Government Records of Nepal
First post democracy government
The Rana-Congress Joint Council of Ministers
was formed on April 18, 1951 was the first government in the democracy.
First people's government
The first people's government was formed on
November 1, 1951 with its president, Matrika Prasad Koirala as the prime
minister.
First elected government
Prime Minister BP Koirala formed an interim 19
member council of ministers including a deputy prime minister on May 28, 1959 the
first elected government of Nepal, however, that was dissolved for the
full-fledged implementation of the Constitution i.e. 1958 from the date of June
30, 1959 and the same cabinet was sworn in as the executive on the same day.
First overthrown elected government
King Mahendra overthrew the elected government
led by BP Koirala on December 15, 1960 and took the regime himself.
First government after the restoration of democracy
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, the president of the
Nepali Congress led an eleyen member council of ministers consisting Nepali
Congress, Left Front, independent and the King's panel was formed on April 19,
1990.
First communist government
Due to a hung parliament in the midterm
election held on November 15, 1994, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified
Marxist-Leninist) being the single largest party in the parliament, formed a
minority government with its chairman Manmohan Adhikari as the prime minister
on November 29, 1994.
First
government to fail a confidence motion
The CPN (UML) government led by Prime Minister
Manmohan Adhikari stepped down following a no confidence motion passed against
it by the parliament on September 10, 1995.
First
elected coalition government
A coalition government led by Sher Bahadur
Deuba that consisted of Nepali Congress, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party and Nepal
Sadbhavana Party was formed on September 11, 1995.
Jumbo cabinet
The cabinet of 49 members formed in the Prime
Minister Baburam Bhattarai's coalition government on November 13, 2011 became
the largest cabinet ever in the history of Nepal. Earlier Sher Bahadur Deuba
led coalition government (September 11, 1995 to March 9, 1997) had 48 members
followed by Surya Bahadur Thapa's cabinet of 47 members from September 6, 1997
to April 11, 1998.
Tinniest cabinet
A 4-member Council of Ministers formed on
April 6, 1990 was the smallest government in size. Formed to convene talks with
the agitating political parties during the Mass Movement of 1990, it stepped
down on April 19, 1990 after a political reconciliation made between the king
and the agitating United Front.
Nepal
declared a republic nation
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly
cum Legislature- Parliament declared Nepal a Federal Democratic Republic state
on May 28, 2008 ending the monarchy.
First president
Dr. Rambaran Yadav from the Nepali Congress
Party was elected the first president of the Federal Democratic Republic of
Nepal on July 21, 2008. First vice president Parmananda Jha from the Madhesi
Janaadhikar Forum Nepal became the first vice president of Nepal on July 19,
2008.
Longest acting government
The coalition government led by Dr. Baburam
Bhattarai from the UCPN (Maoist) ran ad hoc for 297 days effective after the
office of the president stated his govermment caretaking on May 29, 2012 onward
and remained acting until March 14, 2013.
Chief
Justice headed government
"Antarim Chunawi Parishad' or Interim
Election Council as the name given to the 11 member Council of Ministers led by
the sitting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Khil Raj Regmi for the purpose
of executing election of the Constituent Assembly was formed on March 14, 2013.
Constitution records of Nepal
First constitution
Rana Premier Padma Shamsher had promulgated
'Nepal Sarkar Baidhanik Kanoon' (The Government of Nepal Act) on January 26,
1948 as the first constitution of Nepal proposed to be carried out April 13,
1948 onward, which however, failed to implement.
First implemented constitution
"Nepal Antarim Shasan Bidhan-2007 (The
Interim Government of Nepal Act) 1951) though being second in the context of
the constitutional evolution, has been regarded as the first genuine
constitution of Nepal that was proclaimed on March 12, 1951.
First fully fledged constitution
'Nepal Adhirajya ko Sambidhan' (The
Constitution of Kingdom of Nepal) was proclaimed on February 12, 1959 under
which the first general election was held. Further this was the same
constitution King Mahendra to overthrow the elected government along with the
parliamentary system and the constitution itself by manoeuvring its certain
article (Article 55) on December 14, 1960.
The
Panchayat Constitution
King Mahendra promulgated 'Nepalko Sambidhan'
(The Constitution of Nepal, as the Panchayati Constitution on January 16, 1962
that equipped the king with supreme power.
First
constitution after the restoration of multi party democracy
King Birendra promulgated Nepal Adhirajyako
Sambidhan (The Constitution of Kingdom of Nepal) on November 9, 1990. It was
the first constitution after the reinstatement of the democracy.
Interim Constitution 2007
'Nepalko Antarim Sambidhan' (Interim
Constitution of Nepal) was promulgated on January 15, 2007 till a new
constitution drafted by the Constitution Assembly would not come into effect.
Constitution
drafted by the Constituent Assembly
'Nepalko Sambidhan' (The Constitution of
Nepal) was promulgated in the 601 member Constituent Assembly on September 20,
2015.
First
local body election
On May 27, 1947 the election for the town
councillors of the Kathmandu Municipality was held for 21 wards.
First general election
The first election for the Members of the
House of the Representatives took place from February 18, 1959 to May 4, 1959
in which the Nepali Congress got a two-third majority with 74 out of total 109
seats.
First
referendum
The first referendum was conducted on May 2,
1980 for determining the Panchayat system or the multi-party system.
First
general election after the restoration of democracy
The second general election held some 33 years
after the historic first general election, on May 12, 1991.
