Tirtha Gautam

Tirtha Gautam
तिर्था गौतम
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
CPN (UML) party list
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byGopalji Jang Shahi
Succeeded byJanardan Sharma
ConstituencyRukum 2
Personal details
Born1963 (age 60–61)[1]
Rukum District
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)

Tirtha Gautam is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party currently serving as the member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal. In the 2017 Nepalese general election she was elected as a proportional representative from Khas Arya category.[2] She came into politics after her husband Yadu was killed by the Maoists in 1999.[3]

  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. ^ "Parties often prioritise women candidates to cash in on sympathy votes". Retrieved 2021-05-15.