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{{Infobox election
| country = Nepal
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1994 Nepalese general election
| previous_year = 1994
| previous_mps = List of MPs elected in the 1994 Nepalese general election
| elected_mps = List of MPs elected in the 1999 Nepalese general election
| next_election = 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
| next_year = 2008 (CA)
| seats_for_election = All 205 seats in the [[Pratinidhi Sabha]]
| majority_seats = 103
| election_date = 3 and 17 May 1999
| turnout = 65.79%
| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Krishna bhattarai.jpg
| leader1 = [[Krishna Prasad Bhattarai]]
| party1 = Nepali Congress
| last_election1 = 83
| seats1 = 111
| seat_change1 = {{gain}} 28
| popular_vote1 = 3,214,786
| percentage1 = 37.17%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 3.70[[percentage point|pp]]

| image2 = Madhav Kumar Nepal 2009-09-23.jpg
| leader2 = [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]]
| party2 = Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
| last_election2 = 88
| seats2 = 71
| seat_change2 = {{loss}} 17
| popular_vote2 = 2,734,568
| percentage2 = 31.61%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 0.25[[percentage point|pp]]

| image3 = Surya bahadur thapa (cropped).png
| leader3 = [[Surya Bahadur Thapa]]
| party3 = Rastriya Prajatantra Party
| last_election3 = 20
| seats3 = 11
| seat_change3 = {{loss}} 9
| popular_vote3 = 902,328
| percentage3 = 10.43%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 8.08[[percentage point|pp]]

| title = [[Prime Minister of Nepal|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Girija Prasad Koirala]]
| before_party = Nepali Congress
| after_election = [[Krishna Prasad Bhattarai]]
| after_party = Nepali Congress
}}{{Politics of Nepal}}

General elections were held in [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]] on 3 and 17 May 1999. The [[Nepali Congress]] emerged as the largest party, gaining 28 seats, while the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)]] (CPN–UML) lost 17.

==Background==
The [[1994 Nepalese general election|previous elections]] to the [[Nepal House of Representatives|Pratinidhi Sabha]] in 1994 had seen the CPN–UML emerge victorious and the first-ever popularly elected communist government formed. Yet by 1999, infighting, such as the departure of the [[Bam Dev Gautam]] and [[C.P. Mainali]] led [[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (1998)|splinter group]], had got in the way of policy decisions and put certain people off voting for the party. 

