7th House of Representatives (Nepal)

7th House of Representatives
← 6th HoR
Overview
Legislative body	Federal Parliament of Nepal
Jurisdiction	Nepal
Meeting place	Singha Durbar
Term	26 March 2026 – Present
Election	2026 general elections
Government	Shah cabinet, 2026
Website	hr.parliament.gov.np
House of Representatives
Members	275
Speaker	Dol Prasad Aryal, RSP
Deputy Speaker	Ruby Kumari Thakur, SSP
Leader of the House	Balen Shah, RSP
Leader of the Opposition	Bhishma Raj Angdembe, Congress
Party control	RSP (182)   Congress (38)   CPN (UML) (25)   NCP (17)   Shram Sanskriti (7)   RPP (5)   Independent (1)
Sessions
1st 2 April 2026 – 10 April 2026 Budget Session 11 May 2026 –

The 7th House of Representatives is the current meeting of the lower chamber of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, the House of Representatives. Members took their oath of office on 26 March 2026, following the general election held on 5 March 2026.

Parliamentary term

The final results of the election were presented to the president on 20 March 2026 by the Election Commission.

The oldest member of the House of Representatives, Arjun Narasingha K. C., was administered the oath of office and secrecy on 25 March, following which K. C. administered the oath to the remaining members.

A joint session of the Federal Parliament was called for 2 April 2026 by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet.

On 5 April 2026, Dol Prasad Aryal from Rastriya Swatantra Party was elected unopposed as the Speaker. Ruby Kumari Thakur from Shram Sanskriti Party was elected as the deputy speaker.

Officeholders

Presiding officers

• Speaker: Rt. Hon. Dol Prasad Aryal, Rastriya Swatantra Party
  • Deputy Speaker: Hon. Ruby Kumari Thakur, Shram Sanskriti Party

Parliamentary Party Leaders

• Leader of the House (Prime Minister): Rt. Hon. Balen Shah (Rastriya Swatantra Party)
  • Deputy Parliamentary Party Leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party: Hon. Ganesh Parajuli
• Leader of the Opposition: Hon. Bhishma Raj Angdembe (Nepali Congress)
  • Deputy Parliamentary Party Leader of the Nepali Congress: Hon. Abhishek Pratap Shah
• Parliamentary Party Leader of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist): Hon. Ram Bahadur Thapa
  • Deputy Parliamentary Party Leader of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist): Hon. Padma Kumari Aryal
• Parliamentary Party Leader of the Nepali Communist Party: Hon. Pushpa Kamal Dahal
• Parliamentary Party Leader of the Shram Sanskriti Party: Hon. Harka Sampang
• Parliamentary Party Leader of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Hon. Gyan Bahadur Shahi

Whips

• Chief Whip of the Rastriya Swatantra Party: Hon. Kabindra Burlakoti
  • Whip of the Rastriya Swatantra Party
    • Hon. Krantishikha Dhital
    • Hon. Prakash Chandra Pariyar
• Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress: Hon. Basana Thapa
  • Whip of the Nepali Congres: Hon. Nishkal Rai
• Chief Whip of the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist): Ain Bahadur Mahar
• Chief Whip of the Nepali Communist Party: Hon. Yubaraj Dulal

Members of the House of Representatives

7th House of Representatives After the 2026 general election

Overview

Party		Total seats
		After election
		FPTP	PR	Total
Parliamentary parties
	Rastriya Swatantra Party	125	57	182
	Nepali Congress	18	20	38
	CPN (UML)	9	16	25
	Nepali Communist Party	8	9	17
	Shram Sanskriti Party	3	4	7
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1	4	5
Represented as Independents
	Independent	1	—	1
Total		165	110	275

