Kathmandu, Feb. 7 -- Nepal is set to hold its ninth democratic parliamentary vote on March 5, continuing a long but oft-turbulent history that began with the country's first general election in 1959.

Of the nine parliamentary elections held so far-including the upcoming one-seven have taken place under governments led by the Nepali Congress. Two elections have been conducted by non-partisan 'civil' governments: the second Constituent Assembly (CA) election in 2013 under then-chief justice Khil Raj Regmi and the forthcoming election under another former chief justice, Sushila Karki, who assumed leadership following the September Gen Z uprising.

Overall, four parliamentary elections have been overseen by elected governments, while four ha...