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Significance
Assembly members are elected indirectly. Last July, Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed prime minister in line with a Supreme Court order. Deuba’s multi-party coalition has a sizeable majority in the House of Representatives, parliament’s lower house, and a comfortable one in the National Assembly.
Impacts
If local elections take place in May as currently planned, they will serve as a barometer of public sentiment towards the leading parties.
KP Sharma Oli, whom Deuba replaced as premier, will be eyeing a return to power.
Politicking risks distracting the government from pursuing important policy goals.
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