Members

Rastriya Swatantra Party (182)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Officers of the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 9	Dol Prasad Aryal	Speaker of the House of Representatives (from 5 April 2026)
Members of Parliament
Jhapa 5	Balen Shah	Parliamentary Party Leader Leader of the House Prime Minister of Nepal (from 27 March 2026)
Kathmandu 7	Ganesh Parajuli	Deputy Parliamentary Party Leader
Gorkha 2	Kabindra Burlakoti	Chief Whip
Khas Arya, Female	Krantishikha Dhital	Whip
Dalit, Male	Prakash Chandra Pariyar	Whip
Arghakhanchi 1	Hari Prasad Bhusal
Baglung 1	Sushil Khadka
Baglung 2	Som Sharma
Baitadi 1	Hari Mohan Bhandari
Banke 1	Suresh Kumar Chaudhary
Banke 3	Khagendra Sunar
Bara 1	Ganesh Dhimal
Bara 2	Chandan Kumar Singh
Bara 3	Arvind Sah
Bara 4	Rahbar Ansari
Bardiya 1	Thakur Singh Tharu
Bardiya 2	Shreedhar Pokharel
Bhaktapur 1	Rukesh Ranjit
Bhaktapur 2	Rajiv Khatri
Chitwan 1	Hari Dhakal
Chitwan 2	Rabi Lamichhane
Chitwan 3	Sobita Gautam
Dadeldhura 1	Tara Prasad Joshi
Dang 1	Devraj Pathak
Dang 2	Bipin Kumar Acharya
Dang 3	Kamal Subedi
Dhading 1	Ashika Tamang
Dhading 2	Bodh Narayan Shrestha
Dhanusha 2	Ram Binod Yadav
Dhanusha 3	Manish Jha
Dhanusha 4	Raj Kishor Mahato
Dolakha 1	Jagadish Kharel
Gorkha 1	Sudan Gurung
Gulmi 1	Sagar Dhakal
Gulmi 2	Govinda Panthi
Jhapa 1	Nisha Dangi
Jhapa 2	Indira Rana Magar
Jhapa 3	Prakash Pathak
Jhapa 4	Shambhu Prasad Dhakal
Kailali 1	Komal Gyawali
Kailali 2	K. P. Khanal
Kailali 3	Jagat Prasad Joshi
Kailali 4	Khem Raj Koirala
Kailali 5	Ananda Bahadur Chand
Kanchanpur 1	Janak Singh Dhami
Kanchanpur 2	Deepak Raj Bohara
Kanchanpur 3	Gyanendra Singh Mahata
Kapilvastu 1	Mohan Lal Acharya
Kapilvastu 2	Bikram Thapa
Kaski 1	Khadak Raj Paudel
Kaski 2	Uttam Paudel
Kaski 3	Bina Gurung
Kathmandu 1	Ranju Darshana
Kathmandu 2	Sunil K.C.
Kathmandu 3	Rajunath Pandey
Kathmandu 4	Pukar Bam
Kathmandu 5	Sasmit Pokharel
Kathmandu 6	Shishir Khanal
Kathmandu 8	Biraj Bhakta Shrestha
Kathmandu 9	Dol Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu 10	Pradip Bista
Kavrepalanchok 1	Madhu Kumar Chaulagain
Kavrepalanchok 2	Badan Kumar Bhandari
Lalitpur 1	Buddha Ratna Maharjan
Lalitpur 2	Jagdish Kharel
Lalitpur 3	Toshima Karki
Lamjung 1	Dharmaraj K.C.
Mahottari 1	Pramod Kumar Mahato
Mahottari 2	Dipak Kumar Sah
Mahottari 3	Ujjawal Kumar Jha
Mahottari 4	Gauri Kumari
Makwanpur 1	Prakash Gautam
Makwanpur 2	Prashant Upreti
Morang 1	Yagyamani Neupane
Morang 2	Krishna Kumar Karki
Morang 3	Ganesh Karki
Morang 4	Santosh Rajbanshi
Morang 5	Asha Jha
Morang 6	Rubina Acharya
Nawalpur 1	Rajan Gautam
Nawalpur 2	Manish Khanal
Nuwakot 1	Bikram Timilsina
Nuwakot 2	Achuttam Lamichhane
Okhaldhunga 1	Bishwaraj Pokharel
Palpa 2	Madhav Bahadur Thapa
Parasi 1	Bikram Khanal
Parasi 2	Narendra Kumar Gupta
Parbat 1	Sagar Bhusal
Parsa 1	Buddhi Prasad Pant
Parsa 2	Sushil Kumar Kanu
Parsa 3	Ramakant Chaurasiya
