Nepal Poll Results to Be Announced Within 24 Hours of Ballot Collection: Acting CEC

PTI, Feb 24, 2026, Kathmandu: Nepal's Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari on Monday said the results of the general elections scheduled for March 5 will be published within 24 hours of collecting the ballot boxes.

A total of 18.9 million eligible voters will exercise their franchise to elect 275 members of the House of Representatives (HoR).

While 165 lawmakers will be elected through direct voting, 110 will be elected under the proportional voting system that allows for the representation of minorities and smaller parties in the parliament.

The Election Commission plans to begin vote counting immediately after the ballot boxes are collected, Bhandari told a private news agency.

He said while it may take one or two days to declare the results under the proportional representation system, the outcomes of the direct voting or first-past-the-post (FPTP) system will be announced within 24 hours of ballot collection.

The proportional representation (PR) system is used to elect 110 of the 275 members of the HoR based on the total votes received by political parties nationwide.

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