2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal explained

Election:	2022 general elections
Government:	Dahal cabinet, 2022 Oli cabinet, 2024
Before:	1st Federal Parliament
Chamber2:	House of Representatives
Chamber2 Image:	Nepal HoR 27 1 2023.svg
Membership2:	275
Control2:	Government (178) Confidence and supply (29) Opposition (68)
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	Speaker of the House
Chamber2 Leader1:	Dev Raj Ghimire, UML
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	Deputy Speaker
Chamber2 Leader2:	Indira Ranamagar, RSP
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:	Leader of the House
Chamber2 Leader3:	Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Maoist KP Sharma Oli, UML
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:	Leader of
Chamber2 Leader4:	Sher Bahadur Deuba, Congress KP Sharma Oli, UML Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Maoist
Chamber1:	National Assembly
Chamber1 Image:	Nepal NationalAssembly 2024.svg
Membership1:	59
Control1:	Government (28) Confidence & Supply (3) Opposition (28)
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	Chairperson
Chamber1 Leader1:	Narayan Dahal, Maoist
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	Vice-chairperson
Chamber1 Leader2:	Bimala Ghimire, UML
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Leader of the House
Chamber1 Leader3:	Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Congress
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:	Leader of the Opposition
Chamber1 Leader4:	Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Maoist

The Second Federal Parliament of Nepal, was elected by the 2022 general elections on 20 November 2022.^[1] The elections elected 275 Members of Parliament (MPs), 165 for each constituency and 110 through the party list, to the House of Representatives.^[2] The parliament convened for the first time on 9 January 2023.^[3]

Leaders

House of Representatives

Office bearers

• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Rt. Hon. Dev Raj Ghimire^[4] (CPN (UML))
• Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives: Hon. Indira Ranamagar^[5] (Rastriya Swatantra Party)
• Leader of the House of Representatives (Prime Minister):
  • Rt. Hon. Pushpa Kamal Dahal^[6] (CPN (Maoist Centre)) (until 13 July 2024)
  • Rt. Hon. KP Sharma Oli^[7] (CPN (UML)) (from 14 July 2024)
• Leader of the Opposition:
  • Hon. Sher Bahadur Deuba^[8] (Nepali Congress) (26 December 2022 – 27 February 2023; 4 March 2024 – 13 July 2024)
  • Hon. KP Sharma Oli (CPN (UML)) (28 February 2023 – 3 March 2024)
  • Hon. Pushpa Kamal Dahal (CPN (Maoist Centre)) (from 14 July 2024)

Parliamentary party leaders

• Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress: Hon. Sher Bahadur Deuba^[9]
• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML): Hon. K.P. Sharma Oli^[10]
  • Deputy parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML): Hon. Subash Chandra Nembang^[11] (until 12 September 2023)
• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Pushpa Kamal Dahal^[12]
• Parliamentary party leader of Rastriya Swatantra Party:
  • Hon. Rabi Lamichhane^{[13] [14]} (until 27 January 2023; since 1 May 2023)
  • Hon. Dol Prasad Aryal^[15] (28 January 2023 – 1 May 2023)
  • Deputy Parliamentary party leader of Rastriya Swatantra Party: Hon. Biraj Bhakta Shrestha^[16]
• Parliamentary party leader of Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Hon. Rajendra Lingden^[17]
• Parliamentary party leader of People's Socialist Party, Nepal:
  • Hon. Ram Sahaya Yadav (until 17 March 2023)
  • Hon. Upendra Yadav^[18] (since 22 May 2023)
• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Madhav Kumar Nepal^[19]
  • Deputy parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Rajendra Pandey
• Parliamentary party leader of Janamat Party: Hon. Chandra Kant Raut^[20]
  • Deputy parliamentary party leader of Janamat Party: Hon. Abdul Khan
• Parliamentary party leader of Nagrik Unmukti Party:
  • Hon. Ranjeeta Shrestha^[21] (until 1 June 2024)
  • Hon. Ganga Ram Chaudhary^[22] (since 1 June 2024)
• Parliamentary party leader of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party: Hon. Mahantha Thakur^[23]

Whips

• Chief Whip of Nepali Congress:
  • Hon. Ramesh Lekhak^[24] (until 15 July 2024)
  • Hon. Shyam Kumar Ghimire^[25] (since 20 July 2024)
  • Whip of Nepali Congress: Hon. Sushila Thing^[26]
• Chief Whip of CPN (UML): Hon. Padam Giri^[27]
  • Whip of CPN (UML): Hon. Mahesh Bartaula
• Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Hit Raj Pandey
• Chief Whip of Rastriya Swatantra Party: Hon. Santosh Pariyar
  • Whip of Rastriya Swatantra Party: Hon. Nisha Dangi
• Chief Whip of Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Hon. Gyanendra Shahi^[28]
• Chief Whip of People's Socialist Party, Nepal: Hon. Pradeep Yadav^[29]
• Chief Whip of CPN (Unified Socialist):
  • Hon. Prakash Jwala (until 3 April 2023)
  • Hon. Metmani Chaudhary^[30] (since 3 April 2023)
• Chief Whip of Janamat Party: Hon. Anita Devi Sah
  • Whip of Janamat Party: Hon. Goma Labh
• Chief Whip of Nagrik Unmukti Party:
  • Hon. Ganga Ram Chaudhary (until 1 June 2024)
  • Hon. Lalbir Chaudhary^[31] (since 1 June 2024)
    • Whip of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Arun Kumar Chaudhary

