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People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Political party in Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about party led by Upendra Yadav. For new socialist party under Ashok Rai faction of this party, see People's Socialist Party (Nepal).
The People's Socialist Party, Nepal (abbr. PSP-N; Nepali: जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल), also known as Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal is the eighth largest political party in Nepal.[2] Since the 2022 local election, the party has been limited to stand only as the third largest party of Madhesh Province after the Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) respectively.[3]
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People's Socialist Party, Nepal जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल | |
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Abbreviation | PSP-N |
Chairperson | Upendra Yadav |
Spokesperson | Manish Kumar Suman[1] |
Founded | 22 April 2020; 4 years ago (2020-04-22) |
Merger of | RJPN SPN |
Headquarters | Balkumari, Lalitpur |
Student wing | Socialist Student Union, Nepal |
Youth wing | Socialist Youth Union, Nepal |
Women's wing | Socialist Women Union, Nepal |
Ideology | Democratic socialism Secularism Federalism |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
ECN Status | National Party |
Seats in Pratinidhi Sabha | 5 / 275 |
Seats in Rastriya Sabha | 3 / 59 |
Seats in Provincial Assemblies | 20 / 550 |
Chief Ministers | 0 / 7 |
Mayors/Chairs | 25 / 753 |
Councillors | 1,048 / 35,011 |
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Recently the party faced a major split when 7 of 12 pratinidhi sabha MPs formed a new party, People's Socialist Party under leadership of party's federal council chairman Ashok Rai. With 5 out of 275 seats in the lower house House of Representative and 3 out of 59 seats in the upper house National Assembly, the party is the eighth largest political party in the Federal Parliament.