The National Assembly (Rastriya Sabha) is the Upper House of the Parliament of Nepal. Karnali Province elects 8 seats and they are indirectly elected by the an electoral college of each province of Karnali Province.
Out of the eight members from Karnali 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 retirementMeena Singh RakhalWomen9 March 2026Lalit Jung ShahiOpen9 March 2026Krishna Bahadur Rokaya Open4 March 2024Bishnu BK Dalit4 March 2024Savitri Malla Women4 March 2024Durga Gurung Women 4 March 2022Nar Bahadur Bista Disability or Ethnic Minority 4 March 2022Udaya BoharaOpen 4 March 2022
Former Members Member PartyCategoryDate of appointmentDate of retirementNotesMaya Prasad Sharma CPN (MC) Open 4 March 20203 March 2026 Chair of Delegated Management and Government Assurance CommitteeSumitra B.C. CPN (UML) Women 4 March 20203 March 2026Nanda Sharma CPN (MC)CPN (Unified Socialist)Women4 March 20183 March 2024Bhairav Sundar Shrestha CPN (UML)Open4 March 20183 March 2024Nar Pati Luwar CPN (UML)Dalit4 March 20183 March 2024Thagendra Puri CPN (UML)Open4 March 20183 March 2022Kabita Bogati CPN (UML)Women4 March 20183 March 2022Jeevan Budha CPN (MC) Disability or Ethnic Minority4 March 20183 March 2022Kali Bahadur Malla CPN (MC)Open4 March 20183 March 2020Yutul Lama CPN (MC) Women4 March 20183 March 2020
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