Toshima Karki

Honourable Dr. Toshima Karki
डा. तोसिमा कार्की
Official Portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Ministry of Health and Population
In office 17 January 2023 – 5 February 2023
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Minister	Padam Giri
Preceded by	Hira Chandra KC
Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2022
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Preceded by	Pampha Bhusal
Constituency	Lalitpur 3
Personal details
Born	(1990-05-20) 20 May 1990 (age 34) Nawalparasi, Nepal Permanent Address: Lalitpur-18
Political party	Rastriya Swatantra Party
Education	MS General Surgery (KU); MBBS (KISTMCTH, IOM)
Profession	Surgeon Social Activist
Website	toshimakarki.com

Dr. Toshima Karki (Nepali: डा. तोसिमा कार्की) is a Nepali politician, a surgeon by profession and member of Rastriya Swatantra Party. Karki is a former Minister of State for Health Ministry of Nepal.^{[1] [2]} She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2022 from Lalitpur 3.^[3][4]

Early life and education

Toshima Karki was born in Nawalparasi district. She pursued an MBBS degree from KIST College and General Surgery from Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences.

Professional and political career

She served as a lecturer in surgery at the Patan Academy of Health Sciences before filing her candidacy for the House of Representatives from Lalitpur 3.^[5] She was also an elected member of the executive committee at Nepal Medical Council (NMC) until she resigned from the post on 4 December 2022, following her electoral win.^[6][7] Her candidacy was initially rejected by the Election Commission of Nepal, citing her NMC member post as a position of profit.^[8] She filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court which upheld her candidacy.^[9][10][11]

Electoral history

In the 2022 Nepalese general election, she was elected from the Lalitpur 3 constituency.

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Toshima Karki	Rastriya Swatantra Party	31,136	53.55
	Amrit Khadka	CPN (UML)	12,963	22.29
	Pampha Bhusal	CPN (Maoist Centre)	8,769	15.08
	Niranjan Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,130	3.66
	Rajaram Tandukar	Hamro Nepali Party	1,554	2.67
	Others		1,593	2.74
Total			58,145	100.00
Majority			18,173
	Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [12]

See also

• Rastriya Swatantra Party

References

1. "Rastriya Swatantra Party finalises names for ministers, state minister". The Kathmandu Post. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
2. The Himalayan Times. "Rastriya Swatantra Party decides to quit govt". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
3. "RSP's Dr. Toshima Karki elected from Lalitpur-3 « Khabarhub". Khabarhub. 24 November 2022. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022.
4. "Toshima Karki won from Lalitpur by defeating Aayus Humagain by a huge vote". 24 November 2022. Archived from the original on 25 November 2022.
5. "About Toshima Karki". Toshima Karki Official Site. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
6. "Dr Karki resigns from post of NMC member". My República. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
7. "Nepal Medical Council". 21 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
8. "Election Commission scraps candidacy of Dr Toshima Karki - Nepal Live Today Nepal Live Today". Nepal Live Today. 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
9. "Supreme Court upholds Toshima Karki's candidacy for upcoming polls". The Kathmandu Post. 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
10. "EC warned me against use of bell: Dr Toshima". The Himalayan Times. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
11. Malhotra, Jyoti (15 November 2022). "'Shape up, or ship out'—why Nepal's young politicians are challenging an ageing establishment". ThePrint. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
12. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.