1994 Nepalese general election

General elections were held in Nepal on 15 November 1994 to elect the Nepal House of Representatives (Pratinidhi Sabha). The election took place after the previous Nepali Congress government collapsed and King Birenda called new elections. The results saw the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) win the most seats in the House of Representatives and Man Mohan Adhikari became Prime Minister at the head of a minority government.

1994 Nepalese general election

15 November 1994

All 205 seats in the House of Representatives
103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.86%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Man Mohan Adhikari Girija Prasad Koirala Surya Bahadur Thapa
Party CPN (UML) NC RPP
Leader's seat Kathmandu 3
Kathmandu 1 (vacated)
Morang 1
Sunsari 5 (vacated)
Dhankuta 2
Sarlahi (lost)
Last election 69 110 4
Seats won 88 83 20
Seat change 19 27 16
Popular vote 2,352,601 2,545,287 1,367,148
Percentage 31.86% 34.47% 18.51%
Swing 2.59pp 5.03pp 6.01pp

PM before election

Girija Prasad Koirala
NC

Elected PM

Man Mohan Adhikari
CPN (UML)

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