Democracy in Nepal

The progression of Nepalese Democracy began in the early 1960s with the establishment of the Panchayat System by King Mahendra, granting the monarchy absolute control and power over legislative, executive and judicial camps with the suppression of the Nepali National Congress and the creation of several Pachrats on municipal, provincial and regional level that elected a small number of representatives that had a limited amount of power.

After the death of Mahendra in 1981, active reforms took place to promote a gradual removal of the Panchayat system. In 1982, Birendra decreed the abolition of the cast-religious related system and in 1984 the creation of a National Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution that could effectively abolish the panchayat system and replace it with a constitutional monarchy. All of these efforts culminated with the promulgation of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal on 3 June 1989.