Subarna Shamsher Rana Congress B. P. Koirala Congress Executive: Federal Parliament: Judiciary: General elections were held in Nepal from 18 February to 3 April 1959 to elect the 109 members of the first House of Representatives, the lower house of the Parliament of Nepal.

The CIA covertly assisted Koirala and the Nepali Congress in winning the election.

[4] Nepali Congress leader Subarna Shamsher Rana contested three constituencies (No.

Communist Party of Nepal General Secretary Keshar Jung Rayamajhi was defeated in Palpa Constituency No.

Democratic General Assembly president Ranganath Sharma was also defeated in Kathmandu Constituency No.

[4][12] The speaker of the first House of Representatives was Krishna Prasad Bhattarai from Nepali Congress.