"parliamentary confidence vote"

#13401514

4 March 2026

Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari (in cap and spectacles) addresses a special conference on the eve of the parliamentary election of Nepal in Nepal on March 4, 2026. In this election, the total number of voters is 10,893,689. Of them, 9,663,358 are male voters, 1,230,131 are female voters, and 200 belong to other genders. According to the Election Commission, there are 186,142 temporary voters. A total of 65 political parties contest under the first-past-the-post (direct) electoral system with 61 election symbols. Under the direct system, there are 3,017 male candidates and 388 female candidates. One candidate from the other gender also contests, bringing the total number of candidates under this system to 3,406. Similarly, under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system, 1,363 male and 1,772 female candidates make a total of 3,135 candidates in the race. Voting under the direct electoral system is held for 165 constituencies, while 110 seats are allocated under the PR system.

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#13401515

4 March 2026

Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari (in cap and spectacles) addresses a special conference on the eve of the parliamentary election of Nepal in Nepal on March 4, 2026. In this election, the total number of voters is 10,893,689. Of them, 9,663,358 are male voters, 1,230,131 are female voters, and 200 belong to other genders. According to the Election Commission, there are 186,142 temporary voters. A total of 65 political parties contest under the first-past-the-post (direct) electoral system with 61 election symbols. Under the direct system, there are 3,017 male candidates and 388 female candidates. One candidate from the other gender also contests, bringing the total number of candidates under this system to 3,406. Similarly, under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system, 1,363 male and 1,772 female candidates make a total of 3,135 candidates in the race. Voting under the direct electoral system is held for 165 constituencies, while 110 seats are allocated under the PR system.

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#13401516

4 March 2026

Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari (in cap and spectacles) addresses a special conference on the eve of the parliamentary election of Nepal in Nepal on March 4, 2026. In this election, the total number of voters is 10,893,689. Of them, 9,663,358 are male voters, 1,230,131 are female voters, and 200 belong to other genders. According to the Election Commission, there are 186,142 temporary voters. A total of 65 political parties contest under the first-past-the-post (direct) electoral system with 61 election symbols. Under the direct system, there are 3,017 male candidates and 388 female candidates. One candidate from the other gender also contests, bringing the total number of candidates under this system to 3,406. Similarly, under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system, 1,363 male and 1,772 female candidates make a total of 3,135 candidates in the race. Voting under the direct electoral system is held for 165 constituencies, while 110 seats are allocated under the PR system.

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#13401517

4 March 2026

Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari (in cap and spectacles) addresses a special conference on the eve of the parliamentary election of Nepal in Nepal on March 4, 2026. In this election, the total number of voters is 10,893,689. Of them, 9,663,358 are male voters, 1,230,131 are female voters, and 200 belong to other genders. According to the Election Commission, there are 186,142 temporary voters. A total of 65 political parties contest under the first-past-the-post (direct) electoral system with 61 election symbols. Under the direct system, there are 3,017 male candidates and 388 female candidates. One candidate from the other gender also contests, bringing the total number of candidates under this system to 3,406. Similarly, under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system, 1,363 male and 1,772 female candidates make a total of 3,135 candidates in the race. Voting under the direct electoral system is held for 165 constituencies, while 110 seats are allocated under the PR system.

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#13401518

4 March 2026

Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari (in cap and spectacles) addresses a special conference on the eve of the parliamentary election of Nepal in Nepal on March 4, 2026. In this election, the total number of voters is 10,893,689. Of them, 9,663,358 are male voters, 1,230,131 are female voters, and 200 belong to other genders. According to the Election Commission, there are 186,142 temporary voters. A total of 65 political parties contest under the first-past-the-post (direct) electoral system with 61 election symbols. Under the direct system, there are 3,017 male candidates and 388 female candidates. One candidate from the other gender also contests, bringing the total number of candidates under this system to 3,406. Similarly, under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system, 1,363 male and 1,772 female candidates make a total of 3,135 candidates in the race. Voting under the direct electoral system is held for 165 constituencies, while 110 seats are allocated under the PR system.

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#13401519

4 March 2026

Officiating Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari (in cap and spectacles) addresses a special conference on the eve of the parliamentary election of Nepal in Nepal on March 4, 2026. In this election, the total number of voters is 10,893,689. Of them, 9,663,358 are male voters, 1,230,131 are female voters, and 200 belong to other genders. According to the Election Commission, there are 186,142 temporary voters. A total of 65 political parties contest under the first-past-the-post (direct) electoral system with 61 election symbols. Under the direct system, there are 3,017 male candidates and 388 female candidates. One candidate from the other gender also contests, bringing the total number of candidates under this system to 3,406. Similarly, under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system, 1,363 male and 1,772 female candidates make a total of 3,135 candidates in the race. Voting under the direct electoral system is held for 165 constituencies, while 110 seats are allocated under the PR system.

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#13375901

26 February 2026

Maxime Laisney, MP deputy of the La France Insoumise parliamentary group (LFI), speaks during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375888

26 February 2026

A general view of the hemicycle during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375909

26 February 2026

Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, speaks during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375897

26 February 2026

Emmanuel Blairy, deputy of the Rassemblement National parliamentary group, RN, is seen during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375898

26 February 2026

Sebastien Chenu, MP deputy of the Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group, shows the National Assembly Rules of Procedure book after an LFI MP allegedly utters an insult during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly, in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375899

26 February 2026

Sebastien Chenu, MP deputy of the Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group, reads the National Assembly Rules of Procedure book after an LFI MP allegedly utters an insult during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375903

26 February 2026

Sebastien Chenu, MP deputy of the Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group, speaks during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375935

26 February 2026

Mathilde Panot, President of the La France insoumise (LFI) parliamentary group and Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) leftist coalition, protests during the speech by Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly, in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375911

26 February 2026

Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, speaks during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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#13375914

26 February 2026

Sebastien Lecornu, the French Prime Minister, speaks during the debates on the two motions of no confidence tabled by the Parliament groups Rassemblement National (RN) and La France Insoumise - Nouveau Front Populaire (LFI) to the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on February 25, 2026.

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