Federal Parliament of Nepal

Federal Parliament of Nepal

संघीय संसद, नेपाल
Federal Parliament of Nepal ; संघीय संसद, नेपाल
1st Federal Parliament
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	National Assembly; (upper house); House of Representatives; (lower house)
History
Founded	5 March 2018 (6 years ago)
Preceded by	Constituent Assembly of Nepal
Leadership
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari ; since 29 October 2015
Vice President	Nanda Kishor Pun ; since 31 October 2015
Chairman of the National Assembly	Ganesh Prasad Timilsina ; since 15 March 2018
Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly	Vacant ; since 4 March 2022
Speaker of the House of Representatives	Agni Prasad Sapkota ; since 26 January 2020
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives	Puspha Bhusal ; since 15 July 2022
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba, NC ; since 13 July 2021
Leader of the Opposition	KP Sharma Oli, CPN (UML) ; since 13 July 2021
Structure
Seats	334; 59 assemblymen; 275 representatives
House of Representatives political groups	Government (158) NC: 63; CPN (MC): 49; CPN (US): 25; PSPN: 16; NSP: 5; External Support (18) LSPN: 13; Independent: 5; Opposition (95) CPN (UML): 95; Vacant (4) Vacant: 4;
National Assembly political groups	Government (39) CPN (MC): 16; NC: 10; CPN (US): 9; PSPN: 3; RJM: 1; External Support (2) LSPN: 1; Independent: 1; Opposition (18) CPN (UML): 18;
Elections
House of Representatives voting system	First-past-the-post & proportional representation
National Assembly voting system	Single transferable vote & First-past-the-post
House of Representatives last election	26 November and 7 December 2017
National Assembly last election	26 January 2022
House of Representatives next election	by November 2022
National Assembly next election	2024
Meeting place
	International Convention Centre,; Kathmandu, Nepal
Website
	www.parliament.gov.np
Constitution
	Constitution of Nepal

The Federal Parliament of Nepal (संघीय संसद नेपाल, Saṅghīya Sansada Nēpāla) is the bicameral federal and supreme legislature of Nepal. It was established in 2018. It has the National Assembly and the House of Representatives as parallel houses.