Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province
Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा | |
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1st Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province | |
![]() Emblem of Gandaki Province | |
Type | |
Type | Unicameral legislature of Gandaki Province |
History | |
New session started | February 4, 2018 |
Leadership | |
Speaker | Netra Nath Adhikari, CPN (Maoist Centre) since 15 February 2018 |
Deputy Speaker | Srijana Sharma, CPN(UML) since 18 February 2018 |
Chief Minister | |
Leader of Opposition | |
Structure | |
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Political groups | Government (32)
Opposition (27)
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Length of term | 5 years |
Elections | |
Mixed member majoritarian:
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Last election | 26 November and 7 December 2017 |
Next election | 2022 |
Meeting place | |
Town Development Training Centre, Pokhara, Kaski | |
Website | |
pradeshsabha | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of Nepal |
The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province also known as the Gandaki Province Sabha, (Nepali: गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Gandaki Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital Pokhara in Kaski District at the Urban Development Training Centre. The assembly has 60 members of whom 36 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 24 of whom are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is five years until dissolved earlier.
The present First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The next election will take place when the five year term ends by November 2022.
History[]
The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislative for each province in the country. The first provincial elections were conducted for all seven provinces in Nepal and the elections in Gandaki Province was conducted for 60 seats to the assembly.[1][2] The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018.[3][4] Netra Nath Adhikari from Maoist Centre was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[5] and Srijana Sharma from CPN (UML) as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.[6]
List of Assemblies[]
Election Year | Assembly | Start of term | End of term | Chief Minister | Speaker |
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2017 | First Assembly | 4 February 2018 | Incumbent | Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel (Nepali Congress) (Cabinet) |
Netra Nath Adhikari (CPN(Maoist-Centre)) |
Committees[]
Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures.
S.No. | Committee | Membership |
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1 | Work Arrangement Advisory | 11 |
2 | Legislative | 13 |
3 | Public Accounts | 13 |
4 | Finance and Development | 14 |
5 | Provincial Affairs | 11 |
Current composition[]
Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats | |
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CPN(UML) | Prithvi Subba Gurung | 27 | |
Nepali Congress | Krishna Chandra Nepali[7] | 15 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | Hari Bahadur Chuman | 12 | |
Rastriya Janamorcha | Piyari Thapa | 2 | |
People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Hari Sharan Acharya | 2 | |
Independent | 1 | ||
Total | 59 |
Current leaders[]
Speaker[]
- Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Netra Nath Adhikari[5]
- Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Srijana Sharma[8]
Parliamentary Party leaders[]
- Leader of the House (Nepali Congress):Hon. Krishna Chandra Nepali
- Leader of Opposition (CPN-UML): Prithvi Subba Gurung
Whips[]
- Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Mani Bhadra Sharma[9]
- Whip (Nepali Congress): Om Kala Gautam[9]
- Opposition Chief Whip (CPN-UML): Maya Nath Adhikari[10]
- Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Gayatri Gurung[10]
List of members[]
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | |
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Tanahu 2(A) | Asha Koirala | Nepal Communist Party | |
Syangja 2(B) | Bhagwat Prasad Malla | Nepali Congress | |
Parbat 1(B) | Bikash Lamsal | Nepal Communist Party | |
Kaski 2(B) | Bindu Kumar Thapa | Nepali Congress | |
Myagdi 1(A) | Binod K.C | Nepal Communist Party | |
Nawalparasi East 2(A) | Bishnu Prasad Lamichhane | Nepali Congress | |
Baglung 2(A) | Chandra Bahadur Budha | Nepal Communist Party | |
Indigenous peoples, Thakali | Chandra Mohan Gauchan | Nepal Communist Party | |
Manang 1(A) | Chinta Bahadur Ghale | Nepali Congress | |
Indigenous peoples | Dhan Maya Pokharel (Lama) | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
Lamjung 1(A) | Dhananjaya Dawadi | Nepal Communist Party | |
Dalit | Dilmaya Roka Magar Gautam | Nepal Communist Party | |
Kaski 1(A) | Dipak Koirala | Nepal Communist Party | |
