The Constituent Assembly of Nepal: An Agenda for Women - CAPWIP

International IDEA - The Constituent Assembly of Nepal: An Agenda for WomenWho are the women members?There are 197 women members in the Assembly (32.77 per cent of the total).Some of these women have had considerable experience in Parliament or inpublic life or civil society.In the First Past the Post elections, there were 369 women candidates from 55 political parties (as opposed to 3577men candidates). And 30 women were elected (12.5 per cent of the total 240 constituencies). The PR electionsproduced a total of 161 women elected (nearly 48 per cent of the total, 335 seats), where as six women werenominated from the cabinet resulting total 197 women, or 32.77 per cent of women in CA. Of these women, 18have been members of Parliament in the past, many only since the expansion of Parliament in January 2007, whenthe Interim Constitution was adopted.The following Table indicates the numbers of candidates and persons elected from the various parties:Political PartiesFPTPPRNomination byCabineCandidates Elected Elected NominatedMale Female Male Female Male Female Male FemaleGrandTotalCommunist Party ofNepal (Maoist)(CPN-M)197439624505063229Nepali Congress (NC)21426352373641115Communist Party ofNepal (United MarxistLeninist) (CPN-UML)21227321353532108Madhesi JanaadhikarForum (MJF)1003282111120546