1999 Nepalese general election

3 and 17 May 1999

All 205 seats in the Pratinidhi Sabha
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.79%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Madhav Kumar Nepal Surya Bahadur Thapa
Party Nepali Congress 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 Increase 28 Decrease 17 Decrease 9
Popular vote 3,214,786 2,734,568 902,328
Percentage 37.17% 31.61% 10.43%

PM before election

Girija Prasad Koirala
Nepali Congress

Elected PM

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Nepali Congress

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.

Background

The previous elections o the Pratinidhi Sabha in 1994 had seen the CPN–UML emerge victorious and the first-ever popularly elected communist government formed. Yet by 1999, infighting, such as the departure of the Bam Dev Gautam and C.P. Mainali led splinter group, had got in the way of policy decisions and put certain people off voting for the party.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Nepali Congress3,214,78637.17111
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2,734,56831.6171
Rastriya Prajatantra Party902,32810.4311
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist)567,7606.560
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)295,8123.420
Nepal Sadbhavana Party278,4353.225
Rastriya Janamorcha121,4261.405
Rastriya Janamukti Party94,8601.100
United People's Front of Nepal74,6690.861
Nepal Workers Peasants Party48,6850.561
Nepali Janata Dal11,7480.140
Janamukti Party Nepal9,6160.110
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)8,1010.090
Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha6,8520.080
Hariyali Nepal Party6,4200.070
Communist Party of Nepal (United)5,1110.060
Nepali Janta Party Rastriya Sambriddhibad4,9270.060
Rastriya Janata Parishad3,7990.040
Jana Congress1,9920.020
Shivsena Nepal1,7560.020
Nepal Socialist Party9500.010
Bahujan Samaj Party of Nepal8350.010
Nepal Praja Parishad8170.010
Samyukta Prajatantra Party Nepal2970.000
Nepal Samyabadi Party (MLM)1900.000
Save the Nation Movement1700.000
Pragati Upayogoto, Nepal1550.000
Nepal Janabhavana Party1200.000
Rastrabadi Janata Party1050.000
Social Democratic Party970.000
Samajbadi Garib Party860.000
Nepal Janahit Party680.000
Nepal Suraksha Party560.000
Nepal Rastrabadi Dal550.000
Mechi-Mahakali Jana Samanwaya Dal350.000
Prajatantric Nepali Janata Party180.000
Prajatantra Sagarmatha Dal110.000
Liberal Democratic Party100.000
Nepal Rastriya Aketa Party80.000
Independents251,9302.910
Total8,649,664100.00205
Valid votes8,649,66497.25
Invalid/blank votes244,9022.75
Total votes8,894,566100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,518,83965.79
Source: Nepal Research

Distribution of seats

Aftermath

Following the elections, the various parties found it difficult to cooperate and finalise a policy of the Maoist rebels, culminating in the 2002 dissolution of the parliament by King Gyanendra.

Following the 2006 Loktantra Andolan, in which all of the parties successful in 1999, except the royalist Rashtriya Prajatantra Party participated in the Seven Party Alliance, the House was reinstated in 2006.

See also

References

  1. "Previous Election Facts and Figures". 2008-10-21. Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
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