Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province
Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा | |
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1st Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province | |
![]() Emblem of Karnali Province | |
Type | |
Type | Unicameral |
History | |
New session started | February 4, 2018 |
Leadership | |
Speaker | Raj Bahadur Shahi, CPN(UML) since 11 February 2018 |
Deputy Speaker | Pushpa Gharti Bista, CPN (Maoist Centre) since 17 February 2018 |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Leader of Opposition | Yam Lal Kandel, CPN(UML) since 9 February 2018 |
Structure | |
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Political groups | Government (21)
Opposition (13)
Unalligned (1)
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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 | |
Irrigation Division Office, Birendranagar, Surkhet | |
Website | |
pga.karnali.gov.np | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of Nepal |
The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province also known as the Karnali Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Karnali Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Birendranagar in Surkhet District at the Irrigation Division Office. The assembly has 40 members of whom 24 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 16 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless 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 Karnali 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 Karnali Province was conducted for 40 seats to the assembly. The election resulted in a victory for the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre) alliance which later went on to form a coalition government under Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from Maoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Raj Bahadur Shahi from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[1] and Pushpa Ghari Bista from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.
List of Assemblies[]
Election Year | Assembly | Start of term | End of term | Chief Minister | Speaker |
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2017 | First Assembly | 5 February 2018 | Incumbent | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (NC)
(Cabinet) |
Raj Bahadur Shahi (UML) |
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 | Members |
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1 | Finance and National Resources | 8 |
2 | Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs | 7 |
3 | Social Development | 8 |
4 | Public Accounts | 9 |
Current composition[]
Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats | |
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CPN(UML) | Yam Lal Kandel | 13 | |
CPN (Maoist centre) | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi | 12 | |
Nepali Congress | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | 6 | |
CPN(US) | Chandra Bahadur Shahi | 3 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Soshila Shahi | 1 | |
Total | 40 |
Current leaders[]
Speaker[]
- Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Raj Bahadur Shahi[1]
- Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Pushpa Ghari Bista[citation needed]
Parliamentary Party Leaders[]
- Leader of the House (Nepali Congress): Hon. Jeevan Bahadur Shahi[citation needed]
- Leader of Opposition (CPN (UML)): Yam Lal Kandel
- Parliamentary Party Leader (CPN (Maoist Centre)): Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
- Parliamentary Party Leader (Rastriya Prajatantra Party): Soshila Shahi
Whips[]
- Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Him Bahadur Shahi
- Opposition Chief Whip (CPN(UML)): Gulab Jang Shah[2]
List of members[]
![]() | Parts of this article (those related to Nepal Communist Party and CPN(UML) split) need to be updated.(July 2021) |
Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | |
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Khas Arya | Amrita Shahi | Nepali Congress | |
Khas Arya | Badami Kwari Bohara | CPN (UML) | |
Khas Arya | Bimala KC | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Surkhet 2(B) | Binda Man Bista | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Dolpa 1(B) | Bir Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Mugu 1(B) | Chandra Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
Humla 1(A) | Dal Rawal | CPN (UML) | |
Mugu 1(A) | Dan Singh Pariyar | CPN (UML) | |
Khas Arya | Devi Wali | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
Dailekh 1(A) | Dharma Raj Regmi | CPN (UML) | |
Indigenous peoples | Dinbandhu Shrestha | Nepali Congress | |
Jajarkot 1(A) | Ganesh Prasad Singh | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Western Rukum 1(B) | Gopal Sharma | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Salyan 1(A) | Gulab Jung Shah | CPN (UML) | |
Khas Arya | Him Bahadur Shahi | Nepali Congress | |
Dalit | Jhowa Kami | Nepali Congress | |
Humla 1(B) | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | Nepali Congress | |
Jajarkot 1(B) | Karbir Shahi | CPN (UML) | |
Khas Arya, Backward area | Kaushilawati Khatri | CPN (UML) | |
Surkhet 1(B) | Khadka Bahadur Khatri | CPN (UML) | |
Khas Arya | Krishna Shah (Acharya) | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Kalikot 1(B) | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Indigenous peoples | Mina Singh Rakhal | CPN (UML) | |
Jumla 1(A) | Naresh Bhandari | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Jumla 1(B) | Padam Bahadur Rokaya | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
Khas Arya | Padma Khadka | CPN (UML) | |
Indigenous peoples, Backward area | Pushpa Gharti (Bista) | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Dailekh 2(B) | Raj Bahadur Shahi | CPN (UML) | |
Dalit | Raju Nepali | CPN (UML) | |
Western Rukum 1(A) | Rato Kami | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Dalit | Sita Kumari Nepali | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Khas Arya | Soshila Shahi | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | |
Dailekh 2(A) | Sushil Kumar Thapa | CPN (UML) | |
Surkhet 1(A) | Thammar Bahadur Bista | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Khas Arya | Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri | Nepali Congress | |
Surkhet 2(A) | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (UML) | |
Source: Election Commission of Nepal |
See also[]
- 2017 Karnali Pradesh Provincial Assembly election
References[]
- ^ a b "Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "No-confidence motion against Karnali chief minister to be withdrawn". The Himalayan Times (in American English). 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- Government of Karnali Province
- Province legislatures of Nepal
- Unicameral legislatures