[2] The Nepal Democratic Forum underwent a series of frequent mergers between April and June 2017.

First, the Tharuhat Tarai Party, led by Bhanu Ram Chaudhary, merged with the NLF on April 20, 2017.

[5] On June 3, the party chairman Bijay Kumar Gachhadar supported the proposal of Pushpa Kamal Dahal to endorse Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister.

[7] Since the party was not registered as Nepal Democratic Forum before the deadline was set by the Election Commission, the party contested as Madheshi People's Right Forum, Nepal (Democratic) during the first phase of the 2017 elections.

[9] The party merged into Nepali Congress on 16 October 2017 before the legislative and provincial elections.