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id="toc-Direct_rule_and_internal_conflicts,_2002–2015-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Second_Chand_and_Thapa_governments,_2002–2006" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_Chand_and_Thapa_governments,_2002–2006"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>Second Chand and Thapa governments, 2002–2006</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_Chand_and_Thapa_governments,_2002–2006-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Constituent_Assembly,_2007–2015" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Constituent_Assembly,_2007–2015"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.2</span> <span>Constituent Assembly, 2007–2015</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Constituent_Assembly,_2007–2015-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Federal_Nepal,_2016–present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Federal_Nepal,_2016–present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Federal Nepal, 2016–present</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Federal_Nepal,_2016–present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Continued_internal_conflicts,_2016–2020" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Continued_internal_conflicts,_2016–2020"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.1</span> <span>Continued internal conflicts, 2016–2020</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Continued_internal_conflicts,_2016–2020-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Re-unification_and_new_leadership,_2020–present" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Re-unification_and_new_leadership,_2020–present"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4.2</span> <span>Re-unification and new leadership, 2020–present</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Re-unification_and_new_leadership,_2020–present-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ideology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ideology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Ideology</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Ideology-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Ideology subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Ideology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Monarchy_and_federal_structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Monarchy_and_federal_structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Monarchy and federal structure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Monarchy_and_federal_structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_performance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_performance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Electoral performance</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Electoral_performance-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Electoral performance subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Electoral_performance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Legislative_elections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legislative_elections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Legislative elections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legislative_elections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Provincial_elections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Provincial_elections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Provincial elections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Provincial_elections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Koshi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Koshi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Koshi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Koshi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Madhesh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Madhesh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>Madhesh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Madhesh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bagmati" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bagmati"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>Bagmati</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bagmati-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gandaki" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gandaki"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.4</span> <span>Gandaki</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gandaki-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lumbini" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lumbini"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.5</span> <span>Lumbini</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lumbini-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Karnali" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Karnali"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.6</span> <span>Karnali</span> </div> 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href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80" title="राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido_Nacional_Democr%C3%A1tico_(Nepal)" title="Partido Nacional Democrático (Nepal) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Partido Nacional Democrático (Nepal)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a 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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Political party</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a>.</div> <style 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class="mw-redirect" title="Rajendra Lingden">Rajendra Lingden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Party_spokesperson" title="Party spokesperson">Spokesperson</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Gyanendra_Shahi" title="Gyanendra Shahi">Gyanendra Shahi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Senior Deputy Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Mishra" title="Rabindra Mishra">Rabindra Mishra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Deputy Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bikram_Pandey" title="Bikram Pandey">Bikram Pandey</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Budhhiman_Tamang" title="Budhhiman Tamang">Budhhiman Tamang</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dhruba_Bahadur_Pradhan" title="Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan">Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rosan_Karki" title="Rosan Karki">Rosan Karki</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">29 May 1990<span class="noprint"> (34 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1990-05-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Charumati Bihar, Chabahil, <a href="/wiki/Kathmandu" title="Kathmandu">Kathmandu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Student_wing" title="Student wing">Student wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Student_Organization" title="National Democratic Student Organization">National Democratic Student Organization</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Youth_Front" title="National Democratic Youth Front">National Democratic Youth Front</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_wing" title="Women's wing">Women's wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Women%27s_Union" title="National Democratic Women's Union">National Democratic Women's Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Membership</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">150,000<sup id="cite_ref-members_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-members-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hindutva" title="Hindutva">Hindutva</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" title="Hindu nationalism">Hindu nationalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/National_conservatism" title="National conservatism">National conservatism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalism" title="Economic liberalism">Economic liberalism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">Constitutional monarchism</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">Right-wing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">International affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/International_Democracy_Union" title="International Democracy Union">International Democracy Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><a href="/wiki/Asia_Pacific_Democrat_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Pacific Democrat Union">Asia Pacific Democrat Union</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_(Nepal)" title="Election Commission (Nepal)">ECN</a> Status</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nepal#National_parties" title="List of political parties in Nepal">National Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Pratinidhi_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratinidhi Sabha">Pratinidhi Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">14 / 275</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Sabha">Rastriya Sabha</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 59</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_(Nepal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Assembly (Nepal)">Provincial Assemblies</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">28 / 550</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_municipalities_in_Nepal" title="List of mayors of municipalities in Nepal">Mayors</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_chairpersons_of_rural_municipalities_in_Nepal" title="List of chairpersons of rural municipalities in Nepal">Chairs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 753</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0.5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Nepal" title="Local government in Nepal">Councillors</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">305 / 35,011</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0.9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Election symbol</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_RPP,_Nepal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Logo_RPP%2C_Nepal.png/100px-Logo_RPP%2C_Nepal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Logo_RPP%2C_Nepal.png/150px-Logo_RPP%2C_Nepal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Logo_RPP%2C_Nepal.png/200px-Logo_RPP%2C_Nepal.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="576" /></a></span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Plough_(politics)" title="Plough (politics)">Plough</a></b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Party flag</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rppnepalflagnewversion.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rppnepalflagnewversion.png/180px-Rppnepalflagnewversion.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rppnepalflagnewversion.png/270px-Rppnepalflagnewversion.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Rppnepalflagnewversion.png/360px-Rppnepalflagnewversion.png 2x" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="408" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rpp.org.np">rpp<wbr />.org<wbr />.np</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid gold;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Nepal" title="Politics of Nepal">Politics of Nepal</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nepal" title="List of political parties in Nepal">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Nepal" title="Elections in Nepal">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Rastriya Prajatantra Party</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Nepali pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ne-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Nepali" title="Help:IPA/Nepali">[rasʈrijʌ<span class="wrap"> </span>prʌˈd͡zatʌntrʌ<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈpa(r)ʈi]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'National Democratic Party'; <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Abbreviation" title="Abbreviation">abbr.