2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

**Constituent Assembly elections** were held in Nepal on 19 November 2013. The vote was repeatedly delayed. It has been planned for 22 November 2012 after the dissolution of the 1st Constituent Assembly on 27 May 2012, but it was put off by the election commission. The Nepali Congress became the largest party in the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, winning 196 of the 575 elected seats.

## Related pages

- 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
- List of members elected in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
- Koirala cabinet, 2013

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
- **country**: Nepal
- **type**: parliamentary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
- **previous year**: 2008
- **previous mps**: List of members elected in the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
- **elected mps**: 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
- **next election**: 2017 Nepalese general election
- **next year**: 2017
- **seats for election**: 575 of the 601 seats in the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, Constituent Assembly
- **majority seats**: 301
- **election date**: 19 November 2013
- **turnout**: 79.82%
- **image size**: 130x130px
- **image1**: Sushil Koirala 2010-04-15.jpg
- **leader1**: Sushil Koirala
- **party1**: Nepali Congress
- **last election1**: 21.14%, 110 seats
- **seats1**: 196
- **seat change1**: 86
- **popular vote1**: **2,418,370**
- **percentage1**: **25.55%**
- **swing1**: 4.41pp
- **image2**: J.n (2).jpg
- **leader2**: Jhala Nath Khanal
- **party2**: Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
- **last election2**: 20.33%, 103 seats
- **seats2**: 175
- **seat change2**: 72
- **popular vote2**: 2,239,609
- **percentage2**: 23.66%
- **swing2**: 3.33pp
- **image3**: Prachanda 2009.jpg
- **leader3**: Pushpa Kamal Dahal
- **party3**: Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
- **seats3**: 80
- **seat change3**: 147
- **popular vote3**: 1,439,726
- **percentage3**: 15.21%
- **swing3**: 15.06pp
- **image4**: Kamal Thapa 2015.jpg
- **leader4**: Kamal Thapa
- **party4**: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal
- **last election4**: 1.03%, 4 seats
- **seats4**: 24
- **seat change4**: 20
- **popular vote4**: 630,697
- **percentage4**: 6.66%
- **swing4**: 5.63%
- **image5**: Bijaya kumar gachchadar (cropped).jpg
- **leader5**: Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
- **party5**: Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Loktantrik)
- **last election5**: –
- **seats5**: 14
- **seat change5**: _New_
- **popular vote5**: 274,987
- **percentage5**: 2.91%
- **swing5**: _New_
- **image6**: Surya bahadur thapa (cropped).png
- **leader6**: Surya Bahadur Thapa
- **party6**: Rastriya Prajatantra Party
- **last election6**: 3.40%, 11 seats
- **seats6**: 13
- **seat change6**: 2
- **popular vote6**: 260,234
- **percentage6**: 2.75%
- **swing6**: 0.65pp
- **image7**: MahanthaThakur.png
- **leader7**: Mahantha Thakur
- **party7**: Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party
- **last election7**: 20 seats, 3.16%
- **seats7**: 11
- **seat change7**: 9
- **popular vote7**: 181,140
- **percentage7**: 1.91%
- **swing7**: 1.25pp
- **image8**: Upendra Yadav at Rajbiraj (cropped).jpg
- **leader8**: Upendra Yadav
- **party8**: Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal
- **last election8**: 6.32%, 52 seats
- **seats8**: 10
- **seat change8**: 42
- **popular vote8**: 214,319
- **percentage8**: 2.26%
- **swing8**: 4.06pp
- **title**: Prime Minister of Nepal, Prime Minister
- **before election**: Khil Raj Regmi
- **before party**: Independent politician
- **after election**: Sushil Koirala
- **after party**: Nepali Congress