US EditionNepal to vote in first election since Gen Z-led protests toppled government
Nearly 19 million registered voters, including 800,000 first-timers, participate as new youth-led parties challenge established political elites amid calls for change.
- On March 5, nearly 19 million registered voters, including about 800,000 first-timers, can vote from 7am to 5pm at more than 23,000 polling stations in Nepal.
- Following last year’s Gen Z-led protests, Nepal holds its first election since the youth uprising sparked by a social media ban left around 77 people killed and forced the former government led by K. P. Sharma Oli to resign.
- Dozens of first-time candidates in their 20s and early 30s and about 1 million newly registered voters, mostly young, have energized the campaign trail.
- The Election Commission said it will publish 165-seat results within two days and the rest in another two to three days, with a hung parliament likely requiring post-poll coalitions.
- Longstanding economic pressures — youth unemployment above 20%, roughly 2,300 Nepalis leaving daily for overseas work, and remittances around 24% of GDP — frame voters’ expectations.
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Polls open in Nepal's first election after last year's youth-led protests toppled the government
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Polls opened across Nepal on Thursday in the first nationwide election since last year’s violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power. Security forces patrolled streets and guarded polling stations across the Himalayan nation of about 30 million people as voters lined up to cast their ballots. Counting of votes will begin later Thursday, with results expected over the weekend. Authorities banned vehicles from t…
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Polls open in Nepal’s first election after last year's youth-led protests toppled the government
Polls are open across Nepal in the first nationwide election since last year’s violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power.
Nepalis head to polls in first election since ‘Gen Z uprising’
Every year, hundreds of thousands of young people leave Nepal in search of work. These elections – the country’s first since youth-led protests overthrew the government – are giving some a reason to stay.
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