Constitutional Assembly election 2008

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:election
gptkbp:conducted gptkb:Election_Commission_of_Nepal
gptkbp:date April 10, 2008
April 24, 2008
gptkbp:electionYear direct election
mixed electoral system
indirect election
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Constitutional_Assembly_election_2013
gptkbp:hasPoliticalParty gptkb:Unified_Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist)
gptkb:Nepali_Congress
gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist–Leninist)
gptkbp:heldIn gptkb:Nepal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constitutional Assembly election 2008
gptkbp:keyIssues gptkb:Madhav_Kumar_Nepal
gptkb:Rajendra_Mahato
gptkb:Jhalanath_Khanal
gptkb:Suman_B._Shrestha
gptkb:Dhanraj_Gurung
gptkb:Bhim_Rawal
gptkb:Ram_Chandra_Poudel
gptkb:Kamal_Bahadur_Shah
gptkb:Bishnu_Prasad_Paudel
gptkb:Narayan_Kaji_Shrestha
gptkb:Sita_Devi_Yadav
gptkb:Bhimsen_Das_Pradhan
gptkb:Pushpa_Kamal_Dahal
gptkb:Ramesh_Lekhak
gptkb:Bijay_Kumar_Gachhadar
gptkb:Kamal_Thapa
gptkb:Sujan_S._Shrestha
Girija Prasad Koirala
Kedar Nath Sharma
Keshav_Jha
Chandra_Bhandari
gptkbp:majorIndustry social justice
federalism
gender equality
secularism
abolition of monarchy
ethnic representation
new constitution drafting process initiated
declaration_of_Nepal_as_a_secular_state
gptkbp:notableFeature over 5,000
gptkbp:numberOfSeasons 601
gptkbp:precededBy 2007 local elections
gptkbp:purpose to draft a new constitution
gptkbp:result Maoist_party_won_the_most_seats
gptkbp:significance established a federal democratic republic
gptkbp:type constituent assembly election
gptkbp:visitedBy international observers
gptkbp:voterTurnout approximately 12 million
first-past-the-post
proportional representation
60.1%