Seven Party Alliance
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The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan.
The alliance was made up of the following parties:
These seven parties made up 194 of the 205 seats allocated in the Nepalese legislative elections, 1999
, the only significant exception being the Monarchist Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
. The RPP split into three factions, with one faction openly supporting the royal take-over and the two others maintaining criticism towards it.
The name "Seven Party Alliance" has always been a misnomer, since one of its members (ULF) is an alliance in itself, constisting of three parties. Moreover, the two largest members, Congress and the CPN(UML) are each much larger than the rest of the members put together.
The alliance was made up of the following parties:
- Nepali CongressNepali CongressThe Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...
- Nepali Congress (Democratic)Nepali Congress (Democratic)Nepali Congress was a political party of Nepal, which was formed due to vertical split of Nepali Congress. Nepali Congress divided to two parties, the Nepali Congress led by former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the other led by Girija Prasad Koirala.-Merger of Nepali Congress and Nepali...
- Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)The Communist Party of Nepal , also known as CPN-UML, CPN, is one of the largest communist parties in Nepal. It was created on January 6, 1991 through the unification of the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal...
(Withdrew from government, Sunday May 3 2009) - Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
- Nepal Goodwill Party (Anandi Devi)
- United Left Front
- People's FrontPeople's Front (Nepal)Janamorcha Nepal was founded in 2002 as the mass organisation and electoral front of the Communist Party of Nepal . It was formed following the merger between the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal when their respective fronts Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal and the Rashtriya...
These seven parties made up 194 of the 205 seats allocated in the Nepalese legislative elections, 1999
Nepalese legislative elections, 1999
A legislative election was held in Nepal on May 3 and May 17, 1999.-Background and outcome:The last elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha prior to these had been in 1994 when the Communist Party of Nepal and been victorious and formed the first ever 'communist monarchy'. Yet by 1999, infighting, such...
, the only significant exception being the Monarchist Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party is a Nepalese political party. It is a right-wing pro-monarchy party, formed out of the political elite of the erstwhile Panchayat system, formed on 1990, after reestablishment of democracy in Nepal.In 1997 RPP split after the faction led by pro-monarchy politician...
. The RPP split into three factions, with one faction openly supporting the royal take-over and the two others maintaining criticism towards it.
The name "Seven Party Alliance" has always been a misnomer, since one of its members (ULF) is an alliance in itself, constisting of three parties. Moreover, the two largest members, Congress and the CPN(UML) are each much larger than the rest of the members put together.