# Nilkantha Upreti

_Nepalese election commissioner_

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Last updated: 2026-11-02

> Nilkantha Upreti is Nepalese electoral expert who has served as a commissioner of Election Commission Nepal, during the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections and was later appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner, leading the commission through the critical 2013 Constituent Assembly.

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8269792#P27))

## Public office

- Officeholder record: https://diginpl.com/next/explore/person/nilkantha-upreti

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Nilkantha Upreti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilkantha_Upreti) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): नीलकण्ठ उप्रेती](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q8269792](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8269792) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Neel Kantha Uprety.JPG by Krish Dulal (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neel_Kantha_Uprety.JPG)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Nilkantha Upreti, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Neel Kantha Uprety.JPG — Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Cite this page

"Nilkantha Upreti". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/nilkantha-upreti. Retrieved 4 November 2026.