# Socialist Front (Nepal)

The Socialist Front (Nepali: समाजवादी मोर्चा, romanized: Samajbadi Morcha) is a political alliance of leftist political parties in Nepal. It was formed in 2023 by the CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist), the People's Socialist Party, Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal led by Biplav.

## History

The Socialist Front was born as a four party front comprising the CPN (MC), CPN (Unified Socialist), the PSP-N and the CPN (2014) of Biplav Si on 19 June 2023. This was announced amidst a program held at National Assembly hall, Bhrikuti Mandap.
It was reported that there would be a rotational leadership through the front's chairman post, with Madhav Kumar Nepal leading the front for an interim period of time.

## Member parties

| Party | Party | Rastriya Sabha | Pratinidhi Sabha | Pradesh Sabha |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 18 | 30 | 85 |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| | Nepal Socialist Party (Mahindra faction) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 26 | 42 | 109 |

### Former members

* People's Socialist Party, Nepal

## Organization and structure

In mid July, it was announced that the Socialist Front would have party-like organization at district, provincial and national level. The central committee would have 16 members with four members from each party, including the party chair and general secretary from each party. Similarly, it was announced that there would be 12-member provincial committees with three members from each party, consisting of party chairs and general secretaries, while there would be eight-member district committees with a similar formation.

## List of current provincial governments

| Province | Portrait | Chief Minister (Party) | Chief Minister (Party) | Terms in Office | Terms in Office | Terms in Office | Legislature | Cabinet | Constituency |
| Province | Portrait | Chief Minister (Party) | Chief Minister (Party) | Start | End | Tenure | Legislature | Cabinet | Constituency |
| Bagmati | | | Shalikram Jamkattel CPN (Maoist Centre) | 10 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 286 days | 2nd Provincial Assembly | Jamkattel, 2023 | Dhading 1(B) |
| Lumbini | | | Jokh Bahadur Mahara CPN (Maoist Centre) | 5 April 2024 | Incumbent | 200 days | 2nd Provincial Assembly | Mahara, 2024 | Rolpa 1(A) |
| Sudurpashchim | | | Dirgha Bahdur Sodari CPN (Unified Socialist) | 18 April 2024 | Incumbent | 187 days | 2nd Provincial Assembly | Sodari, 2024 | Kailali 4(B) |

## Strength in provincial assemblies

| Province | Seats | By party | By party | Status in assembly |
| Koshi | 17 / 93 | 13 | Maoist Centre | In coalition |
| Koshi | 17 / 93 | 4 | Unified Socialist | In coalition |
| Madhesh | 16 / 107 | 9 | Maoist Centre | In coalition |
| Madhesh | 16 / 107 | 7 | Unified Socialist | In coalition |
| Bagmati | 28 / 110 | 21 | Maoist Centre | Maoist government |
| Bagmati | 28 / 110 | 7 | Unified Socialist | Maoist government |
| Gandaki | 8 / 60 | 8 | Maoist Centre | In opposition |
| Lumbini | 12 / 87 | 11 | Maoist Centre | Maoist government |
| Lumbini | 12 / 87 | 1 | Unified Socialist | Maoist government |
| Karnali | 14 / 40 | 13 | Maoist Centre | In coalition |
| Karnali | 14 / 40 | 1 | Unified Socialist | In coalition |
| Sudurpashchim | 15 / 54 | 11 | Maoist Centre | Unified Socialist government |
| Sudurpashchim | 15 / 54 | 4 | Unified Socialist | Unified Socialist government |

## Leadership
### Co-ordinator

* Madhav Kumar Nepal (2023–2024)
* Netra Bikram Chand (2024–present)