Inside the Nepal Election

On November 20, 2022, Nepal will hold its national election. Dr. Jeevan Sharma, Director of the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of St. Andrews, joins the podcast to talk about the stakes of this race. We discuss the fragmentation of Marxist parties in the country, the role of Hindu nationalism, the consolidation of democratic institutions under the country’s new constitution, and the politics of gender and affirmative action.

Check out our website for an election briefing by CAD researchers that provides more detail on Nepal’s race: https://louisville.edu/asiandemocracy/