==Results==
{{Further|Results of the 1999 Nepalese general election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Nepal PratinidhiSabha 1999.svg]]
|party1=[[Nepali Congress]]|votes1=3214786|seats1=111|sc1=
|party2=[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]|votes2=2734568|seats2=71|sc2=
|party3=[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]|votes3=902328|seats3=11|sc3=
|party4=[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (1998)|Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist)]]|votes4=567760|seats4=0|sc4=|color4=red
|party5=[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)]]|votes5=295812|seats5=0|sc5=
|party6=[[Nepal Sadbhavana Party]]|votes6=278435|seats6=5|sc6=
|party7=[[Rastriya Janamorcha]]|votes7=121426|seats7=5|sc7=
|party8=[[Rastriya Janamukti Party]]|votes8=94860|seats8=0|sc8=
|party9=[[United People's Front of Nepal]]|votes9=74669|seats9=1|sc9=
|party10=[[Nepal Workers Peasants Party]]|votes10=48685|seats10=1|sc10=
|party11=[[Nepali Janata Dal]]|votes11=11748|seats11=0|sc11=
|party12=[[Janamukti Party Nepal]]|votes12=9616|seats12=0|sc12=
|party13=[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991–2005)|Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)]]|votes13=8101|seats13=0|sc13=
|party14=[[Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha]]|votes14=6852|seats14=0|sc14=
|party15=[[Hariyali Nepal Party]]|votes15=6420|seats15=0|sc15=
|party16=[[Communist Party of Nepal (United) (1991–2005)|Communist Party of Nepal (United)]]|votes16=5111|seats16=0|sc16=
|party17=Nepali Janta Party Rastriya Sambriddhibad|votes17=4927|seats17=0|sc17=
|party19=Rastriya Janata Parishad|votes19=3799|seats19=0|sc19=
|party20=Jana Congress|votes20=1992|seats20=0|sc20=
|party21=[[Shivsena Nepal]]|votes21=1756|seats21=0|sc21=
|party22=Nepal Socialist Party|votes22=950|seats22=0|sc22=
|party23=[[Bahujan Samaj Party of Nepal]]|votes23=835|seats23=0|sc23=
|party24=Nepal Praja Parishad|votes24=817|seats24=0|sc24=
|party25=Samyukta Prajatantra Party Nepal|votes25=297|seats25=0|sc25=
|party26=[[Nepal Samyabadi Party (Marksbadi–Leninbadi–Maobadi)|Nepal Samyabadi Party (MLM)]]|votes26=190|seats26=0|sc26=
|party27=Save the Nation Movement|votes27=170|seats27=0|sc27=
|party28=Pragati Upayogoto, Nepal|votes28=155|seats28=0|sc28=
|party29=[[Nepal Janabhavana Party]]|votes29=120|seats29=0|sc29=
|party30=Rastrabadi Janata Party|votes30=105|seats30=0|sc30=
|party31=Social Democratic Party|votes31=97|seats31=0|sc31=
|party32=Samajbadi Garib Party|votes32=86|seats32=0|sc32=
|party33=[[Nepal Janahit Party]]|votes33=68|seats33=0|sc33=
|party34=Nepal Suraksha Party|votes34=56|seats34=0|sc34=
|party35=Nepal Rastrabadi Dal|votes35=55|seats35=0|sc35=
|party36=Mechi-Mahakali Jana Samanwaya Dal|votes36=35|seats36=0|sc36=
|party37=Prajatantric Nepali Janata Party|votes37=18|seats37=0
|party38=Prajatantra Sagarmatha Dal|votes38=11|seats38=0
|party39=Liberal Democratic Party|votes39=10|seats39=0
|party40=Nepal Rastriya Aketa Party|votes40=8|seats40=0
|party41=Independents|votes41=251930|seats41=0|sc41=
|invalid=244902
|electorate=13518839
|total_sc=0
|source=[https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/popular.htm Nepal Research]
}}

===Distribution of seats===
<gallery>
Image:Nc-map1999.PNG|Seats won by [[Nepali Congress]]
Image:Uml-map1999.PNG|Seats won by [[CPN(UML)]]
Image:Rpp-map1999.PNG|Seats won by [[Rashtriya Prajatantra Party]]
Image:Left-map1999.PNG|Seats won by [[Rashtriya Jana Morcha]], [[Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal]] and [[Nepal Workers Peasants Party]]
</gallery>

==Aftermath==
Following the elections, the various parties found it difficult to cooperate and finalise a policy of the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (1994)|Maoist rebels]], culminating in the 2002 dissolution of the parliament by [[King Gyanendra]].

Following the 2006 [[Loktantra Andolan]], in which all of the parties successful in 1999, except the royalist [[Rashtriya Prajatantra Party]] participated in the [[Seven Party Alliance]], the House was reinstated in 2006.

==See also==
*[[List of MPs elected in the 1999 Nepalese general election]]
*[[Winners and runner-ups in the legislative elections of Nepal 1994 and 1999]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080305180248/http://www.election.gov.np/EN/toptwo.html  Winners and runner-ups in the legislative elections of Nepal 1994 and 1999]

{{Nepalese elections}}

[[Category:General elections in Nepal]]
[[Category:1999 elections in Asia|Nepal]]
[[Category:1999 elections in Nepal|General]]
[[Category:History of Nepal (1951–2008)]]
[[Category:May 1999 events in Asia|Nepal]]
[[Category:Politics of the Nepalese Civil War]]