Nepal
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Ganesh
Prasad Timilsina
(Male)
Year of birth
1961
Secretary general
Secretary General
Bharat Raj
Gautam
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
5 May 2020 - 4 May 2025.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
36
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Mahesh Kumar Mahara (Male)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
51
Total per sex
Total of male
37
Total of female
21
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
0
31-40
1
41-45
6
46-50
9
51-60
21
61-70
18
71-80
3
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 7 | Total >= 46: 51 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
4
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Constitution, Art. 86 (2)
For women, three are elected by an electoral college composed of members of the State Assembly, chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the Village Bodies, and Mayors and Deputy-Mayors of the Municipalities, with different weightage of vote by members of the State (61) Assembly, chairpersons and vicechairpersons of the Village Bodies, and Mayors and Deputy-Mayors of the Municipalities, as provided for in the Federal law
For women, three are elected by an electoral college composed of members of the State Assembly, chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the Village Bodies, and Mayors and Deputy-Mayors of the Municipalities, with different weightage of vote by members of the State (61) Assembly, chairpersons and vicechairpersons of the Village Bodies, and Mayors and Deputy-Mayors of the Municipalities, as provided for in the Federal law
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
11
Number of women elected
7
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
38.89%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Indirectly Elected
7
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
36
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
22
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Ganesh
Prasad Timilsina
(Male)
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1951
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1951
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1952