Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province
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.
Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा | |
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| 1st Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province | |
 Emblem of Gandaki Province | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
New session started | February 4, 2018 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
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: | |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 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 | ||
| Vacant | 1 | ||
| Total | 60 | ||
Current leaders
Speaker
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]
List of members
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanahu 2(A) | Asha Koirala | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Syangja 2(B) | Bhagwat Prasad Malla | Nepali Congress | |
| Parbat 1(B) | Bikash Lamsal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Kaski 2(B) | Bindu Kumar Thapa | Nepali Congress | |
| Myagdi 1(A) | Binod K.C | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Nawalparasi East 2(A) | Bishnu Prasad Lamichhane | Nepali Congress | |
| Baglung 2(A) | Chandra Bahadur Budha | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Indigenous peoples, Thakali | Chandra Mohan Gauchan | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Manang 1(A) | Chinta Bahadur Ghale | Nepali Congress | |
| Indigenous peoples | Dhan Maya Pokharel (Lama) | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
| Lamjung 1(A) | Dhananjaya Dawadi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Dalit | Dilmaya Roka Magar Gautam | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Kaski 1(A) | Dipak Koirala | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Syangja 1(A) | Dipak Thapa | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Dalit | Dobate Bishwokarma | Nepali Congress | |
| Indigenous peoples | Gayatri Gurung | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Tanahu 1(B) | Hari Bahadur Chuman | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Gorkha 2(A) | Hari Sharan Acharya | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
| Mustang 1(A) | Indra Dhara Dadu Bista | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Baglung 1(A) | Indra Lal Sapkota | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Nawalparasi East 2(B) | Janak Lal Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Dalit | Juna Devi Nepali | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Baglung 2(B) | Khim Bikram Shahi | Rastriya Janamorcha | |
| Tanahu 2(B) | Kiran Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Dalit | Kopila Bohara | Nepali Congress | |
| Kaski 2(A) | Krishna Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| 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 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Gorkha 1(A) | Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Khas Arya | Madhu Adhikari Gurung | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Mustang 1(B) | Mahendra Bahadur Thakali | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Kaski 1(B) | Man Bahadur Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Indigenous peoples | Man Kumari Gurung | Nepali Congress | |
| Khas Arya | Mani Bhadra Sharma | Nepali Congress | |
| Khas Arya | Maya Nath Adhikari | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Indigenous peoples | Mekha Lal Shrestha | Nepali Congress | |
| Syangja 1(B) | Min Prasad Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Indigenous peoples | Mina Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Indigenous peoples | Mitra Kumari Gurung Subedi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Syangja 2(A) | Mohan Prasad Regmi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Myagdi 1(B) | Nara Devi Pun Magar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Parbat 1(A) | Netra Nath Adhikari | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Khas Arya | Om Kala Gautam | Nepali Congress | |
| Indigenous peoples | Piyari Thapa | Rastriya Janamorcha | |
| Khas Arya | Prabha Koirala | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Gorkha 2(B) | Prakash Chandra Dawadi | Nepali Congress | |
| Lamjung 1(B) | Prithvi Subba Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Khas Arya | Pushpa KC (Bhandari) | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Manang 1(B) | Rajiv Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Kaski 3(B) | Rajiv Pahari | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Tanahu 1(A) | Ram Bahadur Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Gorkha 1(B) | Ram Sharan Basnet | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Kaski 3(A) | Ramji Prasad Baral | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Nawalparasi East 1(B) | Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Indigenous peoples | Sabitra Rana | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Indigenous peoples | Sarita Gurung | Nepali Congress | |
| Khas Arya | Srijana Sharma | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Changes
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||
References
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- "Srijana Sharma elected as deputy speaker of Province-4". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
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