</a></span> <abbr title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party">RPP</abbr>, <abbr title="">RaPraPa</abbr> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">राप्रपा</span>)) is a <a href="/wiki/Monarchist" class="mw-redirect" title="Monarchist">constitutional monarchist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu nationalist">Hindu nationalist</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nepal" title="List of political parties in Nepal">political party in Nepal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party was formed by <a href="/wiki/Panchayat_(Nepal)" title="Panchayat (Nepal)">Panchayat era</a> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Nepal" title="Prime Minister of Nepal">prime ministers</a> <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> in 1990. The party led two coalition governments in 1997 under Thapa and Chand. The two were also appointed <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister" title="Prime minister">prime minister</a> by <a href="/wiki/King_Gyanendra" class="mw-redirect" title="King Gyanendra">King Gyanendra</a> in the 2000s; Chand in 2002 and Thapa in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Prasad Lingden</a> is currently serving as party chairman after being elected at the party's <a href="/wiki/2021_general_convention_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="2021 general convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party">general convention</a> in December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-kathmandupost.com_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kathmandupost.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rastriya Prajatantra Party is currently the fifth-largest political party in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a> after winning 14 seats at the <a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022 general election</a> and is one of seven national parties recognized by the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_(Nepal)" title="Election Commission (Nepal)">Election Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party was briefly part of the <a href="/wiki/Dahal_cabinet,_2022" class="mw-redirect" title="Dahal cabinet, 2022">ruling coalition government</a> following the election, but has been in opposition since 25 February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_and_early_years,_1990–1994"><span id="Founding_and_early_years.2C_1990.E2.80.931994"></span>Founding and early years, 1990–1994</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding and early years, 1990–1994"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rastriya Prajatantra Party was formed by the ruling elite of the Panchayat era on 29 May 1990. The party split in the same year after another group also registered itself with the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_(Nepal)" title="Election Commission (Nepal)">Election Commission</a>. The two parties had the same name, ideology and statute but different flags and election symbols. The two parties, one led by <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> zand the other led by <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a>, contested the <a href="/wiki/1991_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Nepalese legislative election">1991 elections</a>. The two parties won four seats between them with Chand's party winning three seats and Thapa's party winning one seat. Following their performance at the elections the two parties agreed to merge into a single Rastriya Prajatantra Party on 8 February 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party held its first general convention from in 1992 from 11 to 16 June in Kathmandu and unanimously elected <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> as its chairman. <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajeshwor_Devkota" title="Rajeshwor Devkota">Rajeshwor Devkota</a> were elected leader and co-chairman, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party emerged as a third force at the 1992 local elections and the <a href="/wiki/1994_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 Nepalese legislative election">1994 general elections</a>. The party received 18 percent of the votes and won 20 seats to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a>, making them the third largest party in the parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_and_second_split,_1995–1999"><span id="Government_and_second_split.2C_1995.E2.80.931999"></span>Government and second split, 1995–1999</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Government and second split, 1995–1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coalition_governments,_1995–1997"><span id="Coalition_governments.2C_1995.E2.80.931997"></span>Coalition governments, 1995–1997</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Coalition governments, 1995–1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party initially supported the minority government of <a href="/wiki/CPN_(UML)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (UML)">CPN (UML)</a> but later withdrew their support and backed a no-confidence motion <a href="/wiki/Man_Mohan_Adhikari" title="Man Mohan Adhikari">Manmohan Adhikari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party then joined a coalition government with <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Sadbhawana_Party" title="Nepal Sadbhawana Party">Nepal Sadbhawana Party</a> under the premiership of Congress leader <a href="/wiki/Sher_Bahadur_Deuba" title="Sher Bahadur Deuba">Sher Bahadur Deuba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A faction of the party led by former prime minister <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> were dissatisfied with the coalition government and in March 1996 some cabinet ministers close to Chand withdrew their support for the Deuba government and resigned before a no-confidence vote was set to table by the opposition <a href="/wiki/CPN_(UML)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (UML)">CPN (UML)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ministers withdrew their resignation before the no-confidence vote and Deuba won the confidence vote.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six cabinet ministers close to Chand again resigned from the government in December 1996 but supported Deuba in the confidence vote later and rejoined the cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chand_and_Thapa_governments,_1997–1998"><span id="Chand_and_Thapa_governments.2C_1997.E2.80.931998"></span>Chand and Thapa governments, 1997–1998</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chand and Thapa governments, 1997–1998"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 1997 a faction of the party led by <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> joined a <a href="/wiki/Chand%E2%80%93Gautam_coalition" title="Chand–Gautam coalition">coalition government</a> with <a href="/wiki/CPN_(UML)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (UML)">CPN (UML)</a>, with Chand as prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 October 1997, the faction led by <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> voted for a no-confidence motion tabled by <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> and toppled the government. Thapa was then made the prime minister on 6 October 1997 with the support of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After losing support within his party Thapa asked King Birendra to dissolve the house and call for fresh elections. After the recommendation of the Supreme Court, the king called forth a special session of the parliament to debate the no-confidence motion filed against Thapa.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thapa survived the no-confidence vote and expelled six central committee members for threatening to back a no-confidence motion against him.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second general convention of the party took place from 12 to 16 November 1997 in <a href="/wiki/Birgunj" title="Birgunj">Birgunj</a>. <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> was re-elected for a second term as chairman. <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Lohani" title="Prakash Chandra Lohani">Prakash Chandra Lohani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB Rana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> were nominated as vice-chairman, general secretary and spokesman respectively. <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> however created his own <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Chand)" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)">Rastriya Prajatantra Party</a> on 9 January 1998 claiming that Thapa had mismanaged the party, did not listen to the directions of the central committee and accused Thapa of not holding the general election in a fair manner. He broke off with 10 members of parliament including 8 from the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a> and 2 from the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Nepal)" title="National Assembly (Nepal)">National Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thapa resigned as prime minister on 10 April 1998 and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> president <a href="/wiki/Girija_Prasad_Koirala" title="Girija Prasad Koirala">Girija Prasad Koirala</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two parties contested the <a href="/wiki/1999_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Nepalese legislative election">1999 elections</a> and fared badly in the election with the party winning 11 seats and the party led by <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Chand</a> not winning any seats. Following the elections, the parties decided to merge again on 31 December 1999. A group led by <a href="/wiki/Rajeshwor_Devkota" title="Rajeshwor Devkota">Rajeshwar Devkota</a> however decided not to rejoin the party and formed their own <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Nationalist)" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)">Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Direct_rule_and_internal_conflicts,_2002–2015"><span id="Direct_rule_and_internal_conflicts.2C_2002.E2.80.932015"></span>Direct rule and internal conflicts, 2002–2015</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Direct rule and internal conflicts, 2002–2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_Chand_and_Thapa_governments,_2002–2006"><span id="Second_Chand_and_Thapa_governments.2C_2002.E2.80.932006"></span>Second Chand and Thapa governments, 2002–2006</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Second Chand and Thapa governments, 2002–2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The king dismissed the government of <a href="/wiki/Sher_Bahadur_Deuba" title="Sher Bahadur Deuba">Sher Bahadur Deuba</a> on 4 October 2002 after failing to conduct the elections following the dissolution of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a> on May earlier that year.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> was then appointed as prime minister on 11 October 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned on 31 May 2003 after protests from opposition parties calling for the restoration of the parliament and the formation of a national consensus government.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chand had also faced accusations from within his party of failing to address these issues. He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> on 5 June 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pashu_and_Surya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Pashu_and_Surya.jpg/220px-Pashu_and_Surya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Pashu_and_Surya.jpg/330px-Pashu_and_Surya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Pashu_and_Surya.jpg/440px-Pashu_and_Surya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="519" /></a><figcaption>Former party chairmen, <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB Rana</a></figcaption></figure> <p>At the third general convention of the party held in <a href="/wiki/Pokhara" title="Pokhara">Pokhara</a> from 12 to 14 December 2002, <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> completed his second four-year term as party chairman and could not compete for the post of chairman again as per the party constitution. <a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB Rana</a> was elected chairman during the convention and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Padma_Sundar_Lawati&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Padma Sundar Lawati (page does not exist)">Padma Sundar Lawati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosan_Karki" title="Rosan Karki">Rosan Karki</a> were nominated vice-president, general secretary and spokesperson respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were calls within the party for <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> to resign as prime minister for undermining democracy by failing to form a national <a href="/wiki/Consensus_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Consensus government">consensus government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned on 7 May 2004 and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress_(Democratic)" title="Nepali Congress (Democratic)">Nepali Congress (Democratic)</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Sher_Bahadur_Deuba" title="Sher Bahadur Deuba">Sher Bahadur Deuba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 November 2004, Thapa announced that he would be quitting the party and forming a new <a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">centre-right</a> <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberal</a> party.