The 550 members of the provincial assemblies will be elected by two methods; 330 will be elected from single-member constituencies by

and 220 seats will be elected by closed list

for parties gathering more than 1.5% of the votes. Each voter will get separate

ballot paper A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in secret voting. It was originally a small ball (see blackballing) used to record decisions made by voters in Italy around the 16t ...

s for the two methods.

Eligibility to vote

To vote in the general election, one must be: * on the

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* aged 18 * a citizen of Nepal * of sound mind * not ineligible as per federal election fraud and punishment laws

Timetable

The key dates are listed below:

Competing parties

In the table below, green shading indicates that the party ran a list in the indicated province. The number in each box indicates how many

first-past-the-post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...

candidates the party ran in the indicated province.

Results

Overall

Province 1

Madhesh Province

Bagmati Province

Gandaki Province

Lumbini Province

Karnali Province

Sudurpashchim Province

References

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