National Assembly

Office bearers

• Chairperson of the National Assembly:
  • Rt. Hon. Ganesh Prasad Timilsina^[32] (CPN (UML)) (until 4 March 2024)
  • Rt. Hon. Narayan Dahal^[33] (Maoist Centre) (since 12 March 2024)
• Vice-chairperson of the National Assembly:
  • Hon. Urmila Aryal^{[34] [35]} (CPN (Maoist Centre)) (6 February 2023 - 28 March 2024)
  • Hon. Bimala Ghimire^[36] (CPN (UML)) (since 10 April 2024)

Parliamentary party leaders

• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML): Hon. Devendra Dahal^[37]
• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Narayan Kaji Shrestha^[38]
• Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress:
  • Hon. Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi^[39] (until 3 March 2024)
  • Hon. Krishna Prasad Sitaula^[40] (since 9 March 2024)
• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Beduram Bhusal^[41]

Whips

• Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Gopi Bahadur Sarki
  • Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Ganga Belbase
• Chief Whip of Nepali Congress: Hon. Krishna Bahadur Rokaya^[42]
• Chief Whip of CPN (UML): Hon. Bhagwati Neupane^[43]

Members of the House of Representatives

On 5 May 2024, after PSP split from PSP-NFile:Nepal HoR 27 1 2023.svg

On 27 January 2023, after vacation of Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Rabi Lamichhane's seatFile:Nepal HouseofRepresentatives 2 1 2023.svg

On 2 January 2023, after Independent MP Kiran Kumar Sah joined CPN (UML)File:Nepal HoRFederalParliament.svg

After the 2022 general election

Party		Total seats
		After election			At present
		FPTP	PR	Total	FPTP	PR	Total
Parliamentary parties^[44]
	57	32	89	56	32	88
	44	34	78	45	34	79
	18	14	32	18	14	32
	7	13	20	8	13	21
	7	7	14	7	7	14
	—	—	—	4	3	7
	7	5	12	3	2	5
	1	5	6	1	5	6
Represented as Independents
	10	0	10	10	0	10
	4	0	4	4	0	4
	3	0	3	4	0	4
	1	0	1	1	0	1
	1	0	1	1	0	1
	0	0	0	1	0	1
	5	—	5	2	—	2
	Vacant	—	—	—	0	0	0
Total		165	110	275	165	110	275

Members

Nepali Congress (88)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Dadeldhura 1	Sher Bahadur Deuba	Parliamentary party leader
Kanchanpur 3	Ramesh Lekhak	Chief whip
Surkhet 1	Purna Bahadur Khadka	Deputy prime minister and minister for Defence (from 31 March 2023)
Khas Arya	Prakash Sharan Mahat	Minister for Finance (From 31 March 2023)
Kanchanpur 2	Narayan Prakash Saud	Minister for Foreign Affairs (From 16 April 2023)
Parsa 4	Ramesh Rijal	Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies (From 31 March 2023)
Tehrathum 1	Sita Gurung	Minister for Urban Development (From 31 March 2023)
Achham 2	Pushpa Bahadur Shah
Bajura 1	Badri Prasad Pandey
Banke 3	Kishore Singh Rathore
Bardiya 1	Sanjay Kumar Gautam
Bhaktapur 2	Durlabh Thapa Chhetri
Dailekh 2	Dikpal Kumar Shahi
Dang 3	Deepak Giri
Darchula 1	Dilendra Prasad Badu
Dhading 2	Ram Nath Adhikari
Dhanusha 2	Ram Krishna Yadav
Gorkha 1	Rajendra Bajgain
Gulmi 1	Chandra Kant Bhandari
Jhapa 1	Bishwa Prakash Sharma
Kailali 4	Bir Bahadur Balayar
Kailali 5	Dilli Raj Pant
Kapilvastu 2	Surendra Raj Acharya
Kathmandu 1	Prakash Man Singh
Kathmandu 3	Santosh Chalise
Kathmandu 4	Gagan Thapa
Kathmandu 5	Pradip Paudel
Kathmandu 10	Rajendra Kumar K.C.
Lalitpur 1	Udaya Shamsher Rana
Mahottari 4	Mahendra Kumar Ray
Manang 1	Tek Bahadur Gurung	Suspended since 27 December 2022
Morang 1	Dig Bahadur Limbu
Morang 3	Sunil Kumar Sharma
Morang 6	Shekhar Koirala
Mugu 1	Aain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri
Mustang 1	Yogesh Gauchan Thakali
Myagdi 1	Kham Bahadur Garbuja
Nawalpur 1	Shashanka Koirala
Nawalpur 2	Bishnu Kumar Karki
Nuwakot 2	Arjun Narsingh K.C.
Okhaldhunga 1	Ram Hari Khatiwada
Parasi 1	Binod Chaudhary
Parsa 2	Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya
Ramechhap 1	Purna Bahadur Tamang
Rasuwa 1	Mohan Acharya
Rautahat 4	Dev Prasad Timilsena
Sankhuwasabha 1	Deepak Khadka
Saptari 3	Dinesh Kumar Yadav
Saptari 4	Teju Lal Chaudhary
Sindhuli 1	Shyam Kumar Ghimire
Sindhupalchok 2	Mohan Bahadur Basnet
Sunsari 4	Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
Surkhet 2	Hridaya Ram Thani
Syangja 1	Raju Thapa
Syangja 2	Dhanraj Gurung
Tanahun 2	Shankar Bhandari
Khas Arya	Ambika Basnet
Khas Arya	Sarita Prasain
Khas Arya	Arzu Rana Deuba
Khas Arya	Ishwari Neupane
Khas Arya	Pratima Gautam
Khas Arya	Manju Khand
Khas Arya	Rama Koirala Paudel
Khas Arya, Backward area	Kantika Sejuwal
Khas Arya, Backward area	Maina Karki
Indigenous peoples	Saraswati Bajiyam
Indigenous peoples	Liladevi Bokhim Limbu
Indigenous peoples	Sita Kumari Rana
Indigenous peoples	Sushila Thing	Whip
Indigenous peoples	Sapana Rajbhandari
Indigenous peoples	Maya Rai
Indigenous peoples	Kusum Devi Thapa
Indigenous peoples	Manorama Sherchan
Indigenous peoples	Anjani Shrestha
Madheshi	Nagina Yadav
Madheshi	Mukta Kumari Yadav
Madheshi	Chanda Chaudhary
Madheshi	Sangita Mandal Dhanuk
Madheshi	Bimalendra Nidhi
Dalit	Shanti Bishwakarma
Dalit	Rupa Bishwakarma
Dalit	Sita Mijar
Dalit	Asha Bishwakarma
Dalit	Jiwan Pariyar
Tharu	Kalpana Chaudhary
Tharu	Bina Kumari Thanet
Muslim	Jaweda Khatun Jaga
Former Members
Tanahun 1	Ram Chandra Paudel	Elected to President (on 9 March 2023)

