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Mahindra Ray Yadav
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 Socialist Party of Nepal. He was elected under the first-past-the-post system from Sarlahi-2 constituency, representing Rastriya Janata Party Nepal. In the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, he defeated his nearest rival, Rajendra Mahato of Sadbhawana Party, acquiring 11,534 votes to the latter's 8,790. Political life As of March 2017, he was leading Tarai Madhes Sadbhawana Party in the legislature parliament as party chairman. Following the formation of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, he was one of the six members of the party presidium. He became the coordinator of the chairman council on 20 January 2019, taking over from Rajendra Mahato. Electoral history 2017 legislative elections 2013 Constituent Assembly election 1999 legislative elections 1994 legislative elections See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party Of Nepal
The Socialist Party of Nepal () is a democratic socialist political party in Nepal. It is led jointly by former prime minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai and senior leader of the Terai-Madhesh region Mahindra Ray Yadav. The party was formed after a split in the People's Socialist Party, Nepal, its members citing the authoritarian and power-oriented nature of Upendra Yadav as a factor. Veteran leaders of Terai-Madhesh such as Mahindra Ray Yadav and Ramesh Prasad Yadav also serve as the portfolios of the party. History Formation There were a months-long dispute in People's Socialist Party, Nepal when the party's executive president, Upendra Yadav didn't call a meeting with the central committee of the party. He neglected the demands raised within the party regarding inclusive leadership. Yadav was accused of being in path of formation of a regional party to a national party. Bhattarai faction conducted a two day meet of central committee members in Jadibuti, Kathmandu on 12 and 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terai Madhes Sadbhavana Party
The Terai Madhesh Sadbhavana Party Nepal () was a political party in Nepal. It was led by Mahendra Raya Yadav. It was formed through the merger of Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Nepal, a splinter group of Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party and Rastriya Sadbhavana Party, a splinter group of Sadbhavana Party. The Terai Madhes Sadbhavana Party won 3 seats in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election. On 21 April 2017 the party merged with Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party, Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party, Nepal Sadbhawana Party, Sadbhavana Party, Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (Republican) and Rastriya Madhesh Samajwadi Party to form Rastriya Janata Party Nepal. Electoral performance References Political parties in Nepal Political parties with year of establishment missing 2013 establishments in Nepal 2017 disestablishments in Nepal {{Nepal-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadbhavana Party
Sadbhavana Party is a political party in Nepal. The party emerged from a major split in the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) in the summer of 2007. Laxman Lal Karna was the joint chair of the party. History Initially the party also used the name "Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)", but the party was not recognised by the Election Commission of Nepal by that name. Rajendra Mahato, Minister for Industry and Commerce, resigned from the government in protest. The party was later registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election as Sadbhavana Party. The party was a founding member of the United Democratic Madhesi Front along with Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal and Terai Madhesh Democratic Party. The front was a key part of the second Madhes movement and demanded federalism, proportional representation and population-based constituency demarcation be ensured in the Interim Constitution. Constituent Assembly and dissolut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal (Nepali: नयाँ शक्ति पार्टी, नेपाल, translation: New Force Party, Nepal) was a democratic socialist political party in Nepal formed by former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on 12 June 2016. On 6 May 2019, the party merged with Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal to form Samajbadi Party, Nepal. History Background Baburam Bhattarai was a senior vice-chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and was involved in the party for over two decades, including during the Nepalese Civil War. He became the Prime Minister of Nepal while a member of the UCPN (Maoist). As Prime Minister he dissolved the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly to pave the way for new elections. After the constitution of Nepal was promulgated on 25 September 2015 by the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly he resigned from the newly formed Parliament of Nepal and quit his party to form his own political "force". On January 21, 2016 he anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CPN (Maoist Centre)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN Maoist Centre, or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre). The party has led three governments, from 2008 to 2009 and from 2016 to 2017 under Pushpa Kamal Dahal and from 2013 to 2015 under Baburam Bhattarai. The party was previously known as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) until 2009 and as the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) until 2016. In 2008, The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) placed first in the election with 220 out of 575 elected seats and became the largest party in the Constituent Assembly. In the 2013 elections, the party won 80 out of 575 elected seats to become the third largest party in the Constituent Assembly of Nepal. The party dissolved on 17 May 2018, after merging with the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party of Nepal at all levels of government. It is the current ruling party of Nepal since July 2021. With more than one million active members, the party remains the largest party in Nepal by membership. There have been seven Nepali Congress prime ministers and the party has led the government fourteen times. Matrika Prasad Koirala, a founding member of the party was appointed as the first commoner prime minister following the end of the Rana regime in 1951. Subarna Shumsher Rana, another founding member of the party was also appointed as prime minister in 1958. Congress is the only party in Nepal to have been elected with a majority with the party forming majority governments in 1959, 1991 and 1999 under B.P. Koirala, Girija Prasad Koirala a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahendra Raya Yadav