Parsa 4	Tek Bahadur Shakya
Pyuthan 1	Sushant Vaidik
Ramechhap 1	Krishna Hari Budhathoki
Rautahat 1	Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary
Rautahat 3	Rabindra Patel
Rautahat 4	Ganesh Paudel
Rupandehi 1	Sunil Lamsal
Rupandehi 2	Sulabh Kharel
Rupandehi 3	Lekhjung Thapa
Rupandehi 4	Kanhaiya Baniya
Rupandehi 5	Taufiq Ahmed Khan
Saptari 1	Pushpa Kumari Chaudhary
Saptari 2	Ramjee Yadav
Saptari 3	Amarkant Chaudhary
Saptari 4	Sitaram Sah
Sarlahi 1	Nitima Bhandari
Sarlahi 2	Rabin Mahato
Sarlahi 3	Narendra Sah Kalwar
Sarlahi 4	Amresh Kumar Singh
Sindhuli 1	Dhanendra Karki
Sindhuli 2	Aashish Gajurel
Sindhupalchok 1	Bharat Prasad Parajuli
Siraha 1	Bablu Gupta
Siraha 2	Shiv Shankar Yadav
Siraha 3	Shambhu Kumar Yadav
Siraha 4	Tapeshwar Yadav
Sunsari 2	Lal Bikram Thapa
Sunsari 3	Ashok Kumar Chaudhary
Sunsari 4	Deepak Kumar Sah
Surkhet 2	Ramesh Kumar Sapkota
Syangja 1	Dhananjaya Regmi
Syangja 2	Jhabilal Dumre
Tanahun 1	Swarnim Wagle
Tanahun 2	Shreeram Neupane
Udayapur 1	Paras Mani Gelal
Udayapur 2	Surya Bahdaur Tamang
Janajati, Female	Basumaya Tamang
Janajati, Female	Ganga Chhantyal
Janajati, Female	Sumnima Udas
Janajati, Female	Anushka Shrestha
Janajati, Female	Ojashwi Sherchan
Janajati, Female	Sirjana Shrestha
Janajati, Female	Rajani Shrestha
Janajati, Female	Kushum Maharjan
Janajati, Female	Bhumika Shrestha
Janajati, Female	Pramila Kaluju
Janajati, Female	Sujata Tamang
Janajati, Female	Kripa Maharjan
Janajati, Female	Eliza Gurung
Janajati, Male	Ram Lama
Janajati, Male	Khushbu Sarkar Shrestha
Janajati, Male	Mingma Gyabu Sherpa
Khas Arya, Female	Pratibha Rawal
Khas Arya, Female	Rachana Khatiwada Khatri
Khas Arya, Female	Lima Adhikari
Khas Arya, Female	Vidushi Rana
Khas Arya, Female	Samikchya Baskota
Khas Arya, Female	Shraddha Kunwar Chhetri
Khas Arya, Female, Backward Area	Tika Sangraula
Khas Arya, Female	Aakriti Awasthi
Khas Arya, Female	Srishti Bhattarai
Khas Arya, Female	Manju Bhusal
Khas Arya, Female	Prabha Karki
Khas Arya, Female	Shobha Khanal
Khas Arya, Female, Backward Area	Ratna Kumari Thapa
Khas Arya, Female	Gyanu Poudyal
Khas Arya, Female	Prabha Dhakal
Khas Arya, Male	Ramesh Prasai
Dalit, Female	Reema Bishwakarma
Dalit, Female	Amrita B. K.
Dalit, Female	Sita Badi
Dalit, Female	Smriti Senchuri
Dalit, Female	Sushma Swarnakar
Dalit, Female	Tara Bishwakarma
Dalit, Female	Khima B. K.
Tharu, Female	Geeta Chaudhary
Tharu, Female	Karisma Kathariya
Tharu, Male	Surendra Chaudhary
Tharu, Male	Premlal Chaudhary
Madheshi, Female	Poonam Kumari Agrawal
Madheshi, Female	Nisha Mehta
Madheshi, Female	Lalita Kumari Sah
Madheshi, Female	Ankita Thakur
Madheshi, Female	Sarita Mahato
Madheshi, Female	Kamini Kumari Chaudhari
Madheshi, Female	Sunita Kumari Chaudhari
Madheshi, Male	Purushotam Shuprabhat Yadav
Madheshi, Male	Khagendra Karna
Muslim, Female	Samina Miya
Muslim, Female	Afsana Banu
Muslim, Female	Gazala Shamim Miqrani