CPN (UML) (78)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Officers of the House of Representatives
Jhapa 2	Dev Raj Ghimire	Speaker of the House of Representatives
Members of Parliament
Jhapa 5	KP Sharma Oli	Parliamentary party leader
Parbat 1	Padam Giri	Chief whip
Makwanpur 2	Mahesh Kumar Bartaula	Whip
Rupandehi 2	Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Arghakhanchi 1	Top Bahadur Rayamajhi	Suspended since 15 May 2023
Bara 3	Jwala Kumari Sah
Baitadi 1	Damodar Bhandari
Dhankuta 1	Rajendra Kumar Rai
Sunsari 3	Bhagwati Chaudhary
Sarlahi 3	Hari Prasad Upreti
Banke 1	Surya Prasad Dhakal
Bara 1	Achyut Prasad Mainali
Dhanusha 3	Julie Kumari Mahato
Dhanusha 4	Raghubir Mahaseth
Gulmi 2	Gokarna Raj Bista
Ilam 1	Mahesh Basnet
Ilam 2	Suhang Nembang
Jhapa 4	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu
Kanchanpur 1	Tara Lama Tamang
Kapilvastu 1	Balaram Adhikari
Kapilvastu 3	Mangal Prasad Gupta
Kaski 1	Man Bahadur Gurung
Kaski 2	Bidya Bhattarai
Kaski 3	Damodar Poudel Bairagi
Kathmandu 9	Krishna Gopal Shrestha
Kavrepalanchok 2	Gokul Prasad Baskota
Lalitpur 2	Prem Bahadur Maharjan
Lamjung 1	Prithivi Subba Gurung
Mahottari 1	Laxmi Mahato Koiri	Suspended from 2 May 2023 until 24 December 2023
Morang 2	Rishikesh Pokharel
Palpa 1	Narayan Prasad Acharya
Palpa 2	Thakur Prasad Gaire
Panchthar 1	Basanta Kumar Nemwang
Parsa 3	Raj Kumar Gupta
Pyuthan 1	Surya Bahadur Thapa Chhetri
Rautahat 2	Kiran Kumar Sah	Elected as Independent
Rupandehi 1	Chhabilal Bishwakarma
Rupandehi 5	Basudev Ghimire
Siraha 1	Ram Shankar Yadav
Siraha 3	Lila Nath Shrestha
Solukhumbu 1	Manbir Rai
Sunsari 2	Bhim Prasad Acharya
Taplejung 1	Yogesh Bhattrai
Udayapur 2	Ambar Bahadur Rayamajhi
Khas Arya	Raghuji Pant
Khas Arya	Eknath Dhakal
Khas Arya, Backward area	Dayal Bahadur Shahi
Khas Arya	Menuka Kumari Pokharel
Khas Arya	Sarita Bhusal
Khas Arya	Shobha Gyawali
Khas Arya	Bijula Rayamajhi
Khas Arya	Nirmala Koirala
Khas Arya	Samjhana Thapaliya
Khas Arya	Deepa Sharma
Khas Arya	Sunita Baral
Indigenous peoples	Devi Prakash Bhattachan
Indigenous peoples	Hemraj Rai
Indigenous peoples	Kaluram Rai
Indigenous peoples	Nainkala Thapa Magar
Indigenous peoples	Surya Kumari Shrestha
Indigenous peoples	Urmila Thebe
Indigenous peoples	Ishwari Gharti
Indigenous peoples	Rana Kumari Balampaki Magar
Indigenous peoples	Shanti Shrestha
Indigenous peoples	Saraswati Subba
Tharu	Aasma Kumari Chaudhary
Tharu	Shanti Chaudhary
Dalit	Ishwar Bahadur Rijal
Dalit	Prabhu Hajara Dusadh
Dalit	Chandra Bahadur Bishwakarma
Dalit	Rukmini Rana Baraili
Dalit	Harka Maya Bishwakarma
Madheshi	Ganga Prasad Yadav
Madheshi	Amrit Lal Rajbanshi
Madheshi	Bina Devi
Madheshi	Amrita Agrahari
Madheshi	Pratikshya Tiwari Mukhiya
Muslim	Saraj Ahmed Farooqui
Former Members
Ilam 2	Subas Chandra Nemwang	Deputy parliamentary party leader (until 12 September 2023)

