# 2022 Nepalese National Assembly election

National Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 26 January 2022 in order to elect 19 of the 20 retiring Class II members of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. Members of the National Assembly are elected through indirect ballot and serve six year terms with one third of the members retiring every two years. However, the retiring members served only four year terms due to the entire house being elected in 2018 when a lottery was held to determine two, four and six year term members.

## Electoral system

Eight members of the National Assembly are elected from each of the seven provinces of Nepal and 3 members are appointed by the President for a total of 59 members. Composition of members from each province have to include three women, a Dalit, and a disabled or member of a minority. The three remaining are categorized as open/other candidates. All members elected from this election must be from the same category as the retiring members.
Members were elected by first-past-the-post voting by an electoral college composed of members of the respective provincial assembly and Chairperson/Mayor and Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor of the local levels within the province. Each provincial assembly member vote has a weight of forty eight whereas each Chairperson/Mayor/Vice Chairperson/Deputy Mayor vote have a weight of eighteen. This electoral college will elect 19 members while 1 member, whose term will also end concurrently, will be nominated by the President on the recommendation of the Government of Nepal.

### Qualification for members

According to Article 87 of the Constitution, a person who meets the following criteria is qualified to become a member of the National Assembly:
* citizen of Nepal,
* completed the age of thirty five years,
* not having been convicted of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude,
* not being disqualified by any Federal law, and
* not holding any office of profit.
Electors from Provinces of Nepal :
| Electors | Province No. 1 | Madhesh | Bagmati | Gandaki | Lumbini | Karnali | Sudurpashchim | Total |
| Provincial Assembly | 92 | 104 | 109 | 59 | 81 | 35 | 52 | 532 |
| Local Level | 272 | 268 | 237 | 170 | 215 | 156 | 175 | 1493 |
| Total | 364 | 372 | 346 | 229 | 296 | 191 | 227 | 2025 |

## Election Timeline

The key dates are listed below
| 19 November 2021 | Cabinet announces election date |
| 4 January 2022 | Candidate nomination begins |
| 9 January 2022 | Nominations finalized and published |
| 10 January 2022 | Election code of conduct starts |
| 26 January 2022 | Election day – polling centers open 07:00 to 17:00 |
| 31 January 2022 | Final result announced and presented to President |
| 4 March 2021 | Tenure of incumbent Class II members ends |

## Alliance
### Nepali Congress+

| No. | Party | Leader | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
| 1. | Nepali Congress | Sher Bahadur Deuba | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 2. | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 3. | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | Madhav Kumar Nepal | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 4. | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Upendra Yadav | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5. | Rastriya Janamorcha | Chitra Bahadur K.C. | 1 | 1 | 0 |

### Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates | Reference |
| 1. | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | | KP Sharma Oli | | 19 | 12 | 7 | |

## Results

As the creation of the Nepal Communist Party was reverted by the Constitutional court, its 47 seats total in 2020 are shown here by the subsequent party of its members : CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (US).
Results :
| Parties | Parties | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Parties | Parties | Total in 2020 | Total before | Up | Won | Total after | +/- |
| | CPN (UML) | 0 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| | Nepali Congress | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| | CPN (US) | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| | People's Socialist Party | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | Loktantrik Samajbadi Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Rastriya Janamorcha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Nominated | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | Nepal Communist Party (NCP) | 47 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 59 | 59 | 20 | 20 | 59 | - |

### Detailed

| Province | Category | MP before election | Party | MP after election | Party |
| Province No. 1 | Open | Parshuram Megi Gurung | CPN (UML) | Gopal Basnet | Nepali Congress |
| Province No. 1 | Women | Nainakala Ojha | CPN (UML) | Jayanti Rai | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Province No. 1 | Disabled/Minority | Aagam Prasad Bantawa Rai | CPN (UML) | Sonam Gyaljen Sherpa | CPN (UML) |
| Madhesh | Open | Suman Raj Pyakurel | CPN (UML) | Mohammad Khalid | PSP-N |
| Madhesh | Women | Shashikala Dahal | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Urmila Aryal | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Bagmati | Open | Radheshyam Adhikari | Nepali Congress | Krishna Prasad Paudel | Nepali Congress |
| Bagmati | Women | Udaya Sharma | CPN (Unified Socialist) | Goma Devi Timalsina | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Gandaki | Open | Dina Nath Sharma | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Suresh Ale Magar | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Gandaki | Women | Shanti Adhikari | CPN (Unified Socialist) | Kamala Panta | Nepali Congress |
| Gandaki | Dalit | Khim Bahadur BK | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Bhuwan Bahadur Sunar | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Lumbini | Open | Dirga Narayan Pandey | Nepali Congress | Yubaraj Sharma | Nepali Congress |
| Lumbini | Women | Komal Oli | CPN (UML) | Rajya Laxmi Gaire | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Lumbini | Dalit | Ram Lakhan Harijan | CPN (UML) | Tul Prasad B.K. | Rastriya Janamorcha |
| Karnali | Open | Thagendra Puri | CPN (Unified Socialist) | Udaya Bohara | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Karnali | Women | Kabita Bogati | CPN (UML) | Durga Gurung | Nepali Congress |
| Karnali | Disabled/Minority | Jeevan Budha | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Nara Bahadur Bista | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Sudurpashchim | Open | Sher Bahadur Kunwar | CPN (Unified Socialist) | Narayan Dutta Mishra | Nepali Congress |
| Sudurpashchim | Women | Tara Devi Joshi | Nepali Congress | Madan Kumari Shah | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Sudurpashchim | Dalit | Chakra Prasad Snehi | CPN (UML) | Jagat Parki | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| | Nominated | Ram Narayan Bidari | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Narayan Dahal | CPN (Maoist Centre) |