Ankalal Chalaune Nearly a decade after federalism, local governments still struggle with structural and jurisdictional…

This fact sheet presents post-election data of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly Elections 2022.

This analysis update aims to inform and analyze the number, type, nature, actor, cause and impact of incidents. This update tracks and analyzes political incidents occurred between December 2020 and December 2021.

Democracy Resource Center Nepal (DRCN) has published its first edition of the bibliography on Nepal’s population and housing census and demography. This bibliography attempts to include those writings on various aspects of population and housing census, demographic analysis, and statistical interpretations of caste and ethnicity.

Democracy Resource Center Nepal (DRCN) has published its first edition of the bibliography on federalism in Nepal. This bibliography attempts to include written documentation and debates on various aspects pertaining to state restructuring, elections, federalism, and the Constitution.

There were 47 political incidents recorded between December 8 and January 7, 2017, the one-month period after the completion of the second phase of parliamentary and provincial elections. Of all the incidents recorded during this period, 20 were related to the parliamentary and provincial elections.

The Factsheet includes a summary of violence and contestation during the campaign silence period and election day from December 5 to 7, 2017 around Nepal’s second phase of House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections.

On September 18, 2017, the third and final phase of local elections was held in Province 2 consisting of eight Tarai districts. Voters in newly formed local units turned out in impressive numbers to elect new representatives. Democracy Resource Center Nepal (DRCN) conducted long-term and short-term observations of these elections to provide a critical and independent assessment of the electoral and political processes around the elections. This preliminary statement outlines findings and makes recommendations based on DRCN’s observation before, during, and after the third phase of local elections.