NA Election for vacant posts on January 25

Kathmandu- The government has decided to hold elections on January 25 for the seats to remain vacant in the National Assembly (NA) from March 4, 2024.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at the Singha Durbar-based Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers took the decision to this effect, according to Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma.

Sharma informed that the decision was taken in consultation with the Election Commission. The terms of one-third of the NA members, 20 parliamentarians including Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina will be ending on March 3, 2024.

The outgoing parliamentarians are Anita Devkota, Jitendra Narayan Dev, Prkash Pantha and Ramesh Jung Raymajhi from Nepali Congress, Indu Kadariya, Deepa Gurung, Dilkumari Rawal, Kumar Dasaudi, Narpati Luwar, Bhairav Sundar Shrestha and Ramchandra Rai from CPN (UML). Similarly, the tenure of Bina Pokharel, Mahesh Kumar Mahara and Hariram Chaudhary and Mahesh Kumar Mahara from CPN (Maoist Centre), Pramila Kumari of Janata Samajwadi Party, Nanda Chapagain and Singh Bahadur Bishwakarma of CPN (Unified Socialist), independent parliamentarian Khimlal Devkota and nominated parliamentarian Dr Bimala Paudyal is coming to an end.