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Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Pradesh

सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा
1st Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Emblem of Sudurpashchim Pradesh
Type
Type
History
Founded2018
New session started
February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)
Leadership
Speaker
Arjun Bahadur Thapa, UML
since 10 February 2018
Deputy Speaker
Nirmala Badal Joshi, MC
since 18 February 2018
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Trilochan Bhatta, MC
since 17 February 2018
Leader of Opposition
Prakash Bahadur Shah, UML
since 8 April 2021
Structure
Political groups
Government (40)
  •   Unified Socialist :14
  •   Maoist Centre :13
  •   Congress : 12
  •   PSP-N: 1

Opposition (12)

Vacant (1)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting:
First election
2017
Last election
26 November and 7 December 2017
Next election
2022
Meeting place
District Coordination Committee Hall, Dhangadhi, Kailali
Website
pga.p7.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Pradesh also known as the Sudurpashchim Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Sudurpashchim Province, one of the seven Provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated a Dhangadhi in Kailali District at the District Coordination Committee Hall. The assembly has 53 members of whom 32 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 21 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 election resulted in a majority for the alliance of CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre). The next election will take place when the five year term ends by November 2022.

History

The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Province is 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 Sudurpashchim was conducted for 53 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 Trilochan Bhatta from Maoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Arjun Bahadur Thapa from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[1] and Nirmala Badal Joshi from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.[2]

List of assemblies

Election Year Assembly Start of term End of term Speaker Chief Minister Party
2017 1st Assembly 4 February 2018 Incumbent Arjun Bahadur Thapa Trilochan Bhatta
(Cabinet) 		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 Members
1 Finance, Development and Natural Resources 11
2 Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs 11
3 Social Development 11
4 Public Accounts 11

Political parties

Party Parliamentary party leader Seats
CPN (Unified Socialist) Dirgha Bahadur Sodari 14
CPN (Maoist Centre) Trilochan Bhatta 13
Nepali Congress Rana Bahadur Rawal 11
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prakash Bahadur Shah 11
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal Krishna Chaudhary 1
People's Socialist Party, Nepal Malamati Rana Tharu 1
Vacant 2
Total 53

Current leaders

Speakers

  • Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Arjun Bahadur Thapa[1]
    • Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Nirmala Badal Joshi[3]

Parliamentary Party Leaders

Whips

  • Government Chief Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Tara Lama Tamang
    • Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Akkal Bahadur Rawal
  • Opposition Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Govinda Raj Bohora
    • Whip (Nepali Congress): Tek Bahadur Raika

List of members

Constituency (PR if blank) Member Party
Achham 2(A) Akkal Bahadur Rawal CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 3(B) Amar Bahadur Saud CPN (Unified Socialist)
Ambi Kumari Thapa Nepali Congress
Archana Gahatraj CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Bajhang 1(A) Arjun Bahadur Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Achham 2(B) Bal Bahadur Sodari CPN (Unified Socialist)
Bajura 1(A) Bal Dev Regmi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Doti 1(A) Bharat Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
Binita Devi Chaudhary CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 3(A) Birman Chaudhary CPN (Maoist Centre)
Chun Kumari Devi Chaudhary CPN (Unified Socialist)
Bajhang 1(B) Devaki Malla (Thapa) CPN (Maoist Centre)
Devraj Pathak Nepali Congress
Dibeshwory Shah Nepali Congress
Kailali 5(B) Dilli Raj Panta Nepali Congress
Kailali 4(A) Dirgha Bahadur Sodari CPN (Unified Socialist)
Durga Kumari Kami CPN (Unified Socialist)
Darchula 1(A) Gelbu Singh Bohara CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Govinda Raj Bohara Nepali Congress
Hanta Nepali CPN (Maoist Centre)
Achham 1(A) Harka Bahadur Kunwar CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Kailali 1(A) Krishna Chaudhary Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
Kailali 4(B) Krishna Raj Subedi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Kanchanpur 1(B) Kul Bir Chaudhary CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kumari Nanda Bam Nepali Congress
Kunti Joshi CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kanchanpur 2(B) Lal Bahadur Khadka CPN (Unified Socialist)
Baitadi 1(B) Liladhar Bhatta CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Kanchanpur 2(A) Mahesh Datta Joshi CPN (Maoist Centre)
Malamati Rana Tharu People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Darchula 1(B) Man Bahadur Dhami CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kanchanpur 3(B) Man Bahadur Sunar CPN (Maoist Centre)
Mana Kumari Saud CPN (Unified Socialist)
Maya Bhatta CPN (Unified Socialist)
Maya Tamang (Bohora) CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kailali 2(B) Nanda Bahadur Saund CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 5(A) Nepalu Chaudhary CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Nirmala Badal (Joshi) CPN (Maoist Centre)
Dadeldhura 1(A) Pathan Singh Bohara CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Bajura 1(B) Prakash Bahadur Shah CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Kanchanpur 3(A) Prakash Rawal CPN (Unified Socialist)
Baitadi 1(A) Prem Prakash Bhatta CPN (Maoist Centre)
Purna Joshi CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kailali 1(B) Rana Bahadur Rawal Nepali Congress
Kailali 2(A) Ratan Bahadur Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Shyamlal Rana Tharu Nepali Congress
Sushila Budhathoki CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kanchanpur 1(A) Tara Lama Tamang CPN (Unified Socialist)
Tek Bahadur Raika Aauji Nepali Congress
Doti 1(B) Trilochan Bhatta CPN (Maoist Centre)
Uma Devi Badi Nepali Congress
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

Changes

Constituency/PR group MPA Party Date seat vacated Cause of vacation New MPA Party
Achham 1(B) Jhapat Bahadur Bohara CPN (Maoist Centre) 19 April 2021 Resignation[5]
Dadeldhura 1(B) Karna Bahadur Malla Nepali Congress 28 April 2022 Resignation[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Speakers elected in provinces 3, 7". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  2. ^ "CM Bhatta assumes office in Province 7". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. ^ "Nirmala Badal (Joshi) deputy speaker of Province 7; CM Bhatta and other ministers assume offices". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. ^ "Trilochan Bhatta becomes Province 7 chief minister". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. ^ News, Nepal. "Post of province assembly member, Bohara, falls vacant". nepalnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Express, The Annapurna. "Province Assembly member Malla announces to resign from his post". The Annapurna Express. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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