Bibeksheel Sajha Party
विवेकशील साझा पार्टी
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| Abbreviation | BSP |
| Chairman | Samikchya Baskota |
| General Secretary | Ranju Darshana |
| Spokesperson | Aashutosh Pradhan |
| Founded | 26 July 2017 (2017-07-26) 9 December 2020 (2020-12-09) (Refounded) |
| Merger of | Sajha Party Bibeksheel Nepali Citizen Discussion Forum |
| Headquarters | Bakhundol, Lalitpur, Nepal[1] |
| Youth wing | Bibeksheel Sajha Yuva Sangathan |
| Ideology | Populism Anti-federalism Anti-Secularism |
| Seats in Provincial Assemblies |
0 / 110
Bagmati Province
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| Local governments |
1 / 753
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The Bibeksheel Sajha Party (Nepali: विवेकशील साझा पार्टी) is a political party in Nepal.[2] It was the sixth largest party of Nepal by popular vote after 2017 Nepalese general election and the fifth largest party in Bagmati provincial assembly.[3]
It was originally founded on 26 July 2017 from the merger of Sajha Party and Bibeksheel Nepal Dal, but the party split on 11 January 2019.[4]
The two parties merged for a second time on 9 December 2020.[5]
Rabindra Mishra, coordinator of Party attempted to merge the Bibeksheel Sajha Party with an ideologically far-right Rastriya Prajratantra Party. Youth leaders of party opposed merger and retained party's original principles rejecting Rabindra Mishra's document 'Changing Course: Nation Above Notion' that proposes abolition of federalism and a plebiscite on secularism.[6]
On 26 July 2017 it was announced that Sajha Party would merge with Bibeksheel Nepali Dal to form Bibeksheel Sajha Party. The new party would be led under the joint leadership of Rabindra Mishra and Ujwal Bahadur Thapa. The party adopted scales as their electoral symbol.[7][8][9][10]
In the 2017 legislative elections, the party contested 60 seats but won none.[11] Party. The party won 212,336 votes under proportional representation and finished with the sixth highest number of votes in the country. They were unable to cross the three percent threshold to gain seats in the House of Representatives.[12] The party also did not win any seats in the 2017 provincial election under first past the post but won three seats to the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 3 under proportional representation after finishing with the fourth highest number of votes with 124,442 votes.[13] The party decided to support Nepali Congress candidate Radhe Shyam Adhikari in the National Assembly elections on 6 February 2018. Bibeksheel Sajha Party, along with Naya Shakti Party, abstained from voting in the 2018 presidential and vice-presidential elections.[14]
Following Mishra's departure, Bibeksheel Sajha Party participated 2022 Federal and Provincial election. Bibeksheel Sajha Party did its first general convention in February 11, 2023 electing Chair Samkichya Baskota, Vice-Chairs Milan Pandey and Prakash Chandra Pariyaar, and General Secretary Rajnu Darshana.
| Election | Leader(s) | Votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | ||
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| # | % | # | +/- | ||||
| 2017 | Rabindra Mishra Ujwal Bahadur Thapa |
212,366 | 2.22 |
0 / 275
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6th | CPN (UML) – CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Election | Leader(s) | Seats | Local level | |
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| 2022 | Rabindra Mishra |
1 / 753
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| Province | Election year | Seats | Resulting Government | |
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| Bagmati | 2017 |
3 / 110
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5th | Opposition |
