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General elections were held in Nepal on 18 February 1959.[1] The result was a victory for the Nepali Congress, which won 74 of the 109 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 42.0%.
Results
Party Votes % Seats Nepali Congress 666,898 37.2 74 Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad 305,118 17.1 19 Samyukta Prajatantra Party 177,408 9.9 5 Nepal Communist Party 129,142 7.2 4 Prajatantrik Mahasabha 59,896 3.3 0 Nepal Praja Parishad (Mishra) 59,820 3.3 1 Nepal Praja Parishad (Acharya) 53,038 3.0 2 Tarai Congress 36,107 2.0 0 Nepali Rastriya Congress 12,707 0.7 0 Independents 291,247 16.3 4 Invalid/blank votes - - Total 1,791,381 100 109 Source: Nohlen et al References
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