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Elections in Nepal: 1999 and before (8526 words) |
 | The Election Commission allots reserved symbols to the candidates of the recognized parties which have secured a minimum 3% of the total votes cast in the last election to the House of Representatives and have fielded at least 5% women candidates. |
 | The elections are conducted, supervised, directed, and controlled by the Election Commission appointed by the King on the recommendation of the Constitutional Council for a term of six years. |
 | Nepal sadbhavana partiko ghosanapatra 2056 [Manifesto of NSP 2056]. |
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 | Multiparty legislative elections held in May 1991 were won by the centrist Nepali Congress party; the Communists became the leading opposition party. |
 | Mid-term elections in November 1994, which were called after the government lost a parliamentary vote, resulted in a hung parliament and the communists, who emerged as the single largest party, formed a minority government. |
 | Elections to Parliament held; Nepali Congress wins a narrow majority; G.P. Koirala becomes prime minister.President of Nepali Congress and interim prime minister, K.P. Bhattarai, defeated in the polls by the leader of CPN-UML, Madan Bhandari. |