2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

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575 of the 601 seats in the Constituent Assembly 301 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	79.82%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sushil Koirala Jhala Nath Khanal Pushpa Kamal Dahal Party NC CPN (UML) CPN (MC) Last election 21.14%, 110 seats 20.33%, 103 seats 30.81%, 227 seats[a] Seats won 196 175 80 Seat change 86 72 147 Popular vote 2,418,370 2,239,609 1,439,726 Percentage 25.55% 23.66% 15.21% Swing 4.41pp 3.33pp 15.06pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kamal Thapa Bijay Kumar Gachhadar Surya Bahadur Thapa Party RPP-Nepal MJAF(L) RPP Last election 1.03%, 4 seats – 3.40%, 11 seats[b] Seats won 24 14 13 Seat change 20 New 2 Popular vote 630,697 274,987 260,234 Percentage 6.66% 2.91% 2.75% Swing 5.63% New 0.65pp   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Mahantha Thakur Upendra Yadav Party TMLP MJF-N Last election 20 seats, 3.16% 6.32%, 52 seats Seats won 11 10 Seat change 9 42 Popular vote 181,140 214,319 Percentage 1.91% 2.26% Swing 1.25pp 4.06pp
Prime Minister before election Khil Raj Regmi Independent Elected Prime Minister Sushil Koirala NC

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 19 November 2013.^[1] The vote was repeatedly delayed,^[2] having previously been planned for 22 November 2012 following the dissolution of the 1st Constituent Assembly on 27 May 2012, but it was put off by the election commission.^[3] The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party in the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, winning 196 of the 575 elected seats.

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