The National Assebmly (Rastriya Sabha) is the Upper House of the Parliament of Nepal. Bagmati Province elects 8 seats and they are indirectly elected by the an electoral college of each province of Bagmati Province.
Out of the eight members from Bagmati province, three must be women, one must be from the Dalit community, and one must be a disabled person or from a minority community. Each elector gets four ballots; one for the three open seats, one for the three female seats, one for the dalit seat and one for the disabled or minority seat. The three open and three female seats are filled by Single transferable vote, the two other seats by FPTP. Current Members Keys:
Member PartyCategoryDate of appointmentDate of retirementPrem Prasad Dangal Open9 March 2026Gita Devkota Women9 March 2026Jit Jung Basnet Open4 March 2024Shri Krishna Adhikari Disability or Ethnic Minority4 March 2024Bishnu Devi Pudasaini Women4 March 2024Ghanashyam Rijal Dalit4 March 2024Krishna Prasad Paudel Open 4 March 2022Goma Devi TimilsinaWomen 4 March 2022
Former Members Member PartyCategoryDate of appointmentDate of retirementPortfolio and ResponsibilityKhim Lal DevkotaOpen 28 May 20213 March 2024Beduram Bhusal CPN (UML)CPN (Unified Socialist)Joined other party CPN (Unified Socialist) Open 4 March 20203 March 2026 Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair of Legislative Management CommitteeGanga Belbase CPN (Maoist Centre) Women 4 March 2020 Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre)Singha Bahadur Bishwakarma CPN (UML)CPN (Unified Socialist) Dalit4 March 20183 March 2024Ramchandra Rai Danuwar CPN (UML) Disability or Ethnic Minority4 March 20183 March 2024Parvati Rawal CPN (UML) Women4 March 20183 March 2024Udaya Sharma CPN (UML)Women4 March 20183 March 2022Radheshyam Adhikari Open4 March 20183 March 2022Ram Bahadur Thapa CPN (Maoist Centre) Open4 March 201818 April 2021Dhana Khatiwada Women4 March 20183 March 2020Balram Baskota CPN (UML) Open4 March 20183 March 2020
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