Nepalese legislative election, 1959

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General elections were held in Nepal on 18 February 1959.[1] 109 members were elected using the single-member plurality system.[2] The result was a victory for the Nepali Congress, which won 74 of the 109 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 42.0%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Nepali Congress666,89837.274
Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad305,11817.119
Samyukta Prajatantra Party177,4089.95
Nepal Communist Party129,1427.24
Prajatantrik Mahasabha59,8963.30
Nepal Praja Parishad (Mishra)59,8203.31
Nepal Praja Parishad (Acharya)53,0383.02
Tarai Congress36,1072.00
Nepali Rastriya Congress12,7070.70
Independents291,24716.34
Invalid/blank votes
Total1,791,381100109
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p629 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p624
  3. Nohlen et al., p654
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