1999 Nepalese general election

1999 Nepalese general election

← 1994 3 and 17 May 1999 2008 (CA) →

All 205 seats in the Pratinidhi Sabha
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.79%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Madhav Kumar Nepal Surya Bahadur Thapa
Party Congress CPN (UML) RPP
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%
Swing Increase 3.70pp Decrease 0.25pp Decrease 8.08pp

Prime Minister before election

Girija Prasad Koirala
Congress

Prime Minister after election

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
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.