National Assembly

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The National Assembly is the upper house of Nepal's federal parliament, representing provinces at the national level and participating in the country's legislative process.

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Label Occurrences
National Assembly canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
abbreviation NA ⓘ
capitalOfCountry Kathmandu, Nepal ⓘ
linked to: Kathmandu
chamberRelationship upper house to the House of Representatives as lower house ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Constitution of Nepal 2015 provisions on Federal Parliament ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional body ⓘ
continuityFeature staggered terms so that one-third of members retire every two years ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of Nepal 2015 ⓘ
deputyPresidingOfficerTitle Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly ⓘ
establishedInYear 2018 ⓘ
firstElectionYear 2018 ⓘ
hasChamber single chamber ⓘ
hasWebsite official website of the Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of Nepal ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Nepali ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ
legislativePowers can propose and amend bills except money bills ⓘ
participates in lawmaking with the House of Representatives ⓘ
reviews and passes federal laws ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
location Kathmandu ⓘ
meetsIn Federal Parliament Building, Kathmandu ⓘ
meetsInCountry Nepal ⓘ
memberSelection elected by an electoral college in each province ⓘ
some members appointed by the President of Nepal ⓘ
nativeName राष्ट्रिय सभा ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Nepali ⓘ
numberOfMembers 59 ⓘ
partOf Federal Parliament of Nepal ⓘ
partOfGovernment federal government of Nepal ⓘ
linked to: Government of Nepal
presidingOfficerTitle Chairperson of the National Assembly ⓘ
relatedHouse House of Representatives (Nepal) ⓘ
represents provinces of Nepal ⓘ
representsLevel provincial level ⓘ
role participates in the legislative process of Nepal ⓘ
system parliamentary system of Nepal ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation provincial representation at the national level ⓘ
votingSystem indirect election ⓘ
presidential nomination for some members ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of Nepal 2015 → upperHouseName → National Assembly ⓘ