2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nepal
gptkbp:date 10 April 2008
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election
gptkbp:mainCandidate over 6,000
gptkbp:majoritySeats 301
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2013_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election
gptkbp:notableEvent first-past-the-post and proportional representation systems used
delayed multiple times before being held
reserved seats for women and marginalized groups
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Election_Commission_of_Nepal
gptkbp:party over 50
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1999_Nepalese_general_election
gptkbp:purpose elect Constituent Assembly
gptkbp:resultedIn abolition of monarchy
establishment of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Nepali_Congress
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 601
gptkbp:significance first election after Nepalese Civil War
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist–Leninist)
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 61.69%
gptkbp:votingSystem mixed member proportional representation
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constituent_Assembly_election
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6