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party was formally launched on 13 March 2005 as <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janashakti_Party" title="Rastriya Janashakti Party">Rastriya Janashakti Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/2005_Nepal_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2005 Nepal coup d'état">1 February 2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_Gyanendra" class="mw-redirect" title="King Gyanendra">King Gyanendra</a> dismissed Deuba as prime minister and seized executive powers.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party announced their support for the pro-democracy agitation led by the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Party_Alliance" title="Seven Party Alliance">Seven Party Alliance</a> but ten members of the party's central committee, including <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> who had rejoined the party after leaving for Janashakti, supported the <a href="/wiki/2005_Nepal_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2005 Nepal coup d'état">coup</a>. Thapa along with six central committee members were appointed to the King's cabinet in December 2005 with Thapa becoming <a href="/wiki/Home_Minister_(Nepal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Home Minister (Nepal)">Home Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 January 2006, members of the central committee close to <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> voted to replace <a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB Rana</a> as party chairman with <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Thapa</a>. Thapa's claim as new chairman was dismissed by other members of the party.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thapa's faction of the party contested the 2006 local elections that was boycotted by the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Party_Alliance" title="Seven Party Alliance">Seven Party Alliance</a> and the Rana faction of the party. The party won mayoral positions in major cities including <a href="/wiki/Kathmandu" title="Kathmandu">Kathmandu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pokhara" title="Pokhara">Pokhara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharatpur,_Nepal" title="Bharatpur, Nepal">Bharatpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dhangadhi" title="Dhangadhi">Dhangadhi</a> in an election marred by a lack of candidates, violence and low turnout.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party members that supported Thapa, including six incumbent cabinet ministers, were expelled. On 28 October 2006, they formed their own party, the royalist <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a>, under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Constituent_Assembly,_2007–2015"><span id="Constituent_Assembly.2C_2007.E2.80.932015"></span>Constituent Assembly, 2007–2015</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Constituent Assembly, 2007–2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The party held its fourth general convention from 9 to 11 December 2007 and re-elected Pashupati SJB Rana as party chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/2006_Nepalese_revolution" title="2006 Nepalese revolution">2006 revolution</a> a national consensus government under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Girija_Prasad_Koirala" title="Girija Prasad Koirala">Girija Prasad Koirala</a> was formed. The parliament was reinstated and eventually transformed into the <a href="/wiki/Interim_legislature_of_Nepal" title="Interim legislature of Nepal">Interim Legislature Parliament</a> after including the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist_Centre)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)">Maoists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party had eight seats in the parliament but two MPs, <a href="/wiki/Budhhiman_Tamang" title="Budhhiman Tamang">Budhhiman Tamang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brijesh_Kumar_Gupta" title="Brijesh Kumar Gupta">Brijesh Kumar Gupta</a>, were dismissed because of their support of the royal coup.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pashupati_Sahamsher.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Pashupati_Sahamsher.JPG/214px-Pashupati_Sahamsher.JPG" decoding="async" width="214" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Pashupati_Sahamsher.JPG/321px-Pashupati_Sahamsher.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Pashupati_Sahamsher.JPG/428px-Pashupati_Sahamsher.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB</a> Rana: former chairperson of the party</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election">2008 elections</a> the party failed to win a seat from the constituency vote but got 2.45% of the party list votes and won 8 seats to the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituent Assembly of Nepal">1st Constituent Assembly</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">party-list proportional representation</a> system. Party chairman Pashupati SJB Rana also lost from <a href="/wiki/Sindhupalchok_1_(constituency)" title="Sindhupalchok 1 (constituency)">Sindhupalchowk 1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 May 2008, at the first session of the 1st Constituent Assembly. The party voted in favor of abolishing the monarchy and turning Nepal into a republic. <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> who was serving as the parliamentary party leader of the party was absent during the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party joined the <a href="/wiki/Madhav_Kumar_Nepal" title="Madhav Kumar Nepal">Madhav Kumar Nepal</a> led government in June 2009. </p><p>At the party's fifth general convention from 17 to 19 May 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janashakti_Party" title="Rastriya Janashakti Party">Rastriya Janashakti Party</a> merged into the party and <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> was elected as the chairman of the unified party. It was also decided that the senior leadership would rotate annually between <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB Rana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Lohani" title="Prakash Chandra Lohani">Prakash Chandra Lohani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2013_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election">2013 elections</a>, the party won constituency seats in <a href="/wiki/Rupandehi_2_(constituency)" title="Rupandehi 2 (constituency)">Rupandehi 2</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chitwan_5_(constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chitwan 5 (constituency) (page does not exist)">Chitwan 5</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhankuta_2_(constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dhankuta 2 (constituency) (page does not exist)">Dhankuta 2</a> and got 2.75% of the party list votes and won 10 seats through the <a href="/wiki/Party-list" class="mw-redirect" title="Party-list">party-list proportional representation</a> system for a total of 13 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Constituent_Assembly_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituent Assembly of Nepal">2nd Constituent Assembly</a>. The party supported the <a href="/wiki/CPN_(UML)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (UML)">CPN (UML)</a>–<a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> <a href="/wiki/Koirala_cabinet,_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Koirala cabinet, 2013">coalition government</a> under <a href="/wiki/Sushil_Koirala" title="Sushil Koirala">Sushil Koirala</a> following the election and sent two ministers to the cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_Nepal,_2016–present"><span id="Federal_Nepal.2C_2016.E2.80.93present"></span>Federal Nepal, 2016–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Federal Nepal, 2016–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party.svg/220px-Flag_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party.svg/330px-Flag_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party.svg/440px-Flag_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Flag of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party until 2016</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Continued_internal_conflicts,_2016–2020"><span id="Continued_internal_conflicts.2C_2016.E2.80.932020"></span>Continued internal conflicts, 2016–2020</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Continued internal conflicts, 2016–2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 November 2016, the party announced its unification with the <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> led <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a>. The new party retained the name of Rastriya Prajatantra Party. The new party had a total strength of 37 in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Nepal">Parliament of Nepal</a>, becoming the fourth largest party.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thapa was elected as chairman of the party in a special general convention in Kathmandu in February 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party joined the <a href="/wiki/Dahal_cabinet,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Dahal cabinet, 2016">coalition government</a> on 9 March 2017 under <a href="/wiki/CPN_(Maoist_Centre)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (Maoist Centre)">CPN (Maoist Centre)</a> chairman <a href="/wiki/Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal" title="Pushpa Kamal Dahal">Pushpa Kamal Dahal</a> with <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> serving as deputy prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Lohani" title="Prakash Chandra Lohani">Prakash Chandra Lohani</a> split away from the party following the decision to join the government and because of issues regarding the electoral symbol of the party. He announced the formation of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ekikrit_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Nationalist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ekikrit Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist) (page does not exist)">Ekikrit Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)</a> on 29 March 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another split occurred on 6 August 2017 after <a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB Rana</a> broke away forming <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Democratic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)">Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party joined the <a href="/wiki/Deuba_cabinet,_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Deuba cabinet, 2017">coalition government</a> under Nepali Congress president <a href="/wiki/Sher_Bahadur_Deuba" title="Sher Bahadur Deuba">Sher Bahadur Deuba</a> on 13 October 2017 with <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> again serving as deputy prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_general_election" title="2017 Nepalese general election">2017 general</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">provincial elections</a>, Rastriya Prajantatra Party formed an alliance with <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Democratic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)">Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party only won one seat to the House of Representatives and party chairman <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> lost in <a href="/wiki/Makwanpur_1_(constituency)" title="Makwanpur 1 (constituency)">Makwanpur 1</a>. Only general secretary <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Lingden" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajendra Lingden">Rajendra Lingden</a> was elected from <a href="/wiki/Jhapa_3_(constituency)" title="Jhapa 3 (constituency)">Jhapa 