The National Assembly (Rastriya Sabha) is the Upper House of the Parliament of Nepal. Madhesh Province elects 8 seats and they are indirectly elected by the an electoral college of each province of Madhesh Province.
Out of the eight members from Madhesh 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 retirementPortfolio & ResponsibilityMahantha Thakur Open9 March 2026Ranjit KarnaDisability or Ethnic Minority9 March 2026Rekha Kumari Jha Women9 March 2026Dharmendra PaswanDalit9 March 2026Pooja ChaudharyWomen4 March 2024Ananda Prasad Dhungana Open4 March 2024Mohammad Khalid Siddiqui Open4 March 2022Urmila AryalWomen4 March 2022 Vice-chair of the National Assembly (6 February 2023 - 28 March 2024)
Former Members Member PartyCategoryDate of appointmentDate of retirementNotesTulsa Dahal CPN (UML)Women 4 March 20203 March 2026Mrigendra Singh Yadav Open 4 March 20203 March 2026Shekhar SinghLSPDisability or Ethnic Minority4 March 20203 March 2026Radheshyam Paswan CPN (MC) Dalit4 March 20203 March 2026Suman Raj Pyakurel CPN (UML) Open4 March 20183 March 2022Jitendra Narayan Dev Open4 March 20183 March 2024Pramila Kumari Women4 March 20183 March 2024Shashikala Dahal CPN (MC) Women4 March 20183 March 2022Mukta Kumari YadavWomen4 March 20183 March 2020Ramesh Prasad YadavDisability or Ethnic Minority18 March 20183 March 2020Brikhesh Chandra LalDisability or Ethnic Minority4 March 20183 March 2020Ramprit PaswanDalit4 March 20183 March 2020
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