2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal

2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal
2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal
←	1st Federal Parliament
	International Convention Centre,; New Baneshwor, Kathmandu
Overview
Legislative body	Federal Parliament of Nepal
Term	9 January 2023 –
Election	2022 general elections
Government	Dahal cabinet, 2022
Website	parliament.gov.np
National Assembly
Members	59
Chairperson	Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, (UML)
Vice-chairperson	Urmila Aryal, (MC)
Leader of the House	Narayan Kaji Shrestha, (MC)
Leader of the Opposition	Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi, (NC)
Party control	Government (38) CPN (MC) (17); CPN (UML) (10); CPN (US) (8); PSPN (3); Opposition (21) NC (16); LSPN (1); RJM (1); Independent (2);
House of Representatives
Members	275
Speaker of the House	Dev Raj Ghimire, (UML)
Deputy Speaker	Indira Ranamagar, (RSP)
Leader of the House	Pushpa Kamal Dahal, (MC)
Leader of the Opposition	Sher Bahadur Deuba, (Nepali Congress)
Party control	Government (151)' CPN (UML) (78); CPN (MC) (30); RSP (21); PSPN (12); CPN (US) (10); Opposition (123) NC (88); RPP (14); Janamat (6); NUP (4); LSP-N (4); NSP (2); RJM (1); AJP (1); NWPP (1); IND (2); Vacant (1)

The Second Federal Parliament of Nepal, was elected by the 2022 general elections on 20 November 2022.^[2] The elections elected 275 Members of Parliament (MPs), 165 for each constituency and 110 through the party list, to the House of Representatives.^[3] The parliament convened for the first time on 9 January 2023.^[4]

Leaders

House of Representatives

Office bearers

Speaker of the House of Representatives: Rt. Hon. Dev Raj Ghimire^[5] (CPN (UML))
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives: Hon. Indira Ranamagar^[6] (Rastriya Swatantra Party)
Leader of the House of Representatives (Prime Minister): Rt. Hon. Pushpa Kamal Dahal^[7] (CPN (Maoist Centre))
Leader of the Opposition: Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli^[8] ( CPN (UML)

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:
- 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^[19]
Parliamentary party leader of Janamat Party: Hon. Chandra Kant Raut^[20]
- Deputy parliamentary party leader of Janamat Party: Hon. Abdul Khan^[20]
Parliamentary party leader of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Ranjeeta Shrestha^[21]
Parliamentary party leader of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party: Hon. Mahantha Thakur^[22]

Whips

Chief Whip of Nepali Congress: Hon. Ramesh Lekhak^[23]
- Whip of Nepali Congress: Hon. Sushila Thing^[24]
Chief Whip of CPN (UML): Hon. Padam Giri^[25]
- Whip of CPN (UML): Hon. Mahesh Bartaula^[25]
Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Hit Raj Pandey^[12]
Chief Whip of Rastriya Swatantra Party: Hon. Santosh Pariyar^[16]
- Whip of Rastriya Swatantra Party: Hon. Nisha Dangi^[14]
Chief Whip of Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Hon. Gyanendra Shahi^[26]
Chief Whip of People's Socialist Party, Nepal: Hon. Pradeep Yadav^[27]
Chief Whip of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Prakash Jwala^[19]
Chief Whip of Janamat Party: Hon. Anita Devi Sah^[20]
- Whip of Janamat Party: Hon. Goma Labh^[20]
Chief Whip of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Ganga Ram Chaudhary^[21]
- Whip of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Arun Kumar Chaudhary^[21]

National Assembly

Office bearers

Chairperson of the National Assembly: Rt. Hon. Ganesh Prasad Timilsina^[28] (CPN (UML))
Vice-chairperson of the National Assembly: Hon. Urmila Aryal^[29] (CPN (Maoist Centre)) (since 6 February 2023)

Parliamentary party leaders

Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML): Hon. Devendra Dahal^[30]
Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Narayan Kaji Shrestha^[31]
Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress: Hon. Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi^[32]
Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Beduram Bhusal^[33]

Whips

Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Gopi Bahadur Sarki^[31]
- Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Ganga Belbase^[31]

Members of the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal
On 27 January 2023, after vacation of Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Rabi Lamichhane's seat
On 2 January 2023, after Independent MP Kiran Kumar Sah joined CPN (UML)
After the 2022 general election

Party		Total seats
		After election			At present
		FPTP	PR	Total	FPTP	PR	Total
Parliamentary parties^[34]
	Nepali Congress	57	32	89	56^[b]	32	88
	CPN (UML)	44	34	78	42^[c]	34	76
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	18	14	32	18	14	32
	Rastriya Swatantra Party	7	13	20	8	13	21
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7	7	14	7	7	14
	People's Socialist Party	7	5	12	7	5	12
	Janamat Party	1	5	6	1	5	6
Represented as Independents
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	10	0	10	10	0	10
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	4	0	4	4	0	4
	Nagrik Unmukti Party	3	0	3	4	0	4
	Rastriya Janamorcha	1	0	1	1	0	1
	Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party	1	0	1	1	0	1
	Aam Janata Party	0	0	0	1	0	1
	Independent	5	—	5	2	—	2
	Vacant	—	—	—	1	0	1
Total		165	110	275	165	110	275

