# Bibeksheel Sajha Party

The Bibeksheel Sajha Party (Nepali: विवेकशील साझा पार्टी) is a political party in Nepal. It was the sixth largest party of Nepal by popular vote after 2017 Nepalese general election and the fifth largest party in Bagmati provincial assembly.

## Background

It was originally founded on 26 July 2017 from the merger of Sajha Party and Bibeksheel Nepal Dal, but the party split on 11 January 2019.
The two parties merged for a second time on 9 December 2020.
Rabindra Mishra, coordinator of Party attempted to merge the Bibeksheel Sajha Party with an ideologically far-right Rastriya Prajratantra Party. Youth leaders of party opposed merger and retained party's original principles rejecting Rabindra Mishra's document 'Changing Course: Nation Above Notion' that proposes abolition of federalism and a plebiscite on secularism.

## History

On 26 July 2017 it was announced that Sajha Party would merge with Bibeksheel Nepali Dal to form Bibeksheel Sajha Party. The new party would be led under the joint leadership of Rabindra Mishra and Ujwal Bahadur Thapa. The party adopted scales as their electoral symbol.
In the 2017 legislative elections, the party contested 60 seats but won none. Party. The party won 212,336 votes under proportional representation and finished with the sixth highest number of votes in the country. They were unable to cross the three percent threshold to gain seats in the House of Representatives. The party also did not win any seats in the 2017 provincial election under first past the post but won three seats to the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 3 under proportional representation after finishing with the fourth highest number of votes with 124,442 votes. The party decided to support Nepali Congress candidate Radhe Shyam Adhikari in the National Assembly elections on 6 February 2018. Bibeksheel Sajha Party, along with Naya Shakti Party, abstained from voting in the 2018 presidential and vice-presidential elections.

### 2022 General Election and First Convention

Following Mishra's departure, Bibeksheel Sajha Party participated 2022 Federal and Provincial election. Bibeksheel Sajha Party did its first general convention in February 11, 2023 electing Chair Samkichya Baskota, Vice-Chairs Milan Pandey and Prakash Chandra Pariyaar, and General Secretary Rajnu Darshana.

## Electoral performance

| Election | Leader(s) | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Position | Resulting government |
| Election | Leader(s) | # | % | # | +/- | Position | Resulting government |
| 2017 | Rabindra Mishra Ujwal Bahadur Thapa | 212,366 | 2.22 | 0 / 275 | | 6th | CPN (UML) – CPN (Maoist Centre) |

### Local election

| Election | Leader(s) | Seats | Seats | Local level |
| Election | Leader(s) | # | +/- | Local level |
| 2022 | Rabindra Mishra | 1 / 753 | +1 | Pheta Rural Municipality |

## Leadership
### Party presidents

* Rabindra Mishra, 26 July 2017 - 25 May 2022
* Samikchya Baskota, 11 February 2023 - present

### General Secretary

* Ranju Darshana -- 2079/10/28 - present

### Spokesperson

* Ashutosh Pradhan, 2080 - present

### Head Office Management

* Nabaraj Thapa, 2080 - present

## Presence in provincial assemblies

| Province | Election year | Seats | Seats | Resulting Government |
| Province | Election year | No. | Position | Resulting Government |
| Bagmati | 2017 | 3 / 110 | 5th | Opposition |