3</a> after forging an electoral pact with the Left Alliance against <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> in some eastern districts including <a href="/wiki/Jhapa_District" title="Jhapa District">Jhapa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party got 2.06% of the party list votes and could not become a national party after failing to pass the 3% threshold in <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">party list voting</a>. The party also won one seat each to <a href="/wiki/Pradesh_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Pradesh Sabha">provincial assemblies</a> of <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_Province_No._1" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Assembly of Province No. 1">Province 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_Province_No._3" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Assembly of Province No. 3">Province 3</a> and <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Assembly_of_Karnali" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Assembly of Karnali">Province 6</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Re-unification_and_new_leadership,_2020–present"><span id="Re-unification_and_new_leadership.2C_2020.E2.80.93present"></span>Re-unification and new leadership, 2020–present</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Re-unification and new leadership, 2020–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2021_general_convention_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="2021 general convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party">2021 general convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Samyukta)" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Samyukta)">Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Samyukta)</a>, created through the merger of Rana and Lohani's splinter groups, merged with the party on 12 March 2020, with <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Lohani" title="Prakash Chandra Lohani">Prakash Chandra Lohani</a> all acting as chairs.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2020, <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Sunil Bahadur Thapa">Sunil Bahadur Thapa</a>, the son of former prime minister <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a>, resigned from the party and joined <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party conducted its general convention from 1 to 3 December 2021 and elected <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Prasad Lingden</a> as the party's chairman. He defeated former deputy prime minister and incumbent party chairman <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> at the general convention.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kathmandupost.com_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kathmandupost.com-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party also announced that it had 150,000 active party members.<sup id="cite_ref-members_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-members-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The general convention also elected <a href="/wiki/Nepalgunj" title="Nepalgunj">Nepalgunj</a> mayor <a href="/wiki/Dhawal_Shamsher_Rana" title="Dhawal Shamsher Rana">Dhawal Shamsher Rana</a> as the party's general secretary and former member of <a href="/wiki/Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepalese Constituent Assembly">constituent assembly</a> <a href="/wiki/Bikram_Pandey" title="Bikram Pandey">Bikram Pandey</a> as the party vice-president.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the general convention, Kamal Thapa left the party and revived the <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party announced intentions to unify other pro-monarchist groups under their umbrella and groups including <i>Nepal Ka Lagi Nepali</i> Campaign, <i>Mission Nepal</i>, <i>Gorach Abhiyan</i> and the <a href="/wiki/Gyanendra_Shahi" title="Gyanendra Shahi">Gyanendra Shahi</a> led <i>Hamro Nepal Hami Nepali</i> Campaign joined the party in the following months.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former chairman of <a href="/wiki/Bibeksheel_Sajha_Party" title="Bibeksheel Sajha Party">Bibeksheel Sajha Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Mishra" title="Rabindra Mishra">Rabindra Mishra</a> also joined the party on 28 September 2022 as senior vice-president.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party fielded 140 candidates to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022 general</a> and <a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2022 Nepalese provincial elections">provincial elections</a> and forged an election pact with <a href="/wiki/CPN_(UML)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPN (UML)">CPN (UML)</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jhapa_District" title="Jhapa District">Jhapa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banke_District" title="Banke District">Banke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rupandehi_District" title="Rupandehi District">Rupandehi</a> districts.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Party chairman <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Lingden" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajendra Lingden">Rajendra Lingden</a> retained his seat in <a href="/wiki/Jhapa_3_(constituency)" title="Jhapa 3 (constituency)">Jhapa 3</a> and the party gained 6 more <a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">direct seats</a>. The party also got 5.58% of the party list vote to become one of seven <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nepal#National_parties" title="List of political parties in Nepal">national parties</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Parliament_of_Nepal" title="Federal Parliament of Nepal">Federal Parliament</a>. The party won 7 <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">proportional seats</a> for a total of 14 seats at the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nepal)" title="House of Representatives (Nepal)">House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party was also successful in winning seats to all seven <a href="/wiki/Provincial_assemblies_of_Nepal" title="Provincial assemblies of Nepal">provincial assemblies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ideology">Ideology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ideology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RPP_Electoral_Symbol.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RPP_Electoral_Symbol.png/143px-RPP_Electoral_Symbol.png" decoding="async" width="143" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RPP_Electoral_Symbol.png/215px-RPP_Electoral_Symbol.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RPP_Electoral_Symbol.png/286px-RPP_Electoral_Symbol.png 2x" data-file-width="1543" data-file-height="1341" /></a><figcaption>Electoral symbol of the party until 2020</figcaption></figure><p>The Rastriya Prajatantra Party was established as an alternative force to the major political parties, <a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)</a>. The party was founded on the principles of <a href="/wiki/Democracy" title="Democracy">democracy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nationalism" title="Nationalism">nationalism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalism" title="Economic liberalism">economic liberalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the party's foundation <a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a>'s party was considered as the more <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberal</a> party and <a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Chand)" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)">party</a> was considered as the more <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a> party.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monarchy_and_federal_structure">Monarchy and federal structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Monarchy and federal structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the first session of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly" title="1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly">1st Constituent Assembly</a>, the party voted to abolish the monarchy and turn Nepal into a secular republic.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later however, the party advocated for turning Nepal into a <a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" title="Hindu nationalism">Hindu republic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a>, a splinter group of the party which had voted against abolishing the monarchy changed its constitution to support the re-establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_nationalism" title="Hindu nationalism">Hindu state</a> and a return to <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a>. After the merger between the two parties in November 2016 it was announced that the unified party would take up the constitution of <a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party has stated support for a <a href="/wiki/San%C4%81tana_Dharma" title="Sanātana Dharma"><i>Sanatan</i> Hindu</a> state with full <a href="/wiki/Religious_freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious freedom">religious freedom</a> and registered an amendment proposal for such on 19 March 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_(Nepal)" title="Election Commission (Nepal)">Election Commission</a> removed the portion of the party statute that advocated for a Hindu state and monarchy on 17 March 2017 and asked the party to remove the provisions again on 22 January 2022 claiming that it was against Article 260 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Nepal" title="Constitution of Nepal">Constitution of Nepal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party supports a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">ceremenional monarch</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Directly_elected" class="mw-redirect" title="Directly elected">directly elected</a> prime minister and a fully <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional</a> parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_14-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party also calls for the scrapping of the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_governments_of_Nepal" title="Provincial governments of Nepal">provincial governments</a> claiming that it is an expensive experiment. The party wants to instead strengthen the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Nepal" title="Local government in Nepal">local governments</a> and create a two-tier federal structure.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Electoral performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative_elections">Legislative elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Legislative elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table align="none" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="0" class="plainlinks"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><b>% Votes of RPP and its splinter groups</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td> <table style="text-align:center;border-collapse:collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="32px" style="text-align:center;"><sub>11.94</sub> </td> <td width="32px">  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:4px; padding-left:4px;"> <table title="- GOLD -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:gold;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="53.8px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>5.38 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- YELLOW -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:yellow;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="65.6px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>6.56 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="32px" style="text-align:center;"><sub>17.93</sub> </td> <td width="32px">  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:4px; padding-left:4px;"> <table title="- GOLD -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:gold;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="179.3px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>17.93 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="32px" style="text-align:center;"><sub>13.85</sub> </td> <td width="32px">  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:4px; padding-left:4px;"> <table title="- GOLD -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:gold;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="104.4px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>10.44 