Nepalese legislative election, 1959

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General elections were held in Nepal on 18 February 1959.^[1] The result was a victory for the Nepali Congress, which won 74 of the 109 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 42.0%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Nepali Congress	666,898	37.2	74
Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad	305,118	17.1	19
Samyukta Prajatantra Party	177,408	9.9	5
Nepal Communist Party	129,142	7.2	4
Prajatantrik Mahasabha	59,896	3.3	0
Nepal Praja Parishad (Mishra)	59,820	3.3	1
Nepal Praja Parishad (Acharya)	53,038	3.0	2
Tarai Congress	36,107	2.0	0
Nepali Rastriya Congress	12,707	0.7	0
Independents	291,247	16.3	4
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	1,791,381	100	109
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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

Elections and referendums in Nepal

Parliamentary elections	1959 1971 1981 1986 1991 1994 1999 2008 2013

Presidential elections	2008

Referendums	1980

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