People's Freedom Party
नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी
AbbreviationNUP
PresidentResham Lal Chaudhary
General SecretaryRatan Bahadur Thapa
FounderResham Lal Chaudhary
Founded3 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-03)
Split fromPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal
HeadquartersKathmandu, Nepal
Membership12,000[1]
IdeologyRegionalism
Social democracy[2]
Tharu minority interests
Political positionCentre-left
AllianceDemocratic Left Alliance[3][4][5]
Colours   
House of Representatives
4 / 275
Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
7 / 53
Local governments
4 / 753
Mayor/Chairperson
Election symbol
Website
www.nagrikunmuktiparty.org

The People's Freedom Party (Nepali: नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी, Nagrik Unmukti Party) is a political party in Nepal.[6] The party's primary base is in the Tharuhath region, especially Kailali district and Bardiya district.[7][8]

History

Formation and Registration

See also: 2021 split in the People's Socialist Party, Nepal

The party was formed under the coordination of Member of House of Representatives, Resham Lal Chaudhary. Due to some acts of law, he could not chair the party, so his wife was chosen as chair instead. He left his former party, the People's Socialist Party, Nepal, claiming that it had become power-centric, forgetting the mandate provided by the citizens whom the leaders only used as a vote bank.[6]

Party expansion and first election

The party rapidly expanded in a few months in the Tharuhath region. The party surprisingly emerged as largest party of Kailali district winning 4 local levels including two municipalities and two rural municipalities.[9] The party swept away Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal and People's Socialist Party, Nepal from Tharuhath region keeping their traditional vote block.[10]

Later the party won 3 seats of 5 seats from Kailali district while won Bardiya 2. As a result party won 7 seats in Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly while won 4 seats in Lumbini Provincial Assembly and 1 seat in Madhesh Provincial Assembly.[11][12] The party received 2.57 percent vote share in proportional polls and lagged behind from 3% threshold by 0.43%.[11]

List of Members of Parliament

Main article: List of members of Federal Parliament

List of Pratinidhi Sabha members from People's Freedom Party

No. Name Constituency Province Elected from
1. Arun Kumar Chaudhary Kailali 2 Sudurpashchim 2022 general election
2. Ganga Ram Chaudhary Kailali 3 Sudurpashchim
3. Lalbir Chaudhary Bardiya 2 Lumbini
4. Ranjeeta Shrestha Kailali 1 Sudurpashchim

Electoral performance

General election

Election Leader Party list votes Seats Position Resulting government
No. %
2022 Ranjeeta Shrestha 271,722 2.57[a]
4 / 275
 10th Confidence & supply
  1. ^ Represented as Independent for not reaching the 3% threshold

Provincial election

Province Election Party list votes Seats Position Resulting government
No. %
Madhesh 2022 49,705 2.38
1 / 107
 10th Confidence & supply
Lumbini 125,521 6.65
4 / 87
 5th Confidence & supply
Sudurpashchim 98,559 11.00
7 / 53
 4th Confidence & supply

Local election

Election Leader(s) Mayor/Chairman Local levels won
2022 Ranjeeta Shrestha
4 / 753

List of cabinet ministers

No. Name Portrait Term of office Days in office Ministerial incharge
Central government
1 Ranjeeta Shrestha 31 March 2023 Incumbent 330 days Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
Lumbini government
1 Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary 28 April 2023[13][14] Incumbent 302 days Minister without portfolio


Leadership

Supreme leader

Chairman

See also

References

  1. ^ "नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी". www.nagrikunmuktiparty.org.
  2. ^ "नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टीको अन्तरिम विधान २०७८". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  3. ^ "जसपा गठबन्धनबाट बाहिरियो, अब चार दलबीच मात्रै सिट बाँडफाँटमा सहमति हुने".
  4. ^ "Local elections: 5-party ruling alliance to fight together across Nepal - OnlineKhabar English News". 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Five-party alliance organize mass gathering".
  6. ^ a b Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "रेशम चौधरीको नयाँ दलको नाम 'नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी', अध्यक्षमा श्रीमती श्रेष्ठ रञ्जिता". Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  7. ^ "'नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी' दर्ताका लागि रेशम चौधरीकी श्रीमतीद्वारा आवेदन". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  8. ^ Republica. "Murder convict Chaudhary set to announce new political party on January 3". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  9. ^ "कैलालीमा नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी पहिलो". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  10. ^ "कैलालीमा नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टीको उदय". Naya Patrika. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  11. ^ a b "Election Commission Nepal". election.gov.np. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  12. ^ "Election Commission Nepal". election.gov.np. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  13. ^ "लुम्बिनीका मुख्यमन्त्री र मन्त्रीले लिए शपथ". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  14. ^ "लुम्बिनीका मुख्यमन्त्री डिल्ली चौधरीले लिए शपथ, तीन मन्त्री विना विभागीय". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
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