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Many political parties and their leaders remained underground or in exile for the next 30 years of "partyless" politics in Nepal. [23] BP Koirala was released from prison in 1968 and went into exile in Benaras, returning in 1976 only to immediately be put in house arrest. [20]
The fourth presidential election of Nepal, to elect the country's third president since the abolition of the monarchy, was held on 9 March 2023. [ 3 ] The term of the incumbent president, Bidya Devi Bhandari , first elected in 2015 , was set to expire on 13 March 2023.
According to Article 87 of the Constitution, a person who meets the following criteria is qualified to become a member of the National Assembly: [6] citizen of Nepal, completed the age of thirty five years, not having been convicted of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude, not being disqualified by any Federal law, and
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called the vote in Nepal's lower house of parliament after a minor party in his coalition broke apart and its members withdrew support from the government.
The House was reinstated on 23 February 2021 but on 7 March 2021, deciding on a separate writ, the Supreme Court annulled the decision of the Election Commission to grant the name Nepal Communist Party to the party created by merger of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre), and positioned them to their pre merger status. [11]
Nepal's first political party, Nepal Praja Parishad is founded (led by Tanka Prasad Acharya). [9] 29 November 1945 14 Mangshir 2002 Padma Shumsher becomes the prime minister. [8] [7] 25 January 1946 12 Magh 2002 Nepali National Congress is formed (led by BP Koirala, Matrika Prasad Koirala, Ganesh Man Singh, etc.). [10] 30 April 1948 18 Baisakh 2005
Since Nepal uses a parallel voting system, voters cast another ballot to elect members through the party-list proportional representation. The current constitution specifies that sixty percent of the members should be elected from the first past the post system and forty percent through the party-list proportional representation system.
Nepali Congress stands as the only party to have conducted conventions at all levels since the promulgation of current constitution of Nepal. The convention elects the leadership and members of the committee which is the supreme decision making body in between conventions.