Is Nepali Congress left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Nepali Congress scores +01 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores −03. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Nepali Congress authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Nepali Congress scores −04. Parliamentary democracy with proportional elements; governments change constantly by coalition arithmetic.

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Nepali Congress

1947– · Nepal · Social Democratic · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

+01ECmarket

−03CUpluralist

−04AUpluralist

−01SClocal

−02IDuniversal

−04CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

The party of the movements that ended absolute monarchy twice, in 1951 and 1990, and of the 2015 federal republican constitution.

Economic model

Market economy with cooperatives, remittance dependence, hydropower development.

Organisation of powers

Parliamentary democracy with proportional elements; governments change constantly by coalition arithmetic.

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The evidence for every score

All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.

EC · Economic organisation · scored +01

Coded +1: market economy with cooperatives and remittance dependence.

Comparative datasetRemittances exceed a quarter of GDP, among the highest shares in the world.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored −03

Coded −3: secular republic written into the 2015 constitution.

Documented act or statuteNepal was declared a secular state in 2007 after two centuries as a Hindu kingdom.

AU · Organisation of power · scored −04

Coded −4: the party of the movements that ended absolute monarchy twice.

Documented act or statuteLed the 1951 revolution and the 1990 people's movement, and the 2006 movement that ended the monarchy.

SC · Scale of decision · scored −01

Coded −1: federalism established by the 2015 constitution.

Documented act or statuteSeven provinces with elected assemblies were created in 2015.

ID · Rule of membership · scored −02

Coded −2: civic citizenship with contested Madhesi provisions.

Documented act or statuteThe 2015 citizenship provisions prompted protests and a border blockade.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −04

Coded −4: constitutional method, with an armed phase in the 1950s.

Documented act or statuteHas governed and lost office repeatedly under the current constitution.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Nepal

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Nepali Congress. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/nepalicong/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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