The National Assembly (Rastriya Sabha) is the Upper House of the Parliament of Nepal. Koshi Province elects 8 seats and they are indirectly elected by the an electoral college of each province of Koshi Province.
Out of the eight members from Koshi 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 retirementSunil Bahadur ThapaOpen9 March 2026Roshni MecheWomen9 March 2026Somannath PortelDalit9 March 2026Krishna Prasad SitaulaOpen4 March 2024Rukmini KoiralaWomen4 March 2024Gopal BasnetOpen4 March 2022Jayanti RaiWomen4 March 2022Sonam Gyaljen Sherpa Disability or Ethnic Minority4 March 2022
Former Members Member PartyCategoryDate of appointmentDate of retirementNotesJit Jung BasnetOpen4 March 2024Indira Gautam CPN (UML)Women4 March 20203 March 2026Devendra Dahal CPN (UML)Open 4 March 20203 March 2026 Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML)Gopi Alchhami CPN (MC)Dalit4 March 20203 March 2026 Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre)Ramesh Jung RayamajhiOpen4 March 20183 March 2024 Parliamentary Party leader for Nepali Congress (until 3 March 2024) Bina Pokharel CPN (MC)Women4 March 20183 March 2024Nainakala Ojha CPN (UML)Women4 March 20183 March 2022Parshuram Megi Gurung CPN (UML)Open4 March 20183 March 2022Aagam Prasad Bantawa Rai CPN (UML)Disability or Ethnic Minority4 March 20183 March 2022Hari Charan Shiwakoti CPN (UML)Open4 March 20183 March 2020Sarita PrasaiWomen4 March 20183 March 2020Khem Raj Nepali CPN (UML)Dalit4 March 20183 March 2020
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