Kathmandu, March 5: The elections for Nepal’s House of Representatives have concluded. The counting of votes will commence late Thursday night. The Election Commission claims that results for 165 seats (First-Past-The-Post) will be released within 24 hours of the counting start. However, they noted that it may take at least a day to collect ballot boxes from mountainous regions and transport them to counting centers, meaning that results for the remaining seats will be announced later.
According to major media outlet The Kathmandu Post, Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari expressed optimism that voter turnout could exceed 65 percent this time.
Voting for the House of Representatives began at 7 AM across 23,000 centers in 77 districts and continued until 5 PM. This marks the first general election since the Gen-Z uprising last September.
The Election Commission reports that there are 18,903,689 registered voters, including 9,663,358 men, 9,240,131 women, and 200 others.
Voters will elect 275 members to the lower house. Of these, 165 MPs will be chosen through the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, while the remaining 110 seats will be filled through proportional representation.
The Gen-Z movement, which took place on September 8-9, 2025, resulted in 77 fatalities. Following this, then-Prime Minister KP Oli resigned. The protests caused damages exceeding 84 billion Nepalese Rupees to both private and public properties.
In the aftermath of the protests, uncertainty loomed over the country’s political direction. However, the interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki took steps to restore political stability and announced new elections.
Most candidates are over 41 years old, with 1,925 candidates aged between 41 and 60, and 425 senior citizens. There are also 201 candidates aged 30 or younger.
Voter turnout in the 2022 elections was recorded at 61.63 percent. In 2017, the turnout reached 68.67 percent, while the highest turnout was in 2013, with 78.34 percent of voters participating.
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