voted for Khadga Prasad Oli in the prime minister election on 12 October 2015. In the 2017 local elections, the party won 99 seats across local governments and won one mayoral position, with Sunil Prajapati being elected as the mayor of Bhaktapur Municipality. The party also contested the 2017 legislative and provincial elections, winning one seat in the House of Representatives and two seats to the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 3. Ideology The Nepal Workers Peasants Party is a communist party, with the party taking major inspiration from the Chinese Mao Zedong Thought ideology. The guiding economic principle of the party is scientific socialism. In recent years, the party has incorporated the Juche idea as a guiding principle. After visiting North Korea, party leader Narayan Man Bijukchhe has attempted to implement the governing policies of Juche into the city of Bhaktapur. Portraits of the Kim family can be found at the party headquarters in Bhaktapur. The party sees political independence and economic self-sufficiency as the cornerstones of development. The party also sees India as an imperialist force working against Nepalese interests. List of Members of Parliament List of Pratinidhi Sabha members from Nepal Majdoor Kishan Party Electoral performance Legislative elections Provincial elections Bagmati References Communist parties in Nepal Juche political parties 1975 establishments in Nepal Political parties established in 1975