List of MPs elected in the 1959 Nepalese general election

1st House of Representatives of Nepal
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	Gallery Baithak
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of the Kingdom of Nepal
Jurisdiction	Kingdom of Nepal
Meeting place	Gallery Baithak
Term	30 June 1959 – 15 December 1960
Election	1959 general election
Government	B.P. Koirala cabinet
House of Representatives
Members	109
Speaker	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (NC)
Deputy Speaker	Mahendra Narayan Nidhi (NC)
Prime Minister	B.P. Koirala (NC)
Senate
Members	36
Chairman	Dambar Bahadur Singh
Deputy Chairman	Kamal Rana
Sessions
1st
1st	30 June – 7 October 1959
2nd	31 March – 15 September 1960

This is a list of members of parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Representatives at the 1959 Nepalese legislative election and subsequent by-elections.

This list is arranged by constituency. Krishna Prasad Bhattarai serves as the speaker and Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala served as Prime Minister.^[1]^[2]

House of Representatives composition edit

1st House of Representatives of Nepal
Parliament at dissolution
Parliament after elections

Party		Members
Party		After election	At dissolution
	Nepali Congress	74	73
	Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad	19	19
	Samyukta Prajatantra Party	5	5
	Communist Party of Nepal	4	4
	Nepal Praja Parishad (Acharya)	2	2
	Nepal Praja Parishad (Mishra)	1	1
	Independents	4	4
	Vacant	—	1
Total		109	109

List of MPs elected in the election edit

Commemorative stamp marking the start of the first session of the 1st House of Representatives, the first elected legislature of Nepal

