Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal लोकतान्त्रिक समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल | |
|---|---|
| President | Mahantha Thakur |
| Senior leader | Sharat Singh Bhandari |
| Founded | 18 August 2021 |
| Split from | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| Headquarters | Babarmahal, Kathmandu |
| Student wing | Democratic Student Union |
| Ideology | Social democracy Madheshi rights |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Alliance | Democratic Alliance[1][2][3] |
| Colours | |
| House of Representatives | 4 / 275 |
| National Assembly | 1 / 59 |
| Madhesh Provincial Assembly | 9 / 107 |
| Lumbini Provincial Assembly | 3 / 87 |
| Mayors/Chairs | 16 / 753 |
| Councillors | 581 / 35,011 |
| Election symbol | |
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| Party flag | |
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The Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal (Nepali: लोकतान्त्रिक समाजवादी पार्टी, lit. 'Democratic Socialist Party') is the tenth largest political party in Nepal. The party has a significant presence in Madhesh Province and Lumbini Province of Nepal. The party's election symbol is a bicycle.[4]
The party was officially registered with the Election Commission, Nepal on 18 August 2021.[5][6] Mahantha Thakur is the president of the new party.[7][8] As of August 2022, the party shares an alliance with Nepali Congress.[9][10]
Ideology
[edit]The party follows the norms of social democracy, identity and Madhesi rights.[11]
Ideologically, the party has been close to the Nepali Congress, while majority of its leaders have been part of Congress at different points in time, especially before the 2006 Madhesh Movement.[11] Party president Mahantha Thakur and senior leader Sharat Singh Bhandari were popular Congress men at a time. Thakur himself was treasurer and head of party disciplinary department before he left the Nepali Congress party.[12] They were elected several times to the House of Representatives on the party ticket.[13]
History
[edit]Registration
[edit]The President of Nepal issued the second ordinance to amend the Political Parties Act on 18 August 2021.[14][15] This opened the way to formalize the splits inside the dispute between two factions of Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepal. The faction of party led by Mahantha Thakur, which had a long dispute with party chairman Upendra Yadav registered their party with the Election Commission.[16] At the time of the launch, the party claimed to have 13 members in the two national houses of parliament.[17][18]
The new party was supported by 16 MLAs in Madhesh Provincial Assembly. A Central Committee with 24 members was announced as well.[19]
First local election
[edit]The party emerged as fourth largest party of Madhesh province winning 16 local levels from among 753 local levels even standing alone in the elections.[8] Nepali Congress emerged as single largest party of Madhesh province for second consecutive term, CPN (UML) emerged as second and while Janta Samajbadi was limited to third position.[20]
First general election
[edit]In the mid of March, the party started talks with the Nepali Congress for a possible long term alliance between the two parties. Party chairman revealed this in a party meet in Janakpur on 22 March 2022.[21] The party formed a committee for bilateral talks with Nepali Congress consisting Sharbendra Nath Shukla and Laxman Lal Karna in which party senior leader Sharat Singh Bhandari played vital role as mediator.[21]
Bhandari had stood long for a Loktantrik alliance between democratic parties of Nepal. Both Loktantrik Samajwadi Party and Nepali Congress have some common ideologies including social democracy, democratic socialism.[22] The party won 9 seats in Madhesh province while it won 3 seats in Lumbini province. However, in the general election it was limited to 4 seats only after being unable to cross 3% threshold due to wave of newly formed parties.[23][24][25]
List of Members of Parliament
[edit]Members of Rastriya Sabha
[edit]| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (1) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks |
| Madhesh | Shekhar Kumar Singh |
|
Members of Pratinidhi Sabha
[edit]| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (4) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks |
| Mahottari 3 | Mahantha Thakur |
|
| Sarlahi 1 | Ram Prakash Chaudhary |
|
| Mahottari 2 | Sharat Singh Bhandari | |
| Rupandehi 4 | Sarbendra Nath Shukla | |
Electoral performance
[edit]General election
[edit]| Election | Leader | Party list votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |||||
| 2022 | Mahantha Thakur | 167,367 | 1.58[a] | 4 / 275
|
9th | Confidence & supply |
- ^ Represented as Independent for not reaching the 3% threshold
Provincial election
[edit]| Province | Election | Party list votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |||||
| Madhesh | 2022 | 113,364 | 5.43 | 9 / 107
|
5th | Confidence & supply |
| Lumbini | 37,631 | 1.99 | 3 / 87
|
6th | Confidence & supply | |
Local election
[edit]| Election | Leader | Mayoral seats won |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mahantha Thakur | 16 / 753
|
List of cabinet ministers
[edit]| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Days in office | Ministerial incharge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central government | ||||||
| 1 | Sharat Singh Bhandari | 31 March 2023[26] | 4 March 2024 | 339 days | Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security | |
| 15 July 2024 | Incumbent | 38 days | ||||
| Madhesh government | ||||||
| 1 | Ramesh Prasad Kurmi | 25 May 2023[27] | 16 April 2024 | 327 days | Minister for Forest and Environment | |
| 2 | Rani Kumari Tiwari | 18 July 2024 | Incumbent | 35 days | Minister for Education and Culture | |
| Lumbini government | ||||||
| 1 | Santosh Kumar Pandeya | 28 April 2023[28][29] | 4 April 2024 | 342 days | Minister for Interior Affairs, Law and Co-operatives | |
Leadership
[edit]Chairmen
[edit]- Mahantha Thakur (2021–present)[7]
See also
[edit]References
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