Nepalese provincial elections, 2017

Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 26 November and 7 December 2017 along with the legislative elections. 330 seats in the seven newly created provincial assemblies were elected by FPTP and 220 by PR. The election was part of Nepal's transformation to a federal republic.

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 list proportional representation for parties gathering more than 1,5% of the votes. Each voter will get separate ballot papers for the two methods.

To vote in the general election, one must be:

The key dates are listed below

The first phase of the election was carried out on 26 November 2017 in 32 mountainous and hilly districts. The counting of the votes of the first phase will also only begin once the second phase is conducted.

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