Elections in Nepal gives information on election and election results in Nepal.
In the 1990 constitution the Parliament (Sansad) had two chambers. The House of Representatives (Pratinidhi Sabha) had 205 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies in 1991, 1994 and 1999. The National Assembly (Rashtriya Sabha) had 60 members, 35 members elected by the Pratinidhi Sabha, 15 representatives of Regional Development Areas and 10 appointed members. Parliament was dissolved by the king in 2002 on the grounds that it was incapable of handling the Maoists rebels. The country’s seven main political parties staged protests against the king, arguing that the parliament be reinstated and elections held to a Constituent Assembly. An interim parliament was formed in 2006, abolishing the two chambers, and elections of a Constituent Assembly were scheduled for April 10, 2008.
Nepal has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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