Английская Википедия:Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal

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The Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal (Шаблон:Lang-ne; abbreviated FSFN) was a democratic socialist political party in Nepal. The party was formed on 15 June 2015 from the merger of the Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal, the Federal Socialist Party Nepal and the Khas Samabeshi Party. On 6 May 2019, the party merged with Naya Shakti Party, Nepal to form Samajbadi Party, Nepal.

History

Foundation

On 14 June 2015 the Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal, the Federal Socialist Party Nepal and the Khas Samabeshi Party announced that they were to merge on 15 June 2015 to intensify their efforts to revive the fast “fading” Madhesi and Janajati movement in the country. The party was formed with Upendra Yadav and Rajendra Shrestha as co-chairs of the party and Ashok Rai as the parliamentary party leader. The new party had a total strength of 15 in the Constituent Assembly of Nepal following the merger (10 from MJF-N and 5 from FSPN).

On 19 June 2017, Sarita Giri led Nepal Sadbhawana Party decided to merge with the party.

Local elections

Шаблон:Main On 27 February, the party announced that it would be participating in the first phase of the local elections to be held on May 14, going back on their previous decision to not participate until the constitution was amended. They also announced an alliance with Naya Shakti Party, Nepal led by former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, announcing that they would field common candidates and share the same electoral symbol in the upcoming elections. Following this decision party co-chair Upendra Yadav was removed as head of the Federal Alliance and the party was removed from the alliance. The party did not win any seats in the first of the local elections. In the second phase of the election however, 382 candidates from the party were elected, including 8 in mayoral posts.

The party broke its alliance with Naya Shakti before the third phase of the elections after failing to merge the two parties. 1,057 candidates from the party were elected, the party won in 26 mayoral posts including a win in Birgunj.

Legislative and provincial elections

The party announced an alliance with Rastriya Janata Party, Nepal before the elections. The party won 16 seats to the House of Representatives and finished with the fifth highest vote count in proportional representation. The party was one of five parties to be declared "national parties".

In the provincial assembly elections, the party won 3 seats in Province No. 1, 29 seats in Province No. 2 and 5 seats in Lumbini Province. Following the election, FSFN and Rastriya Janata Party announced that they would form a coalition government in Province No. 2, with FSFN getting the post of Chief Minister and RJPN getting the post of Speaker. Mohammad Lalbabu Raut who was parliamentary party leader in the provincial assembly was appointed as the Chief Minister of Province No. 2.

Ideology

Файл:Ashok Rai at farewell program in Australia.jpg

Ashok Rai, the senior leader of the party.

The party in its manifesto has expressed support for identity-based federalism and socialism. The party has stated that it would also end discrimination and suffering based on ethnicity, language, gender and regional status. The manifesto also reads that the party was formed in view of the need for an alternate national force to implement the progressive agendas including rights of ethnic groups, identity, federalism, republic, secularism, inclusive democracy, autonomy, good governance, proportional system, and social justice and security.

Electoral performance

Election	Leader	Votes		Seats	Position	Resulting government
2017	Upendra Yadav	470,201	4.93	Шаблон:Infobox political party/seats	5th	Шаблон:No2

Presence in various provinces

Province	Seats	Year of election
Province No. 1	Шаблон:Infobox political party/seats	2017
Province No. 2	Шаблон:Infobox political party/seats
Lumbini Province	Шаблон:Infobox political party/seats

Файл:Upendra Yadav at Rajbiraj.jpg

Upendra Yadav, chairman of the party

Leadership

Chairmen of Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal

• Upendra Yadav (2015-2019)

List of chief ministers

Province No. 2

Name	Portrait	Terms in office
Mohammad Lalbabu Raut	Файл:Md. Lal babu Raut.jpg	2018–present

See also

• List of political parties in Nepal
• Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal
• Nepal Sadbhawana Party
• Samajbadi Party, Nepal