# 2022 Madhesh Provincial Assembly election

Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022. The discussion to conduct sooner than later is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML) is already demanding for fresh mandate.

## Parties
### Current composition

| Party | Party | Ideology | 2017 result | 2017 result | 2017 result | Current seats |
| Party | Party | Ideology | Votes (%) | Votes (%) | Seats | Current seats |
| | Nepali Congress | Social democracy/Third Way | 24.11 | 24.11 | 19 / 107 | 22 / 107 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Marxism–Leninism | 16.25 | 16.25 | 22 / 107 | 8 / 107 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path | 11.88 | 11.88 | 11 / 107 | 8 / 107 |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | Marxism–Leninism | New Party | New Party | New Party | 14 / 107 |
| | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Democratic Socialism | RJPN | 20.72 | 25 / 107 | 33 / 107 |
| | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Democratic Socialism | FSFN | 18.48 | 29 / 107 | 33 / 107 |
| | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Democratic Socialism | Independent | | 1 / 275 | 33 / 107 |
| | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | Social democracy | New party | New party | New party | 16 / 107 |
| | Nepal Socialist Party | Social democracy | New party | New party | New party | 3 / 107 |

## Candidates

| Constituency | Constituency | Nepali Congress+ | Nepali Congress+ | Nepali Congress+ | CPN (UML)+ | CPN (UML)+ | CPN (UML)+ |
| Constituency | Constituency | Party | Party | Candidate | Party | Party | Candidate |
| Saptari 1 | A | | LSP-N | Tulsi Prasad Chaudhary | | | |
| Saptari 1 | B | | NC | Badri Narayan Mahatman Yadav | | | |
| Saptari 2 | A | | LSP-N | Saroj Kumar Mandal | | | |
| Saptari 2 | B | | CPN (MC) | Umesh Kumar Yadav | | | |
| Saptari 3 | A | | NC | Mohammad Samim | | | |
| Saptari 3 | B | | NC | Bhagwati Prasad Yadav | | | |
| Saptari 4 | A | | CPN (US) | Govind Bahadur Neupane | | | |
| Saptari 4 | B | | NC | Indra Dev Yadav | | | |
| Siraha 1 | A | | NC | Sunil Kumar Mahato | | | |
| Siraha 1 | B | | CPN (US) | Ashok Kumar Yadav | | | |
| Siraha 2 | A | | CPN (MC) | Jeebach Kumar Yadav | | | |
| Siraha 2 | B | | CPN (US) | Madansen Prasad Shreevasatav | | | |
| Siraha 3 | A | | NC | Ram Sagun Yadav | | | |
| Siraha 3 | B | | NC | Sanjay Prakash Yadav | | | |
| Siraha 4 | A | | CPN (MC) | Mahendra Paswan | | | |
| Siraha 4 | B | | LSP-N | Ram Babu Yadav | | | |
| Dhanusha 1 | A | | NC | Sanjay Kumar Mahato | | | |
| Dhanusha 1 | B | | LSP-N | Sanjay Kumar Singh | | | |
| Dhanusha 2 | A | | LSP-N | Sanjay Kumar Sah | | | |
| Dhanusha 2 | B | | CPN (US) | Shailendra Kumar Yadav | | | |
| Dhanusha 3 | A | | NC | Ram Saroj Yadav | | | |
| Dhanusha 3 | B | | NC | Hari Shankar Sah | | | |
| Dhanusha 4 | A | | NC | Shesh Narayan Yadav | | | |
| Dhanusha 4 | B | | CPN (US) | Satrudhan Mahato | | | |
| Mahottari 1 | A | | LSP-N | Pitambar Mahato | | | |
| Mahottari 1 | B | | CPN (MC) | Bharat Prasad Sah | | | |
| Mahottari 2 | A | | LSP-N | Jayanul Rain | | | |
| Mahottari 2 | B | | NC | Nageshwar Yadav | | | |
| Mahottari 3 | A | | LSP-N | Abhiram Sharma | | | |
| Mahottari 3 | B | | LSP-N | Rani Kumari Tiwari | | | |
| Mahottari 4 | A | | LSP-N | Kaushal Kumar Yadav | | | |
| Mahottari 4 | B | | CPN (MC) | Lalendra Kumar Mandal | | | |
| Sarlahi 1 | A | | LSP-N | Upendra Mahato | | | |
| Sarlahi 1 | B | | CPN (US) | Bechi Lungeli | | | |
| Sarlahi 2 | A | | NC | Jangi Lal Ray | | | |
| Sarlahi 2 | B | | NC | Kaushal Kishor Ray | | | |
| Sarlahi 3 | A | | CPN (US) | Dilli Prasad Upreti | | | |
| Sarlahi 3 | B | | NC | Haresh Prasad Mahato | | | |
| Sarlahi 4 | A | | NC | Birendra Prasad Singh | | | |
| Sarlahi 4 | B | | CPN (MC) | Fakira Mahato | | | |
| Rautahat 1 | A | | NC | Nagendra Sah | | | |
| Rautahat 1 | B | | NC | Krishna Prasad Yadav | | | |
| Rautahat 2 | A | | LSP-N | Shekh Jamsedh | | | |
| Rautahat 2 | B | | CPN (MC) | Surendra Prasad Jayasbal | | | |
| Rautahat 3 | A | | CPN (US) | Nagendra Raya Yadav | | | |
| Rautahat 3 | B | | NC | Sunil Kumar Yadav | | | |
| Rautahat 4 | A | | CPN (US) | Bal Krishna Shrestha | | | |
| Rautahat 4 | B | | CPN (US) | Shekh Satar Ahmad | | | |
| Bara 1 | A | | NC | Ramesh Prasad Dangal | | | |
| Bara 1 | B | | NC | Nagendra Prasad Kanu | | | |
| Bara 2 | A | | LSP-N | Moti Lal Prasad | | | |
| Bara 2 | B | | NC | Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav | | | |
| Bara 3 | A | | CPN (MC) | Mukesh Sah | | | |
| Bara 3 | B | | NC | Jay Chandra Prasad Chaurasiya | | | |
| Bara 4 | A | | CPN (MC) | Chetra Bahadur Shrestha | | | |
| Bara 4 | B | | LSP-N | Jitendra Prasad Sonal | | | |
| Parsa 1 | A | | CPN (MC) | Rahabar Ansari | | | |
| Parsa 1 | B | | NC | Ram Narayan Prasad Kurmi | | | |
| Parsa 2 | A | | NC | Shyam Prasad Patel | | | |
| Parsa 2 | B | | LSP-N | Ramesh Prasad Kurmi | | | |
| Parsa 3 | A | | CPN (MC) | Chotte Lal Prasad Yadav | | | |
| Parsa 3 | B | | NC | Janardan Singh Chhetri | | | |
| Parsa 4 | A | | NC | Shankar Prasad Kurmi | | | |
| Parsa 4 | B | | CPN (MC) | Chand Tara Kurmi | | | |