Members

Nepali Congress (88)
Constituency/PR 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/PR 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
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/PR 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/PR 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/PR 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

People's Socialist Party (12)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Bara 2	Upendra Yadav	Parliamentary party leader (since 22 May 2023)
Parsa 1	Pradeep Yadav	Chief whip
Sunsari 1	Ashok Rai	Minister for Education, Science and Technology (from 31 March 2023)
Dhanusha 1	Dipak Karki
Saptari 1	Nawal Kishore Sah Sudi
Siraha 2	Raj Kishor Yadav
Siraha 4	Birendra Prasad Mahato
Khas Arya	Prakash Adhikari
Khas Arya	Rekha Yadav Thapa
Indigenous peoples	Sushila Shrestha
Madheshi	Ranju Kumari Jha
Muslim	Manju Ansari
Former Members
Muslim	Shahnaz Rahman
Bara 2	Ram Sahaya Yadav	Parliamentary party leader (until 17 March 2023) Elected to Vice-President (on 17 March 2023)

CPN (Unified Socialist) (10)
Constituency/PR 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

Janamat Party (6)
Constituency/PR 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

Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (4)
Constituency/PR 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/PR 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

Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Bhaktapur 1	Prem Suwal

Rastriya Janamorcha (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Baglung 1	Chitra Bahadur K.C.

Aam Janata Party (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Rautahat 3	Prabhu Sah	Elected as Independent

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

Suspensions

Name	Constituency/PR group		From	To	Reason
Tek Bahadur Gurung	Manang 1	Nepali Congress	27 December 2022		Convicted on corruption charges^[35]^[36]
Arun Kumar Chaudhary	Kailali 2	Nagrik Unmukti	3 February 2023	22 February 2023^[37]	Sentenced to jail for arson^[38]
Laxmi Mahato Koiri	Mahottari 1	CPN (UML)	2 May 2023	24 December 2023^[39]	Absconding following murder charge^[40]
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi	Arghakhanchi 1	CPN (UML)	15 May 2023		Arrested in connection to Bhutanese refugee scam^[41]

Defections

Name	Constituency/PR group	Date
Lalbir Chaudhary	Bardiya 2	23 December 2022^[42]	Independent	Nagrik Unmukti
Prabhu Sah	Rautahat 3	29 December 2022^[43]	Independent	Aam Janata Party
Kiran Kumar Sah	Rautahat 2	2 January 2023^[44]	Independent	CPN (UML)

Changes

Constituency/PR group	Incumbent					Replacement
Constituency/PR group	Name	Party		Date vacated	Reason	Name	Party		Date elected	Change
Chitwan 2	Rabi Lamichhane		Rastriya Swatantra Party	27 January 2023	Citizenship declared invalid by Supreme Court^[45]	Rabi Lamichhane		Rastriya Swatantra Party	25 April 2023	By-election
Muslim	Shahnaz Rahman		People's Socialist Party	25 February 2023	Death^[46]	Manju Ansari		People's Socialist Party	16 March 2023^[47]	List
Tanahun 1	Ram Chandra Paudel		Nepali Congress	9 March 2023	Elected President^[48]	Swarnim Wagle		Rastriya Swatantra Party	25 April 2023	By-election
Bara 2	Ram Sahaya Yadav		People's Socialist Party	17 March 2023	Elected Vice President^[49]	Upendra Yadav		People's Socialist Party	25 April 2023	By-election
Indigenous peoples	Dhaka Kumar Shrestha		Rastriya Swatantra Party	25 April 2023	Expelled by party following corruption accusation^[50]	Bindabasini Kansakar		Rastriya Swatantra Party	29 May 2023^[51]	List
Ilam 2	Subaschandra Nemwang		CPN(UML)	12 September 2023	Death^[52]					by-election

Members of the National Assembly

National Assembly of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal
On 8 February 2023, after by-election for one vacant seat
At start of term of the 2nd Federal Parliament

Party		At present^[53]
	CPN (UML)	18^[a]
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	16^[a]
	Nepali Congress	10
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	8
	People's Socialist Party	3
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party^[54]	1
	Rastriya Janamorcha	1
	Independent	2^[a]
Total		59

