| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Sanghiya Sansad / Federal Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Rastriya Sabha / National Assembly |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Pratinidhi Sabha / House of Representatives
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
28 September 2015
2015 Constitution |
| Mode of designation |
indirectly elected 56
appointed 3 |
| Constituencies |
N/A (indirect elections) |
| Voting system |
:
N/A (indirect elections) |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Nepalese citizenship
|
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
- Qualified electors
- Nepalese citizenship
- Age: 35 years
Disqualifications: Persons punished for any criminal offence involving moral turpitude, persons declared ineligible by any law, persons holding an office of profit. |
| Incompatibilities |
- Member of the other chamber of the Federal Parliament
- Other political position regardless of the mode of designation
|
| Candidacy requirements |
(data unavailable) |
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