This case study explores the complexities surrounding the enfranchisement of Nepal’s internal and international migrant population. Despite its large migration flows—particularly those related to its temporary workers—Nepal’s migrants continue to be denied their right to vote.

The study outlines legal, constitutional and operational challenges. In its conclusions, the study emphasizes that enfranchising Nepal’s absent voters—both those who have migrated abroad and those moving within the country—depends on several critical preconditions being met.

This paper is part of a series of eight case studies on absent voters in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.