49 of RSP’s 99 elected central members are women (Full list)

Kathmandu, June 26

Nearly half of the elected central committee members of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are women.

Of the 99 elected central committee members, 49 are women, representing 49.49 percent.

Thursday’s election saw 384 candidates in the running. According to the results announced that night, men and women were elected to the central committee in nearly equal numbers.

Under the party’s statutes, 99 central committee members are elected. The party chairperson will nominate the remaining 51. All elected central committee members from Bagmati Province are women.

Nepal’s constitution and the Political Parties Act require at least 33 percent women’s representation in every party committee.

The fact that women won more than 75 percent of the geographic seats and around 40 percent of the open competitive seats signals a strong assertion of women’s leadership at the heart of the party’s policymaking.

Since RSP’s full central committee is set to have 158 members, the question of how the party will balance overall ethnic and regional inclusivity in nominating the remaining 51 members has become a subject of interest.

The 49 women elected to RSP’s central committee:

1. Sobita Gautam
2. Tosima Karki
3. Ranju Darshana
4. Nisha Dangi
5. Indira Rana Magar
6. Rima Bishwokarma
7. Samikchya Baskota
8. Gita Chaudhary
9. Lima Adhikari
10. Prakriti Dhakal
11. Tika Sangroula
12. Kranti Shikha Dhital
13. Jamuna Sharma
14. Sushila Karki Pokhrel
15. Ashika Tamang
16. Anushka Shrestha
17. Nisha Shrestha
18. Karishma Kathariya
19. Julie Yadav
20. Kamini Chaudhary
21. Sabina BK
22. Khima BK
23. Saminna Miya
24. Nisha Mehta
25. Shobha Karki
26. Kalpana Thapa
27. Sujata Tamang
28. Sushma Basnet
29. Sunita Kumari Chaudhary
30. Namita Yadav
31. Manju Singh
32. Prabha Dhakal
33. Bidushi Rana
34. Aakanksha Pokhrel
35. Anita Shrestha
36. Parbati Thapa
37. Pabitra Thapa
38. Bishnu Kumari Gurung
39. Kalpana Pandey
40. Sangeeta Dhakal
41. Sharmila Khanal
42. Gyanu Paudel
43. Sita Badi
44. Binita Kathayat
45. Tashi Lhazom
46. Menuka Shahi
47. Janika Joshi
48. Chandra Ayer Chandani

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