The National Assembly (Rastriya Sabha) is the Upper House of the Parliament of Nepal. Sudurpashchim Province elects 8 seats and they are indirectly elected by the an electoral college of each province of Sudurpashchim Province.
Out of the eight members from Sudurpashchim 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 retirementKhamma Bahadur KhatiOpen9 March 2026Lila Kumari BhandariWomen9 March 2026OpenRenu ChandWomen4 March 2024Narayan BhattaDisability or Ethnic Minority4 March 2024Narayan Dutta MishraOpen 4 March 2022Jagar ParkiDalit 4 March 2022Madan Kumari Shah Women 4 March 2022
Former Members Member PartyCategoryDate of appointmentDate of retirementNotesBaldev BoharaOpen4 March 202414 January 2026Sharada Bhatta CPN (UML)Women 4 March 20203 March 2026Taraman Swar CPN (MC)Open 4 March 20203 March 2026Mahesh Kumar Mahara CPN (MC)Disability or Ethnic Minority4 March 20183 March 2024Sher Bahadur Kunwar CPN (UML) Open4 March 20183 March 2022Hari Ram Chaudhary CPN (MC)Open4 March 20183 March 2024Indu Kadariya CPN (UML) Women4 March 20183 March 2024Tara Devi Joshi Women4 March 20183 March 2022Chakra Prasad Snehi CPN (UML)Dalit4 March 20183 March 2022Badri PandeyOpen4 March 20183 March 2020Kamala Oli CPN (UML) Women4 March 20183 March 2020
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