Qualification Article 23, of the Constitution of 1959, set qualifications for senators: (1) they must be not be a sitting, voting or be qualified for election to the
House of Representatives; (2) they must be citizens of Nepal; (3) they must be at least 30 years old; (3) they must not be
servants of the crown.
Elections and term The
House of Representatives used
single transferable vote to elect eighteen senators, and the
King nominated eighteen senators to the Senate. Senators served six-year
staggered terms, so that six members retire every year. The nominated senators of the 1st Senate were separated into thirds, where the terms of one-third expired after two years, the terms of another third of after four, and the terms of the last third expired every six years. The elected senators followed a similar process where a third would retire every two-years starting from the third year. == Members of the Senate (1959–1960) ==