Pushpa Bhusal Gautam is a Nepali

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, politician and former deputy speaker of the

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of the

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. She was elected from

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in the parliament. Previously, she had contested the 2013 constituent assembly election under the

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system from

Arghakhanchi Arghakhanchi ( ne, अर्घाखाँची जिल्ला ) is one of the districts of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The district headquarter is Sandhikharka. The district covers an area of and has a population (2011) of 197,632. Its ne ...

-2 constituency, but was defeated.

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Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Nepalese women People from Arghakhanchi District 21st-century Nepalese politicians Nepali Congress politicians from Lumbini Province Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly 1961 births {{Lumbini-politician-stub