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 Socialist Party of Nepal. He was elected under the first-past-the-post system from Sarlahi-2 constituency, representing Rastriya Janata Party Nepal. In the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, he defeated his nearest rival, Rajendra Mahato of Sadbhawana Party, acquiring 11,534 votes to the latter's 8,790. Political life As of March 2017, he was leading Tarai Madhes Sadbhawana Party in the legislature parliament as party chairman. Following the formation of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, he was one of the six members of the party presidium. He became the coordinator of the chairman council on 20 January 2019, taking over from Rajendra Mahato. Electoral history 2017 legislative elections 2013 Constituent Assembly election 1999 legislative elections 1994 legislative elections See a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Nepalese Legislative Election
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 election was held alongside the first provincial elections for the seven provincial assemblies. A political deadlock between the governing Nepali Congress and the winning left-wing coalition over the system used to elect the upper house led to delay in forming the new government. Following the announcement of final result by the Election Commission, K.P. Oli of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was sworn in as Prime Minister on 15 February 2018 by the President according to Article 76 (2) of the constitution. He passed a Motion of Confidence on 11 March 2018 with 208 votes. Background The previous House of Representatives, elected in May 1999, was dissolved by King Gyanendra on advice of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in May 2002 in order to hold new e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislature Parliament Of Nepal
The Second Constituent Assembly of Nepal, later converted to the Legislature Parliament ( ne, व्यवस्थापिका संसद), was a unicameral legislature of Nepal. It was elected in the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections after the failure of the first Constituent Assembly to promulgate a new constitution. The Assembly converted into a legislative parliament after the constitution was promulgated in 2015. The legislature parliament's term ended on 14 October 2017. Opening Former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, the oldest member of the house, assumed chairmanship of the CA on January 20, 2014 and administered the oath of office to 565 lawmakers at the first meeting of the assembly on January 21, 2014. Leaders of the NC, CPN-UML and UCPN (Maoist) pledged to draft a new constitution within a year. More than 80% of the members were new faces. Power-sharing discussions On January 26, 2014, President Ram Baran Yadav called for the election of a Prime Minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly Election
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 19 November 2013. The vote was repeatedly delayed, having previously been planned for 22 November 2012 following the dissolution of the 1st Constituent Assembly on 27 May 2012, but it was put off by the election commission. The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party in the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, winning 196 of the 575 elected seats. Background Following King Gyanendra's suspension of Parliament and government takeover during the Nepalese Civil War, mass protests led to him to re-instate Parliament and end the war fought by the government against the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), on the condition that the constitution would be re-written. The king's powers were also removed and an election was held in 2008 to elect a Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly was tasked with writing a new constitution; however, its deadline was extended several times, with the last one set for 27 May 2012. In the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarlahi
Sarlahi ( ne, सर्लाही ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which covers an area of and had a population of 635,701 in 2001 and 769,729 in 2011. It is bordered to the west by the Bagmati River, to the east by Mahottari District, to the north by the Sivalik Hills, and to the south by Bihar State of India. Etymology Generally, the people of Sarlahi believe that the name ''Sarlahi'' comes from the name of the Sarla Devi temple. The Sarla Devi temple is situated in Hempur village in the Sarlahi district. There is a belief that if someone goes to the temple at night with a light, then that person will die. For that reason, people still do not go at night to that temple with light. There are no residences around this temple. Famous for The district is known for a couple of things. One of them is tomato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First-past-the-post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their vote for a candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins even if the top candidate gets less than 50%, which can happen when there are more than two popular candidates. As a winner-take-all method, FPTP often produces disproportional results (when electing members of an assembly, such as a parliament) in the sense that political parties do not get representation according to their share of the popular vote. This usually favours the largest party and parties with strong regional support to the detriment of smaller parties without a geographically concentrated base. Supporters of electoral reform are generally highly critical of FPTP because of this and point out other flaws, such as FPTP's vulnerability t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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