Constituency		Elected candidate	Party
#	Name	Elected candidate	Party
1	Kantipur	Ganesh Man Singh		Nepali Congress
2	Kathmandu Valley West	Nar Bahadur Thapa Chettri		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
3	Lalitpur Valley	Tulsi Lal Amatya		Communist Party of Nepal
4	Bhaktapur Valley	Jagannath Acharya		Nepali Congress
5	Kathmandu Valley North-East	Lochan Shamsher Thapa		Samyukta Prajatantra Party
6	Chautara North-West	Guna Nidhi		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
7	Chautara North-East	Chandra Lal Shrestha		Nepali Congress
8	Chautara Mid-West	Surendra Prasad Upadhyaya		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
9	Chautara South	Tirtha Man Lama		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
10	Chautara Mid-East	Harsha Jeet Lama		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
11	Dolakha North	Griha Bahadur Basnet		Nepali Congress
12	Dolakha Central	Lt Gen Mrigendra Shamsher JBR		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
13	Rammechap North	Bishnu Prasad Upreti		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
14	Rammechap South	Beni Bahadur Karki		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
15	Sindhuli	Jeet Bahadur Karki		Nepal Praja Parishad (Acharya)
16	Aiselukharka	Maniram Shastri		Nepali Congress
17	Okhaldhunga	Pesal Kumar Pokharel		Nepali Congress
18	Manebhanjyang	Bal Bahadur Rai		Nepali Congress
19	Bhopjur Central	Khadga Bahadur Karki		Nepali Congress
20	Bhojpur South	Bhudev Rai		Nepali Congress
21	Bhojpur North-East	Devan Singh Rai		Nepali Congress
22	Dhankuta South-West	Lila Nath Dahal		Nepali Congress
23	Dhankuta North-West	Padma Nath Regmi		Nepali Congress
24	Dhankuta North-East	Kulman Ijam Limbu		Nepali Congress
25	Dhankuta East-Central	Premraj Angdembe		Nepali Congress
26	Dhankuta Central	Tejman Tumbahamphe		Nepali Congress
27	Dhankuta South	Dagal Singh Sen Limbu		Nepali Congress
28	Ilam West	Ganesh Prasad Rijal		Nepali Congress
29	Ilam Mid-East	Krishna Bahadur Shakhe		Nepali Congress
30	Jhapa	Fateh Bahadur Budhathoki		Nepali Congress
31	Morang Biratnagar East	Chetulal Chaudhary		Nepali Congress
32	Morang Biratnagar West	Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala		Nepali Congress
33	Morang Biratnagar North-West	Gyan Chandra Sardar		Nepali Congress
34	Udayapur	Ambebar Singh Basnet		Nepali Congress
35	Saptari East	Dugninda Prasad Tharu		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
36	Saptari Central	Nageshwor Prasad Singh		Nepali Congress
37	Saptari West	Hari Lal Chaudhary		Independent
38	Saptari West Ghanchabar	Surya Nath Das		Nepali Congress
39	Siraha Central	Dev Nath Das		Nepali Congress
40	Siraha West	Madhav Prasad		Nepali Congress
41	Khesrah Mahottari South-East	Saroj Prasad Koirala		Nepali Congress
42	Mahottari North-East	Rudra Prasad Giri		Nepali Congress
43	Janakpur	Mahendra Narayan Nidhi		Nepali Congress
44	Mahottari Praganna East	Ram Narayan Mishra		Nepali Congress
45	Mahottari Pragnna West	Beni Madhav Singh		Nepali Congress
46	Asimau Kodraha	Ram Dular Rae Yadav		Independent
47	Sarlahi West	Nistar Rae		Nepal Praja Parishad (Mishra)
48	Rautahat South-West	Sheikh Idris		Nepal Praja Parishad (Acharya)
49	Rautahat Mid-East	Sheikh Farman		Communist Party of Nepal
50	Rautahat North Dostiya	Hardyal Mahato		Communist Party of Nepal
51	Bara Mid-South	Bhagwat Yadav		Nepali Congress
52	Bara Mid-East	Man Mohan Mishra		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
53	Bara West–Parsa East	Subarna Shamsher JBR		Nepali Congress
54	Parsa West	Muni Lal Tharu		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
55	Makawanpur	Tara Prasad Upadhyaya		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
56	Chitaun Chisapani	Bishwa Bandhu Thapa		Nepali Congress
57	Palhi East	Prithvi Raj Kandel		Nepali Congress
58	Palhi West-Majha Khanda Central	Triveni Kurmi		Samyukta Prajatantra Party
59	Majha Khanda West	Kashi Prasad Shriwastav		Samyukta Prajatantra Party
60	Khajahani East	Basudev Tiwari		Samyukta Prajatantra Party
61	Khajahani West Shivaraj	Shiva Pratap Shah		Nepali Congress
62	Dang	Parshu Narayan Chaudhary		Nepali Congress
63	Banke	Lalit Chand		Nepali Congress
64	Bardiya	Radha Krishna		Nepali Congress
65	Kailali–Kanchanpur	Lokendra Bahadur Shah		Nepali Congress
66	Dhadeldhura	Dwarika Devi Thakurani		Nepali Congress
67	Baitadi South-East	Durga Datta Joshi		Nepali Congress
68	Baitadi North-West	Krishna Lal Lekhak		Nepali Congress
69	Bajhang	Karna Bahadur Singh		Nepali Congress
70	Tharala Doti North	Navaraj Joshi		Nepali Congress
71	Doti South	Shiva Raj Panta		Nepali Congress
72	Achham–Bajura	Dil Bahadur Budathapa		Nepali Congress
73	Jumla North	Bhim Prasad Shrestha		Independent
74	Jumla South	Jaya Bahadur Mahat Chettri		Independent
76	Dailkeh Central	Bhakta Bahadur Shahi		Nepali Congress
77	Dailekh East	Nir Bahadur Pachhai		Nepali Congress
78	Salyan North-West	Prakash Bikram Shah		Nepali Congress
79	Salyan Mid-West	Nev Bahadur Malla		Nepali Congress
80	Salyan South-East–Falawang State Dang North-West	Ganesh Kumar Sharma		Nepali Congress
81	Salyan South-East	Judhha Bahadur Khatri		Nepali Congress
82	Salyan North-East	Tek Bahadur Gharti Chhetri		Nepali Congress
83	Pyuthan North-West	Khadananda Upadhyaya		Nepali Congress
84	Pyuthan Mid-East	Anirudra Sharma		Nepali Congress
85	Pyuthan South-East	Purushottam Sharma		Nepali Congress
86	Baglung South-West	Bharat Bam Malla		Nepali Congress
87	Baglung North	Yogendra Man Sherchan		Nepali Congress
88	Baglung South-East	Hari Datta Upadhyaya		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
89	Gulmi North-East	Giri Prasad Budathoki		Nepali Congress
90	Gulmi North-West	Nilambar Sharma		Nepali Congress
91	Gulmi South-West	Pushkar Nath Pokharel		Nepali Congress
92	Gulmi Mid-East	Kashi Nath Gautam		Nepali Congress
93	Palpa West	Achut Raj Regmi		Nepali Congress
94	Palpa East	Kamal Raj Regmi		Communist Party of Nepal
95	Nuwakot South-East	Jaman Singh Gurung		Nepali Congress
96	Nuwakot South-West	Yem Bahadur Thakuri		Nepali Congress
97	Nuwakot Central	Dik Bahadur Gurung		Nepali Congress
98	Nuwakot North	Dhir Bahadur Gurung		Samyukta Prajatantra Party
99	Pokhara West	Min Bahadur Gurung		Nepali Congress
100	Pokhara Central	Shrikanta Adhikari		Nepali Congress
101	Pokhara North	Narendra Jung Gurung		Nepali Congress
102	Pokhara South-West	Padma Bahadur		Nepali Congress
103	Pokhara South-East	Shribhadra Sharma		Nepali Congress
104	Gorkha North	Bishwa Nath Subedi		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
105	Gorkha South	Komal Bahadur Kunwar		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
106	Dhading South	Lalit Bahadur Ghale		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
107	Dhadhing North	Bharat Shamsher JBR		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
108	Nuwakot	Dev Bir Pandey		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
109	Nuwakot South	Bhim Bahadur Karki		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad
Source: Election Commission^[3]

