After 32 years of the first general election in 2015, the country was going to hold elections with the participation of parties. Political parties were very excited as the success of the 2046 People's Movement ended the non-party Panchayat system.

On the other hand, the general public also had hope for a multi-party system. The elections were being held amidst the rush to do something among the parties and leaders and the great hopes of the people. The Congress and the Communist Party, fellow travelers of the people's movement, were the main competitors in the elections. The supporters of the Panchayat system had taken advantage of the freedom given by democracy and entered the electoral fray by opening a party. By opening the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, they were trying to challenge the democratic forces. 

An attempt was made to integrate the voice of Madhesh through the Nepal Sadbhavana Party, saying that their voices were suppressed during the Panchayat period, deprived of rights, and treated like second-class citizens within the country. In order to attract the people towards them, the party had brought plans and commitments to the people through a manifesto before the elections. After the commencement of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 2047, 205 constituencies were created for the House of Representatives across the country.

The general election was held on 29 Baisakh 2048. 1,345 candidates from 20 political parties and independents were in the fray. The total number of voters was 11,91,777. Of these, 7,291,084 votes were cast.

In the mid-term of 2051 BS, the UML, opposing the policies of the Congress, included social security programs in its manifesto. Of these, 6,969,061 votes were valid and 3,22,023 votes were invalid. The Congress won the majority of seats in the election. The Congress won 110, the UML 69, the United Jan Morcha Nepal 9, the Nepal Sadbhavana Party 6, the RPP 2, the Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic) 2, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) 1, and the independents 3 seats.  

The Congress had set a goal at that time to bring the common man to a standard of living where he could meet his basic needs within the next 15 years. In its 2048 BS manifesto, the Congress had resolved to bring all people to a position where they could earn enough to afford their own homes, education, initiation, food, clothing, medicine, and reasonable entertainment. The Congress had sought votes from the people by giving the slogans of ending disease, hunger, illiteracy from the country, peace, stability, order, and development.

The UML had put forward various popular slogans to attract voters to itself before the 2048 BS elections. It was dissatisfied with the interim constitution itself. The UML had opposed the fact that many powers had been placed in the hands of the king contrary to the legal provisions of the constitutional monarchy.

It had called for a threat to democracy by saying that the special status of the palace had been established over the army, police, and administration. In its manifesto, the UML had called for support to prevent democracy from being endangered. In the 2048 elections, the UML claimed that the leftist power was the true democratic power and said, "Democracy and national independence are the slogans of the UML, and it is the people's responsibility to make the sun symbol victorious." 

The code of conduct issued by the UML for candidates in the manifesto stated that they should adopt a proletarian communist style of simple living and hard struggle. The candidates were instructed to resign from parliament at the first order if the party deemed it necessary, maintain high morals and firm financial discipline. Private or donated money was to be deposited in the party fund and spent only on the party's agenda in the elections. 

The election slogan of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party led by Gajendra Narayan Singh was against discrimination. The party made discrimination against the Madhesi community an election issue. The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chanda), which included most of the former five, contested the 2048 elections. They were also supported by the then royal court. Both parties had made the stability of the constitutional monarchy a major issue. The party's manifesto was to always respect the dignity, dignity and supremacy of the monarchy. 

The Congress government could not complete its five-year term. The then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala ran into problems within the party. The government's policies and programs could not be passed due to the non-cooperation of his own party's MPs. Koirala dissolved the parliament. On 29 Kartik 2051, mid-term elections were announced. 24 political parties entered the electoral fray. UML came out on top with 88 seats. Congress won 83, RPP 20, NEMKIPA 4 and Sadbhavana 3 seats.

Congress had put forward the slogan 'Why mid-term elections?' in its manifesto. UML, on the other hand, had adopted the slogan of its manifesto as 'Let's defeat the totalitarian Congress, let's win UML for the nation and democracy'. The 2051 UML manifesto contained 17 points calling the Congress government's anti-people activities. The UML had prioritized social security programs in its manifesto. 

No one got a majority in the election. As the largest party, the UML formed the government. But the UML government led by Manmohan Adhikari collapsed within 9 months. After that, the process of forming and toppling governments continued throughout the term of parliament. At that time, various distortions entered Nepal's parliamentary politics. The UML split during that period. Former Panchayats Surya Bahadur Thapa and Lokendra Bahadur Chand got the opportunity to become Prime Minister in turn. 

In the 2056 election, the parties had put forward the slogan of stability. The Congress had put forward Krishna Prasad Bhattarai as the future Prime Minister. The Congress had made the issue of forming a majority government to end political instability the main issue of the election. 

The UML had made stability, good governance and development the main issues in its manifesto. It mentioned the activities of the 9-month government formed under the UML leadership after the restoration of democracy. The UML had taken the issue of 'Let's build our own village' and introducing social security allowance to the people. Stating that it had led the government for only 9 months in the 9 years of the restoration of democracy, the UML had said that other parties had not taken the nation forward and that it alone had the right to demand a majority in the general election. 

The slogans of identity, rights and respect remained unchanged in the Sadbhawana Party's manifesto. The RPP, on the other hand, had given strength to the political issue of constitutional monarchy with respect for the monarchy. In the election, the Congress won 111 seats, the UML 71. The RPP won 11, the Nepal Sadbhawana Party 5 seats.

The Rastriya Janamorcha won 5, the Samyukta Janamorcha 1 and the Nepal Mazdoor Kisan Party 1 seat. Although the Congress won a majority by giving the slogan of political stability, the parliament could not last its entire term. Due to disputes within the party, the then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba dissolved the House of Representatives on 8 Jestha 2059. 

Former Finance Minister Mahesh Acharya, a Congress leader involved in the formulation of the 2048 BS manifesto, says that the manifesto at that time carried the objective of changing the traditional structure and building an open society behind the major political changes. ‘The dream was to bring every Nepali to the middle class status economically within 15 years, that was BP’s vision,’ he said, ‘The vision was for every Nepali to have a house, children to go to school, and a moderate income that could afford medicine.’ According to him, the manifesto took the idea of ​​opening up the state-controlled economic activities and increasing the participation of the private sector to the economic sector.