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- YELLOW -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:yellow;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="34.1px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>3.41 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="32px" style="text-align:center;"><sub>4.43</sub> </td> <td width="32px">  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:4px; padding-left:4px;"> <table title="- GOLD -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:gold;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="24.5px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>2.45 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- KHAKI -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:khaki;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="9.5px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>0.95 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- ORANGE -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:orange;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="10.3px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>1.03 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="32px" style="text-align:center;"><sub>9.41</sub> </td> <td width="32px">  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:4px; padding-left:4px;"> <table title="- GOLD -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:gold;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="27.5px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>2.75 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- ORANGE -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:orange;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="66.6px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>6.66 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="32px" style="text-align:center;"><sub>3.29</sub> </td> <td width="32px">  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:4px; padding-left:4px;"> <table title="- GOLD -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:gold;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="20.6px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>2.06 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- STEELBLUE -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:steelblue;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="9.3px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>0.93 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- PURPLE -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:purple;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="3px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>0.30 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="32px" style="text-align:center;"><sub>5.7</sub> </td> <td width="32px">  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:4px; padding-left:4px;"> <table title="- GOLD -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:gold;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="55.8px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>5.58 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- ORANGE -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:orange;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="1.2px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>0.12 </small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <th style="padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px;">1991 </th> <th style="padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px;">1994 </th> <th style="padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px;">1999 </th> <th style="padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px;">2008 </th> <th style="padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px;">2013 </th> <th style="padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px;">2017 </th> <th style="padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px;">2022 </th></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <table cellspacing="8" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table align="center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td align="center"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td width="32px" align="center"><sub>9.51</sub> </td> <td width="32px">  </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right:4px; padding-left:4px;"> <table title="- GOLD -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:gold;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="66.6px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>RPP (6.66)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- YELLOW -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:yellow;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="14.2px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Chand)" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)">RPP (C)</a> (1.42)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- KHAKI -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:khaki;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="1.4px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janashakti_Party" title="Rastriya Janashakti Party">RJSP</a> (0.14)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- ORANGE -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:orange;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="11.2px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">RPPN</a> (1.12)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- STEELBLUE -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:steelblue;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="1.3px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(Democratic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)">RPP(D)</a> (0.13)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table title="- PURPLE -" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div><sub></sub></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;border-left:1px solid #888;border-right:1px solid #888;background:purple;"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:bottom;"> <td width="20px" height="0.4px"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:2px;"><small>URPP(N) (0.04)</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"> <th style="padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px;">Average </th></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Election </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Leader </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Votes </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Position </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Resulting government </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">% </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1991_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Nepalese legislative election">1991</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> </td> <td>392,499 </td> <td>5.38 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 205</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0.5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>7th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> </td> <td>478,604 </td> <td>6.56 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 205</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>5th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1994_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 Nepalese legislative election">1994</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> </td> <td>1,367,148 </td> <td>17.93 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">20 / 205</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 10%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 19 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Support for minority government </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/1999_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1999 Nepalese legislative election">1999</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> </td> <td>899,511 </td> <td>10.44 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">11 / 205</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> </td> <td>293,952 </td> <td>3.41 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 205</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>9th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election">2008</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB Rana</a> </td> <td>310,214 </td> <td>3.01 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">8 / 575</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2013_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election">2013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> </td> <td>238,313 </td> <td>2.63 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.38 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 575</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Coalition government </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_legislative_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 Nepalese legislative election">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> </td> <td>196,782 </td> <td>2.06<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.57 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 275</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0.4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 12 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Prasad Lingden</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">588,849 </td> <td rowspan="2">5.58 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.52 </td> <td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">14 / 275</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 13 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Coalition government </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Represented as <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> for not reaching the 3% threshold</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial_elections">Provincial elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Provincial elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Koshi">Koshi</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Koshi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Koshi_Provincial_Assembly" title="Koshi Provincial Assembly">Koshi Provincial Assembly</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Election </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Votes </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Position </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Resulting government </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">% </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a> </td> <td>57,342 </td> <td>3.30 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 93</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>5th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a> </td> <td>198,511 </td> <td>10.45 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7.15 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 93</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Coalition government </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Madhesh">Madhesh</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Madhesh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Madhesh_Provincial_Assembly" title="Madhesh Provincial Assembly">Madhesh Provincial Assembly</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Election </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Votes </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Position </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Resulting government </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">% </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a> </td> <td>17,039 </td> <td>1.11 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 107</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>7th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Extra-parliamentary </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">65,054 </td> <td rowspan="2">3.12 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.01 </td> <td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 107</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0.9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Confidence & supply </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bagmati">Bagmati</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Bagmati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bagmati_Provincial_Assembly" title="Bagmati Provincial Assembly">Bagmati Provincial