1999 Nepalese general election
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{{Infobox election
| country = Nepal
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1994 Nepalese general election
| previous_year = 1994
| previous_mps = List of MPs elected in the 1994 Nepalese general election
| elected_mps = List of MPs elected in the 1999 Nepalese general election
| next_election = 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
| next_year = 2008 (CA)
| seats_for_election = All 205 seats in the Pratinidhi Sabha
| majority_seats = 103
| election_date = 3 and 17 May 1999
| turnout = 65.79%
| image_size = 130x130px
| image1 = Krishna bhattarai.jpg
| leader1 = Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
| party1 = Nepali Congress
| last_election1 = 83
| seats1 = 111
| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 28
| popular_vote1 = 3,214,786
| percentage1 = 37.17%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 3.70pp
| image2 = Madhav Kumar Nepal 2009-09-23.jpg
| leader2 = Madhav Kumar Nepal
| party2 = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
| last_election2 = 88
| seats2 = 71
| seat_change2 = {{loss}} 17
| popular_vote2 = 2,734,568
| percentage2 = 31.61%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 0.25pp
| image3 = Surya bahadur thapa (cropped).png
| leader3 = Surya Bahadur Thapa
| party3 = Rastriya Prajatantra Party
| last_election3 = 20
| seats3 = 11
| seat_change3 = {{loss}} 9
| popular_vote3 = 902,328
| percentage3 = 10.43%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 8.08pp
| title = Prime Minister
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = Girija Prasad Koirala
| before_party = Nepali Congress
| after_election = Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
| after_party = Nepali Congress
}}{{Politics of Nepal}}
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.
Background
The previous elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha in 1994 had seen the CPN–UML emerge victorious and the first-ever popularly elected communist government formed. Yet by 1999, infighting, such as the departure of the Bam Dev Gautam and C.P. Mainali led splinter group, had got in the way of policy decisions and put certain people off voting for the party.
Results
{{Further|Results of the 1999 Nepalese general election}}
{{Election results
|image=File:Nepal PratinidhiSabha 1999.svg
|party1=Nepali Congress|votes1=3214786|seats1=111|sc1=
|party2=Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|votes2=2734568|seats2=71|sc2=
|party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|votes3=902328|seats3=11|sc3=
|party4=Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist)|votes4=567760|seats4=0|sc4=|color4=red
|party5=Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)|votes5=295812|seats5=0|sc5=
|party6=Nepal Sadbhavana Party|votes6=278435|seats6=5|sc6=
|party7=Rastriya Janamorcha|votes7=121426|seats7=5|sc7=
|party8=Rastriya Janamukti Party|votes8=94860|seats8=0|sc8=
|party9=United People's Front of Nepal|votes9=74669|seats9=1|sc9=
|party10=Nepal Workers Peasants Party|votes10=48685|seats10=1|sc10=
|party11=Nepali Janata Dal|votes11=11748|seats11=0|sc11=
|party12=Janamukti Party Nepal|votes12=9616|seats12=0|sc12=
|party13=Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)|votes13=8101|seats13=0|sc13=
|party14=Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha|votes14=6852|seats14=0|sc14=
|party15=Hariyali Nepal Party|votes15=6420|seats15=0|sc15=
|party16=Communist Party of Nepal (United)|votes16=5111|seats16=0|sc16=
|party17=Nepali Janta Party Rastriya Sambriddhibad|votes17=4927|seats17=0|sc17=
|party19=Rastriya Janata Parishad|votes19=3799|seats19=0|sc19=
|party20=Jana Congress|votes20=1992|seats20=0|sc20=
|party21=Shivsena Nepal|votes21=1756|seats21=0|sc21=
|party22=Nepal Socialist Party|votes22=950|seats22=0|sc22=
|party23=Bahujan Samaj Party of Nepal|votes23=835|seats23=0|sc23=
|party24=Nepal Praja Parishad|votes24=817|seats24=0|sc24=
|party25=Samyukta Prajatantra Party Nepal|votes25=297|seats25=0|sc25=
|party26=Nepal Samyabadi Party (MLM)|votes26=190|seats26=0|sc26=
|party27=Save the Nation Movement|votes27=170|seats27=0|sc27=
|party28=Pragati Upayogoto, Nepal|votes28=155|seats28=0|sc28=
|party29=Nepal Janabhavana Party|votes29=120|seats29=0|sc29=
|party30=Rastrabadi Janata Party|votes30=105|seats30=0|sc30=
|party31=Social Democratic Party|votes31=97|seats31=0|sc31=
|party32=Samajbadi Garib Party|votes32=86|seats32=0|sc32=
|party33=Nepal Janahit Party|votes33=68|seats33=0|sc33=
|party34=Nepal Suraksha Party|votes34=56|seats34=0|sc34=
|party35=Nepal Rastrabadi Dal|votes35=55|seats35=0|sc35=
|party36=Mechi-Mahakali Jana Samanwaya Dal|votes36=35|seats36=0|sc36=
|party37=Prajatantric Nepali Janata Party|votes37=18|seats37=0
|party38=Prajatantra Sagarmatha Dal|votes38=11|seats38=0
|party39=Liberal Democratic Party|votes39=10|seats39=0
|party40=Nepal Rastriya Aketa Party|votes40=8|seats40=0
|party41=Independents|votes41=251930|seats41=0|sc41=
|invalid=244902
|electorate=13518839
|total_sc=0
|source=[https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/popular.htm Nepal Research]
}}
=Distribution of seats=
Image:Nc-map1999.PNG|Seats won by Nepali Congress
Image:Uml-map1999.PNG|Seats won by CPN(UML)
Image:Rpp-map1999.PNG|Seats won by Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
Image:Left-map1999.PNG|Seats won by Rashtriya Jana Morcha, Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal and Nepal Workers Peasants Party
Aftermath
Following the elections, the various parties found it difficult to cooperate and finalise a policy of the Maoist rebels, culminating in the 2002 dissolution of the parliament by King Gyanendra.
Following the 2006 Loktantra Andolan, in which all of the parties successful in 1999, except the royalist Rashtriya Prajatantra Party participated in the Seven Party Alliance, the House was reinstated in 2006.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080305180248/http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html Winners and runner-ups in the legislative elections of Nepal 1994 and 1999]
{{Nepalese elections}}
Category:General elections in Nepal