1999 Nepalese general election

General elections were held in Nepal on 3 and 17 May 1999. The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party, gaining 28 seats, while the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN–UML) lost 17.

3 and 17 May 1999
All 205 seats in the Pratinidhi Sabha 103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.79%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Madhav Kumar Nepal Surya Bahadur Thapa Party CPN (UML) RPP Leader's seat Parsa 1 Rautahat 1 Rautahat 4 (vacated) Dhankuta 2 Sarlahi 2 (lost) Last election 83 88 20 Seats won 111 71 11 Seat change 28 17 9 Popular vote 3,214,786 2,734,568 902,328 Percentage 37.17% 31.61% 10.43%
PM before election Girija Prasad Koirala Elected PM Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

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Results

Further information: Results of the 1999 Nepalese general election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Nepali Congress	3,214,786	37.17	111
	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	2,734,568	31.61	71
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	902,328	10.43	11
	Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist)	567,760	6.56	0
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	295,812	3.42	0
	Nepal Sadbhavana Party	278,435	3.22	5
	Rastriya Janamorcha	121,426	1.40	5
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	94,860	1.10	0
	United People's Front of Nepal	74,669	0.86	1
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	48,685	0.56	1
	Nepali Janata Dal	11,748	0.14	0
	Janamukti Party Nepal	9,616	0.11	0
	Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)	8,101	0.09	0
	Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha	6,852	0.08	0
	Hariyali Nepal Party	6,420	0.07	0
	Communist Party of Nepal (United)	5,111	0.06	0
	Nepali Janta Party Rastriya Sambriddhibad	4,927	0.06	0
	Rastriya Janata Parishad	3,799	0.04	0
	Jana Congress	1,992	0.02	0
	Shivsena Nepal	1,756	0.02	0
	Nepal Socialist Party	950	0.01	0
	Bahujan Samaj Party of Nepal	835	0.01	0
	Nepal Praja Parishad	817	0.01	0
	Samyukta Prajatantra Party Nepal	297	0.00	0
	Nepal Samyabadi Party (MLM)	190	0.00	0
	Save the Nation Movement	170	0.00	0
	Pragati Upayogoto, Nepal	155	0.00	0
	Nepal Janabhavana Party	120	0.00	0
	Rastrabadi Janata Party	105	0.00	0
	Social Democratic Party	97	0.00	0
	Samajbadi Garib Party	86	0.00	0
	Nepal Janahit Party	68	0.00	0
	Nepal Suraksha Party	56	0.00	0
	Nepal Rastrabadi Dal	55	0.00	0
	Mechi-Mahakali Jana Samanwaya Dal	35	0.00	0
	Prajatantric Nepali Janata Party	18	0.00	0
	Prajatantra Sagarmatha Dal	11	0.00	0
	Liberal Democratic Party	10	0.00	0
	Nepal Rastriya Aketa Party	8	0.00	0
	Independents	251,930	2.91	0
Total		8,649,664	100.00	205
Valid votes		8,649,664	97.25
Invalid/blank votes		244,902	2.75
Total votes		8,894,566	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,518,839	65.79
Source: Nepal Research

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

1999 Nepalese General Election Media

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    SJMN: 1 seat

Related pages

• List of MPs elected in the 1999 Nepalese general election