Assembly</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Election </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Votes </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Position </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Resulting government </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">% </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a> </td> <td>59,268 </td> <td>3.13 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 110</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>5th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">275,562 </td> <td rowspan="2">14.23 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11.10 </td> <td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 110</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 12%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Coalition government </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gandaki">Gandaki</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Gandaki"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Gandaki_Provincial_Assembly" title="Gandaki Provincial Assembly">Gandaki Provincial Assembly</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Election </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Votes </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Position </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Resulting government </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">% </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a> </td> <td>15,649 </td> <td>1.64 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>7th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Extra-parliamentary </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">59,483 </td> <td rowspan="2">6.03 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.39 </td> <td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Coalition government </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lumbini">Lumbini</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Lumbini"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lumbini_Provincial_Assembly" title="Lumbini Provincial Assembly">Lumbini Provincial Assembly</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Election </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Votes </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Position </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Resulting government </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">% </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a> </td> <td>23,213 </td> <td>1.44 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 87</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>7th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Extra-parliamentary </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">127,452 </td> <td rowspan="2">6.75 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.31 </td> <td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 87</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Confidence & supply </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Karnali">Karnali</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Karnali"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Karnali_Provincial_Assembly" title="Karnali Provincial Assembly">Karnali Provincial Assembly</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Election </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Votes </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Position </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Resulting government </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">% </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a> </td> <td>15,629 </td> <td>3.16 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>4th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">25,186 </td> <td rowspan="2">4.36 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.20 </td> <td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 40</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Confidence & supply </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sudurpashchim">Sudurpashchim</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Sudurpashchim"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sudurpashchim_Provincial_Assembly" title="Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly">Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Election </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Votes </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Seats </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Position </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Resulting government </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">% </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th> <th style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th style="background-color:gold">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections" title="2017 Nepalese provincial elections">2017</a> </td> <td>15,444 </td> <td>1.95 </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 53</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td bgcolor="lightgray"> </td> <td>5th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Extra-parliamentary </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/2022_Nepalese_general_election" title="2022 Nepalese general election">2022</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">44,233 </td> <td rowspan="2">4.93 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.98 </td> <td rowspan="2"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 53</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: gold; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2">Confidence & supply </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairpersons">Chairpersons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Chairpersons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png/200px-Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png/300px-Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png/400px-Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png 2x" data-file-width="605" data-file-height="654" /></a><figcaption>Current party chairman, <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Prasad Lingden</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> (1990–2002, 2013–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati SJB Rana</a> (2002–2013, 2014–2016, 2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> (2016–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Lohani" title="Prakash Chandra Lohani">Prakash Chandra Lohani</a> (2020–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Lingden</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021_general_convention_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party" title="2021 general convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party">2021</a>–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prime_Ministers">Prime Ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Prime Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Prime Minister </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Portrait </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Terms in Office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Legislature </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Cabinet </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Constituency </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">Start </th> <th style="background-color:gold">End </th> <th style="background-color:gold">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;">1. </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand" title="Lokendra Bahadur Chand">Lokendra Bahadur Chand</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand_A_writer_of_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand_A_writer_of_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8.png/120px-Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand_A_writer_of_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Lokendra_Bahadur_Chand_A_writer_of_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8.png 1.5x" data-file-width="168" data-file-height="151" /></a></span> </td> <td>12 March 1997 </td> <td>7 October 1997 </td> <td>209 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_House_of_Representatives_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd House of Representatives of Nepal">3rd House of Representatives</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chand%E2%80%93Gautam_coalition" title="Chand–Gautam coalition">Chand, 1997</a> </td> <td>Baitadi 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 October 2002 </td> <td>5 June 2003 </td> <td>237 days </td> <td><i>Appointed by <a href="/wiki/King_Gyanendra" class="mw-redirect" title="King Gyanendra">King Gyanendra</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chand_cabinet,_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="Chand cabinet, 2002">Chand, 2002</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;">2. </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Surya_Bahadur_Thapa" title="Surya Bahadur Thapa">Surya Bahadur Thapa</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Surya_bahadur_thapa_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Surya_bahadur_thapa_%28cropped%29.png/120px-Surya_bahadur_thapa_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Surya_bahadur_thapa_%28cropped%29.png/180px-Surya_bahadur_thapa_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Surya_bahadur_thapa_%28cropped%29.png/240px-Surya_bahadur_thapa_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td>7 October 1997 </td> <td>15 April 1998 </td> <td>190 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_House_of_Representatives_of_Nepal" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd House of Representatives of Nepal">3rd House of Representatives</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Surya_Bahadur_Thapa_cabinet" title="Fourth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet">Thapa, 1998</a> </td> <td>Dhankuta 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 June 2003 </td> <td>4 September 2004 </td> <td>1 year, 91 days </td> <td><i>Appointed by <a href="/wiki/King_Gyanendra" class="mw-redirect" title="King Gyanendra">King Gyanendra</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Surya_Bahadur_Thapa_cabinet" title="Fifth Surya Bahadur Thapa cabinet">Thapa, 2003</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Prime_Ministers">Deputy Prime Ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Deputy Prime Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Prime Minister </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Portrait </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold">Terms in Office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Legislature </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Cabinet </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold">Constituency </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">Start </th> <th style="background-color:gold">End </th> <th style="background-color:gold">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;">1. </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamal_Thapa_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Kamal_Thapa_2015.jpg/119px-Kamal_Thapa_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="119" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Kamal_Thapa_2015.jpg/180px-Kamal_Thapa_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Kamal_Thapa_2015.jpg/239px-Kamal_Thapa_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="1182" /></a></span> </td> <td>12 October 2015 </td> <td>4 August 2016 </td> <td>297 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly" title="2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly">Constituent Assembly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Oli_cabinet" title="First Oli cabinet">Oli, 2015</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Party_list" class="mw-redirect" title="Party list">Party list</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 October 2017 </td> <td>14 February 2018 </td> <td>120 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly" title="2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly">Constituent Assembly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deuba_cabinet,_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Deuba cabinet, 2017">Deuba, 2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">2. