Janamorcha Nepal ( ne, जनमोर्चा नेपाल, , People's Front Nepal) was founded in 2002 as the mass organisation and electoral front of the

Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकता केन्द्र–मसाल)), abbreviated CPN (UC–M) was an underground communist party in Nepal. ...

. It was formed following the merger between the

Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) was a communist party in Nepal. CPN (UC) was formed on 19–20 November 1990 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention), Proletarian Workers Or ...

and the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) when their respective fronts

Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal The United People's Front of Nepal ( ne, संयुक्त जनमोर्चा नेपाल, Sanyukta Janamorcha Nepal), abbreviated SJM, was the front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre), or CPN (UC). History Formation ...

and the

Rashtriya Jana Morcha Rastriya Janamorcha ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनमोर्चा, lit=National People's Front) is a List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Part ...

joined together on 10 July 2002.

History

The party was formed with a 51-member ad hoc committee under the chairmanship of

Amik Sherchan Amik Sherchan (born 1944) is a Nepalese politician and current Governor of Lumbini Province of Nepal. He is former chairman of Janamorcha Nepal. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister & Health and Population Minister of Nepal in the interim gove ...

targeting the proposed general elections in November 2002.

Jana Andolan

During the

Loktantra Andolan The 2006 Democracy Movement ( ne, text=लोकतन्त्र आन्दोलन, translit=Loktantra Āndolan) is a name given to the political agitations against the direct and undemocratic rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. The movement ...

uprising of 2006 Janamorcha Nepal joined the

Seven Party Alliance The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan. The alliance was made up of the following parties: * Nepali Congress * Nepali Congr ...

. After the end of the direct rule by

King Gyanendra Gyanendra Shah ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह, born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuva ...

, Janamorcha Nepal was split into three along with its main party, the

. The party initially had six members in the Interim Parliament. A group led by

Chitra Bahadur K.C. Chitra Bahadur K.C. ( ne, चित्रबहादुर के.सी.) is a Nepalese politician and Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Poverty Alleviation Of Nepal. He is current chairman of the Rastriya Janamorcha (राष्� ...

split along with three members of the Interim Parliament. This group later reconstituted the

Rastriya Janamorcha Rastriya Janamorcha ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनमोर्चा, lit=National People's Front) is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy P ...

. Another group led by Chitra Bahadur Ale split with two members of the Interim Parliament and later merged with other communist factions and formed

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकिकृत)) was a communist party in Nepal. The party was formed in 2007 through the merger of three groups: *A breakaway group o ...

. Lila Mani Pokharel was the only member of parliament renaming in the original Janamorcha Nepal. He was later joined by three more nominated members; Asarphi Sada, Anjana Bisankhe and Kaman Singh Lama. Janamorcha Nepal retained its membership in the ruling

Eight Party Alliance The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan. The alliance was made up of the following parties: * Nepali Congress * Nepali Congr ...

and

Giriraj Mani Pokharel Giriraj Mani Pokharel is a Nepalese politician and the former Minister of Education, Science and Technology. He is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Political Life On April 12, 2007, J ...

and Shahi Shrestha joined the interim government as Minister for Health and State Minister for Health respectively.

Constituent Assembly election and dissolution

The party contested the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections and gained seven seats; two in

direct elections Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they desire to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are cho ...

, five from

party list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

, in the 1st Constituent Assembly.

Narayan Kaji Shrestha Narayan Kaji Shrestha ( ne, नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठ), alias Prakash, is a Nepali communist politician. He has been affiliated with a number of communist parties throughout his political career, holding leadership po ...

was later nominated to the Constituent Assembly taking their total to eight seats. In August 2008, Sherchan was deposed as chairman of Janamorcha Nepal and suspended for three months, after having urged support for

Ram Baran Yadav Ram Baran Yadav ( mai, डा. राम वरण यादव) is a Nepali politician and physician who served as the first president of Nepal from 23 July 2008 to 29 October 2015, following the declaration of a republic in 2008. Previously h ...

in the

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. Lila Mani Pokhrel was appointed acting chairman by the Central Committee of Janamorcha Nepal. In October 2008, the Janamorcha Nepal and its mother party, CPN (Centre–Masal) merged with

CPN (Maoist) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) may refer to: * Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is the former name of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), until 2009. * Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist), founded June 2012 * Unified Comm ...

to form the

Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), abbreviated UCPN (Maoist), (Nepali: एकीकृत नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी)), was a political party in Nepal. It was founded ...

, Lila Mani Pokharel and

were inducted into the Standing Committee of the new party.

Electoral performance

References

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History

Jana Andolan

Constituent Assembly election and dissolution

Electoral performance

See also

References