Nepali Congress (38)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Janajati, Male	Bhishma Raj Angdembe	Parliamentary Party Leader Leader of the Opposition (from 27 April 2026)
Dailekh 1	Basana Thapa	Chief Whip
Ilam 1	Nishkal Rai	Whip
Achham 1	Bharat Kumar Swar
Bajura 1	Janak Raj Giri
Doti 1	Bharat Bahadur Khadka
Humla 1	Jayapati Rokaya
Jajarkot 1	Khadak Bahadur Budha
Kapilvastu 3	Abhishek Pratap Shah
Manang 1	Tek Bahadur Gurung
Mugu 1	Khadga Shahi
Mustang 1	Yogesh Gauchan Thakali
Palpa 1	Sandeep Rana
Panchthar 1	Narendra Kerung
Rasuwa 1	Mohan Acharya
Rautahat 2	Firdosh Alam
Solukhumbu 1	Prakash Singh Karki
Surkhet 1	Bishnu Bahadur Khadka
Tehrathum 1	Santosh Subba
Janajati, Female	Geeta Kumari Sendang
Janajati, Female	Gangalaxmi Awaala
Janajati, Female	Geeta Gurung
Janajati, Female	Renuka Kaucha
Janajati, Male, Disability	Madan Krishna Shrestha
Khas Arya, Female	Sushila Dhakal Acharya
Khas Arya, Female	Rukmini Devi Koirala
Khas Arya, Female	Reena Upreti
Khas Arya, Female	Sita Thapaliya
Khas Arya, Male	Arjun Narasingha K. C.
Khas Arya, Male, Backward Area	Kali Bahadur Sahakari
Dalit, Female	Harina Devi Kami
Dalit, Female	Pabitra B. K.
Dalit, Female	Manmaya Bishwakarma
Tharu, Female	Pramila Kumari Gachhadar
Madheshi, Female	Ninu Kumari Karna
Madheshi, Female	Rekha Kumari Yadav
Madheshi, Male	Chandra Mohan Yadav
Muslim, Female	Shahzan Khatun

CPN (UML) (25)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Janajati, Male	Ram Bahadur Thapa	Parliamentary Party Leader
Bajhang 1	Ain Bahadur Mahar	Chief Whip
Achham 2	Yagya Bahadur Bogati
Banke 2	Mohammad Ishtiyaq Rayi
Dailekh 2	Laxmi Prasad Pokharel
Darchula 1	Ganesh Singh Thagunna
Dhankuta 1	Rajendra Kumar Rai
Ilam 2	Suhang Nembang
Sankhuwasabha 1	Arjun Kumar Karki
Taplejung 1	Kshitij Thebe
Janajati, Female	Bhumika Limbu Subba
Janajati, Female	Gangadevi Shrestha
Janajati, Male	Kul Bhakta Shakya
Khas Arya, Female	Padma Kumari Aryal
Khas Arya, Female	Tukabhadra Hamal
Khas Arya, Male	Guru Prasad Baral
Khas Arya, Male	Pushparaj Kandel
Khas Arya, Female, Backward Area, Disability	Yashoda Kumari Baral
Tharu, Male	Kriparam Rana
Dalit, Female	Bishnumaya B. K.
Dalit, Female	Nita Ghatani
Madheshi, Female	Ringala Yadav
Madheshi, Female	Yashoda Kumari Yadav
Madheshi, Male	Chandeshwar Mandal
Muslim, Female	Sajida Khatun Siddiqui

