The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (Nepali:नेपालकम्युनिष्टपार्टी(एकीकृतमार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी),romanized: nēpāl kamyuniṣṭpārṭī(ēkīkṛt mārksavādī-lēninavādī);abbr. CPN (UML)) is a communist political party in Nepal. The party emerged as one of the major parties in Nepal after the end of the Panchayat era.
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist political party in Nepal.
Dormani Poudel is a Nepali politician and former chief minister of Bagmati Province. He was in office from 12 February 2018 to 18 August 2021. Poudel was elected parliamentary party leader of the CPN (UML),the largest party in the provincial assembly,on 9 February 2018,receiving 34 votes among 58 provincial assembly members. He was subsequently appointed the first chief minister of Bagmati Province on 12 February 2018,after taking the oath of office from province governor Anuradha Koirala. He previously served as the mayor of Hetauda from 1992 to 2005.(by Aashish Bhandari)
The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province also known as the Bagmati Pradesh Sabha,is a unicameral governing and law making body of Bagmati Province,one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Hetauda in Makwanpur District at the Regional Educational Directorate Office. The assembly has 110 members of whom 66 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 44 of whom are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is five years unless dissolved earlier.
The First Federal Parliament of Nepal,consisting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly,was elected via the 2017 legislative,provincial and local elections.
Pradeep Nepal is a Nepali communist politician belonging to CPN. He also a former government minister under Manmohan Adhikari cabinet. He has also a writer,and has published at least 16 novels and ten short stories collections.
General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives. There were two ballots in the election;one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP,and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation.
Events in the year 2021 in Nepal.
The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Nepal. Although the party's primary base is in the Terai Madhesh area of Madhesh and Lumbini provinces,it has tried to expand to a pan-Nepalese base.
Municipal election for Kathmandu took place on 13 May 2022,with all 162 positions up for election across 32 wards. The electorate elected a mayor,a deputy mayor,32 ward chairs and 128 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.
Municipal election for Janakpur took place on 13 May 2022,with all 127 positions up for election across 25 wards. The electorate elected a mayor,a deputy mayor,25 ward chairs and 100 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.
Municipal election for Bharatpur took place on 13 May 2022,with all 147 positions up for election across 29 wards. The electorate elected a mayor,a deputy mayor,29 ward chairs and 116 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.
Balendra Shah,popularly known as Balen Shah or simply Balen,is a Nepalese rapper,music composer,poet,structural engineer and politician. He is currently serving as the 15th mayor of Kathmandu,the capital city of Nepal. He is the first independent candidate to be elected as the mayor of Kathmandu.
The mayor of Kathmandu is the head of the municipal executive of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. The officeholder is elected for a five-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. The role was first created in 1932 during the Rana regime.
Sunita Dangol is a Nepalese politician,Newa heritage conservationist,language activist,and media professional. She is currently serving as the deputy mayor of Kathmandu metropolitan city,the capital city of Nepal. She assumed office on 30 May 2022,alongside mayor Balendra Shah.
Prakash Jwala is a Nepali politician currently serving as minister of physical infrastructure and transport of Government of Nepal. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1999 until 2008 and in the Karnali Provincial Assembly from 2018 until his expulsion in April 2021,representing the Salyan 1 constituency as a member of the Communist Party of Nepal. After his expulsion,Jwala joined the newly-formed Communist Party of Nepal,and is running as one of its candidates for the House of Representatives in the 2022 Nepalese general election.
Biraj Bhakta Shrestha is a Nepalese politician and the past Minister of Youth and Sports serving since 6 March 2024 to July 2024. He is a member of Rastriya Swatantra Party. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Kathmandu 8 in the 2022 general elections. He secured victory over the runner-up candidate by a margin of approximately five thousand votes.
The first Bagmati Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections in Nepal. 110 members were elected to the assembly,66 of whom were elected through direct elections and 44 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 1 February 2018 and ended in September 2022. Dormani Poudel and Astalaxmi Shakya served as the chief ministers from the CPN (UML) and Rajendra Prasad Pandey served as chief minister from CPN during the term of the assembly. Sanu Kumar Shrestha served as the speaker of the assembly and Radhika Tamang served as the deputy speaker.
Hamro Nepali Party is a political party in Nepal. The party was registered in the Election Commission on 13 July 2022,with the Cane as its election symbol. The party's chairman is Ananta Raj Ghimire.
Suraj Chandra Lamichhane is a Nepali politician currently Minister of Internal Affairs and Law,Bagamati Province. Lamichhane is also a spokesperson for Bagamati Province Government. Lamichhane is elected as a member of the Bagamati Provincial Assembly from First Past the Post System from Kathmandu 1(2). representing the Nepali Congress as a member of the Bagamati Provincial Assembly.
