Durga Kumari B.K.

Durga Kumari Bishwakarma
दुर्गा कुमारी विश्वकर्मा
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
CPN (Maoist Centre) party list
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded bySita Giri
ConstituencyKaski 4
Personal details
Born (1982-01-22) 22 January 1982[1]
Kaski District
PartyCPN (Maoist Centre)

Durga Kumari B.K. (Nepali: दुर्गा कुमारी बि.क) is a Nepali politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). In the 2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, she was elected from the newly created Kaski-4 constituency, winning 14,866 votes.[2] At the age of 26, she was the youngest female Assembly member elected through the first-past-the post system.[3]

Political career

B.K. rose to national prominence during the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections. At age 26, she was elected from the Kaski-4 constituency, making her the youngest female member of the Assembly elected through the first-past-the-post system.[4]

During her tenure in the Constituent Assembly (2008–2012), she was an active member of the Women's Caucus, where she served as the Member Secretary for the Coordination and Communication committee, advocating for women's representation in the new constitution.[5]

In 2018, she was elected to the House of Representatives under the party list of the CPN (Maoist Centre).[6]

References

  1. ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ↑ Election Commission of Nepal
  3. ↑ Wrapping up FPTP ! « Nepal Travel and Tourism news, Nepal news, news of Nepal, Nepal Mountain, Political, Expedition, Business, Sports and Everest news
  4. ↑ "Wrapping up FPTP!". Nepal Travel and Tourism News. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Women Members of the Constituent Assembly (PDF) (Report). International IDEA. 2015. p. 42.
  6. ↑ Cite error: The named reference IntroBooklet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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