Nepali Janata Dal is a

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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 ...

. The party was established in 1995 as the United People's Party. The party identifies itself as progressive,

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and

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. Hari Charan Shah is the party chairman, Kabiraj Timilsina the vice-Chairman, Dipak Raj Pandey the General secretary. In total, the

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of the party has 41 members. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the NJD won two seats through the

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vote. It got 48990 PR votes (0.46%). The party selected Vishwanath Prasad Agrawal and Gayatri Shah as its representatives in the assembly.
/ref> Gayatri Shah was the nominated parliamentary leader of the party.

Electoral performance

Nepalese Legislative Elections

References

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