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1st Federal Parliament of Nepal
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The First Federal Parliament of Nepal, consisting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly, was elected via the 2017 legislative, provincial and local elections.

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165 members were elected via first-past-the-post system[6] and 110 through the proportional representation system to form the 275-member House of Representatives for a five-year term. On 7 February 2018, the provincial electoral colleges, composed of provincial assembly members elected in the provincial elections and chairs and deputy-chairs of local administrative units elected in the local elections, elected eight members each, for a total of 56 elected members, and three more were appointed by the President as nominated by the government, to form the 59 member National Assembly. The National Assembly members drew lots to determine the thirds whose terms would be of two, four and six years respectively.

On 23 January 2020, the National Assembly electoral college met for the second time to elect 18 of the 19 Class I members.[7] The electoral college met again on 26 January 2022 to elect 20 members of the 2nd Class.[8]

The House of Representatives was dissolved on 20 December 2020 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the request of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's cabinet.[9] The House was reinstated on 24 February 2021 following a decision by the Supreme Court of Nepal.[10] The House of Representatives was again dissolved on 22 May 2021 by President Bidya Devi Bhandari and was reinstated again on 12 July 2021 by the Supreme Court.[11][12] The parliament was dissolved on 18 September 2022 after completing its five-year term.[13][14]

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Leaders

House of Representatives

Office bearers

Parliamentary party leaders

Whips

National Assembly

Office bearers

Parliamentary party leaders

Whips

  • Chief Whip of CPN (UML):
    • Khim Lal Bhattarai (until 10 March 2022)[24]
    • Devendra Dahal (since 10 March 2022)[24]
  • Chief Whip of Nepali Congress:
    • Sarita Prasain (until 3 March 2020)[27]
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Members of the House of Representatives

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Members

More information CPN (UML) (93), Constituency/PR group ...
More information Nepali Congress (62), Constituency/PR group ...
More information CPN (Maoist Centre) (49), Constituency/PR group ...
More information Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (13), Constituency/PR group ...
More information Rastriya Prajatantra Party (1), Constituency/PR group ...
More information Rastriya Janamorcha (1), Constituency/PR group ...
More information Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party (1), Constituency/PR group ...
More information Independent (1), Constituency/PR group ...

Suspensions

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Changes

By-elections are held for seats that become vacant or members elected through proportional representation are replaced from the party list.

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Defections

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Members of the National Assembly

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Retired members of the National Assembly

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Explanatory notes

  1. 15 elected and 1 nominated
  2. 8 elected and 1 nominated
  3. 17 elected (including chairperson) and 1 nominated
  4. CPN (UML) and CPN (Maoist Centre) merged to form Nepal Communist Party from 17 May 2018 to 8 March 2021
  5. Including the Speaker, who does not vote on deliberations
  6. Split from CPN (UML) on 25 August 2021
  7. Split from People's Socialist Party, Nepal on 25 August 2021
  8. Represented as Independent for not meeting party threshold.
  9. Forum Nepal and Naya Shakti merged on 6 May 2019 to form Samajbadi Party
  10. Elected from the Nepal Communist Party. Joined CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) after the party split.
  11. Succession of the two-year-term seat via the 2020 Nepalese National Assembly election[44]
  12. Succession of the four-year-term seat via the 2022 Nepalese National Assembly election[43]
  13. Succession via by-election caused due to expulsion of sitting member, Ram Bahadur Thapa, from CPN (Maoist Centre)[46]
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