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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.
The Nepali Congress is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. It is the current ruling party of Nepal since July 2021.
The Communist Party of Nepal , abbreviated CPN (UML), is the largest left-wing party in Nepal since its formation in January 1991, merging the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist). It is the main opposition party in the Federal Parliament of Nepal. It is the largest party in Nepal by membership with nearly 600,000 members. It remains one of the two main parties of Nepal including governing Nepali Congress.
Sher Bahadur Deuba is a Nepali politician serving as the prime minister of Nepal since 13 July 2021. He has previously served four terms as the prime minister and is the Member of Parliament for the parliamentary constituency of Dadeldhura 1. He has been the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016.
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 in the International Convention Centre in Kathmandu.
The Nepal Communist Party, abbreviated NCP was founded on 17 May 2018, from the unification of two leftist parties, Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal. The unification was completed by the Party Unification Coordination Committee, after eight months of negotiation. The two predecessor parties subsequently dissolved, making way for the new united party. The party retained the electoral symbol of the CPN, the sun.
Rajendra Mahato is a Nepalese politician, who was serving as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June 2021 making the tenure of just 18 days and shortest till date. He was the parliamentary party leader of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal, although the status matter of conflict within the party. Though weak today due to continuous party change, he once was a well known leader of Terai-Madhesh based political alliance.
Jhala Nath Khanal 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 six months, the shortest since the 2008.
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served three terms as prime minister from 11 October 2015 to 3 August 2016, from 15 February 2018 to 13 May 2021 as the first elected prime minister under the new constitution, and from 13 May 2021 to 13 July 2021.
Bidya Devi Bhandari is a Nepalese politician who is the second and current president of Nepal.
The Second Oli cabinet was the Government of Nepal from 15 February 2018 to 13 July 2021. It was initially formed as a majority coalition on 15 February 2018, after Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal following the 2017 general election. Oli's candidacy was supported by the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal. He assumed his office along with two ministers with the remaining ministers added at later points. The CPN withdrew its support from the government in May 2021, reducing it to a minority, and after the dissolution of the House of Representatives, it turned into an interim government. The second Oli cabinet was replaced by the fifth Deuba cabinet, formed after the Supreme Court ordered the appointment of Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister under in accordance with Article 76 (5) of the Constitution of Nepal.
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. 165 members were elected via first-past-the-post system and 110 through the proportional representation system to form the 275-member House of Representatives for a five-year term. On 7 February 2018, the provincial electoral colleges, composed of provincial assembly members elected in the provincial elections and chairs and deputy-chairs of local administrative units elected in the local elections, elected eight members each, for a total of 56 elected members, and three more were appointed by the President as nominated by the government, to form the 59 member National Assembly. The National Assembly members drew lots to determine the thirds whose terms would be of two, four and six years respectively. On 23 January 2020, the National Assembly electoral college met for the second time to elect 18 of the 19 Class I members. The House of Representatives was dissolved on 20 December 2020 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the request of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's cabinet. The House was reinstated on 24 February 2021 following a decision by the Supreme Court of Nepal. The House of Representatives was again dissolved on 22 May 2021 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
The People's Socialist Party, Nepal, also known as Janata Samajbadi Party is the fifth largest political party in Nepal. In today's date, the People's Socialist Party, Nepal is junior ally in Deuba government.
General elections are expected to be held in Nepal in November 2022 unless the House of Representatives is dissolved earlier. The discussion is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML) is already demanding for fresh mandate.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved the House of Representatives as per advice of the prime minister KP Sharma Oli on 20 December 2020. The sixth session of Federal Parliament abruptly ended on 9 July 2020. According to Article 93(1) of the Constitution, the interval between two sessions of parliament cannot exceed 6 months. Due to internal conflict in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), KP Sharma Oli recommended the dissolution before a no-confidence motion could be passed. However the dissolution was challenged in the Supreme Court of Nepal, which passed a verdict on 22 February 2021, reinstating the House of Representatives.
KP Sharma Oli was appointed Prime Minister of Nepal for a third time on 13 May 2021 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari, as a minority prime minister, as none of the opposition parties were able to form a majority government or lay their claim for it in the provided time frame. Citing the provision mentioned in Article 76 (3) of the constitution, Oli, being the leader of the largest party in the House of Representatives, was re-appointed prime minister, requiring him to again prove a majority in the house within 30 days from his appointment. On 22 May 2021, House of Representatives was again dissolved for the second time within 6 months by a cabinet decision followed by approval of President with elections set to be held on 12 and 19 November in two phases.
The Fifth Deuba cabinet is the current Government of Nepal, formed on 13 July 2021 after Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed as the new prime minister of Nepal by president Bidya Devi Bhandari following an order from the Supreme Court, which declared the dissolution of the House of Representatives on the recommendation of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli to be unlawful.
The 2021 split in the People's Socialist Party, Nepal (PSP-N) was a factional dispute amongst the leadership over party control beginning in May and culminating in July with the faction led by former Deputy Prime Minister Upendra Yadav succeeding over the faction of former First Chairman Mahantha Thakur. The dispute was settled as a result of a decision of the Election Commission, which handed control to Yadav's faction, forcing the departure of the Thakur faction from the PSP-N and requiring the formation of a new party.
The Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal, is the sixth largest political party in Nepal. The party was officially announced and registered at Election Commission, Nepal on 18 August 2021. Mahantha Thakur is the president of the new party.
In the end of year 2020, there occurred major split in Nepal Communist Party. It stood dismissed while this caused the revival of Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal.
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