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List of political parties in Nepal

The following is the list of political parties in Nepal registered in the Election Commission.[1]

National parties

A party registered with the Election Commission of Nepal is recognised as a national party only if it fulfils the two conditions listed below:[2][3]

There are currently eight national parties in Nepal.[4]

^ a: The NSP only collaborated with the CPN (MC) for the 2022 Nepalese general election using CPN (MC)'s election symbol as a common symbol for both the parties.[6] Out of their 32 seats combined in the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal, 2 seats are of the NSP: Mahindra Ray Yadav elected directly and Umrawati Devi Yadav from the PR Category. The NSP alone did not secure a national party status.


Other parties currently represented in the Federal parliament

A political party securing less than 3% of the PR votes will have to send its directly elected or FPTP candidates to the parliament as independent lawmakers. In other words, candidates from any political party failing to meet the criteria to become a national party will be ineligible to be represented in parliament as a party.[2][7]

There are currently five such political parties which failed to achieve national status yet are represented in Nepal's Parliament.[4]

Parties currently represented only in provincial assemblies

Parties represented only in local government

Other parties

Defunct parties

This is a list of defunct political parties of Nepal that have had some representation in the legislature.

See also

References

  1. ^ "दर्ता भएका राजनीतिक दलहरु (अधावधिक सुची)" (PDF). Election Commission.
  2. ^ a b "Criteria for nat'l parties: 3 percent vote share, 1 FPTP seat a must". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  3. ^ "Seven parties secure national party status so far: Election Commission". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  4. ^ a b "प्रतिनिधिसभामा १२ दल, राष्ट्रिय पार्टी ७ मात्रै". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  5. ^ "Xi's Myanmar visit and China's Regional Diplomacy". Observer Research Foundation. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020. President Xi's visit to Nepal in October 2019 came when the ruling communist party in Nepal has consolidated power following the merger of two major left-wing parties to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in May 2018.
  6. ^ "Maoist Center and NSP jointly registered at EC". My República. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  7. ^ "3 pc threshold proposed for parliamentary polls". My República. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
  8. ^ Bajracharya, Bhadra Ratha/Sharma, Sita Ram/Bakshi S.R.. Political development in Nepal. New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 1993. p. 114, 115
  9. ^ Whelpton, John (2005), A History of Nepal, New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 96, ISBN 978-0521804707
  10. ^ Śrīvāstava, Kāśī Prasāda (1986). Nepāla kā itihāsa (in Hindi). Atmaram & Sons. ISBN 978-81-7043-045-2.

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