Election context
The largest party
Rastriya Swatantra Party has 125 direct wins or leads, 49.3% of the proportional vote, and about 182 seats in all.
The current House
Nepal’s current House of Representatives
Start with the people in Parliament. The election figures below explain how the current House was formed.
Constituencies
165 constituency results
MPs listed
275 MPs listed
Leading party
Rastriya Swatantra Party
Share
Election context
How the election shaped the House
Closest results
The closest seats
18 constituencies were decided within five percentage points. Okhaldhunga-1 was closest, with 5 votes between the top two.
Election by province
Where the vote was most divided
5 parties won seats in Karnali, where the average winning margin was 9.0%. It was the most evenly split province.
Current House
Who sits in the House
MP directory
All 275 seats accounted for
275 of the House's 275 seats have an MP listed: 165 elected directly and 110 from proportional lists.
96 women MPs
Most women MPs came through proportional lists
Women hold 96 seats (34.9% of the House). 82 came through proportional lists and 14 won direct seats.
Bagmati
MPs come from every province
All 7 provinces are represented. Bagmati has the largest direct delegation, with 33 MPs.
Direct / Proportional
Direct and proportional seats
165 MPs (60%) won constituencies. The other 110 (40%) came through proportional lists.
Direct 165Proportional 110
About the MPs
What the directory tells us
Profile details
How much background is available
275 profiles have a short summary. 275 link to an official record, and 166 include education or work history.
Cabinet
MPs serving in the cabinet
The directory currently lists 17 ministers, including 6 women, from 2 parties.
Sources
Sources linked to profiles
275 profiles link to public sources. 275 cite at least three, with an average of 8.2 sources per profile.
House makeup
Seats by party
Largest parties
Direct and proportional seats combined.
Rastriya Swatantra Party
Vote share: 49.3%
182
Total
Direct 125Proportional 57
Nepali Congress
Vote share: 16.7%
38
Total
Direct 18Proportional 20
CPN-UML
Vote share: 13.9%
25
Total
Direct 9Proportional 16
Nepali Communist Party
Vote share: 7.7%
17
Total
Direct 8Proportional 9
Shram Sanskriti Party
Vote share: 3.7%
7
Total
Direct 3Proportional 4
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Vote share: 3.1%
5
Total
Direct 1Proportional 4
PR cutoff
Parties above the 3% cutoff
Parties need at least 3% of the proportional vote to receive PR seats.
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Total votes: 330,684
Vote share: 3.15%3% cutoff
Shram Sanskriti Party
Total votes: 385,856
Vote share: 3.67%3% cutoff
Janata Samjbadi Party-Nepal
Total votes: 182,285
Vote share: 1.74%3% cutoff
Rastriya Pariwartan Party / Ujaylo Nepal Party
Total votes: 172,493
Vote share: 1.64%3% cutoff
Janamat Party
Total votes: 79,435
Vote share: 0.76%3% cutoff
Nagarik Unmukti Party, Nepal (Ekal Chunab Chinha)
Total votes: 62,069
Vote share: 0.59%3% cutoff
Election by province
Results by province
Koshi
Leading party: Rastriya Swatantra Party
Avg. margin
25.9%
Close seats
5
Winning parties
4
Rastriya Swatantra Party 17CPN-UML 4Nepali Congress 4Shram Sanskriti Party 3
Madhesh
Leading party: Rastriya Swatantra Party
Avg. margin
40.1%
Close seats
1
Winning parties
3
Rastriya Swatantra Party 30Nepali Communist Party 1Nepali Congress 1
Bagmati
Leading party: Rastriya Swatantra Party
Avg. margin
34.9%
Close seats
2
Winning parties
3
Rastriya Swatantra Party 31Nepali Communist Party 1Nepali Congress 1
Gandaki
Leading party: Rastriya Swatantra Party
Avg. margin
31.8%
Close seats
1
Winning parties
3
Rastriya Swatantra Party 15Nepali Congress 2Independent 1
Lumbini
Leading party: Rastriya Swatantra Party
Avg. margin
29.5%
Close seats
2
Winning parties
4
Rastriya Swatantra Party 21Nepali Communist Party 2Nepali Congress 2CPN-UML 1
Karnali
Leading party: Nepali Congress
Avg. margin
9.0%
Close seats
3
Winning parties
5
Nepali Congress 5Nepali Communist Party 4CPN-UML 1Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1Rastriya Swatantra Party 1
Sudurpaschim
Leading party: Rastriya Swatantra Party
Avg. margin
17.7%
Close seats
4
Winning parties
3
Rastriya Swatantra Party 10CPN-UML 3Nepali Congress 3
Closest results
The narrowest constituency wins
Koshi
Okhaldhunga-1
Bishwaraj Pokharel · Rastriya Swatantra Party
Ahead of Kumar Luitel
Margin
5 (0.01%)
Total votes
39,197
Lumbini
Gulmi-2
Govinda Panthi · Rastriya Swatantra Party
Ahead of Gokarnaraj Bista
Margin
561 (1.17%)
Total votes
47,807
Sudurpaschim
Bajura-1
Janak Raj Giri · Nepali Congress
Ahead of Lal Bahadur Thapa
Margin
540 (1.36%)
Total votes
39,841
Koshi
Sankhuwasabha-1
Arjun Kumar Karki · CPN-UML
Ahead of Mingma Sherpa
Margin
636 (1.45%)
Total votes
43,907
Bagmati
Sindhuli-1
Dhanendra Karki · Rastriya Swatantra Party
Ahead of Pradip Kumar Katuwal Chhetri (K.C)
Margin
800 (1.66%)
Total votes
48,088
Karnali
Dailekh-1
Basana Thapa · Nepali Congress
Ahead of Ravindra Raj Sharma
Margin
576 (1.78%)
Total votes
32,319
Sudurpaschim
Achham-1
Bharat Kumar Swar · Nepali Congress
Ahead of Bhim Bahadur Rawal
Margin
526 (1.85%)
Total votes
28,381
Sudurpaschim
Doti-1
Bharat Bahadur Khadka · Nepali Congress
Ahead of Deepak Bahadur Dhami
Margin
787 (1.86%)
Total votes
42,277
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