First
midterm general election
In the parliamentary history of Nepal the
first midterm election held on November 15, 1994 following a failure to pass a
bill of the government's policy and programme in the house.
Highest
number of unanimously elected MPs
Altogether 12 candidates were unanimously
elected to the 'Rashtriya Sabha (the National Assembly)', the then upper house,
on June 25, 1992.
First
election for constituent assembly
The historic election for the Constituent
Assembly took place on April 10, 2008. Second election for the constituent
assembly Since the first constituent assembly failed to draft a new
constitution another election took place on November 19, 2013.
Highest
secured votes in the CA election
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, a candidate from the
CPN (Unified Maoist), secured 46, 272, the highest number of votes in the
election of the Constituent Assembly.
Least
number of secured votes
Keshav Yadav, an independent candidate from
the constituency no. 1 of Rupandehi district, got only one vote in the
constituent Assembly election held on 10 April 2008.
MPs
elected for maximum times
Sher Bahadur Deuba, Ramchandra Poudel,
Narayanman Bijukchhe and Bijay Kumar Gachchhedar were elected for five
consecutive times in the election of the House of the Representatives (three
times) and two times for the Constituent Assembly cum Legislature- Parliament.
Only MP
elected from three constituencies in a single election
Shuvarna Shamsher Rana, a candidate from the
Nepali Congress Party was elected from three constituencies in the first
general election of 1958.
Parliament Records of Nepal
First historic parliament
During the administration of the Lichchhavi
Period (c.300-874 AD) Paramasan and Antarasan existed as the lower and the
upper house respectively.
First speaker of the House of the Representatives
Krishna Prasad Upadhyaya Bhattarai of Nepali
Congress Party was the first speaker of the House of the Representatives in
1959.
First deputy speaker of the Lower House
Mahendra Narayan Nidhi was the first elected
Deputy Speaker of the House of the Representatives in 1959.
First
chair of the Upper House
Dambar Bahadur Singh was the first chair of
the Mahasabha, the Upper House in 1959.
First
deputy chair of the Upper House
Mrs. Kamal Rana served as the first deputy
chair of the Mahasabha, the upper house in 1959.
Youngest speaker
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai became the Speaker of
the House of the Representatives (19959-1960) at the age of 35 years. Earlier
he had become the chairperson of the first Advisory Assembly in 1951 at the age
of 27 years after the establishment of democracy in Nepal. (WR)
Youngest
member of the Parliament
Peshal Kumar Pokhrel of Mamkha, Okhaldhunga
district, born on November 3, 1935 was 23 years 4 months when he was elected
the Member of the House of the Representatives from the Okhaldhunga
constituency in the first general election of February-March 1959.
First
address of the head of the State to the Parliament
King Mahendra addressed the joint session of
the Pratinidhi Sabha (House of the Representatives) and the Mahasabha (House of
the General Assembly) on July 24, 1959.
First
unanimously elected MP in democracy
Palten Gurung of the Nepali Congress party was
unanimously elected Member of the House of the Representatives from the Manang
constituency in 1999.
Three MPs
from a single village
Dugari village of Dadeldhura had its three
permanent residents elected from three different constituencies in the third
general election- Narayanprakash Saud from the constituency-I of Kanchanpur
district, Tarinidutta Chataut from the constituency-2, Kanchanpur district, and
Khemraj Bhatta 'Mayalu" from the constituency-3 of Bardiya district.
First MP
arrested during the parliamentary session
Lalit Bahadur Ghale, a member of the House of
the Representatives from the constituency no. 1 Dhading representing from the
Nepal Rashtriya Gorkha Parishad was arrested for being accused of bringing
insurgency and sentenced on February 28, 1960.
First use
of the other national language in the Parliament
Mani Kumar Limbu was the first Member of the
Parliament who spoke in the Limbu language, his mother tongue on July 6, 1992,
the first time one of the national languages in the parliament other than the
vernacular Nepali.
Dissolution of the Parliament
King Mahendra dissolved the parliament as an
attempt of overthrowing the multiparty democratic system from Nepal on December
15, 1960.
Chair of the Constituent Assembly
Subash Chandra Nembang was elected as the
chairman of the Constituent Assembly on July 23, 2008. He also served as the
Speaker of the Legislature- Parliament. Earlier he was elected the Speaker of
the reinstated House of the Representatives. He was re-clected to the post in
the second CA too.
First Vice
Chair of the Constituent Assembly
Purna Kumari Subedi was elected the vice chair
on November 28, 2008.
First woman speaker
Onsari Gharti was unanimously elected the
speaker of the Legislature- Parliament on October 16 becoming the first woman
speaker in the parliamentary history of Nepal. She had earlier served as the
vice chair of the Constituent Assembly.
First full
session parliament interruption
All 56 days of the 19th Session of the House
of the Representatives scheduled from February 8, 2001 to April 5, 2001 were
adjourned due to the interruption from the opposition.
The
lengthy futile process of selecting a new prime minister
The Legislature-Parliament failed a record 16 times of the election for a new prime minister for 5 months and 23 days commencing with the first round of voting on July 21, 2010 since Ramchandra Paudel, the prime ministerial candidate from the Nepali Congress could secure no majority of votes for 16 times. Earlier, the candidate of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Pushpakamal Dahal had withdrawn his run-off for the same against Paudel until the 7" round of voting on September 18, 2010. But, Paudel as the sole candidate ran for nine more times till the frivolous act ended with the withdrawal of his candidacy on January 12, the day the 17th round of voting was scheduled.