Nepalese legislative election, 1999

Nepalese legislative election, 1999

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All 205 seats to the Pratinidhi Sabha 103 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Madhav Kumar Nepal Party Nepali Congress Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Leader's seat Parsa-1 Rautahat-1 Last election 83 seats, 33.38% 88 seats, 30.85% Seats won 111 71 Seat change +28 -17 Popular vote 3,214,068 2,728,725 Percentage 37.29% 31.66%

PM before election Girija Prasad Koirala Nepali Congress Elected PM Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Nepali Congress

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A legislative election was held in Nepal on May 3 and May 17, 1999.

Background and outcome

The last elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha prior to these had been in 1994 when the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and been victorious and formed the first ever 'communist monarchy'. Yet by 1999, infighting, such as the departure of the Bam Dev Gautam and C.P. Mainali led splinter group, had got in the way of policy decisions and put certain people off voting for the party. The election resulted in a clear victory for Nepali Congress and they increased their number of seats by 28 and the CPN (UML) total fell by 17. Even when this number is combined with the figures of the other communist parties (Rashtriya Jana Morcha, Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal, Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party) the total was still 23 below the total of Nepali Congress.

Following the elections, however, the various parties found it difficult to cooperate and finalise a policy of the Maoist rebels, culminating in the 2002 dissolution of the parliament by King Gyanendra.

Following the 2006 Loktantra Andolan, in which all of the parties successful in 1999, except the royalist Rashtriya Prajatantra Party participated in the Seven Party Alliance, the House has been reopened. There has been talks on when further elections are likely to take place.

Results

e • d Summary of the May 3 and May 17, 1999 Nepal House of Representatives election results

Party	Votes	% of votes	Seats	% of seats
Nepali Congress	3,214,068	37.29	111	54.15
Communist Party of Nepal (UML)	2,728,725	31.66	71	34.63
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)	899,511	10.44	11	5.37
Nepal Sadbhavana Party	277,239	3.22	5	2.44
Rastriya Jana Morcha	121,394	1.41	5	2.44
Samyukta Janmorcha Nepal	70,119	0.81	1	0.49
Nepal Workers and Peasants Party	48,015	0.56	1	0.49
Communist Party of Nepal (ML)	567,987	6.59	0	0
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	293,952	3.41	0	0
Rastriya Janamukti Party	92,567	1.07	0	0
Nepali Janta Dal	11,175	0.13	0	0
Janamukti Party Nepal	9,528	0.11	0	0
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)	7,654	0.09	0	0
Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha	6,852	0.08	0	0
Hariyali Nepal Party	6,638	0.08	0	0
Mongol National Organisation[1]	6,329	0.08	0	0
Nepali Janta Party Rastriya Sambriddhibad	4,835	0.06	0	0
Communist Party of Nepal (United)	4,715	0.05	0	0
Rastriya Janata Parishad	3,434	0.04	0	0
Jana Congress	1,906	0.02	0	0
Shivsena Nepal	1,727	0.02	0	0
Nepal Socialist Party	950	0.01	0	0
Bahujan Samaj Party, Nepal	835	0.01	0	0
Nepal Praja Parishad	773	0.01	0	0
Samyukta Prajatantra Party Nepal	297	0.00	0	0
Nepal Samyabadi Party (MLM)	190	0.00	0	0
Save the Nation Movement	161	0.00	0	0
Pragati Upayogoto, Nepal	155	0.00	0	0
Nepal Janabhavana Party	120	0.00	0	0
Rastrabadi Janata Party	105	0.00	0	0
Social Democratic Party	97	0.00	0	0
Samajbadi Garib Party	81	0.00	0	0
Nepal Janahit Party	68	0.00	0	0
Nepal Suraksha Party	56	0.00	0	0
Nepal Rastrabadi Dal	55	0.00	0	0
Mechi-Mahakali Jana Samanwaya Dal	35	0.00	0	0
Independents	236,548	2.74	0	0

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Distribution of seats

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  Seats won by Nepali Congress

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  Seats won by CPN(UML)

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  Seats won by Rashtriya Prajatantra Party

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  Seats won by Rashtriya Jana Morcha, Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal and Nepal Workers Peasants Party

References

1. ^ Ran as independents. Figures based on http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/ps034.pdf
2. ^ List of the Political Parties

External links

• http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php^{[dead link]}
• http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/n/nepal/nepal.txt