Nepal: Nepal’s political transition is really a must after the
September 2025 anti corruption movement that led to massive civilian deaths. In
Nepal’s political history, the Gen Z
protest had a huge impact all across the world. Reports suggest that at least
75 civilians died and over 2000 got injured by the end of September. As an
outcome, the youth led protest shattered the government led by KP Sharma Oli
ending the so called “power sharing regime” among the three powerful political
parties.Nepal is finally preparing for a new government after the
elections that are going to be held on 5th March 2026.
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| Source: Online Khabar |
Nepalese are really hopeful for the 2026 general election
as it is not a routine voting but it is a crucial movement to restore
democratic standard after the 2025 massive Gen Z movement. The current
government headed by Sushila Karki solely focuses on managing the transitional
phase until the election will legally and constitutionally handover the power
to the representative chosen by the voters. Thousands of first time voters are
expected to cast ballots on the very day. Reports suggest that over 850,000 new
voters, mostly youth, have registered themselves for the upcoming vote.
Major Political Parties Uniting For Upcoming National
Assembly Election
After the recent allying of three popular political
figures Kulman Ghising, Balendra Shah and Rabi Lamichhane, something more
exciting was getting prepared for the upcoming election.
The current government has decided that elections for
one-third of the members of the National Assembly will be held on 25th January
2026. As per the reports eight lawmakers from the CPL-UML are retiring at the
parliament secretariat followed by the CPN Maoist as seven members complete
their terms in upcoming four years.
Four major political parties the Nepali Congress, the
CPN-UML, the Nepali Communist Party and the Madhesi Front (Janata Samajwadi
Party-Nepal and Democratic Socialist Party) are set to partner for the
forthcoming National Assembly election to be held on 25 January.
A Congress leader
said to hub news, “There is also an ongoing discussion between the Congress and
UML to forge an alliance for upcoming parliamentary elections, but no decision
has been reached. The possibility of an electoral alliance between the Congress
and UML has also been discussed several times in the past.”
Prakash Sharan Mahat, Congress spokesman reported that
the parties are in the final verge on the arrangements of seats sharing. He
stated,
“If we do not tie up, it will be difficult to win even a
single seat.”
According to the leaders from the four political parties,
they are going to split 18 seats among the Congress, CPN UML, Communist Party
and Janata Samajbadi Party at the ratio
of 7, 6, 4 and 1 seats respectively.
