Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

, founded by

Ruplal Bishvakarma Ruplal Bishvakarma (रूपलाल विश्वकर्मा) was a Nepalese communist politician, peasant leader and Dalit activist. Ruplal hailed from a middle peasant family in the Chitwan district. Something of an oddity amongst Nepale ...

. The party took part in the 1999 election, campaigning for rights for lower caste people. The party got 6852 votes. The party is registered with the

Election Commission of Nepal The Election Commission ( ne, निर्वाचन आयोग, नेपाल; ''Nirvācana āyōg, Nēpāl'') is a constitutional body responsible for conducting and monitoring elections, as well as registering parties and candidates and r ...

ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. Ahead of the Constituent Assembly polls, the party presented a closed

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

list with 46 candidates, headed by Roma Bishwakarma. The party presented 1 candidate for the

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 ...

seats, Prem Singh Bishwakarma in the Kailali-6 constituency.Ca Election report

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