CPN (Maoist Centre) (32)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Gorkha 2	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	Prime Minister of Nepal Parliamentary party leader
Dang 2	Rekha Sharma	Minister for Information and Communications Technology
Bhojpur 1	Sudan Kirati	Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Morang 4	Aman Lal Modi	Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration
Dalit	Sushila Sirpali Thakuri	State minister for ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Baglung 2	Devendra Paudel
Dolakha 1	Ganga Karki
Humla 1	Tsering Damdul Lama
Jajarkot 1	Shakti Bahadur Basnet
Kalikot 1	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
Kavrepalanchok 1	Surya Man Dong
Khotang 1	Ram Kumar Rai
Nuwakot 1	Hit Bahadur Tamang
Rolpa 1	Barsaman Pun
Rukum East 1	Purna Bahadur Gharti Mangar
Rukum West 1	Janardan Sharma
Sarlahi 2	Mahindra Rai Yadav	Elected as member of Nepal Socialist Party
Sindhuli 2	Lekh Nath Dahal
Sindhupalchok 1	Madhav Sapkota
Khas Arya	Hit Raj Pandey	Chief whip
Khas Arya	Bimala Subedi
Khas Arya	Gyanu Basnet
Khas Arya	Narayani Sharma
Indigenous peoples	Durga Rai
Indigenous peoples	Mina Tamang
Indigenous peoples	Urmila Majhi
Indigenous peoples, Backward area	Tsering Lhamu Lama
Madheshi	Mina Yadav
Madheshi	Umrawati Devi Yadav	Elected as member of Nepal Socialist Party
Dalit	Ranendra Baraili
Tharu	Rupa So.Si. Chaudhari
Muslim	Kalpana Miya Kusari

Rastriya Swatantra Party (21)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Officers of the House of Representatives
Indigenous peoples	Indira Ranamagar	Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
Members of Parliament
Chitwan 2	Rabi Lamichhane	22 December 2022 – 27 January 2023; 25 April 2023–present) Deputy prime minister and minister for Home Affairs (until 27 January 2023) Parliamentary party leader (until 27 January 2023; since 1 May 2023)
Khas Arya	Dol Prasad Aryal	Parliamentary party leader (28 January 2023 – 1 May 2023) Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security (until 5 February 2023)
Kathmandu 8	Biraj Bhakta Shrestha	Deputy parliamentary party leader
Dalit	Santosh Pariyar	Chief whip
Khas Arya	Nisha Dangi	Whip
Kathmandu 6	Shishir Khanal	Minister for Education, Science and Technology (until 5 February 2023)
Lalitpur 3	Toshima Karki	State minister for ministry of Health and Population (until 5 February 2023)
Chitwan 1	Hari Dhakal
Kathmandu 2	Sobita Gautam
Kathmandu 7	Ganesh Parajuli
Tanahun 1	Swarnim Wagle	Elected from by election (on 25 April 2023
Khas Arya	Chanda Karki
Khas Arya, Backward area	Binita Kathayat
Indigenous peoples	Bindabasini Kansakar	Since 29 May 2023
Indigenous peoples	Sumana Shrestha
Madheshi	Laxmi Tiwari
Madheshi	Manish Jha
Dalit	Shiva Nepali
Tharu	Ashok Kumar Chaudhary
Muslim	Asim Shah
Former members
Indigenous peoples	Dhaka Kumar Shrestha	Until 25 April 2023

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (14)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Jhapa 3	Rajendra Lingden	Deputy prime minister and minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (until 25 February 2023) Parliamentary party leader
Chitwan 3	Bikram Pandey	Minister for Urban Development (until 25 February 2023)
Parasi 2	Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan	Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (until 25 February 2023)
Makwanpur 1	Deepak Bahadur Singh	State minister for ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (until 25 February 2023)
Jumla 1	Gyan Bahadur Shahi	Chief whip
Banke 2	Dhawal Shamsher Rana
Rupandehi 3	Deepak Bohara
Khas Arya	Pashupati Shamsher Rana
Khas Arya	Rosan Karki
Khas Arya	Gita Basnet
Indigenous peoples	Budhhiman Tamang
Indigenous peoples	Bina Lama
Madheshi	Bina Jaiswal
Dalit	Anisha Nepali

CPN (Unified Socialist) (10)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Rautahat 1	Madhav Kumar Nepal	Parliamentary party leader
Dhading 1	Rajendra Prasad Pandey	Deputy parliamentary party leader
Salyan 1	Prakash Jwala	Chief whip Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport (From 31 March 2023)
Achham 1	Sher Bahadur Kunwor
Bajhang 1	Bhanu Bhakta Joshi
Bara 4	Krishna Kumar Shrestha
Dailekh 1	Amar Bahadur Thapa
Dang 1	Metmani Chaudhary
Dolpa 1	Dhan Bahadur Buda
Doti 1	Prem Bahadur Ale

People's Socialist Party (7)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Sunsari 1	Ashok Rai	Parliamentary party leader
Parsa 1	Pradeep Yadav	Chief whip
Saptari 1	Nawal Kishore Sah Sudi
Siraha 4	Birendra Prasad Mahato
Indigenous peoples	Sushila Shrestha
Madheshi	Ranju Kumari Jha
Muslim	Hasina Khan

