The House of Representatives,commonly known as Pratinidhi Sabha,is one of the houses of the Federal Parliament of Nepal,with the other house being the National Assembly. Members of the House of Representatives are elected through a parallel voting system. They hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets at the International Convention Centre in Kathmandu.
The National Assembly or Rastriya Sabha is the upper house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal,the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Assembly are established by Part 8 and 9 of the Constitution of Nepal. There are a total of 59 members:8 members are elected from each of the seven provinces by an electoral college of each province,and three are appointed by the President on recommendation of the government.
General elections were held in Nepal on 15 November 1994 to elect the Nepal House of Representatives. The election took place after the previous Nepali Congress government collapsed and King Birenda called new elections. The results showed that the Communist Party of Nepal won the most seats in the House of Representatives and Man Mohan Adhikari became Prime Minister at the head of a minority government.
Ram Bahadur Bista is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress. Bista was the Nepali Congress candidate in the Achham-2 constituency for the 2008 Constituent Assembly election.
Dilendra Prasad Badu is a Nepalese politician who has served as the Minister for Law,Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal since 2021. Elected through a proportional election system,he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the Nepali House of Representatives from Darchula and he is currently in its Parliamentary Committee for State Affairs and Good Governance. He was previously elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
Farmullah Mansoor is a Nepalese politician. Mansoor is Deputy general secretary of Nepali Congress. He is also the member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent assembly. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
Chitra Lekha Yadav,a member of Nepali Congress,assumed the post of the Minister of Education of Nepal on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.
Sharat Singh Bhandari is a Nepalese politician and a former Minister of Energy,Water Resources and Irrigation of Government of Nepal. HIs ministerial tenure began on 4 June 2021 but he was removed from the post by the Supreme Court on 22 June 2021,making his tenure of just 18 days one of the shortest for ministers in Nepal till date. He also assumed the post of Ministry of Defence in the Baburam Bhattarai cabinet. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress. He is one of the most time entries as a minister in cabinet of Nepal.
Mahendra Kumar Roy is a Nepalese politician. He is the current elected central working committee member of Nepali Congress.
Nagendra Kumar Raya is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
Umakant Chaudhary is a Nepalese politician and the former minister for Water Supply of Nepal. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2017 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.
Bharat Kumar Shah is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress. Shah was the NC candidate in the Rupandehi-5 constituency for the 2008 Constituent Assembly election and was the Nepali Congress candidate in the Rupandehi-5 constituency for the new Constituent assembly election and won the election.
Birendra Kumar Kanodia is a Nepalese politician and member of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly. He was elected as parliamentary party leader. He is the current leader of the opposition of Lumbini Province.
Renu Kumari Yadav is a Nepali politician and member of House of Representatives on proportional representation.
Bishnu Prasad Paudel is a Nepalese politician,who is the vice-chairman of Communist Party of Nepal. Paudel served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the Third Dahal cabinet. He has earlier served as Deputy Prime Minister (2021),and headed other prominent Ministries such as Finance,Home Affairs (2021),Industry (2021),Water and Defence (2011).
Lal Babu Pandit,is a Nepalese politician from Nepal Communist Party and was the Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration under Second Oli cabinet. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Morang - 6 in the 2017 election by defeating Congress candidate Shekhar Koirala. He was elected to the First and Second Constituent Assembly under Proportional Representation system.
Yogesh Bhattarai is a Nepali politician currently serving as a member of Parliament in the House of Representatives from Taplejung constituency since 2017. Bhattarai is currently in his second term as secretary of CPN-UML. He has previously also served as Minister of Culture,Tourism and Civil Aviation.
Raghubir Mahaseth is a well-renowned and very influential Nepalese politician. He is the current Deputy Prime Minister and the Physical Infrastructure &Transportation minister. He is serving as the Central Secretary of CPN UML,is the in-charge of the Madhesh Province of Nepal for CPN UML,and is the member of House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2021,Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport from 2018 to 2020,and the Minister of Irrigation in 2011.
Juli Kumari Mahato is a Nepali communist politician. She is a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal and the former Minister of Women,Children and Senior Citizens. She was elected from CPN UML under the proportional representation system.
Mohammad Aftab Alam is a Nepali politician from the Nepali Congress and a suspended member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was a member of the first constituent assembly as well. He is also a former Minister for Labour and Transport Management.
