Nepal concluded its first polls since the September 2025 unrest that ousted the former government and plunged the country into fresh political uncertainty, with media reports indicating a peaceful election process countrywide beyond minor disputes at a handful of voting centers, The Himalayan Times reported on March 5. Authorities have reported voter turnout at around 60%, and the country's chief election commissioner has pledged to finish tallying votes by March 9, though results in prior elections have typically taken around two weeks to finalize.

The eruption of anti-government unrest in September 2025 was broadly fueled by long-simmering grievances — especially among Nepali youths — over poor economic conditions, alleged public sector corruption and lack of government transparency, among other things. Many of these grievances have roots in the country's notoriously fragmented and unstable political system, which has been responsible for 15 changes in government since the country's 2008 transition from a monarchy to a republic.