Janamat Party (6)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Saptari 2	Chandra Kant Raut	Parliamentary party leader
Muslim	Abdul Khan	Minister for Water Supply (until 31 March 2023) Deputy parliamentary party leader
Madheshi	Anita Devi Sah	Chief whip
Khas Arya	Goma Labh	Whip
Indigenous peoples	Binita Kumari Singh
Indigenous peoples	Sonu Murmu

People's Socialist Party, Nepal (5)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Bara 2	Upendra Yadav	Parliamentary party leader (since 22 May 2023) Elected from by election (on 25 April 2023)
Dhanusha 1	Dipak Karki
Siraha 2	Raj Kishor Yadav
Khas Arya	Prakash Adhikari
Khas Arya	Rekha Yadav Thapa
Former Members
Muslim	Shahnaz Rahman
Muslim	Manju Ansari
Bara 2	Ram Sahaya Yadav	Parliamentary party leader (until 17 March 2023) Elected to Vice-President (on 17 March 2023)

Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (4)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Mahottari 3	Mahantha Thakur	Parliamentary party leader
Mahottari 2	Sharat Singh Bhandari	Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security (From 31 March 2023)
Rupandehi 4	Sarbendra Nath Shukla
Sarlahi 1	Ram Prakash Chaudhary

Nagrik Unmukti Party (4)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Kailali 1	Ranjeeta Shrestha	Parliamentary party leader Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation (From 31 March 2023)
Kailali 3	Ganga Ram Chaudhary	Chief whip
Kailali 2	Arun Kumar Chaudhary	Whip Suspended from 3 February 2023 to 22 February 2023
Bardiya 2	Lalbir Chaudhary	Elected as Independent

Independent (2)
Constituency/ group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Morang 5	Yogendra Mandal
Sarlahi 4	Amresh Kumar Singh

Suspensions

Name	Constituency/ group	Party		From	To	Reason
Tek Bahadur Gurung	Manang 1		27 December 2022	24 April 2024^[45]	Convicted on corruption charges^[46] ^[47]
Arun Kumar Chaudhary	Kailali 2		3 February 2023	22 February 2023^[48]	Sentenced to jail for arson^[49]
Laxmi Mahato Koiri	Mahottari 1		2 May 2023	24 December 2023^[50]	Absconding following murder charge^[51]
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi	Arghakhanchi 1		15 May 2023		Arrested in connection to Bhutanese refugee scam^[52]

Defections

Name	Constituency/ group	Date	From		To
Lalbir Chaudhary	Bardiya 2	23 December 2022^[53]
Prabhu Sah	Rautahat 3	29 December 2022^[54]
Kiran Kumar Sah	Rautahat 2	2 January 2023^[55]

Changes

Constituency/ group	Incumbent					Replacement
	Name	Party		Date vacated	Reason	Name	Party		Date elected	Change
Chitwan 2	Rabi Lamichhane		27 January 2023	Citizenship declared invalid by Supreme Court^[56]	Rabi Lamichhane		25 April 2023	By-election
Muslim	Shahnaz Rahman		25 February 2023	Death^[57]	Manju Ansari		16 March 2023^[58]	List
Tanahun 1	Ram Chandra Paudel		9 March 2023	Elected President^[59]	Swarnim Wagle		25 April 2023	By-election
Bara 2	Ram Sahaya Yadav		17 March 2023	Elected Vice President^[60]	Upendra Yadav		25 April 2023	By-election
Indigenous peoples	Dhaka Kumar Shrestha		25 April 2023	Expelled by party following corruption accusation^[61]	Bindabasini Kansakar		29 May 2023^[62]	List
Muslim	Manju Ansari		17 March 2024	Death^[63]	Hasina Khan		19 April 2024^[64]	List
Ilam 2	Subas Chandra Nembang		12 September 2023	Death^[65]	Suhang Nembang		27 April 2024	By-election

Members of the National Assembly

After the 2024 Nepalese National Assembly electionFile:Nepal National Assembly 02 2023.svg

On 8 February 2023, after by-election for one vacant seatFile:Nepal NationalAssembly 2022.svg

At start of term of the 2nd Federal Parliament

Party		In 2023^[66]	After 2024 election
	16	18
	10	16
	18	11
	8	8
	3	3
^[67]	1	1
	1	1
	2	1
Total		59	59

