The National Assembly (Rastriya Sabha) is the Upper House of the Parliament of Nepal. Lumbini Province elects 8 seats and they are indirectly elected by the an electoral college of each province of Lumbini Province.
Out of the eight members from Lumbini 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 retirementBasudev GhimireDisability/Ethnic Minority9 March 2026Ram Kumari Jhakri Women9 March 2026Chandra Bahadur K.C. Open9 March 2026Jhakku Prasad SubediOpen4 March 2024Vishnu Kumari Sapkota Women4 March 2024Yubaraj Sharma Open4 March 2022Tul Prasad Bishwakarma Dalit 4 March 2022Rajya Laxmi Gaire Women 4 March 2022
Former Members Member PartyCategoryDate of appointmentDate of retirementNotesKumar DasaudiOpen10 February 20234 March 2024Dirgha Narayan PandeyOpen9 June 20213 March 2022Bimala Ghimire CPN (UML) Women 4 March 20203 March 2026 Vice-chair of the Rastriya Sabha (since 10 April 2024)Gopal Bhattarai CPN (UML) Open4 March 20203 March 2026Jag Prasad Sharma CPN (Maoist Centre)Disability or Ethnic Minority 4 March 20203 March 2026Anita DevkotaWomen4 March 20183 March 2024Ram Lakhan Harijan CPN (UML) Dalit4 March 20183 March 2022Komal Oli CPN (UML)Women4 March 20183 March 2022Khim Lal Bhattarai CPN (UML)Open4 March 201810 October 2022Chandra Bahadur Khadka CPN (Maoist Centre)Open4 March 201828 April 2021Raj Kumar Kunwar CPN (Maoist Centre)Disability or Ethnic Minority4 March 20183 March 2020Mina Budha CPN (UML) Women4 March 20183 March 2020Durga Prasad Upadhyaya Open4 March 20183 March 2020
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