2022 Madhesh Provincial Assembly election

2022 Provincial Assembly election of Madhesh Province

20 November 2022[1]
All 107 seats in the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province 54 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ram Saroj Yadav Satya Narayan Mandal Saroj Kumar Yadav Party Congress CPN (UML) People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020) Leader since 2021 2017 2017 Leader's seat Dhanusha 3(A) Not contesting Bara 1(B) Last election 27.82% 19 seats 16.25% 22 seats New Party Seats before 19 8 39 Seats after 22 23 16 Seat change 3 15 23   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mahesh Prasad Yadav Bharat Prasad Sah Satrudhan Mahato Party Janamat Maoist Centre Unified Socialist Leader since 2022 2021 2021 Leader's seat Saptari 2(B) Mahottari 1(B) Dhanusha 4(B) Last election New Party 11.88% 11 seats New Party Seats before 0 8 13 Seats after 13 8 7 Seat change 13 6   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Jitendra Prasad Sonal Bharat Giri Party Loktantrik Samajwadi RPP Leader since 2021 2022 Leader's seat Bara 4(B) Not contesting Last election New Party Seats before 16 0 Seats after 9 1 Seat change 7 1
Chief Minister before election Mohammad Lalbabu Raut PSP-N Elected Chief Minister Saroj Yadav PSP-N

Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022.[2] The discussion to conduct sooner than later is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML) is already demanding for fresh mandate.[3][4]

Parties

Current composition

Party		Ideology	2017 result			Current seats
			Votes (%)		Seats
	Nepali Congress	Social democracy/Third Way	24.11		19 / 107	22 / 107
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Marxism–Leninism	16.25		22 / 107	8 / 107
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path	11.88		11 / 107	8 / 107
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Marxism–Leninism	New Party			14 / 107
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	Democratic Socialism	RJPN	20.72	25 / 107	33 / 107
			FSFN	18.48	29 / 107
			Independent		1 / 275
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	Social democracy	New party			16 / 107
	Nepal Socialist Party	Social democracy	New party			3 / 107

Candidates

Constituency		Nepali Congress+			CPN (UML)+
		Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
Saptari 1	A		LSP-N	Tulsi Prasad Chaudhary
	B		NC	Badri Narayan Mahatman Yadav
Saptari 2	A		LSP-N	Saroj Kumar Mandal
	B		CPN (MC)	Umesh Kumar Yadav
Saptari 3	A		NC	Mohammad Samim
	B		NC	Bhagwati Prasad Yadav
Saptari 4	A		CPN (US)	Govind Bahadur Neupane
	B		NC	Indra Dev Yadav
Siraha 1	A		NC	Sunil Kumar Mahato
	B		CPN (US)	Ashok Kumar Yadav
Siraha 2	A		CPN (MC)	Jeebach Kumar Yadav
	B		CPN (US)	Madansen Prasad Shreevasatav
Siraha 3	A		NC	Ram Sagun Yadav
	B		NC	Sanjay Prakash Yadav
Siraha 4	A		CPN (MC)	Mahendra Paswan
	B		LSP-N	Ram Babu Yadav
Dhanusha 1	A		NC	Sanjay Kumar Mahato
	B		LSP-N	Sanjay Kumar Singh
Dhanusha 2	A		LSP-N	Sanjay Kumar Sah
	B		CPN (US)	Shailendra Kumar Yadav
Dhanusha 3	A		NC	Ram Saroj Yadav
	B		NC	Hari Shankar Sah
Dhanusha 4	A		NC	Shesh Narayan Yadav
	B		CPN (US)	Satrudhan Mahato
Mahottari 1	A		LSP-N	Pitambar Mahato
	B		CPN (MC)	Bharat Prasad Sah
Mahottari 2	A		LSP-N	Jayanul Rain
	B		NC	Nageshwar Yadav
Mahottari 3	A		LSP-N	Abhiram Sharma
	B		LSP-N	Rani Kumari Tiwari
Mahottari 4	A		LSP-N	Kaushal Kumar Yadav
	B		CPN (MC)	Lalendra Kumar Mandal
Sarlahi 1	A		LSP-N	Upendra Mahato
	B		CPN (US)	Bechi Lungeli
Sarlahi 2	A		NC	Jangi Lal Ray
	B		NC	Kaushal Kishor Ray
Sarlahi 3	A		CPN (US)	Dilli Prasad Upreti
	B		NC	Haresh Prasad Mahato
Sarlahi 4	A		NC	Birendra Prasad Singh
	B		CPN (MC)	Fakira Mahato
Rautahat 1	A		NC	Nagendra Sah
	B		NC	Krishna Prasad Yadav
Rautahat 2	A		LSP-N	Shekh Jamsedh
	B		CPN (MC)	Surendra Prasad Jayasbal
Rautahat 3	A		CPN (US)	Nagendra Raya Yadav
	B		NC	Sunil Kumar Yadav
Rautahat 4	A		CPN (US)	Bal Krishna Shrestha
	B		CPN (US)	Shekh Satar Ahmad
Bara 1	A		NC	Ramesh Prasad Dangal
	B		NC	Nagendra Prasad Kanu
Bara 2	A		LSP-N	Moti Lal Prasad
	B		NC	Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav
Bara 3	A		CPN (MC)	Mukesh Sah
	B		NC	Jay Chandra Prasad Chaurasiya
Bara 4	A		CPN (MC)	Chetra Bahadur Shrestha
	B		LSP-N	Jitendra Prasad Sonal
Parsa 1	A		CPN (MC)	Rahabar Ansari
	B		NC	Ram Narayan Prasad Kurmi
Parsa 2	A		NC	Shyam Prasad Patel
	B		LSP-N	Ramesh Prasad Kurmi
Parsa 3	A		CPN (MC)	Chotte Lal Prasad Yadav
	B		NC	Janardan Singh Chhetri
Parsa 4	A		NC	Shankar Prasad Kurmi
	B		CPN (MC)	Chand Tara Kurmi

