The First Federal Parliament of Nepal, consisting of the

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and the

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, was elected via the 2017 legislative, provincial and

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. 165 members were elected via

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system and 110 through the

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to form the 275-member House of Representatives for a five-year term. On 7 February 2018, the provincial electoral colleges, composed of provincial assembly members elected in the provincial elections and chairs and deputy-chairs of local administrative units elected in the local elections, elected eight members each, for a total of 56 elected members, and three more were appointed by the President as nominated by the government, to form the 59 member National Assembly. The National Assembly members drew lots to determine the thirds whose terms would be of two, four and six years respectively. On 23 January 2020, the National Assembly electoral college met for the second time to elect 18 of the 19 Class I members. The electoral college met again on 26 January 2022 to elect 20 members of the 2nd Class. The House of Representatives was dissolved on 20 December 2020 by President

Bidya Devi Bhandari Bidya Devi Bhandari (, ; born 19 June 1961) is a Nepali politician who is serving as the second and current president of Nepal. She formerly served as the minister of defence and minister of environment and population. She is the first woman t ...

on the request of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's cabinet. The House was reinstated on 24 February 2021 following a decision by the

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. The House of Representatives was again dissolved on 22 May 2021 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari and was reinstated again on 12 July 2021 by the

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. The parliament was dissolved on 18 September 2022 after completing its five-year term.

Leaders

House of Representatives

Office bearers

* Speaker of the House of Representatives: ** Rt. Hon.

Krishna Bahadur Mahara Krishna Bahadur Mahara is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP).He was a prominent Maoist leader during the civil war. After the maoists entered the peace process, he was elected to parliament/constituent-assembly ...

(until 1 October 2019) ** Rt. Hon. Agni Prasad Sapkota (from 26 January 2020) * Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives: ** Hon. Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe (until 20 January 2020) ** Hon. Pushpa Bhusal Gautam (from 15 July 2022) *

Prime Minister of Nepal The Prime Minister of Nepal ( ne, नेपालको प्रधानमन्त्री) is the head of government of Nepal. The Prime Minister is the head of the Council of Ministers of Nepal and the chief adviser to the President of ...

: **Rt. Hon.

KP Sharma Oli Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli ( ne, खड्गप्रसाद शर्मा ओली, ; born 22 February 1952) is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served three terms as prime minister from 11 October 2015 to 3 Aug ...

(until 13 July 2021) (

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) **Rt. Hon.

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba ( ne, शेरबहादुर देउवा, ; born 13 June 1946) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served ...

(since 13 July 2021) (

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) *

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: **Rt. Hon. Sher Bahadur Deuba (until 13 July 2021) (

) **Rt. Hon. KP Sharma Oli (since 13 July 2021) (

)

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party leaders

* Parliamentary party leader of

: Sher Bahadur Deuba ** Deputy parliamentary party leader:

Bijay Kumar Gachhadar Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar ( ne, बिजयकुमार गच्छदार; born February 1, 1954) is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress. He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government ...

* Parliamentary party leader of

: KP Sharma Oli ** Deputy parliamentary party leader: Subhash Chandra Nemwang *Parliamentary party leader of

CPN (Maoist Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN Maoist Centre, or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist ...

: Pushpa Kamal Dahal *Parliamentary party leader of

CPN (Unified Socialist) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) (), abbreviated as CPN (Unified Socialist) is a political party in Nepal. Former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is the chairman of the party and former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal serves as ...

Madhav Kumar Nepal Madhav Kumar Nepal ( ne, माधवकुमार नेपाल, ; born 6 March 1953), is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011 for nearly two years. ...

*Parliamentary party leader of People's Socialist Party:

Upendra Yadav Upendra Yadav (; born 12 November 1960) is a Nepalese politician who has served as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal since 2020. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal under the government of KP Sharma Oli from 2018 to ...

*Parliamentary party leader of

Loktantrik Samajwadi Party The Loktantrik Samajwadi Party is a minor political party in India. It was founded on 9 January 1994 in Patna by three senior MPs from the Janata Dal Party. These were Ram Sundar Das, Rasheed Masood, and Upendra Nath Verma. Electoral pe ...

Mahantha Thakur Mahantha Thakur ( ne, महन्थ ठाकुर), is a Nepalese politician and president of Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal, as well as the former treasurer of Nepali Congress Party. He has served Minister in various ministries including ...

