1999 Nepalese general election Turnout 65.79%
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 to 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
Party Votes % Seats Nepali Congress 3,214,786 37.17 111 Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 2,734,568 31.61 71 Rastriya Prajatantra Party 902,328 10.43 11 Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) 567,760 6.56 0 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) 295,812 3.42 0 Nepal Sadbhavana Party 278,435 3.22 5 Rastriya Janamorcha 121,426 1.40 5 Rastriya Janamukti Party 94,860 1.10 0 United People's Front of Nepal 74,669 0.86 1 Nepal Workers Peasants Party 48,685 0.56 1 Nepali Janata Dal 11,748 0.14 0 Janamukti Party Nepal 9,616 0.11 0 Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) 8,101 0.09 0 Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha 6,852 0.08 0 Hariyali Nepal Party 6,420 0.07 0 Communist Party of Nepal (United) 5,111 0.06 0 Nepali Janta Party Rastriya Sambriddhibad 4,927 0.06 0 Rastriya Janata Parishad 3,799 0.04 0 Jana Congress 1,992 0.02 0 Shivsena Nepal 1,756 0.02 0 Nepal Socialist Party 950 0.01 0 Bahujan Samaj Party of Nepal 835 0.01 0 Nepal Praja Parishad 817 0.01 0 Samyukta Prajatantra Party Nepal 297 0.00 0 Nepal Samyabadi Party (MLM) 190 0.00 0 Save the Nation Movement 170 0.00 0 Pragati Upayogoto, Nepal 155 0.00 0 Nepal Janabhavana Party 120 0.00 0 Rastrabadi Janata Party 105 0.00 0 Social Democratic Party 97 0.00 0 Samajbadi Garib Party 86 0.00 0 Nepal Janahit Party 68 0.00 0 Nepal Suraksha Party 56 0.00 0 Nepal Rastrabadi Dal 55 0.00 0 Mechi-Mahakali Jana Samanwaya Dal 35 0.00 0 Prajatantric Nepali Janata Party 18 0.00 0 Prajatantra Sagarmatha Dal 11 0.00 0 Liberal Democratic Party 10 0.00 0 Nepal Rastriya Aketa Party 8 0.00 0 Independents 251,930 2.91 0 Total 8,649,664 100.00 205 Valid votes 8,649,664 97.25 Invalid/blank votes 244,902 2.75 Total votes 8,894,566 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 13,518,839 65.79 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.
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Winners and runner-ups in the legislative elections of Nepal 1994 and 1999
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