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Prasad Lingden</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png/119px-Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png" decoding="async" width="119" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png/179px-Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png/239px-Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden.png 2x" data-file-width="605" data-file-height="654" /></a></span> </td> <td>17 January 2023 </td> <td>25 February 2023 </td> <td>39 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Federal_Parliament_of_Nepal" title="2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal">2nd Federal Parliament</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dahal_cabinet,_2022" class="mw-redirect" title="Dahal cabinet, 2022">Dahal, 2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhapa_3_(constituency)" title="Jhapa 3 (constituency)">Jhapa 3</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_leadership">Current leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Current leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold; color:white">No. </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold; color:white">Portfolio<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color:gold; color:white">Office holder </th> <th colspan="3" style="background-color:gold; color:white">Terms in Office </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold; color:white">Start </th> <th style="background-color:gold; color:white">End </th> <th style="background-color:gold; color:white">Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">1. </td> <td>Chairman </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Prasad Lingden</a> </td> <td>5 December 2021 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td>2 years, 356 days </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">2. </td> <td>Senior Deputy Chairman </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Mishra" title="Rabindra Mishra">Rabindra Mishra</a> </td> <td>28 September 2022 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td>2 years, 58 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;">3. </td> <td rowspan="6">Deputy Chairman </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bikram_Pandey" title="Bikram Pandey">Bikram Pandey</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">5 December 2021 </td> <td rowspan="6">Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="6">2 years, 356 days </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Budhhiman_Tamang" title="Budhhiman Tamang">Buddhi Man Tamang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dhruba_Bahadur_Pradhan" title="Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan">Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rosan_Karki" title="Rosan Karki">Roshan Karki</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hemjung Gurung </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mukundashyam Giri </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;">4. </td> <td rowspan="6">General Secretary </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dhawal_Shamsher_Rana" title="Dhawal Shamsher Rana">Dhawal Shamsher Rana</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">5 December 2021 </td> <td rowspan="6">Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="3">2 years, 356 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bhuwan Pathak </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kunti Shahi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rajendra Gurung </td> <td rowspan="2">31 January 2022 </td> <td rowspan="2">2 years, 299 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pralhad Prasad Sah </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sharad Raj Pathak </td> <td>22 December 2022 </td> <td>1 year, 339 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;">5. </td> <td rowspan="5">Spokesperson </td> <td>Bhakti Prasad Sitaula </td> <td rowspan="4">31 January 2022 </td> <td rowspan="5">Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="4">2 years, 299 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mohan Shrestha </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sagun Sundar Lawati </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gopal Dahal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gyanendra_Shahi" title="Gyanendra Shahi">Gyanendra Shahi</a> </td> <td>15 February 2021 </td> <td>2 years, 284 days </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" style="text-align: center;">6. </td> <td rowspan="7">Joint General Secretary </td> <td>Mohan Prasad Yadav </td> <td rowspan="7">31 January 2022 </td> <td rowspan="7">Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="7">2 years, 299 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dhan Bahadur Budha </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shyam Bahadur Shahi </td></tr> <tr> <td>Prakash Rimal </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rabindra Pratap Shah </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jhanak Pyakurel </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reena Gurung </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;">7. </td> <td rowspan="3">Assistant Spokesperson </td> <td>Pravin Kumar Thokar Tamang </td> <td rowspan="3">31 January 2022 </td> <td rowspan="3">Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="3">2 years, 299 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dinesh Kumar Sah </td></tr> <tr> <td>Purna Bahadur Chand </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;">8. </td> <td rowspan="6">Assistant General Secretary </td> <td>Ramnand Neupane </td> <td rowspan="6">31 January 2022 </td> <td rowspan="6">Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="6">2 years, 299 days </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bijay Khadka </td></tr> <tr> <td>Prem Balayar </td></tr> <tr> <td>Rishiraj Devkota </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tahir Ali </td></tr> <tr> <td>Deepak Kumar Rai </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Provincial_Committee_Chairs">Provincial Committee Chairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Provincial Committee Chairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:gold">Province </th> <th style="background-color:gold">Chairman </th> <th style="background-color:gold">Term start </th> <th style="background-color:gold">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Province_No._1" class="mw-redirect" title="Province No. 1">Province No. 1</a> </td> <td>Ram Thapa </td> <td rowspan="7">2021 </td> <td rowspan="7"><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span 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Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: List of current Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="width: 800pt; background:gold;">Rastriya Prajatantra Party (14) </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:gold">Constituency/PR group </th> <th style="background-color:gold">Member </th> <th style="background-color:gold">Portfolio & Responsibilities/Remarks </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhapa_3_(constituency)" title="Jhapa 3 (constituency)">Jhapa 3</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Lingden</a> </td> <td><b>Parliamentary party leader</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jumla_1_(constituency)" title="Jumla 1 (constituency)">Jumla 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gyanendra_Shahi" title="Gyanendra Shahi">Gyan Bahadur Shahi</a> </td> <td><b>Chief whip</b><br /> Spokesperson </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Banke_2_(constituency)" title="Banke 2 (constituency)">Banke 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dhawal_Shamsher_Rana" title="Dhawal Shamsher Rana">Dhawal Shamsher Rana</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chitwan_3_(constituency)" title="Chitwan 3 (constituency)">Chitwan 3</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bikram_Pandey" title="Bikram Pandey">Bikram Pandey</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Makwanpur_1_(constituency)" title="Makwanpur 1 (constituency)">Makwanpur 1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Bahadur_Singh" title="Deepak Bahadur Singh">Deepak Bahadur Singh</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nawalparasi_(Bardaghat_Susta_West)_2_(constituency)" title="Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta West) 2 (constituency)">Nawalparasi West 2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dhruba_Bahadur_Pradhan" title="Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan">Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rupandehi_3_(constituency)" title="Rupandehi 3 (constituency)">Rupandehi 3</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Bohara" title="Deepak Bohara">Deepak Bohara</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">Dalit</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anisha_Nepali" title="Anisha Nepali">Anisha Nepali</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_people" title="Madheshi people">Madheshi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bina_Jaiswal" title="Bina Jaiswal">Bina Jaiswal</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Nepal" title="Ethnic groups in Nepal">Indigenous peoples</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bina_Lama" title="Bina Lama">Bina Lama</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Nepal" title="Ethnic groups in Nepal">Indigenous peoples</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Budhhiman_Tamang" title="Budhhiman Tamang">Budhhiman Tamang</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khas_Arya" class="mw-redirect" title="Khas Arya">Khas Arya</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gita_Basnet" title="Gita Basnet">Gita Basnet</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khas_Arya" class="mw-redirect" title="Khas Arya">Khas Arya</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Shamsher_Jang_Bahadur_Rana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana">Pashupati Shamsher Rana</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khas_Arya" class="mw-redirect" title="Khas Arya">Khas Arya</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rosan_Karki" title="Rosan Karki">Rosan Karki</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_Organizations">Sister Organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Sister Organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Student_Organization" title="National Democratic Student Organization">National Democratic Student Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Youth_Front" title="National Democratic Youth Front">National Democratic Youth Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Women%27s_Union" title="National Democratic Women's Union">National Democratic Women's Union</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Convention_of_Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_(2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="General Convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (2021)">General 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href="/wiki/Hindu_Sena" title="Hindu Sena">Hindu Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Ram_Sena" title="Sri Ram Sena">Sri Ram Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party" title="Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party">Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panun_Kashmir" title="Panun Kashmir">Panun Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanatan_Sanstha" title="Sanatan Sanstha">Sanatan Sanstha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virat_Hindustan_Sangam" title="Virat Hindustan Sangam">Virat Hindustan Sangam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%">Nepal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GFP_Ramdir_Sena" title="GFP Ramdir Sena">GFP Ramdir Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Prajatantrik_Party" title="Hindu Prajatantrik Party">Hindu Prajatantrik Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivsena_Nepal" title="Shivsena Nepal">Shivsena Nepal</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rastriya Prajatantra Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Party_Nepal" title="Shanti Party Nepal">Shanti Party Nepal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%">Overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangabhumi#Banga_Sena" title="Bangabhumi">Banga Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh">Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siva_Senai" title="Siva Senai">Siva Senai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HINDRAF" title="HINDRAF">HINDRAF</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Jana_Sangh" title="Bharatiya Jana Sangh">Bharatiya Jana