House of Representatives (Nepal) in the context of President of Nepal

The prime minister of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालको प्रधानमन्त्री, romanized: Nēpālakō pradhānamantrī) is the head of government of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The prime minister leads the Council of Ministers and holds the chief executive authority in the country. The prime minister must command majority support and maintain the confidence of the Pratinidhi Sabha to remain in office. If the prime minister loses this support, they are required to resign.

The official residence of the prime minister is located in Baluwatar, Kathmandu. The seat of the prime minister's office has been at Singha Darbar since Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana's reign (1901–1929).

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र), romanized: Nēpāla Kamyunisṭa Pārṭī (Mā'ōvādī Kēndra)), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre) or CPN (MC), was a mainstream political party in Nepal. The party was dissolved automatically when the central committed endorced announcement of leadership to merger with eight other communist parties and groups to form Nepali Communist Party. On the other hand, a group led by party joint general secretary Janardan Sharma including Ram Karki, Anjana Bisankhe and Sudan Kirati formed Progressive Campaign, Nepal alleging the party leadership of leaving ideological base for musical chair of leadership.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal has served as the leader of the party since its foundation. The party holded 32 seats in the House of Representatives making them the third largest parliamentary group. Dahal served as Prime Minister of Nepal as part of a ruling coalition following the 2022 general election for almost 1.5 years to 2024 July. The party has previously led three previous governments; in 2008 and 2016 under Dahal, and in 2013 under Baburam Bhattarai.

The Federal Parliament of Nepal (संघीय संसद नेपाल, Saṅghīya Sansada Nēpāla) is the bicameral federal and supreme legislature of Nepal established in 2018. It consists of the National Assembly and the House of Representatives as parallel houses.
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Early general elections are expected to be held in Nepal on 5 March 2026 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives as announced on 12 September 2025 by the President of Nepal, on the recommendation of Government of Nepal.

There remains two ballots in the election: one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP, and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation, as mentioned in the Constitution of Nepal.