Federal Parliament of Nepal

The Federal Parliament of Nepal (संघीय संसद नेपाल, Saṅghīya Sansada Nēpāla) is the bicameral federal and supreme legislature of Nepal. It was established in 2018. It has the National Assembly and the House of Representatives as parallel houses.

Federal Parliament of Nepal

संघीय संसद, नेपाल
1st Federal Parliament
Emblem of Nepal
Type
Type
HousesNational Assembly
(upper house)
House of Representatives
(lower house)
History
Founded5 March 2018 (2018-03-05)
Preceded byConstituent Assembly of Nepal
Leadership
Bidhya Devi Bhandari
since 29 October 2015
Nanda Kishor Pun
since 31 October 2015
Chairman of the National Assembly
Ganesh Prasad Timilsina
since 15 March 2018
Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly
Vacant
since 4 March 2022
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Agni Prasad Sapkota[1]
since 26 January 2020
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
Puspha Bhusal
since 15 July 2022
Sher Bahadur Deuba, NC
since 13 July 2021
Leader of the Opposition
KP Sharma Oli, CPN (UML)
since 13 July 2021
Structure
Seats334
59 assemblymen
275 representatives
House of Representatives political groups
Government (158)
  •   NC: 63
  •      CPN (MC): 49
  •   CPN (US): 25[2]
  •   PSPN: 16
  •   NSP: 5

External Support (18)

Opposition (95)

Vacant (4)

  •      Vacant: 4
National Assembly political groups
Government (39)

External Support (2)

Opposition (18)

Elections
First-past-the-post & proportional representation
Single transferable vote & First-past-the-post
26 November and 7 December 2017
National Assembly last election
26 January 2022
by November 2022
National Assembly next election
2024
Meeting place
International Convention Centre,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Website
www.parliament.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

References

  1. 15 elected and 1 nominated
  2. 8 elected and 1 nominated
  3. 17 elected (including chairperson) and 1 nominated
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