2018 Nepalese presidential election

The third presidential election of Nepal was held on 13 March 2018.[1] As a new election law was developed (which is foreseen by the Constitution of Nepal) and as, due to the Nepalese election in 2017, an electoral college could be established, the election took place three years after the previous presidential elections despite the presidential term of office actually being set at 5 years.[2][3] The President was elected by an electoral college composed of the members of federal parliament and provincial assemblies. The total number of voters was thus 880,[lower-alpha 1] however the 331 members of Federal Parliament have a vote weight of 79, while the 549 members of Provincial Assemblies have a vote weight of 48. In total 862 lawmakers participated in the election leading to a turnout of 97.95%.[4]

2018 Nepalese presidential election
13 March 2018
Registered880
Turnout97.95%
 
Candidate Bidhya Devi Bhandari Kumari Laxmi Rai
Party CPN (UML) Congress
Electoral vote 39,275 11,730
Percentage 74.81% 22.34%
President before election

Bidhya Devi Bhandari
CPN (UML)

 Elected President

Bidhya Devi Bhandari
CPN (UML)

Electoral college
Party Pratinidhi Sabha votes Rastriya Sabha votes Pradesh Sabha votes Total votes Percentage
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 9,559 2,133 11,664 23,356 44.43%
Nepali Congress 4,997 1,027 5,424 11,448 21.78%
CPN (Maoist Centre) 4,187 948 5,184 10,319 19.63%
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal 1,264 158 1,776 3,198 6.08%
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal 1,343 158 1,344 2,845 5.41%
Rastriya Janamorcha 79 0 192 271 0.52%
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 79 0 144 223 0.42%
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal 79 0 144 223 0.42%
Nepal Mazdoor Kisan Party 79 0 96 175 0.33%
Bibeksheel Sajha Party 0 0 144 144 0.27%
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch 0 0 48 48 0.09%
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) 0 0 48 48 0.09%
Nepal Sanghiya Samajwadi Party 0 0 48 48 0.09%
Independents 79 0 144 223 0.42%
Total 21,745 4,424 26,400 52,569 100%

Candidates

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Main article: Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Name Born Current or previous positions Province Announced Ref

Bidhya Devi Bhandari

 (1961-06-19) 19 June 1961
Bhojpur, Province No. 1		 Member of the Legislature Parliament of Nepal (2013-2018)

Minister of Defence (2009-2011)

Minister of Population and Environment (1997)

Member of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-2 (1994-2002)

Member of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-1 (1993-1994)

 Province No. 1 7 March 2018 [5][6]

Nepali Congress
Main article: Nepali Congress
Name Born Current or previous positions Province Announced Ref
Kumari Laxmi Rai (1949-07-01) 1 July 1949
Bhojpur, Province No. 1		 Member of the Legislature Parliament of Nepal (2013-2018) Province No. 1 7 March 2018 [5][6]

Results

Bhandari's election was supported by her own party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and coalition partner Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) as well as Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal, Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, Rastriya Janamorcha and Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[4]

Results of the 2018 Nepalese presidential election[7]
CandidateElectoral College votes%
Bidhya Devi Bhandari39,275
74.81%
Kumari Laxmi Rai11,730
22.34%
Invalid/Abstained1,496
2.85%

Vice-presidential election

The election for the Vice President of Nepal was scheduled to take place on 23 March 2018. However, as incumbent Nanda Bahadur Pun, was the only candidate for the office and no complaints were filed against him, he was declared Vice President of Nepal by the Election Commission on 18 March 2018.[8][9]

Notes
  1. 3 members of National Assembly and 1 member of Province Assembly were not included in the voter list

References
  1. "Prez Bhandari files her nomination for another tenure". myrepublica.com. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. "Procedure begins to elect new Nepal President, Vice President". New Indian Express. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. "Pun re-elected vice-president of Nepal". Gulf Times. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. "President Bhandari is re-elected". The Kathmandu Post. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. "Incumbent Bhandari, NC leader Laxmi Rai in race for presidency in Nepal". The Hindu. PTI, PTI. 2018-03-08. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-03-21.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Bhandari, Rai final prez candidates". The Himalayan Times. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  7. "Nepal's first woman President Bidya Devi Bhandari scripts history with second successive triumph". NewsX. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  8. "Vice President Pun poised to get reelected today". República. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  9. "Pun re-elected as Nepal's vice president". Xinhua. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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