Category	Name	Party		Assumed office	Class	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Koshi Province
Open	Devendra Dahal		4 March 2020	1	Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML)
Open	Gopal Basnet		4 March 2022	2
Open	Krishna Prasad Sitaula		4 March 2024	3
Women	Indira Gautam		4 March 2020	1
Women	Jayanti Rai		4 March 2022	2
Women	Rukmini Koirala		4 March 2024	3
Dalit	Gopi Bahadur Sarki		4 March 2020	1	Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre)
Disabled/Minority	Sonam Gyaljen Sherpa		4 March 2022	2
Madhesh Province
Open	Mrigendra Singh Yadav		4 March 2020	1
Open	Mohammad Khalid		4 March 2022	2
Open	Ananda Prasad Dhungana		4 March 2024	3
Women	Tulsa Dahal		4 March 2020	1
Women	Urmila Aryal		4 March 2022	2	Vice-chair of the National Assembly (6 February 2023 - 28 March 2024)
Women	Pooja Chaudhary		4 March 2024	3
Dalit	Radheshyam Paswan		4 March 2020	1
Disabled/Minority	Shekhar Singh		4 March 2020	1
Bagmati Province
Open	Beduram Bhusal		4 March 2020	1	Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair of Legislative Management Committee
Open	Krishna Prasad Paudel		4 March 2022	2
Open	Jit Jung Basnet		4 March 2024	3
Women	Ganga Belbase		4 March 2020	1	Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre)
Women	Goma Devi Timilsina		4 March 2022	2
Women	Bishnu Devi Pudasaini		4 March 2024	3
Dalit	Ghanashyam Rijal		4 March 2024	3
Disabled/Minority	Shri Krishna Adhikari		4 March 2024	3
Gandaki Province
Open	Narayan Kaji Shrestha		4 March 2020	1	Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre) Deputy prime minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Open	Suresh Ale Magar		4 March 2022	2
Open	Kiran Babu Shrestha		4 March 2024	3
Women	Bhagwati Neupane		4 March 2020	1
Women	Kamala Panta		4 March 2022	2
Women	Manrupa Sharma		4 March 2024	3
Dalit	Bhuwan Sunar		4 March 2022	2
Disabled/Minority	Padma Bahadur Pariyar		4 March 2024	3
Lumbini Province
Open	Gopal Bhattarai		4 March 2020	1
Open	Yubaraj Sharma		4 March 2022	2
Open	Jhakku Prasad Subedi		4 March 2024	3
Women	Bimala Ghimire		4 March 2020	1	Vice-chair of the National Assembly (since 10 April 2024)
Women	Rajya Laxmi Gaire		4 March 2022	2
Women	Vishnu Kumari Sapkota		4 March 2024	3
Dalit	Tul Prasad Bishwakarma		4 March 2022	2
Disabled/Minority	Jag Prasad Sharma		4 March 2020	1
Karnali Province
Open	Maya Prasad Sharma		4 March 2020	1	Chair of Delegated Management and Government Assurance Committee
Open	Udaya Bohara		4 March 2022	2
Open	Krishna Bahadur Rokaya		4 March 2024	3
Women	Sumitra BC		4 March 2020	1
Women	Durga Gurung		4 March 2022	2
Women	Savitri Malla		4 March 2024	3
Dalit	Bishnu BK		4 March 2024	3
Disabled/Minority	Nara Bahadur Bista		4 March 2022	2
Sudurpashchim Province
Open	Taraman Swar		4 March 2020	1
Open	Narayan Dutta Mishra		4 March 2022	2
Open	Baldev Bohara		4 March 2024	3
Women	Sharada Bhatta		4 March 2020	1
Women	Madan Kumari Shah		4 March 2022	2
Women	Renu Chand		4 March 2024	3
Dalit	Jagat Parki		4 March 2022	2
Disabled/Minority	Narayan Bhatta		4 March 2024	3
Nominated
	Bam Dev Gautam		17 September 2020^[68]	1
	Narayan Dahal		12 April 2022^[69] ^[70]	2	Chairman of the National Assembly
	Anjan Shakya		18 April 2024^[71]	3

Retired members of the National Assembly

Category	Name	Party		Assumed office^[72]	Retirement^[73]
Koshi Province
Open	Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Women	Bina Pokharel		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Madhesh Province
Open	Jitendra Dev		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Women	Pramila Kumari		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Bagmati Province
Open	Khim Lal Devkota		28 May 2021^[74]	3 March 2024
Women	Parvati Rawal		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Dalit	Singha Bahadur Bishwakarma		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Disabled/Minority	Ramchandra Rai Danuwar		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Gandaki Province
Open	Ganesh Prasad Timilsina		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Women	Dipa Gurung		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Disabled/Minority	Prakash Pantha		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Lumbini Province
Open	Kumar Dasaudi		10 February 2023^[75]	3 March 2024
Women	Anita Devkota		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Karnali Province
Open	Bhairab Sundar Shrestha		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Women	Nanda Sharma		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Dalit	Nar Pati Luwar		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Sudurpashchim Province
Open	Hari Ram Chaudhari		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Women	Indu Kadariya		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Disabled/Minority	Mahesh Kumar Mahara		4 March 2018	3 March 2024
Nominated
	Bimala Rai Poudyal		10 March 2018	3 March 2024

Parliamentary committees

Committee	Chairperson
House of Representative Committees
Finance Committee		Santosh Chalise (Congress)
International Relations and Tourism Committee		Raj Kishor Yadav (PSPN)
Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Welfare Committee		Abdul Khan (Janamat)
Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee		Bimala Subedi (Maoist Centre)
Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee		Arzu Rana Deuba (Congress)
Women and Social Affairs Committee		Kiran Kumar Sah (UML)
State Affairs and Good Governance Committee		Ramhari Khatiwada (Congress)
Infrastructure Development Committee		Deepak Bahadur Singh (RPP)
Education, Health and Information Technology Committee		Amar Bahadur Thapa (Unified Socialist)
Public Accounts Committee		Rishikesh Pokharel (UML)
National Assembly Committees
Development, Economic Affairs and Good Governance Committee		Kamala Devi Panta (Congress)
Legislative Management Committee		Jayanti Rai (Unified Socialist)
Public Policy and Delegated Legislation Committee		Maya Prasad Sharma (Maoist Centre)
Federalism Enablement and National Concerns Committee		Sonam Galjen Sherpa (UML)
Federalism Implementation Study and Monitoring Special Parliamentary Committee		Khim Lal Devkota (Independent)
Joint Committees
Parliamentary Hearing Committee
State Direction Committee

