2nd House of Representatives (Nepal)
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The 2nd House of Representatives was elected at the 1991 Nepalese general election. All 205 members were elected from constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.
Legislative bodyParliament of the Kingdom of Nepal
Jurisdiction
Kingdom of Nepal
Kingdom of NepalMeeting placeGallery Baithak
Term20 June 1991 – 11 July 1994
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| Legislative body | Parliament of the Kingdom of Nepal | ||||||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Kingdom of Nepal | ||||||||||||||
| Meeting place | Gallery Baithak | ||||||||||||||
| Term | 20 June 1991 – 11 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| Election | 1991 general election | ||||||||||||||
| Government | First G.P. Koirala cabinet | ||||||||||||||
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| Members | 205 | ||||||||||||||
| Speaker | Daman Nath Dhungana (NC) | ||||||||||||||
| Deputy Speaker | Mahantha Thakur (NC) | ||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Girija Prasad Koirala (NC) | ||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Man Mohan Adhikari (UML) | ||||||||||||||
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The list of elected members is arranged by constituency. Daman Nath Dhungana served as the Speaker,[1] Girija Prasad Koirala served as Prime Minister and Man Mohan Adhikari served as Leader of Opposition.
House composition
- 2nd House of Representatives
Parliament at dissolution
Parliament at start of term
| Party | Members | ||
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| After election | At dissolution | ||
| Nepali Congress | 110 | 114 | |
| CPN (UML) | 69 | 68 | |
| Samyukta Janamorcha | 9 | 9 | |
| Nepal Sadhbhawana | 6 | 6 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party[a] | — | 4 | |
| CPN (United)[b] | 2 | 2 | |
| Nepal Workers Peasants Party | 2 | 2 | |
| RPP (Thapa) | 1 | — | |
| RPP (Chand) | 3 | — | |
| Independent | 3 | — | |
| Total | 205 | 205 | |
- RPP (Chand) and RPP (Thapa) merged to form RPP in 1991
- Elected from CPN (Democratic). CPN (Democratic) merged into CPN (United) in 1991
Leaders
Presiding officers
- Speaker of the House: Daman Nath Dhungana (Nepali Congress)
- Deputy Speaker of the House: Mahantha Thakur (Nepali Congress)
Parliamentary party
- Prime Minister of Nepal: Hon. Girija Prasad Koirala (Nepali Congress)
- Leader of the Opposition: Hon. Man Mohan Adhikari (CPN (UML))
- Parliamentary party leader of Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal:
- Hon. Lila Mani Pokharel (until 30 June 1993)
- Hon. Amik Sherchan (from 30 June 1993)
- Parliamentary party leader of Nepal Sadbhawana Party: Hon. Gajendra Narayan Singh
Whips
- Chief Whip of Nepali Congress:
- Hon. Govinda Raj Joshi (until 29 December 1991)
- Hon. Tarini Dutt Chataut (from 14 February 1992)
- Whip of Nepali Congress:
- Hon. Surendra Prasad Chaudhary (until 29 December 1991)
- Hon. Chin Kaji Shrestha (from 14 February 1992)
Members of the House
By-elections
| Constituency | Incumbent | Party | Cause of vacation | New MP | Party | By-election | ||
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| Sunsari 3 | Girija Prasad Koirala | Congress | Won from Morang 1 | Prakash Koirala | Congress | 1992 | ||
| Kathmandu 5 | Madan Bhandari | CPN (UML) | Won from Kathmandu 1 | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | CPN (UML) | |||
| Kathmandu 1 | Madan Bhandari | CPN (UML) | Death | Bidya Devi Bhandari | CPN (UML) | 1994[2] | ||
| Jhapa 1 | Drona Prasad Acharya | CPN (UML) | Death | Krishna Prasad Sitaula | Congress | |||
Changes and defections
| Constituency | Name | From | To | Date | Reference | ||
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| Baglung 3 | Omkar Prasad Gauchan | Independent | Congress | 19 June 1991 | [3] | ||
| Rautahat 3 | Govinda Chaudhary | 20 June 1991 | |||||
| Siraha 4 | Raj Dev Gohit | ||||||
| Darchula 2 | Ambar Bahadur Singh | RPP (Thapa) | RPP | ||||
| Sindhupalchok 3 | Pashupati S.J.B Rana | RPP (Chand) | |||||
| Nuwakot 1 | Prakash Chandra Lohani | ||||||
| Rasuwa 1 | Ram Krishna Udpadhyaya | ||||||