Syangja 1(A) | Dipak Thapa | Nepal Communist Party | |
Dalit | Dobate Bishwokarma | Nepali Congress | |
Indigenous peoples | Gayatri Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Tanahu 1(B) | Hari Bahadur Chuman | Nepal Communist Party | |
Gorkha 2(A) | Hari Sharan Acharya | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
Mustang 1(A) | Indra Dhara Dadu Bista | Nepal Communist Party | |
Baglung 1(A) | Indra Lal Sapkota | Nepal Communist Party | |
Nawalparasi East 2(B) | Janak Lal Shrestha | Nepal Communist Party | |
Dalit | Juna Devi Nepali | Nepal Communist Party | |
Baglung 2(B) | Khim Bikram Shahi | Rastriya Janamorcha | |
Tanahu 2(B) | Kiran Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Dalit | Kopila Bohara | Nepali Congress | |
Kaski 2(A) | Krishna Bahadur Thapa | Nepal Communist Party | |
Nawalparasi East 1(A) | Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel | Nepali Congress | |
Khas Arya | Kumar Khadka | Nepali Congress | |
Indigenous peoples | Lalit Kala Gurung | Nepali Congress | |
Dalit | Laxmi Sunar | Nepal Communist Party | |
Gorkha 1(A) | Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar | Nepal Communist Party | |
Khas Arya | Madhu Adhikari Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Mustang 1(B) | Mahendra Bahadur Thakali | Nepal Communist Party | |
Kaski 1(B) | Man Bahadur Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Indigenous peoples | Man Kumari Gurung | Nepali Congress | |
Khas Arya | Mani Bhadra Sharma | Nepali Congress | |
Khas Arya | Maya Nath Adhikari | Nepal Communist Party | |
Indigenous peoples | Mekha Lal Shrestha | Nepali Congress | |
Syangja 1(B) | Min Prasad Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Indigenous peoples | Mina Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Indigenous peoples | Mitra Kumari Gurung Subedi | Nepal Communist Party | |
Syangja 2(A) | Mohan Prasad Regmi | Nepal Communist Party | |
Myagdi 1(B) | Nara Devi Pun Magar | Nepal Communist Party | |
Parbat 1(A) | Netra Nath Adhikari | Nepal Communist Party | |
Khas Arya | Om Kala Gautam | Nepali Congress | |
Indigenous peoples | Piyari Thapa | Rastriya Janamorcha | |
Khas Arya | Prabha Koirala | Nepal Communist Party | |
Gorkha 2(B) | Prakash Chandra Dawadi | Nepali Congress | |
Lamjung 1(B) | Prithvi Subba Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Khas Arya | Pushpa KC (Bhandari) | Nepal Communist Party | |
Manang 1(B) | Rajiv Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Kaski 3(B) | Rajiv Pahari | Nepal Communist Party | |
Tanahu 1(A) | Ram Bahadur Gurung | Nepal Communist Party | |
Gorkha 1(B) | Ram Sharan Basnet | Nepal Communist Party | |
Kaski 3(A) | Ramji Prasad Baral Jiwan | Nepal Communist Party | |
Nawalparasi East 1(B) | Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa | Nepal Communist Party | |
Indigenous peoples | Sabitra Rana | Nepal Communist Party | |
Indigenous peoples | Sarita Gurung | Nepali Congress | |
Khas Arya | Srijana Sharma | Nepal Communist Party | |
Changes[]
Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New Member | Party | ||
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Baglung 2(B) | Tek Bahadur Gharti | Rastriya Janamorcha | 13 December 2018 | Death[11] | Khim Bikram Shahi[12] | Rastriya Janamorcha | ||
Baglung 1(B) | Krishna Thapa | 6 June 2021 | Disobeying Party Whip[13] |
See also[]
- 2017 Gandaki Province Provincial Assembly election
References[]
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- ^ "First provincial assembly meeting of Province 4 begins". The Himalayan Times (in American English). 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ a b "Adhikari unanimously elected Province 4 Speaker". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Srijana Sharma elected as deputy speaker of Province-4". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "KC Nepali appointed NC's PP leader in Province 4". Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "UML lawmaker Sharma elected deputy speaker of prov 4". The Himalayan Times (in American English). 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ a b "गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा". गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ a b "नेकपा गण्डकीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा मायानाथ". Online Khabar (in American English). Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Gandaki Province lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gharti dies". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ "By-elections 2019: The Final Results". The Himalayan Times (in American English). 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "सर्वोच्चद्वारा गण्डकी प्रदेशसभाका कृष्ण थापाको सांसद पद खारेज". सर्वोच्चद्वारा गण्डकी प्रदेशसभाका कृष्ण थापाको सांसद पद खारेज. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- Government of Gandaki Province
- Province legislatures of Nepal
- Unicameral legislatures