Inclusiveness

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Nepal

Constitution Assembly Elections

 Sheduled Date: April 10, 2008

No. of Constituencies:

Mountain — 22

Hill           — 102

 Terai       — 116

Total       — 240

 No. of Seats:

FPTP     — 375

PR          — 240

Nominated:   26

Total:     — 601

Comparative Analysis of Inclusiveness In FPTP:

Major National Parties:

Parties           Women  Madhesi  Janajati  Others  Dalit   Newar

 CPN-Maoist    43             71            46              98       10          15

 CPN-UML       26             65            35            127       0           13

 NC                    26              50            31            138        1          20

Regional Madhesi Parties:  

Castes    % of Madhesis     MPRF                TMDP                 SP

 Yadav           11.75                   31                      19                       18

 Tharu           20.1                    15                      20                       15

Muslim         12.7                      9                         7                          8

High-Castes   3.6                     8                         10                        7

OBCs             24.45                  26                       21                      29

Dalit             24                         1                           3                         2

Others         3.4                       15                        16                      14

Total                                       105                       96                      93

Women*                                     3                          4                        5

*Women included in the Total

#Collected From Various Sources