2017 Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province election

Madhesh election held in Nepal on 26 November and 7 December 2017 along with the legislative elections. 107 seats in the newly created Madhesh Province Assembly were as 64 will elected by first-past-the-post voting and 43 by proportional representation.The election was part of Nepal's transformation to a federal republic.Next Election will be held in 2022 unless dissolved earlier without completing the five years term. 2022 Madhesh Provincial election will be the second election for provinces after completion of tenure of five years.

2017 Provincial Assembly election of Madhesh Province

2017
All 107 seats in the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province 54 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mohammad Lalbabu Raut Jitendra Prasad Sonal Saroj Kumar Yadav Party FSFN RJFN NC Leader since 15 July 2017 15 July 2017 15 July 2017 Seats won 29 25 19 Seat change First provincial election First provincial election First provincial election   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Satya Narayan Mandal Bharat Prasad Sah Party CPN (UML) Maoist Center Leader since 15 July 2017 15 July 2017 Seats won 21 11 Seat change First provincial election First provincial election
Elected Chief Minister Mohammad Lalbabu Raut PSPN

Alliance

Left alliance

A left alliance comprising the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and the Naya Shakti Party was announced with party unification to follow after the elections. However, Naya Shakti Party left the alliance after its coordinator Baburam Bhattarai was not guaranteed an election ticket from his preferred constituency of Gorkha. He subsequently switched alliances in Gorkha. Other leftist parties like Rastriya Janamorcha and Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) had also joined this alliance in some constituencies.

Democratic alliance

An alliance consisting of the center-left Nepali Congress, the Rastriya Prajatanra Party, the Rastriya Prajatanra Party (Democratic), Naya Shakti Party, Nepal and two Madhesh based parties, Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, was formed as a response to this left alliance.Rastriya Prajatantra Party allied with the left parties to defeat Nepali Congress candidate former Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula in Jhapa-3. Later two Madhesh based parties, Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal left the alliance due to differences on seat sharing.

Madhesh alliance

After two Madhesh based parties, Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal left the alliance due to differences on seat sharing, they formed an alliance on their own and fielded in elections.

Result

Province 2

Party		FPTP			PR			Total
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Nepali Congress	509,139	27.82	8	370,550	24.11	11	19
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	303,041	16.56	15	318,524	20.72	10	25
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	326,298	17.83	20	284,072	18.48	9	29
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	282,718	15.45	14	249,734	16.25	7	21
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	234,160	12.80	6	182,619	11.88	5	11
	Nepal Federal Socialist Party	17,976	0.98	0	32,864	2.14	1	1
	Others	66,633	3.65	0	98,808	6.42	0	0
	Independent	89,842	4.91	1	–	–	–	1
Invalid/Blank votes		98,959	–	–	374,853	–	–	–
Total		1,928,766	100	64	1,912,024	100	43	107
Registered voters/turnout		2,767,379	69.69	–	2,767,379	69.09	–	–
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

References

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