Nepali Communist Party (17)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Eastern Rukum 1	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	Parliamentary Party Leader
Sindhupalchok 2	Yubaraj Dulal	Chief Whip
Dhanusha 1	Matrika Prasad Yadav
Dolpa 1	Dhan Bahadur Buda
Kalikot 1	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
Rolpa 1	Barshman Pun
Western Rukum 1	Gopal Sharma
Salyan 1	Ramesh Kumar Malla
Janajati, Female	Bhim Kumari Budha Magar
Janajati, Male	Parshuram Tamang
Khas Arya, Female	Balabati Sharma
Khas Arya, Male	Pramesh Kumar Hamal
Khas Arya, Male, Disability	Prem Bahadur Bayak
Dalit, Female	Parbati B. K.
Dalit, Male	Ganesh Bahadur Bishwokarma
Tharu, Female	Nirasha Chaudhary
Madheshi, Male	Jogkumar Barbariya Yadav

Shram Sanskriti Party (7)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Officers of the House of Representatives
Madheshi, Female	Ruby Kumari Thakur	Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (from 10 April 2026)
Members of Parliament
Sunsari 1	Harka Sampang	Parliamentary Party Leader
Khotang 1	Aaren Rai	Chief Whip
Bhojpur 1	Dhurbaraj Rai
Janajati, Male	Purna Prasad Limbu
Khas Arya, Female	Ambika Devi Sangraula
Dalit, Female	Radhika Ramtel

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (5)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Jumla 1	Gyanendra Shahi	Parliamentary Party Leader
Khas Arya, Female	Khusbu Oli	Chief Whip
Janajati, Female	Saraswati Lama
Khas Arya, Male	Bharat Giri
Muslim, Male	Tahir Ali Bhat

Independent (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Myagdi 1	Mahabir Pun

Sessions

The House of Representatives has three sessions in a year; budget session, monsoon session and winter session. The following sessions were held of the 7th House of Representatives.