Whips

* Chief Whip (

): **

Bal Krishna Khand Bal Krishna Khand ( ne, बालकृष्ण खाँण) is a Nepalese politician and former Home Minister of Nepal. Khand is a central working committee member of the Nepali Congress party. Khand also served as the Defense Minister of Ne ...

(until 12 July 2021) **

Chitra Lekha Yadav Chitra Lekha Yadav (Nepali: चित्र लेखा यादव), a member of Nepali Congress, assumed the post of the Minister of Education of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government. Political career Chitra Lekha Y ...

(from 20 July 2022) ** Whip (

): *** Pushpa Bhusal (until 15 July 2022) *** Min Bishwakarma (from 20 July 2022) * Chief Whip (

): Bishal Bhattarai ** Whip (

Shanta Chaudhary Shanta Chaudhary () is a social reformer and former member of Constituent Assembly of Nepal as a proportioanl representative from CPN (UML) party. Chaudhary was a forced child labourer as part of the, now abandoned, Kamalari system. Biography ...

*Chief Whip (

Dev Prasad Gurung Dev Gurung ( ne, देव गुरुङ) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Gurung became Minister of Law and Justice on 22 August 2008. And on 20 August 202 ...

*Chief Whip (

Jeevan Ram Shrestha Jeevan Ram Shrestha ( ne, जीवन राम श्रेष्ठ)( born 1965 December 30 ) is a Nepali politician, who served as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in the ruling coalition government led by Prime Minister ...

* Chief Whip ( People's Socialist Party):

Pramod Sah Pramod Sah is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Socialist Party, Nepal formerly serving as the member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal. In the 2017 Nepalese general election he was elected from the Sarlahi 1 constituency, sec ...

* Chief Whip ( Loktantrik Samajwadi Partyl):

Umashankar Argariya Uma Shankar Aragriya () is a Nepalese politician belonging to the CPN (UML) who served as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June 2021 making the tenure of ...

National Assembly

Office bearers

* Chairperson of the National Assembly: Rt. Hon.

Ganesh Prasad Timilsina Ganesh Prasad Timilsina ( ne, गणेश प्रसाद तिमिल्सिना) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). In the 2018 National Assembly election he was elected from the Gandaki Prov ...

* Vice-Chairperson of the National Assembly: ** Hon.

Shashikala Dahal Shashikala Dahal (Nepali: शशिकला दाहाल) is a Nepalese communist politician and Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly. In 2018, she was elected unopposed in Province No. 2 for the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) ...

(until 4 March 2022) ** ''Vacant'' (since 4 March 2022)

Parliamentary party leaders

* Parliamentary party leader of

: **

Suman Raj Pyakurel Suman Raj Pyakurel (Nepali: सुमन राज प्याकुरेल) is a Nepalese communist politician and member of the National Assembly. In 2018, he was elected unopposed in Province No. 2 for the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified ...

(until 4 March 2022) ** Khim Lal Bhattarai (since 10 March 2022) *Parliamentary party leader of

: ** Dina Nath Sharma (until 4 March 2022) **''Vacant'' (since 4 March 2022) * Parliamentary party leader of

: ** Surendra Raj Pandey (until 3 March 2020) **Radheshyam Adhikari (from 10 March 2020 to 4 March 2022) **''Vacant'' (since 4 March 2022) *Parliamentary party leader of

Beduram Bhusal Beduram Bhusal ( ne, बेदु राम भुसाल is a current General Secretary of CPN (Unified Socialist). He is also member of Rastriya Sabha The National Assembly or Rastriya Sabha ( ne, राष्ट्रिय सभा ...

Whips

* Chief Whip of

: ** Khim Lal Bhattarai (until 10 March 2022) ** Devendra Dahal (since 10 March 2022) * Chief Whip of

: ** Sarita Prasain (until 3 March 2020)

Members of the House of Representatives

Members

Suspensions

Changes

By-elections are held for seats that become vacant or members elected through proportional representation are replaced from the

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Defections

Members of the National Assembly

Retired members of the National Assembly

Explanatory notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1st Federal Parliament of Nepal Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Members of the National Assembly (Nepal)

Leaders

House of Representatives

Office bearers

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Whips

National Assembly

Office bearers

Parliamentary party leaders

Whips

Members of the House of Representatives

Members

Suspensions

Changes

Defections

Members of the National Assembly

Retired members of the National Assembly

Explanatory notes

References

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party leaders