Rastriya Panchayat

Rastriya Panchayat राष्ट्रिय पञ्चायत
Kingdom of Nepal
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Established	1962
Disbanded	1990
Preceded by	Parliament of Nepal
Succeeded by	Parliament of Nepal
Seats	124
Meeting place
Gallery Baithak, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal 1962

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Rastriya Panchayat was the official legislature (parliament) during the Panchayat regime of Nepal that effectively functioned from 1960 to 1990.^[1] Its head office was at the "Gallery Baithak" in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu. In the 1980s, it consisted of more than 120 members among which 105 members were directly elected by the people, while the king was to nominate 20 percent of its members, i.e. 19 members were nominated by the monarch.

The Rastriya Panchayat was dissolved by King Birendra after the People's Movement I in 1990^[2] and replaced by a bicameral legislature with a fully elected House of Representatives (Nepali: Pratinidhi Sabha).