Category	Name		Assumed office	Class	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Koshi Province
Open	Devendra Dahal	CPN (UML)	4 March 2020	1	Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML)
Open	Gopal Basnet	Nepali Congress	4 March 2022	2
Open	Ramesh Jung Rayamajhi	Nepali Congress	4 March 2018	3	Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress
Women	Indira Gautam	CPN (UML)	4 March 2020	1
Women	Jayanti Rai	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4 March 2022	2
Women	Bina Pokharel	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2018	3
Dalit	Gopi Bahadur Sarki	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2020	1	Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre)
Disabled/Minority	Sonam Gyaljen Sherpa	CPN (UML)	4 March 2022	2
Madhesh Province
Open	Mrigendra Singh Yadav	People's Socialist Party	4 March 2020	1
Open	Mohammad Khalid	People's Socialist Party	4 March 2022	2
Open	Jitendra Dev	Nepali Congress	4 March 2018	3
Women	Tulsa Dahal	CPN (UML)	4 March 2020	1
Women	Urmila Aryal	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2022	2	Vice-chair of the National Assembly (since 6 February 2023)
Women	Pramila Kumari	People's Socialist Party	4 March 2018	3
Dalit	Radheshyam Paswan	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2020	1
Disabled/Minority	Shekhar Singh	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	4 March 2020	1
Bagmati Province
Open	Beduram Bhusal	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4 March 2020	1	Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair of Legislative Management Committee
Open	Krishna Prasad Paudel	Nepali Congress	4 March 2022	2
Open	Khim Lal Devkota	Independent	28 May 2021^[55]	3	Coordinator of Federalism Implementation Study and Monitoring Special Parliamentary Committee
Women	Ganga Belbase	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2020	1	Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre)
Women	Goma Devi Timilsina	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4 March 2022	2
Women	Parvati Rawal	CPN (UML)	4 March 2018	3	Chair of National Affairs and Coordination Committee
Dalit	Singha Bahadur Bishwakarma	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4 March 2018	3
Disabled/Minority	Ramchandra Rai Danuwar	CPN (UML)	4 March 2018	3
Gandaki Province
Open	Narayan Kaji Shrestha	CPN (Maoist Centre)	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	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2022	2
Open	Ganesh Prasad Timilsina	CPN (UML)	4 March 2018	3	Chair of the National Assembly
Women	Bhagwati Neupane	CPN (UML)	4 March 2020	1
Women	Kamala Panta	Nepali Congress	4 March 2022	2
Women	Dipa Gurung	CPN (UML)	4 March 2018	3
Dalit	Bhuwan Sunar	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2022	2
Disabled/Minority	Prakash Pantha	Nepali Congress	4 March 2018	3	Chair of Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee
Lumbini Province
Open	Gopal Bhattarai	CPN (UML)	4 March 2020	1
Open	Yubaraj Sharma	Nepali Congress	4 March 2022	2
Open	Kumar Dasaudi	CPN (UML)	10 February 2023^[56]	3
Women	Bimala Ghimire	CPN (UML)	4 March 2020	1
Women	Rajya Laxmi Gaire	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4 March 2022	2
Women	Anita Devkota	Nepali Congress	4 March 2018	3
Dalit	Tul Prasad Bishwakarma	Rastriya Janamorcha	4 March 2022	2
Disabled/Minority	Jag Prasad Sharma	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2020	1
Karnali Province
Open	Maya Prasad Sharma	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2020	1	Chair of Delegated Management and Government Assurance Committee
Open	Udaya Bohara	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4 March 2022	2
Open	Bhairab Sundar Shrestha	CPN (UML)	4 March 2018	3
Women	Sumitra BC	CPN (UML)	4 March 2020	1
Women	Durga Gurung	Nepali Congress	4 March 2022	2
Women	Nanda Sharma	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4 March 2018	3
Dalit	Nar Pati Luwar	CPN (UML)	4 March 2018	3
Disabled/Minority	Nara Bahadur Bista	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2022	2
Sudurpashchim Province
Open	Taraman Swar	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2020	1
Open	Narayan Dutta Mishra	Nepali Congress	4 March 2022	2
Open	Hari Ram Chaudhari	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2018	3
Women	Sharada Bhatta	CPN (UML)	4 March 2020	1
Women	Madan Kumari Shah	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4 March 2022	2
Women	Indu Kadariya	CPN (UML)	4 March 2018	3
Dalit	Jagat Parki	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2022	2
Disabled/Minority	Mahesh Kumar Mahara	CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 March 2018	3
Nominated
	Bam Dev Gautam	Independent	17 September 2020^[57]	1
	Narayan Dahal	CPN (Maoist Centre)	12 April 2022^[58]^[59]	2
	Bimala Rai Poudyal	CPN (UML)	10 March 2018	3	Minister for Foreign Affairs (until 31 March 2023)

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		Bhanu Bhakta Joshi (Unified Socialist)
Public Accounts Committee		Rishikesh Pokharel (UML)
National Assembly Committees
Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee		Prakash Pantha (Congress)
Legislative Management Committee		Jayanti Rai (Unified Socialist)
Delegated Management and Government Assurance Committee		Maya Prasad Sharma (Maoist Centre)
National Affairs and Coordination Committee		Parvati Rawal (UML)
Federalism Implementation Study and Monitoring Special Parliamentary Committee		Khim Lal Devkota (Independent)
Joint Committees
Parliamentary Hearing Committee
State Direction Committee

Explanatory notes

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

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2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal

Contents

Leaders

House of Representatives

Office bearers

Parliamentary party leaders

Whips

National Assembly

Office bearers

Parliamentary party leaders

Whips

Members of the House of Representatives

Members

Suspensions

Defections

Changes

Members of the National Assembly

Parliamentary committees

Explanatory notes

References

External links