External links

• प्रतिनिधि सभा समानुपातिक निर्वाचन प्रणाली तर्फ निर्वाचित सदस्यहरुको विवरण (Report of members elected to the House of Representatives via proportional voting) (in Nepali)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Around 61 percent cast votes in largely peaceful polls . 2022-11-28 . kathmandupost.com . English.
2. Web site: प्रतिनिधि सभा समानुपातिक निर्वाचन प्रणाली तर्फ निर्वाचित सदस्यहरुको विवरण . 16 December 2022 . Election Commission Nepal.
3. Web site: Diverse Parliament’s first sitting stresses a range of issues . 2023-01-09 . kathmandupost.com . English.
4. Web site: UML’s Dev Raj Ghimire elected House Speaker . 2023-01-19 . kathmandupost.com . English.
5. Web site: Indira Rana Magar elected House deputy Speaker . 2023-01-21 . kathmandupost.com . English.
6. Web site: President appoints Pushpa Kamal Dahal prime minister . 2022-12-25 . kathmandupost.com . English.
7. Web site: Oli becomes prime minister for fourth time, swearing-in today . 2024-07-15 . kathmandupost.com . English.
8. Web site: NC recognized as main opposition party . 2023-01-27 . My Republica . en.
9. Web site: 21 December 2022 . Deuba elected Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader . 21 December 2022 . The Kathmandu Post . English.
10. Web site: 20 December 2022 . CPN-UML elects KP Oli its parliamentary party leader . 20 December 2022 . The Kathmandu Post . English.
11. Web site: 2023-03-13 . Nembang appointed Deputy-leader of UML Parliamentary Party . 2023-04-29 . The Himalayan Times . en.
12. Web site: 23 December 2022 . Dahal firm on not giving up PM post . 23 December 2022 . The Kathmandu Post . English.
13. Web site: 19 December 2022 . Rabi Lamichhane picked RSP parliamentary party leader . 10 December 2022 . The Kathmandu Post . English.
14. Web site: रास्वपाको संसदीय दलको नेतामा रवि लामिछाने, सचेतकमा डाँगी . 2023-05-01 . kantipurtv.com . en.
15. Web site: Aryal named acting chief of Rastriya Swatantra Party . 2023-01-31 . kathmandupost.com . English.
16. Web site: रास्वपाको उपनेतामा श्रेष्ठ र प्रमुख सचेतकमा परियार . 2023-01-22 . ekantipur.com . ne.
17. Web site: 20 December 2022 . Rajendra Lingden unanimously elected to parliamentary leadership of Rastriya Prajatantra Party . 20 December 2022 . The Kathmandu Post . English.
18. Web site: 2020-06-10 . Upendra Yadav appointed JSP PP leader . 2023-06-17 . en.nepalkhabar.com . en-gb.
19. Web site: 19 December 2022 . Madhav Kumar Nepal elected parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist) . 19 December 2022 . The Kathmandu Post . English.
20. Web site: 19 December 2022 . Janamat Party unanimously elects CK Raut its parliamentary party leader . 19 December 2022 . The Kathmandu Post . English.
21. Web site: नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टीको केन्द्रीय समिति बैठकका निर्णय सार्वजनिक (नामावलीसहित) . 2022-12-25 . dhakiyakhabar.com . en.
22. Web site: Ganga Chaudhary appointed as PP leader of Nagarik Unmukti Party . 2024-07-17 . The Annapurna Express . Nepali.
23. Web site: 21 December 2022 . Mahant Thakur elected parliamentary party leader of Loktantrik Samajbadi Party . 21 December 2022 . The Kathmandu Post . English.
24. Web site: रमेश लेखक भए कांग्रेसको मुख्य सचेतक . 2023-01-06 . Setopati . ne.
25. Web site: Shyam Kumar Ghimire nominated NC chief whip . 2024-07-21 . kathmandupost.com . English.
26. Web site: Sushila Thing nominated Congress whip . 2023-06-17 . kathmandupost.com . English.
27. Web site: 12 March 2023 . UML names Padam Giri chief whip, Mahesh Bartaula whip . 29 April 2023 . Setopati . en.
28. Web site: काठमाडौँ . नागरिक . ज्ञानेन्द्र शाही राप्रपाकाे प्रमुख सचेतक . 2023-01-18 . nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com . ne.
29. Web site: Pradeep Yadav appointed JSP Chief Whip . 2023-06-17 . GorakhaPatra.
30. Web site: एकीकृत समाजवादीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा मेटमणि चौधरी चयन . 2024-07-17 . Online Khabar . en-US.
31. Web site: Ganga Chaudhary appointed as PP leader of Nagarik Unmukti Party . 2024-07-17 . The Annapurna Express .
32. Web site: 15 March 2018 . Ganesh Timilsina elected NA chair . 3 April 2020 . The Himalayan Times . en.
33. Web site: Dahal elected National Assembly chairman . 2024-06-17 . kathmandupost.com . English.
34. Web site: Urmila Aryal elected National Assembly vice-chair unopposed . 2023-02-06 . kathmandupost.com . English.
35. Web site: National Assembly Vice-Chair Aryal resigns . 2024-06-17 . kathmandupost.com . English.
