Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 26 November and 7 December 2017 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven newly created provincial assemblies were elected by first-past-the-post voting and 220 by proportional representation. The election was part of Nepal's transformation to a federal republic.[1] Next Election will be held in 2022 unless dissolved earlier without completing the five years term. 2022 Nepalese provincial election will be the second election for provinces after completion of tenure of five years.
The 550 members of the provincial assemblies will be elected by two methods; 330 will be elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 220 seats will be elected by closed listproportional representation for parties gathering more than 1.5% of the votes.[2] Each voter will get separate ballot papers for the two methods.
Last day for party registration at Election Commission[5]
30 August
Election code of conduct starts
14 October
Tenure of Legislature parliament ends
15 October
Parties submit preliminary closed list for proportional representation
22 October
Candidate nomination for first phase of first past the post
2 November
Candidate nomination for second phase of first past the post
19 November
Closed list for proportional representation finalized and published
26 November
Election day (first phase) – polling centres open 07:00 to 17:00
7 December
Election day (second phase) – polling centres open 07:00 to 17:00
The first phase of the election was carried out on 26 November 2017 in 32 mountainous and hilly districts.[6] The counting of the votes of the first phase will also only begin once the second phase is conducted.[7]
^Electoral Roll Act, 2017(PDF) (Act 23, 6 & 23) (in Nepali). 2 February 2017. Archived from the original(PDF) on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
^"प्रेश विज्ञप्ति" [Press release] (Press release) (in Nepali). Kathmandu: Election Commission. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
