Onsari Gharti Magar


Onsari Gharti Magar is a Nepali communist politician and current parliamentarian. She was the first female Speaker of the Parliament of Nepal. She was elected unopposed as Speaker on October 16, 2015.

Political career

She served as Deputy Speaker of Parliament and was Minister of Youth and Sports in the cabinet of Jhala Nath Khanal. She was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Rolpa constituency-2 in the second CA election. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2017 under party list.

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Rolpa-2
PartyCandidateVotesStatus
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)Onsari Gharti Magar14,964Elected
CPN (UML)Kumar Dashaudi9,372Lost

Personal life

She is married to Barsha Man Pun, the former secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).