The politics of Nepal functions within the framework of a parliamentary republic with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister and their cabinet,while legislative power is vested in the Parliament.
There are three types of elections in Nepal:elections to the Federal Parliament,elections to the provincial assemblies and elections to the local government. Within each of these categories there may be by-elections as well as general elections. Currently three electoral systems are used:parallel voting for House of Representatives and provincial assemblies,Single transferable vote for National Assembly and first past the post for local elections.
Madhav Kumar Nepal,is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011 for nearly two years.
The House of Representatives,or Pratinidhi Sabha,is the one of the houses of the Federal Parliament of Nepal,with the other house being the National Assembly. Members of the House of Representatives are elected through a parallel voting system. They hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets at the International Convention Centre in Kathmandu.
The National Assembly or Rastriya Sabha is the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal,the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Assembly are established by Part 8 and 9 of the Constitution of Nepal. There are a total of 59 members:8 members are elected from each of the seven provinces by an electoral college of each province,and three are appointed by the President on recommendation of the government.
The Federal Parliament of Nepal is the bicameral federal and supreme legislature of Nepal established in 2018. It consists of the National Assembly and the House of Representatives as parallel houses.
Dilendra Prasad Badu is a Nepalese politician who has served as the Minister for Law,Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal since 2021. Elected through a proportional election system,he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the Nepali House of Representatives from Darchula and he is currently in its Parliamentary Committee for State Affairs and Good Governance. Before this,he was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
Hridayesh Tripathi is a Nepalese politician,belonging to the People's Progressive Party. He's also the current chairman of the party.
Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress. He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of Madhav Kumar Nepal,Baburam Bhattarai,KP Sharma Oli,Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahadur Deuba. He was the second vice-president of Nepali Congress.
The President of Nepal is the head of state of Nepal and the commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Armed Forces.
Anil Kumar Jha is a Nepali politician who served as a member of the House Of Representatives,representing Rautahat-1 constituency from 2017-2022.
Sanjay Kumar Gautam is a Nepalese politician who was Irrigation minister in Sher Bahadur Deuba's cabinet.
The provinces of Nepal were formed on 20 September 2015 in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Constitution of Nepal. The seven provinces were formed by grouping the existing districts. The current system of seven provinces replaced an earlier system where Nepal was divided into 14 administrative zones which were grouped into five development regions.
General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives,the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal.
The third presidential election of Nepal was held on 13 March 2018. As a new election law was developed and as,due to the Nepalese election in 2017,an electoral college could be established,the election took place three years after the previous presidential elections despite the presidential term of office actually being set at 5 years. The President was elected by an electoral college composed of the members of federal parliament and provincial assemblies. The total number of voters was thus 880,however the 331 members of Federal Parliament have a vote weight of 79,while the 549 members of Provincial Assemblies have a vote weight of 48. In total 862 lawmakers participated in the election leading to a turnout of 97.95%.
Raghubir Mahaseth is a well-renowned Nepalese politician. He is serving as the Central Secretary of CPN UML,is the in-charge of the Madhesh Province of Nepal for CPN UML,and is the member of House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2021,Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport from 2018 to 2020,and the Minister of Irrigation in 2011.
Mahendra Ray Yadav is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He is the current central committee chairman of Nepal Socialist Party.
Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj is a Nepali communist politician and a former member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was the commander of the first attack carried out by the Maoists,that began the Nepalese civil war.
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.
Rajendra Prasad Lingden is a Nepali politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal,also served as the Minister of Energy,Water Resources and Irrigation. He is also the chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party. He served as a member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal from March 2018. He was re-elected in 2022 in 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.
