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Nepal’s Parliament Dissolved, New Elections Set For March 2026

The dissolution comes after a new interim prime minister was appointed in the wake of deadly anti-government protests.


Army personnel keep watch along a street during a curfew imposed to restore law and order in Kathmandu on September 12, 2025. The army has imposed a curfew in the Himalayan nation of 30 million people, with soldiers patrolling the largely quiet streets after the worst violence in two decades. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)

 

Nepal’s parliament was dissolved late Friday and the country will hold elections in March, the president’s office said, after a new interim prime minister was appointed in the wake of deadly anti-government protests.

“On the recommendation of the prime minister, the parliament has been dissolved. The election date is March 5, 2026,” Kiran Pokharel, press advisor to the president, told AFP.

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