Nepali Janata Dal नेपाली जनता दल | |
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| President | Haricharan Shah[1] |
| Headquarters | Anamnagar[2] |
| Ideology | Progressivism Nationalism Socialism |
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Nepali Janata Dal is a political party in Nepal. The party was established in 1995 as the United People's Party. The party identifies itself as progressive, nationalist and socialist.[2]
Hari Charan Shah is the party chairman, Kabiraj Timilsina the vice-Chairman, Dipak Raj Pandey the General secretary. In total, the Central Committee of the party has 41 members.[2]
In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the NJD won two seats through the proportional representation vote.[3] It got 48990 PR votes (0.46%).[4] The party selected Vishwanath Prasad Agrawal and Gayatri Shah as its representatives in the assembly.[5] Gayatri Shah was the nominated parliamentary leader of the party.
Electoral performance
Nepalese Legislative Elections
| Election | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | +/- | ||||
| 2008 | Hari Charan Shah | 48,990 | 0.46 | 2 / 575 |
18th | CPN (Maoist)–CPN (UML)–MJFN | |
| 2013 | Hari Charan Shah | 33,203 | 0.35 | 1 / 575 |
 1 |
23rd |
Congress–CPN (UML)–RPP |
| 2017 | Hari Charan Shah | 22,049 | 0.23 | 0 / 275 |
1 |
 16th |
CPN (UML)–CPN (Maoist Centre) |
References
- ↑ United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) : Activities » Activities Update » Activity Details Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 result.nepalelectionportal.org/parties.php?val=18
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.nepalresearch.org/politics/background/pr_votes.pdf
- ↑
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