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राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी
Rastriya Prajatantra Party

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Official name
राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी
House of Representatives seats
5 (FPTP 1, PR 4) · 2026-10-09
Leadership
Chair (अध्यक्ष)अध्यक्ष: Rajendra Lingdenराजेन्द्र लिङदेन (2026-10-11) [Rastriya Prajatantra Party (official website)]

In its own words

राष्ट्रियता, प्रजातन्त्र र उदारवादको बृहत चिन्तनमा आधारित "सम्बर्धनवाद"(निरन्तरता सहितको परिवर्तन) राप्रपाको वैचारिक दर्शन हुनेछ ।

"Sambardhanbad" (change with continuity), based on the broad thinking of nationalism, democracy and liberalism, shall be the RPP's ideological philosophy. Translation: Policy Nepal

सम्वर्द्धनवादको दार्शनिक जगमा उभिएको मौलिक राजनीतिक दल ।

An original political party standing on the philosophical foundation of Sambardhanbad. Translation: Policy Nepal

How independent sources classify it

  • Economic left–right (v2pariglef), 2017 election: most likely category "Center-right" (ordinal 4 on the 0 Far-left to 6 Far-right scale).आर्थिक वाम–दक्षिण (v2pariglef), २०१७ को निर्वाचन: सबैभन्दा सम्भावित श्रेणी "मध्य-दक्षिण" (० चरम वामदेखि ६ चरम दक्षिणसम्मको मापनमा ४)। [V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg]
  • Economic left–right (V4) 7.25 and social liberal–conservative (V6) 6.375 on 0–10 scales; party type RIGHT-CON (economically right, socially conservative).० देखि १० सम्मको मापनमा आर्थिक वाम–दक्षिण (V4) ७.२५ र सामाजिक उदार–परम्परावादी (V6) ६.३७५; दलको प्रकार आर्थिक रूपमा दक्षिण, सामाजिक रूपमा परम्परावादी (RIGHT-CON)। [Harvard Dataverse]
  • Coded "Right" in 2018 and 2023, and "0" in 2017 (under the name "RPP-Nepal").२०१८ र २०२३ मा "Right" (दक्षिण), र २०१७ मा ("RPP-Nepal" नामले) "0" कोड गरिएको। [Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Open Data)]
  • Under the heading "Far-right parties", describes the RPP(N) as "clearly monarchist, rather than only royalist". The report uses "far-right" for monarchist parties in the 2012 debate."Far-right parties" शीर्षकअन्तर्गत राप्रपा (नेपाल) लाई "clearly monarchist, rather than only royalist" भनिएको छ। प्रतिवेदनले २०१२ को बहसमा राजावादी दलका लागि "far-right" शब्द प्रयोग गरेको छ। [International Crisis Group]

International affiliations

  • International Democracy Unionइन्टरनेसनल डेमोक्रेसी युनियन: Listed as "Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)", member category "Full Member""Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)" नामले, सदस्यता श्रेणी "Full Member" [International Democracy Union]

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