House of Representatives Election 2026 | Election Commission Nepal | Election Preparations

Election Commission announces election schedule for House of Representatives

The House of Representatives election is set for March 5, 2026, but parties raise concerns over lack of consultation.

-the_farsight | Oct. 9, 2025, 1:43 p.m.

The Election Commission has released its schedule for the House of Representatives election to be held on 5 March, 2026 (Falgun 21). According to the commission, all election preparation processes will be conducted within the scheduled timeframe.

Any groups intending to contest the lower house election as a political party must register their party at the Election Commission by 16 November. This gives new parties six weeks from now to register.
Registration for election will take place from 17 to 26 November (Mangsir 1 to 10).
Election Offices will be set up starting 16 January 2026 (Magh 2) for the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system. For the Proportional Representation (PR) system, Election Offices will be set up on 1 December 2025 (Mangsir 15).
Closed lists for PR system will have to be submitted between 2 and 3 January 2 (Poush 18–19).
Election campaigning will run from 15 February to March 2, 2026 (Falgun 3 to 18).
Campaign silence period: 2 March 2026 (Falgun 18).
Voting Day: Polling will take place from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Vote counting will begin after ballot boxes are collected.

A major concern with the announcement is that the government hasn't taken political parties into confidence yet.