Session	Date	Key Events	Ref.
Oath	25−26 March 2026	Senior-most member Arjun Narsingh KC (78 years) first took the oath from President Ram Chandra Paudel on March 25, and then administered the oath to other lawmakers on March 26.
1st	2 April 2026	Inaugural Session of the 7th House of Representatives.
	5 April 2026	Dol Prasad Aryal elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
	10 April 2026	President Ram Chandra Paudel addressed the joint session of the Federal Parliament. Ruby Kumari Thakur elected as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker DP Aryal formed the Parliamentary committees. President Ram Chandra Paudel prorogued the Inaugural Session.
2nd	11 May 2026	The government tabled 8 ordinances, starting the constitutional 60-day window for parliamentary ratification: Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2083, Special Provisions on the Removal of Public Officials Ordinance, 2083, Constitutional Council (Function, Duties, Powers and Procedures) (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2083, Prevention of Money Laundering (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2083, Amendment of Certain Nepal Acts Ordinance, 2083, Cooperatives (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2083, Amendment of Certain Nepal Acts Relating to Health Sciences Institutes Ordinance, 2083, and Amendment of Certain Nepal Acts Relating to Universities Ordinance, 2083. President Ram Chandra Paudel addressed a joint session of the parliament to deliver the government's policy and programme for the fiscal year 2083/84.
	12 May 2026	Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sobita Gautam tabled the Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters concluded between the Government of Nepal and the Government of India to the house.
	14 May 2026	Minister of Finance Swarnim Wagle answered questions raised during the general discussion on the government's policy and programme for the fiscal year 2083/84, on behalf of Prime Minister Balen Shah, despite obstruction from opposition parties demanding attendance of the prime minister. The government's policy and programme for the fiscal year 2083/84 passed by unanimity despite obstruction from opposition parties.
	21 May 2026	The Alternative Development Finance Mobilization Bill, 2082 passed by a majority vote, amidst the disruption by opposition parties demanding the parliamentary accountability from the prime minister.
	27 May 2026	Minister of Finance Swarnim Wagle presented the Economic Survey of the fiscal year 2082/83 to the House. The report projected a national economic growth rate of 3.85%, estimated the total size of Nepal's economy at NRs. 6.6 trillion, and noted that per capita gross national income had reached US$ 1,535. It also revealed that public debt stood at NRs. 2.878 trillion, representing 43.6% of the GDP.
	29 May 2026	Minister of Finance Swarnim Wagle addressed a joint session of the Federal Parliament to deliver the annual budget speech, detailing the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the fiscal year 2083/84. Following the address, the Minister formally tabled the budget document and introduced the Finance Bill, 2083 to initiate the legislative process for the government's tax and revenue proposals.
	31 May 2026	Prime Minister Balendra Shah participated in an impromptu question-and-answer session following prolonged opposition demands. The proceeding drew immediate procedural objections from opposition benches alleging a breach of the House of Representatives Rules, 2079. The session escalated into a significant political debate after the Prime Minister expressed surprise that recent findings indicated mutual encroachment of land along certain border areas by both India and Nepal, rather than it being one-sided. Opposition lawmakers strongly rejected the characterization, demanding the Prime Minister either substantiate the claim with evidence or issue a formal retraction and apology. Later in the same sitting, the House passed the House of Representatives Rules, 2083 by a majority vote amidst intense opposition protests. The session descended into physical confrontation as several opposition lawmakers attempted to charge the Speaker and storm the central rostrum, forcing security marshals to form a physical barrier to protect the dais and restore order.
	10 June 2026	Following a ten-day deadlock, parliament finally resumed after Minister of Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal clarified the Prime Minister's controversial statement regarding the border dispute. Although the PM refused to yield to opposition demands, the clarification paved way for the house to reopen and transition into general discussion on the FY 2083/84 annual budget.
	18 June 2026	The House passed the Appropriation Bill, 2083. The proposal, tabled by Minister of Finance Swarnim Wagle, was formally endorsed following the conclusion of the ministry-wise budget reviews and subsequent ministerial responses to lawmakers' inquiries.
	28 June 2026	Successfully concluding the budget process for the upcoming fiscal year 2083/84, the House passed both the Finance Bill, 2083 and National Debt Recovery Bill, 2083.
	2 July 2026	Continuing its legislative proceedings, the House passed four ordinance replacement bills: Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2083, Prevention of Money Laundering (Third Amendment) Bill, 2083, Cooperatives (First Amendment) Bill, 2083 and Bill to Amend Certain Nepal Acts Relating to the Institute of Health Sciences, 2083.

Parliamentary committees

Main article: Parliamentary committees of Nepal

Committee	Chairperson
House of Representative Committees
Finance Committee		Krishna Hari Budhathoki (RSP)
International Relations and Tourism Committee		Sumnima Udas (RSP)
Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Welfare Committee		Rahbar Ansari (RSP)
Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee		Samikchya Baskota (RSP)
Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee		Ashok Kumar Chaudhary (RSP)
Women and Social Affairs Committee		Aakriti Awasthi (RSP)
State Affairs and Good Governance Committee		Hari Dhakal (RSP)
Infrastructure Development Committee		Aashish Gajurel (RSP)
Education, Health and Information Technology Committee		Ojashwi Sherchan (RSP)
Public Accounts Committee		Bharat Bahadur Khadka (Congress)
Joint Committees
Parliamentary Hearing Committee		Bodh Narayan Shrestha (RSP)
State Direction Committee		Ganesh Karki (RSP)

See also

• National Assembly (Nepal)