Bamdev, Narayankaji among 19 NA members exiting in March

By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, Nov 1 : The government has announced that elections for one-third members of Nepal’s National Assembly will be held on January 25, 2026, as the terms of 19 members are due to expire on March 4, 2026. The decision was endorsed at a recent cabinet meeting.

According to the Federal Parliament Secretariat, the term-expiring members include eight from the CPN-UML, seven from the CPN (Maoist Centre), one each from the CPN (Unified Socialist), Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, and Janata Samajwadi Party, as well as one nominated member.

Those completing their terms include Vice-President of the National Assembly Bimala Ghimire, former ministers Bhagwati Neupane, Devendra Dahal, and senior leader Dr.. Beduram Bhusal, Indira Devi Gautam, Gopal Bhattarai, Tulsa Kumari Dahal, Sharada Devi Bhatta, Sumitra BC, Gopi Bahadur Sarki Achhami, Ganga Kumari Belbase, Jag Prasad Sharma, Taraman Swar, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Maya Prasad Sharma, Radheshyam Paswan, Shekhar Kumar Singh, Mrigendra Singh Yadav, and nominated member Bamdev Gautam.

They were elected to the NA in 2020. 

The elections will be conducted through an electoral college composed of provincial assembly members and local level chiefs and deputies, with voting weights of 53 and 19 respectively.

This marks the routine rotation of one-third of the National Assembly’s 59 members, as required by Nepal’s Constitution, ensuring continuity and periodic renewal in the upper house of Parliament.