Editing Politics of Nepal (section)

==Legislative branch==

===Present===
In 2022, the '''[[Parliament of Nepal|Parliament]]''' (''Sansad'') has two [[bicameralism|chambers]]. The '''House of Representatives''' (''Pratinidhi Sabha'') has 275 members elected for five-year term in single-seat [[constituency|constituencies]]. The '''National Council''' (''Rashtriya Sabha'') has 59 members, 8 from each state and the remaining 3 from the private concern of the government.

===From the 2006 democratic  movement to the Constituent Assembly===
After the victory of the democratic movement in the spring of 2006, a unicameral [[interim legislature of Nepal|interim legislature]] replaced the previous parliament. The new body consists both of members of the old parliament as well as nominated members. As of December 2007, the legislature had the following composition.<ref name="A">{{Cite news |title=Interim parliament endorses Interim Constitution-2063 |publisher=NepalNews.com |url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/jan/jan15/news17.php |date=15 January 2007 |access-date=26 December 2007 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!'''Party'''
!'''Seats'''
|-
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|133
|-
|[[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)]]
|84
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)]]
|83
|-
|[[Rashtriya Prajatantra Party]]
|9
|-
|[[Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi Devi)]]
|5
|-
|[[Janamorcha Nepal]]
|4
|-
|[[Nepal Workers Peasants Party]]
|4
|-
|[[Rashtriya Jana Morcha (2006)|Rashtriya Jana Morcha]]
|3
|-
|[[United Left Front (Nepal) (2002)|United Left Front]]
|2
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)]]
|2
|-
|[[Rashtriya Janashakti Party]]
|1
|}

===The first elections after becoming a Republic: the Constituent Assembly===
In May 2008 the [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|elections for the Constituent Assembly]] saw the [[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)|Communist Party of Nepal]] as the largest party in the [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Constituent Assembly]], which will have a term of two years.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!'''Party'''
!'''Seats'''
|-
|[[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)]]
|220
|-
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|110
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)]]
|103
|-
|[[Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madeshi Jana Adhikar Forum Nepal]]
|52
|-
|[[Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)|Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party]]
|20
|-
|[[Sadbhavana Party]]
|9
|-
|[[Rashtriya Prajatantra Party]]
|8
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (2002)|Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist)]]
|8
|-
|[[Janamorcha Nepal]]
|7
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (United)]]
|5
|-
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal]]
|4
|-
|[[Rastriya Janamorcha]]
|4
|-
|[[Nepal Workers Peasants Party]]
|4
|-
|[[Rastriya Janshakti Party]]
|3
|-
|[[Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch]]
|2
|-
|[[Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)]]
|2
|-
|[[Rastriya Janamukti Party]]
|2
|-
|[[Nepali Janata Dal]]
|2
|-
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)]]
|2
|-
|[[Dalit Janajati Party]]
|1
|-
|[[Nepa Rastriya Party]]
|1
|-
|[[Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party, Nepal]]
|1
|-
|[[Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal|Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party, Nepal]]
|1
|-
|[[Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal]]
|1
|-
|[[Nepal Parivar Dal]]
|1
|-
|Independents
|2
|-
|''Not yet determined''
|26
|}