1999 Nepalese general election

1999 Nepalese general election

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All 205 seats in the Pratinidhi Sabha
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.79%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Madhav Kumar Nepal Surya Bahadur Thapa
Party Congress CPN (UML) RPP
Leader's seat Parsa 1 Rautahat 1
Rautahat 4 (vacated)
Dhankuta 2
Sarlahi 2 (lost)
Last election 83 88 20
Seats won 111 71 11
Seat change Increase 28 Decrease 17 Decrease 9
Popular vote 3,214,786 2,734,568 902,328
Percentage 37.17% 31.61% 10.43%

PM before election

Girija Prasad Koirala
Congress

Elected PM

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Congress

General elections were held in Nepal on 3 and 17 May 1999. The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party, gaining 28 seats, while the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN–UML) lost 17.

  1. ^ "Previous Election Facts and Figures". 2008-10-21. Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-04.

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