1999 Nepalese general election
Girija Prasad Koirala Congress Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Congress Executive: Federal Parliament: Judiciary: General elections were held in 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.Yet by 1999, infighting, such as the departure of the Bam Dev Gautam and C.P.Mainali led splinter group, had got in the way of policy decisions and put certain people off voting for the party.Following the elections, the various parties found it difficult to cooperate and finalise a policy of the Maoist rebels, culminating in the 2002 dissolution of the parliament by King Gyanendra.