Local government in Nepal

It elects a nine-member District Coordination Committee including a chief and deputy chief and at least three women and one member from the Dalit or minority communities for a five-year term.

Any member within the village or municipal assembly in local levels within the district are eligible to be elected to the District Coordination Committee and if elected their status as a local representative will lapse.

[8] The Village or Municipal Assembly is defined in the Constitution of Nepal as the legislature of each local level.

The assembly is composed of all members elected by first-past-the-post voting in their local levels.

A Dalit or minority community that has been elected to the executive is also a member of the assembly.