36. Web site: Bimala Ghimire elected National Assembly vice-chair . 2024-06-17 . kathmandupost.com . English.
37. Web site: एमाले राष्ट्रियसभा संसदीय दलको नेतामा देवेन्द्र दाहाल . 28 December 2022 . Online Khabar . ne.
38. Web site: 22 December 2022 . माओवादी केन्द्र संसदीय दलको नेतामा दाहाल सर्वसम्मत . 28 December 2022 . Ekantipur . ne.
39. Web site: देउवाले बनाए रमेशजंग रायमाझीलाई राष्ट्रिय सभा संसदीय दलको नेता . 2023-01-03 . Setopati . en-US.
40. Web site: Sitaula chosen NC parliamentary party leader in NA . 2024-07-17 . GorakhaPatra.
41. Web site: 29 August 2021 . CPN Unified Socialist picks Beduram Bhusal as PP leader in National Assembly . 8 June 2022 . Khabarhub . en.
42. Web site: Republica . Rokaya nominated as NC chief whip in National Assembly . 2024-07-17 . My Republica . en.
43. Web site: Republica . UML nominates Neupane as its chief whip in National Assembly . 2024-07-17 . My Republica . en.
44. Web site: प्रतिनिधिसभामा १२ दल, राष्ट्रिय पार्टी ७ मात्रै . 2022-12-06 . ekantipur.com . ne.
45. Web site: Suspension of Congress lawmaker Gurung lifted . 2024-04-30 . kathmandupost.com . English.
46. Web site: Shrestha . Makar . 27 December 2022 . भ्रष्टाचार मुद्दा खेपिरहेका टेकबहादुर गुरुङको सांसद पद निलम्बन . MP Tek Bahadur Gurung suspended pending corruption charges . 27 December 2022 . Ekantipur . ne.
47. Web site: Special Court convicts eight, including former minister, sitting lawmaker in graft case . 2023-05-15 . kathmandupost.com . English.
48. Web site: Lawmaker Arun Chaudhary’s suspension lifted . 2023-02-22 . kathmandupost.com . English.
49. Web site: 2023-02-03 . Kailali court sends MP Arun Kumar Chaudhary to jail as he doesn't choose the fine option - OnlineKhabar English News . 2023-02-03 . en-GB.
50. Web site: UML lawmaker Laxmi Mahato Koiri's suspension lifted. setopati.com.
51. Web site: हत्या अभियोगमा फरार सांसद कोइरी निलम्बित . Murder-accused runaway MP Koiri suspended . 2023-05-02 . ekantipur.com . ne.
52. Web site: Police notify Parliament Secretariat about Rayamajhi's arrest . 2023-05-15 . Setopati.
53. Web site: स्वतन्त्र सांसद लालवीर नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टीमा प्रवेश . 2022-12-25 . dhakiyakhabar.com . en.
54. Web site: Prabhu Sah launches Aam Janata Party . 2023-04-29 . kathmandupost.com . English.
55. Web site: 3 January 2023 . स्वतन्त्र सांसद किरणकुमार साह एमाले प्रवेश . 2 January 2023 . Setopati . ne.
56. Web site: Supreme Court annuls Rabi Lamichhane’s status as lawmaker . 2023-01-27 . kathmandupost.com . English.
57. Web site: Janata Samajbadi Party lawmaker Shahnaz Rahman dies of heart attack . 2023-02-26 . kathmandupost.com . English.
58. Web site: Janata Samajbadi Party recommends Manju Ansari as lawmaker . 2023-03-20 . kathmandupost.com . English.
59. Web site: Ram Chandra Paudel is the new president of Nepal. 2023-03-09 . Online Khabar . English.
60. Web site: Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav elected Vice President. 2023-03-17.
61. Web site: Dhaka Kumar Shrestha officially loses lower House membership . 2023-04-28 . kathmandupost.com . English.
62. Web site: 2023-05-29 . RPS's Bindabasini Kansakar sworn in as lawmaker - OnlineKhabar English News . 2023-06-17 . en-GB.
63. Web site: HoR passes condolence message over Ansari's demise . 2024-07-15 . GorakhaPatra.
64. Web site: Lawmaker Khan sworn in . 2024-07-15 . GorakhaPatra.
65. Web site: Ghimire . Sujana . 12 September 2023 . Subhash Nembang dead . 12 September 2023 . Desh Sanchar . en-US.
66. Web site: सदस्यहरु . 2022-11-23 . na.parliament.gov.np.
67. Web site: महन्थ नेतृत्वको नयाँ पार्टीमा क-कसले गरे सनाखत [सूचीसहित] ]. 2021-08-25 . Lokaantar . Nepali.
68. Web site: Bamdev Gautam sworn in as a member of National Assembly . 2020-11-12 . kathmandupost.com . English.
69. Web site: 2022-04-09 . Narayan Dahal, Pushpa Kamal's brother, gets the National Assembly membership - OnlineKhabar English News . 2022-04-09 . en-GB.
70. Web site: 2022-04-12 . राष्ट्रिय सभाका मनोनीत सदस्य दाहालले लिए शपथ . 2022-04-12 . ne.
71. Web site: Shakya nominated to National Assembly . 2024-06-17 . kathmandupost.com . English.
72. News: 2018-03-04 . 55 members of National Assembly take oath . 2018-03-29 . The Himalayan Times . en-US.
73. Web site: Republica . One-third Upper House members to retire, election to be held in January, 2024 . 2024-06-17 . My Republica . en.
74. Web site: Newly elected NA member Devkota taking oath today . 2021-05-31 . Khabarhub . en.
75. Web site: National Assembly member Dasaudi takes oath . 2023-02-10 . kathmandupost.com . English.