Pratinidhi Sabha प्रतिनिधि सभा | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
History | |
Preceded by | 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly |
Seats | 275 |
Elections | |
Parallel voting: | |
Last election | 20 November 2022 |
Meeting place | |
International Convention Centre, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal | |
Website | |
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The House of Representatives of Nepal is the lower house of the country's Federal Parliament. It is housed at the International Convention Centre, in Kathmandu, the capital. The current House of Representatives was elected by the general elections held on 20 November 2022, and its first session convened on 9 January 2023. [1] [2] [3]
The House has 275 members; 165 are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 110 are elected through proportional electoral system where voters vote for political parties, considering the whole country as an at-large constituency. [4] The House of Representatives continues to operate for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting, unless it is dissolved earlier.
The current constituencies are based on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017. [5] [6] According to the constitution, the new constituencies cannot be altered for another 20 years (until 2037) and cannot be challenged in any court of law. [5] [4]
Year | Details | Elected constituencies | Elections |
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1990 | The 1990 constitution lifted the ban on political parties, and created a new lower house, the House of Representatives, with 205 constituencies. | 205 | 1991, [7] 1994, [8] 1999 [9] |
2008 | A new Constituent Assembly was elected to create a new constitution. There were 240 memebers elected from single-seat constituencies and 335 elected via proportional representation. | 240 | 2008, [10] 2013 [11] |
2015 | The 2015 Constitution of Nepal was ratified by the Constituent Assembly. The new House of Representatives had 165 members elected | 165 | 2017, [12] 2022 [13] |
Province | Number of constituencies |
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Koshi | 28 |
Madhesh | 32 |
Bagmati | 33 |
Gandaki | 18 |
Lumbini | 26 |
Karnali | 12 |
Sudurpashchim | 16 |
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist political party in Nepal.
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