## Alliance
### Democratic alliance

| No. | Party | Leader | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
| 1. | Nepali Congress | Ram Saroj Yadav | 27 | TBD | TBD |
| 2. | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | Jitendra Prasad Sonal | 15 | TBD | TBD |
| 3. | CPN (Unified Socialist) | Satrudhan Mahato | 11 | TBD | TBD |
| 4. | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Bharat Prasad Sah | 10 | TBD | TBD |
| 5. | Socialist Party of Nepal | Ram Naresh Ray Yadav | 1 | 1 | 0 |

### CPN (UML)+

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
| 1. | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | | Satya Narayan Mandal | | 32 | TBD | TBD |
| 2. | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | | | Mohammad Lalbabu Raut | | 32 | TBD | TBD |

### RPP+

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats contested | Male candidates | Female candidates |
| 1. | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | | | Rajendra Prasad Lingden | | TBD | TBD | TBD |

### Others

| No. | Party | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Chief Candidates | Deputy chief Candidates |
| 1. | Bidrohi CPN (UML) | Prabhu Sah | 17 | TBD | TBD | |
| 2. | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Brikhesh Chandra Lal | | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3. | People's Progressive Party | Shivajee Yadav | | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 4. | Janamat Party | Kishori Sah Kamal | | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 5. | People's Freedom Party | Resham Lal Chaudhary | | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## Opinion poll

| Party | Party | FPTP | PR | Total |
| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Total |
| | Nepali Congress | 17-20 | 11-13 | 28-33 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | 11-13 | 9-10 | 19-23 |
| | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 9-11 | 6-8 | 15-19 |
| | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | 7-8 | 5-6 | 12-14 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 8-9 | 6-8 | 14-17 |
| | Nepal Socialist Party | 8-9 | 6-8 | 14-17 |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 4-5 | 3-5 | 7-10 |
| | Janamat Party | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-1 |
| | Independent | 0-1 | | 0-1 |
| Invalid/Blank votes | Invalid/Blank votes | | | |
| Total | Total | 64 | 43 | 107 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | | | |
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## Result

| Party | Party | FPTP | FPTP | FPTP | PR | PR | PR | Total |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total |
| | Nepali Congress | | | 13 | 303958 | 20.14 | 9 | 22 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | | | 15 | 268048 | 17.77 | 8 | 23 |
| | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | | | 8 | 211690 | 14.03 | 7 | 15 |
| | Janamat Party | | | 6 | 203892 | 13.51 | 6 | 12 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | | | 4 | 128737 | 8.53 | 4 | 8 |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | | | 4 | 89012 | 5.89 | 3 | 7 |
| | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | | | 7 | 74319 | 4.92 | 2 | 9 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | | | 0 | 52415 | 3.47 | 2 | 2 |
| | Nagrik Unmukti Party | | | 0 | 39656 | 2.63 | 1 | 1 |
| | Nepal Federal Socialist Party | | | 0 | 38771 | 2.56 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | | | 0 | 98134 | 6.5 | | 0 |
| | Independent | | | 6 | - | | | 6 |
| Invalid/Blank votes | Invalid/Blank votes | | | | | | | |
| Total | Total | | 100 | 64 | 1508692 | 100 | 43 | 107 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | | | | | | | |
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