Nepal Elections 2026: Voting Concludes, Results for 165 Seats Expected Within 24 Hours

Kathmandu, March 5: The elections for Nepal’s House of Representatives have concluded. The counting of votes will begin late Thursday night. The Election Commission claims that results for 165 seats under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system will be announced within 24 hours. However, they noted that it takes at least a day to collect ballot boxes from mountainous regions and transport them to counting centers, so the remaining results will be declared 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 commenced at 7 AM on Thursday across 23,000 centers in 77 districts and continued until 5 PM. This marks the first general election following the Gen-Z uprising in September of last year.

The Election Commission reports that there are 18,903,689 registered voters, including 9,663,358 men, 9,240,131 women, and 200 individuals identifying as other.

Voters will elect 275 members to the lower house. Out of these, 165 MPs will be chosen through the 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 the deaths of 77 individuals. Following this, former Prime Minister KP Oli resigned. The protests caused damages exceeding 84 billion Nepalese Rupees to both private and public property.

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 the age of 41, with 1,925 candidates aged between 41 and 60, and 425 senior citizens. There are also 201 candidates aged 30 or younger.

In the 2022 elections, voter turnout was recorded at 61.63 percent. Prior to that, in 2017, it reached 68.67 percent. The highest turnout was in 2013, with 78.34 percent of voters participating.

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