By-elections edit

Constituency		Incumbent MP	Party		Cause of vacation	Elected MP	Party
#	Name	Incumbent MP	Party		Cause of vacation	Elected MP	Party
52	Bara Mid-East	Subarna Shamsher JBR		Nepali Congress	Elected from Bara West–Parsa East	Man Mohan Mishra^[4]		Nepal Rastriya Gorkha Parishad
70	Thalara Doti North	Shiva Raj Panta		Nepali Congress	Elected from Doti South	Navaraj Joshi^[5]		Nepali Congress
91	Gulmi South-West	Subarna Shamsher JBR		Nepali Congress	Elected from Bara West-Parsa East	Pushkar Nath Pokharel^[6]		Nepali Congress
75	Dailekh West	Indra Singh Rawal Chettri		Nepal Rashtrabadi Gorkha Parishad	Death

References edit

^ "Remembering KP Bhattarai". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
^ "B.P. KOIRALA, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL (Published 1982)". The New York Times. Reuters. 1982-07-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
^ "प्रतिनिधि सभाका निर्वाचित उम्मेदवारको नामावली". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ "निर्वाचन आयोगको सूचना, प्रतिनिधि सभाको सदस्य सम्बन्धि". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ "निर्वाचन आयोगको सूचना, पुन चुनाव सम्बन्धी". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ "निर्वाचन आयोगको सूचना". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

External links edit

संसदीय विवरण पुस्तिका, प्रतिनिधि सभा / महासभा (२०१६ - २०१७) (Parliament Report Booklet, House of Representatives / Senate (1959 - 1960) (in Nepali)

[1] "Remembering KP Bhattarai". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-12.

[2] "B.P. KOIRALA, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL (Published 1982)". The New York Times. Reuters. 1982-07-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-12.

[3] "प्रतिनिधि सभाका निर्वाचित उम्मेदवारको नामावली". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[4] "निर्वाचन आयोगको सूचना, प्रतिनिधि सभाको सदस्य सम्बन्धि". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[5] "निर्वाचन आयोगको सूचना, पुन चुनाव सम्बन्धी". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[6] "निर्वाचन आयोगको सूचना". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

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