{"iso":"NP","name":"Nepal","flag":"\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf5","vote":"House of Representatives proportional vote \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2026-03-05","source":"2026 election result, official count","credit":"This entry shows the proportional party vote from the March 2026 general election, held under the interim government formed after the 2025 protest movement, official results as published by the Election Commission of Nepal. The Rastriya Swatantra Party won a landslide. No regular vote-intention series exists between elections.","shares":{"RSP":47.8,"NC":16.2,"UML":13.4,"NCP":7.5,"SSP":3.6,"RPP":3.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"RSP":{"name":"Rastriya Swatantra Party","color":"#0095DA"},"NC":{"name":"Nepali Congress","color":"#2D6B28"},"UML":{"name":"CPN (UML)","color":"#EE1C25"},"NCP":{"name":"Nepali Communist Party","color":"#BC0000"},"SSP":{"name":"Shram Sanskriti Party","color":"#754D26"},"RPP":{"name":"Rastriya Prajatantra Party","color":"#FFD700"}},"primer":{"system":"Federal parliamentary republic","head_of_state":"President Ram Chandra Poudel","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Balendra Shah","legislature":"Federal Parliament, bicameral. The House of Representatives has 275 members serving five-year terms.","electoral_system":"165 members are elected by first-past-the-post in constituencies and 110 by nationwide party-list proportional representation.","government_now":"The Rastriya Swatantra Party under Balendra Shah won 182 seats at the March 2026 election, the first single-party majority since 1999.","context":"Youth-led protests in September 2025 forced Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli's resignation and the dissolution of parliament. Shah, previously mayor of Kathmandu, became prime minister after the 5 March 2026 election and is the world's youngest serving state leader.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"RSP":["Rastriya Swatantra Party","National Independent Party","Centrist, anti-establishment reformist party founded in 2022; won an outright majority in 2026 under Balen Shah and now governs alone."],"NC":["Nepali Congress","","Centrist, social-democratic and historically dominant establishment party; now the main opposition after a heavy defeat."],"UML":["CPN (UML)","Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)","Major centre-left/communist party led by K.P. Sharma Oli; formerly led government, now in opposition."],"NCP":["Nepali Communist Party","","Communist party that placed fourth in 2026; part of the left opposition."],"SSP":["Shram Sanskriti Party","Labour Culture Party","New party that cleared the national-party threshold at the 2026 election; a small opposition presence."],"RPP":["Rastriya Prajatantra Party","National Democratic Party","Right-wing, Hindu-nationalist and pro-monarchy party; a small opposition force."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2026 election","total":275,"seats":{"RSP":182,"NC":38,"UML":25,"NCP":17,"SSP":7,"RPP":5}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2031-03","title":"Nepalese general election (expected)","chamber":"House of Representatives","type":"expected"}}