Sangh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhil_Bharatiya_Ram_Rajya_Parishad" title="Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad">Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_Praja_Parishad" title="Jammu Praja Parishad">Jammu Praja Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_Maha_Sabha_(Fiji)" title="Hindu Maha Sabha (Fiji)">Hindu Maha Sabha (Fiji)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dattopant_Thengadi" title="Dattopant Thengadi">Dattopant Thengadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syama_Prasad_Mukherjee" title="Syama Prasad Mukherjee">Syama Prasad Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deendayal_Upadhyaya" title="Deendayal Upadhyaya">Deendayal Upadhyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy" title="Subramanian Swamy">Subramanian Swamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanaji_Deshmukh" title="Nanaji Deshmukh">Nanaji Deshmukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kailashpati_Mishra" title="Kailashpati Mishra">Kailashpati Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._K._Advani" title="L. K. Advani">L. K. Advani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhukar_Dattatraya_Deoras" title="Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras">Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushabhau_Thakre" title="Kushabhau Thakre">Kushabhau Thakre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohan_Bhagwat" title="Mohan Bhagwat">Mohan Bhagwat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathuram_Godse" title="Nathuram Godse">Nathuram Godse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravin_Togadia" title="Pravin Togadia">Pravin Togadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koenraad_Elst" title="Koenraad Elst">Koenraad Elst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Gautier" title="François Gautier">François Gautier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Thapa" title="Kamal Thapa">Kamal Thapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad_Lingden" title="Rajendra Prasad Lingden">Rajendra Prasad Lingden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Madhav" title="Ram Madhav">Ram Madhav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amit_Shah" title="Amit Shah">Amit Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digvijay_Nath" class="mw-redirect" title="Digvijay Nath">Digvijay Nath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Sudarshan" title="K. S. Sudarshan">K. S. Sudarshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savitri_Devi" title="Savitri Devi">Savitri Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._S._Moonje" title="B. S. Moonje">B. S. Moonje</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uma_Bharti" title="Uma Bharti">Uma Bharti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Adityanath" title="Yogi Adityanath">Yogi Adityanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%">Events and controversies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi">Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demolition_of_the_Babri_Masjid" title="Demolition of the Babri Masjid">Demolition of the Babri Masjid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Bhiwandi_riots" title="1970 Bhiwandi riots">1970 Bhiwandi riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindutva_boycott_of_Hindi_cinema" title="Hindutva boycott of Hindi cinema">Boycott of Hindi cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haridwar_hate_speeches" title="Haridwar hate speeches">Haridwar hate speeches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_terrorism" title="Hindu terrorism">Hindu terrorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindutva_pop" title="Hindutva pop">Hindutva pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cow_vigilante_violence_in_India" title="Cow vigilante violence in India">Cow vigilante violence in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Political_parties_in_Nepal_24x20px&#124;_&#124;alt=Nepal&#124;link=Nepal" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible expanded navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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style="width:1%">National parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress" title="Nepali Congress">Nepali Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist_Centre)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)">Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Swatantra_Party" title="Rastriya Swatantra Party">Rastriya Swatantra Party</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rastriya Prajatantra Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Socialist_Party_(Nepal,_2024)" title="People's Socialist Party (Nepal, 2024)">People's Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janamat_Party" title="Janamat Party">Janamat Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Socialist_Party,_Nepal_(2020)" title="People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)">People's Socialist Party, Nepal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Socialist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loktantrik_Samajwadi_Party,_Nepal" title="Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal">Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagrik_Unmukti_Party" title="Nagrik Unmukti Party">Nagrik Unmukti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Workers_Peasants_Party" title="Nepal Workers Peasants Party">Nepal Workers Peasants Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamorcha" title="Rastriya Janamorcha">Rastriya Janamorcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aam_Janata_Party" title="Aam Janata Party">Aam Janata Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pradesh_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Pradesh Sabha">Provincial assemblies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hamro_Nepali_Party" title="Hamro Nepali Party">Hamro Nepali Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Federal_Socialist_Party" title="Nepal Federal Socialist Party">Nepal Federal Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Socialist_Party" title="Nepal Socialist Party">Nepal Socialist Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Nepal" title="Local government in Nepal">Local governments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bahujan_Ekata_Party_Nepal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bahujan Ekata Party Nepal (page does not exist)">Bahujan Ekata Party Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Shakti_Party" title="Bahujan Shakti Party">Bahujan Shakti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibeksheel_Sajha_Party" title="Bibeksheel Sajha Party">Bibeksheel Sajha Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_(2002)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Communist_Party_of_Nepal_Maoist_Socialist&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Communist Party of Nepal Maoist Socialist (page does not exist)">CPN Maoist Socialist</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepali_Congress_(B.P.)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nepali Congress (B.P.) (page does not exist)">Nepali Congress (B.P.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Janata_Party" title="Nepal Janata Party">Nepal Janata Party</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepal_Loktantrik_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nepal Loktantrik Party (page does not exist)">Nepal Loktantrik Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Sadbhawana_Party" title="Nepal Sadbhawana Party">Nepal Sadbhawana Party</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepal_Sushashan_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nepal Sushashan Party (page does not exist)">Nepal Sushashan Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Progressive_Party_(Nepal)" title="People's Progressive Party (Nepal)">People's Progressive Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party" title="Rastriya Janamukti Party">Rastriya Janamukti Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terai_Madhesh_Loktantrik_Party_(2021)" title="Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2021)">Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Limited presence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist)_(1991%E2%80%932005)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991–2005)">Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Revolutionary_Maoist)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist)">Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(United)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (United)">Communist Party of Nepal (United)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jana_Jagaran_Party_Nepal" title="Jana Jagaran Party Nepal">Jana Jagaran Party Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khambuwan_Rashtriya_Morcha,_Nepal" title="Khambuwan Rashtriya Morcha, Nepal">Khambuwan Rashtriya Morcha, Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Kalyankari_Janta_Party_Nepal" title="Lok Kalyankari Janta Party Nepal">Lok Kalyankari Janta Party Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_National_Organisation" title="Mongol National Organisation">Mongol National Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Janata_Dal" title="Nepali Janata Dal">Nepali Janata Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Janata_Party" title="Nepal Janata Party">Nepal Janata Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Pariwar_Dal" title="Nepal Pariwar Dal">Nepal Pariwar Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepa_Rastriya_Party" title="Nepa Rastriya Party">Nepa Rastriya Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(2014)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (2014)">Nepal Communist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party_Nepal" title="Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal">Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akhanda_Nepal_Party" title="Akhanda Nepal Party">Akhanda Nepal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chure_Bhawar_Rastriya_Ekta_Party_Nepal" title="Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal">Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal" title="Communist Party of Nepal">Communist Party of Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Democratic)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic)">Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_Marxist%E2%88%92Leninist_(Samajbadi)" title="Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi)">Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified)" title="Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)">Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalit_Janajati_Party" title="Dalit Janajati Party">Dalit Janajati Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Socialist_Forum,_Nepal" title="Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal">Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Socialist_Party" title="Federal Socialist Party">Federal Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janamorcha_Nepal" title="Janamorcha Nepal">Janamorcha Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal">Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal_(Loktantrik)" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Loktantrik)">Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Loktantrik)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum,_Nepal_(Republican)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Republican) (page does not exist)">Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Republican)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naya_Shakti_Party,_Nepal" title="Naya Shakti Party, Nepal">Naya Shakti Party, Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Communist_Party" title="Nepal Communist Party">Nepal Communist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_Congress_(Democratic)" title="Nepali Congress (Democratic)">Nepali Congress (Democratic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Loktantrik_Forum" title="Nepal Loktantrik Forum">Nepal Loktantrik Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Loktantrik_Samajbadi_Dal" title="Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal">Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Praja_Parishad" title="Nepal Praja Parishad">Nepal Praja Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Rashtrabadi_Gorkha_Parishad" title="Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad">Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Sadbhawana_Party" title="Nepal Sadbhawana Party">Nepal Sadbhawana Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_Sadbhavana_Party_(Anandidevi)" title="Nepal Sadbhavana Party 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