People's Socialist Party, Nepal
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The People's Socialist Party, Nepal (abbr. PSP-N; Nepali: जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल), also known as Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal is the sixth-largest political party in Nepal.[3] 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.[4] 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.
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 |
Alliance | Samajbadi Morcha[2] |
ECN Status | National Party |
Seats in Pratinidhi Sabha | 4 / 275 |
Seats in Rastriya Sabha | 3 / 59 |
Seats in Provincial Assemblies | 8 / 550 |
Chief Ministers | 0 / 7 |
Mayors/Chairs | 14 / 753 |
Councillors | 848 / 35,011 |
Election symbol | |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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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.