# Urmila Aryal

_Nepalese politician/alternate member:Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Urmila Aryal (Nepali: उर्मिला अर्याल) is a Nepalese politician. She is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7900743#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7900743#P106))
- **Political party:** Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7900743#P102))

## Public office

- Officeholder record: https://diginpl.com/next/explore/person/urmila-aryal

## About

Aryal came second in the Parsa-4 seat in the 1994 legislative election with 9288 votes, losing to Nepali Congress candidate Ramesh Rijal. In 1999 legislative election she defeated Rijal, winning the seat with 17095 votes.

In May 2006, she was named Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare.

Aryal is currently the number four candidate of CPN(UML) in the proportional representation list for the Constituent Assembly election.

She left CPN-UML to join UCPN-(Maoist) and contested the 2013 Constituent Assembly election from Parsa-5. She lost to Jaya Prakash Tharu of CPN-UML election by coming third with 7340 votes.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Urmila Aryal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmila_Aryal) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q7900743](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7900743) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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## Cite this page

"Urmila Aryal". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/urmila-aryal. Retrieved 6 November 2026.