On 12 September 2025, the Federal Parliament of Nepal was dissolved and Sushila Karki was sworn in as interim Prime Minister. President Ram Chandra Poudel announced that elections would be held on 5 March 2026.
Voters will be electing members of the House of Representatives which has 275 members elected under a mixed electoral system; 165 members are elected through the first-past-the-post, while the remaining 110 seats are elected through proportional representation using closed lists of candidates submitted by political parties. Members serve five-year terms.
Nepal has a bicameral parliament with the upper house National Assembly with 59 members serving six-year terms and lower House of Representatives.
Nepal has a population of around 26 million and19 million registered voters. Turnout in the 2022 election was 62%.