Samajbadi Party Nepal (

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: ''Socialist Party'') is a

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

, led by

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. The party is registered with the

Election Commission of Nepal The Election Commission ( ne, निर्वाचन आयोग, नेपाल; ''Nirvācana āyōg, Nēpāl'') is a constitutional body responsible for conducting and monitoring elections, as well as registering parties and candidates and r ...

ahead of the

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. Ansari became a minister in 2005, appointed by

King Gyanendra Gyanendra Shah ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह, born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuva ...

. The party won one mayoral post in the 2006 municipal elections. Mohammad Manjur Alam Ansari of the Samajbadi Party Nepal was elected deputy mayor of Kailaya in the same elections.Majority of independent candidates in mayoral posts; Rajaram new mayor of Kathmandu metropolis - Nepal News Daily
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