List of National Assembly members from Gandaki Province
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The National Assembly (Rastriya Sabha) is the Upper House of the Parliament of Nepal. Gandaki Province elects 8 seats and they are indirectly elected by the an electoral college of each province of Gandaki Province.
Out of the eight members from Gandaki 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: Congress (4) NCP (3) CPN (UML) (1)
| Member | Party | Category | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jagat Timilsina | Congress | Open | 9 March 2026 | ||
| Samjhana Devkota | CPN (UML) | Women | 9 March 2026 | ||
| Padma Bahadur Pariyar | Congress | Dalit | 4 March 2024 | ||
| Manrupa Sharma | NCP | Women | 4 March 2024 | ||
| Kiran Babu Shrestha | Congress | Open | 4 March 2024 | ||
| Bhuwan Sunar | NCP | Dalit [a] | 4 March 2022 | ||
| Kamala Pant | Congress | Women [a] | 4 March 2022 | ||
| Suresh Ale Magar | NCP | Open [a] | 4 March 2022 | ||
Former Members
| Member | Party | Category | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhagwati Neupane | NCP CPN (UML) |
Women [b] | 4 March 2020 | 18 January 2026 | Chief Whip of CPN (UML)[2] | |
| Narayan Kaji Shrestha | NCP CPN (MC) |
Open[b] | 4 March 2020 | 18 January 2026 |
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| Ganesh Prasad Timilsina | NCP CPN (UML) |
Open | 4 March 2018 | 3 March 2024 | ||
| Prakash Pant | Congress | Disability or Ethnic Minority | 4 March 2018 | 3 March 2024 | ||
| Dipa Gurung | NCP CPN (UML) |
Women | 4 March 2018 | 3 March 2024 | ||
| Dina Nath Sharma | NCP CPN (MC) |
Open | 4 March 2018 | 3 March 2022 | ||
| Shanti Adhikari | NCP CPN (UML) |
Women | 4 March 2018 | 3 March 2022 | ||
| Khim Bahadur BK | NCP CPN (MC) |
Dalit | 4 March 2018 | 3 March 2022 | ||
| Surendra Raj Pandey | Congress | Open | 4 March 2018 | 3 March 2020 | ||
| Brinda Rana Magar | Congress | Women | 4 March 2018 | 3 March 2020 | ||
Notes
- Succession of the four-year-term seat via the 2022 Nepalese National Assembly election[1]
- Succession of the two-year-term seat via the 2020 Nepalese National Assembly election[3]