Alliance

  Democratic alliance

No.	Party[5][6]	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Nepali Congress			Ram Saroj Yadav		27	TBD	TBD
2.	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal			Jitendra Prasad Sonal		15	TBD	TBD
3.	CPN (Unified Socialist)			Satrudhan Mahato		11	TBD	TBD
4.	CPN (Maoist Centre)			Bharat Prasad Sah		10	TBD	TBD
5.	Socialist Party of Nepal			Ram Naresh Ray Yadav		1	1	0

  CPN (UML)+

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
1.	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)			Satya Narayan Mandal		32	TBD	TBD
2.	People's Socialist Party, Nepal			Mohammad Lalbabu Raut		32	TBD	TBD

  RPP+

No.	Party[7][8]	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male candidates	Female candidates
1.	Rastriya Prajatantra Party			Rajendra Prasad Lingden		TBD	TBD	TBD

Others

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats Contested	Chief Candidates	Deputy chief Candidates
1.	Bidrohi CPN (UML)			Prabhu Sah	17	TBD	TBD
2.	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party			Brikhesh Chandra Lal		TBD	TBD	TBD
3.	People's Progressive Party			Shivajee Yadav		TBD	TBD	TBD
4.	Janamat Party			Kishori Sah Kamal		TBD	TBD	TBD
5.	People's Freedom Party			Resham Lal Chaudhary		TBD	TBD	TBD

Opinion poll

Party		FPTP	PR	Total
		Seats	Seats
	Nepali Congress	17-20	11-13	28-33
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	11-13	9-10	19-23
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	9-11	6-8	15-19
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	7-8	5-6	12-14
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	8-9	6-8	14-17
	Nepal Socialist Party
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4-5	3-5	7-10
	Janamat Party	3-4	2-3	0-1
	Independent	0-1		0-1
Invalid/Blank votes
Total		64	43	107
Registered voters/turnout
Source:

Result

Party		FPTP			PR			Total
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Nepali Congress			13	303958	20.14	9	22
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)			15	268048	17.77	8	23
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal			8	211690	14.03	7	15
	Janamat Party			6	203892	13.51	6	12
	CPN (Maoist Centre)			4	128737	8.53	4	8
	CPN (Unified Socialist)			4	89012	5.89	3	7
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal			7	74319	4.92	2	9
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party			0	52415	3.47	2	2
	Nagrik Unmukti Party			0	39656	2.63	1	1
	Nepal Federal Socialist Party			0	38771	2.56	1	1
	Others			0	98134	6.5		0
	Independent			6	-			6
Invalid/Blank votes
Total			100	64	1508692	100	43	107
Registered voters/turnout
Source:

See also

• 2022 elections in Nepal
• 2021 split in the People's Socialist Party, Nepal
• 2021 split in Nepalese Communist Parties

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