The People's Progressive Party () is a

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. Although the party's primary base is in the Terai Madhesh area of Madhesh and Lumbini provinces, it has tried to expand to a pan-Nepalese base. The party's formation was formally announced on 14 December 2021. Hridayesh Tripathi is the coordinator of the party.

History

2017 elections

As of August 2021, the party members had filled their candidacy as an Independent political group in the 2017 Nepalese general election. They used ''sun'' as their election symbol, as a part of agreement/alliance between CPN (UML) and the group. Brijesh Kumar Gupta And Hridayesh Tripathi won as members of the

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. Similarly, Ajay Shahi and Dharma Lal Shrivastava won as candidate in the provincial assembly elections to the Provincial Assembly of Lumbini Province. However Ishwar Dayal Mishra and Pashupati Dayal Mishra couldn't manage to win the election. The party was expected to get registered much earlier while it was reported that the process had already started in July. The party got registered in December before the 2022 National Assembly elections.

Formation and registration at Election Commission

The party formation was declared on 14 December 2021 amidst a press conference at Everest Hotel,

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. Former speaker of

Daman Nath Dhungana, MP Brijesh Kumar Gupta, economist Rameshwar Khanal and Tul Narayan Sah joined newly announced the party while they were also present during the party declaration. On 11 February 2021, the party was registered at Election Commission with central committee with thirty members. Hridayesh Tripathi from

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was declared president, Shivajee Yadav from

Madhesh Province Madhesh Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal in the Terai region with an area of covering about 6.5% of the country's total area. It has a population of 6,126,288 as per the 2021 Nepal census, making it Nepal's most densely po ...

was declared senior vice president of the party. The party appointed three vice presidents Harka Lal Singh Rajbanshi (from Province No. 1), Mohammand Shabir Hussain (from

) and Farhan Akwal Kha (from

). They party in a statement said that it had tried to keep people from all province in party portfolio. Former minister Ishwar Dayal Mishra and Bharat Kumar Thapa were appointed general secretary of the party while thirty three membered central committee was declared.

Party expansion and first election

The party went organization development mainly in Terai belt of Lumbini province. Even within the province, the party was centred to Kapilvastu, Rupandehi and Parasi district. The party won both chairman and deputy chairman post in Marchabari rural municipality. The party emerged as first runner up in several local levels including Pratappur rural municipality while winning several posts in various local levels. As a result, the party was able to decline the vote bank of CPN (UML) and traditional vote bank of Janata Samajwadi Party and Loktantrik Samajwadi Party in

Lumbini province Lumbini Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province in western Nepal. The country's Provinces of Nepal, third largest province in terms of area as well as List of Nepalese provinces by population, population, Lumbini is home to the World Herita ...

Ideology

The party presented a 17-point commitment and its view on social national issues on the same day. The party remains close to

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but equally committed to democracy. The party document presents the farmers as the base of the party. The party commitment claims the party of being committed to

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while against the

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Electoral performance

Legislative elections

Local election

Presence in legislature

Federal parliament

Provincial Assemblies

List of Members of Parliament

List of Pratinidhi Sabha members from People's Progressive Party

Leadership

Party portfolios

References

{{Political parties in Nepal People's Progressive Party (Nepal) Socialist parties in Nepal Social democratic parties in Nepal 2021 establishments in Nepal Political parties established in 2021 Lumbini Province Madhesh Province