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The 1959 constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, proclaimed on 12 February 1959, first mentions the Pratinidhi Sabha first as follows: "There shall be a Parliament which shall consist of His Majesty and two Houses, to be known respectively as the Senate and the House of Representatives (Pratinidhi Sabha)" (Article No. 18, Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal, 1959).
The House of Representatives (प्रतिनिधि सभा, Pratinidhi Sabha) has 275 members. 165 members are elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting and 110 elected through proportional electoral system where voters vote for political parties, considering the whole country as a single election ...
The House of Representatives of Nepal is the lower house of the country's Federal Parliament. It is housed at the International Convention Centre , in Kathmandu , the capital. The current House of Representatives was elected by the general elections held on 20 November 2022 , and its first session convened on 9 January 2023.
The National Assembly or Rastriya Sabha (Nepali: राष्ट्रिय सभा, romanized: Rāṣṭriya Sabhā) is the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Assembly are established by Part 8 and 9 of the Constitution of Nepal.
The House of Representatives (Pratinidhi Sabha) has 275 members elected for five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The National Council (Rashtriya Sabha) has 59 members, 8 from each state and the remaining 3 from the private concern of the government.
The post of Speaker is vacated:- (a) if he or she ceases to be a member of the House of Representatives, Provided that, in the event of dissolution of the House of Representatives, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives holding their respective offices shall continue in office until the previous day of the filing of nominations for another election to the House of ...
Leaders of Opposition in the Pratinidhi Sabha No. Portrait Name Party Assumed office Left office Prime Minister Term 1 Mrigendra SJB Rana NRGP: 27 May 1959 15 December 1960 Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala: 1st House of Representatives: 2 Man Mohan Adhikari: CPN (UML) 26 May 1991 30 November 1994 Girija Prasad Koirala: 2nd House of Representatives: 3
The party needs to win at least one FPTP seat in Pratinidhi Sabha. The party gets at least 3% of the total valid proportional representation (PR) votes in Pratinidhi Sabha. There are currently eight national parties in Nepal. [4]