Samajbadi Janata Party
Samajbadi Prajatantrik Janata Party Nepal (Nepali: समाजवादी प्रजातान्त्रिक जनता पार्टी, नेपाल) was a political party in Nepal.
Samajbadi Janata Party, Nepal समाजवादी जनता पार्टी, नेपाल | |
|---|---|
| Chairman | Prem Bahadur Singh |
| Split from | CPN (UML) |
| Merged into | CPN (UML) |
| Ideology | Communism |
| Election symbol | |
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The party was founded by former CPN(UML) MP Prem Bahadur Singh, after he was expelled from the party for supporting monarchy.[1]
History
Formation
The party has been registered with the Election Commission, with the moon as its election symbol.[2]
Ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the party presented a closed proportional representation list with 175 candidates, headed by Prem Bahadur Singh.[3] The party presented 50 candidates for the First Past the Post seats.[4] The party won 1 seat through the Proportional Representation vote.[5] The party nominated Prem Bahadur Singh as its representative.[6]
Alliance
On 19 January 2017, the party for the first time joined the government, for which chairman Prem Bahadur Singh joined the Second Dahal coalition government as the Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation.[7]
References
- "eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal". Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal Archived 2008-01-16 at archive.today
- Ca Election report Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Ca Election report Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens
- "Cabinet expansion: Singh, Khadka sworn in as ministers". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
