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Revision as of 14:56, 12 December 2021
Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province बागमती प्रदेश सभा | |
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1st Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
New session started | February 1, 2018 |
Leadership | |
Speaker | Sanu Kumar Shrestha, CPN (UML) since 10 February 2018 |
Deputy Speaker | Radhika Tamang, CPN (Maoist Centre) since 11 February 2018 |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Leader of Opposition | Indra Bahadur Baniya, NC since 15 February 2018 |
Structure | |
Political groups | Government (59)
Opposition (44)
Other Opposition (7) |
Length of term | 5 years |
Elections | |
Mixed member majoritarian: | |
Last election | 26 November and 7 December 2017 |
Next election | 2022 |
Meeting place | |
Regional Educational Directorate, Hetauda, Makwanpur | |
Website | |
pradeshsabha.p3.gov.np | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of Nepal |
The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province also known as the Bagmati Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: वाग्मती प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Bagmati Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Hetauda in Makwanpur District at the Regional Educational Directorate Office. The assembly has 110 members of whom 66 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 44 of whom are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is five 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 Bagmati 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 Bagmati Province was conducted for 110 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 Dormani Poudel from CPN (UML).[1] The first meeting of the assembly was called by Governor Anuradha Koirala for 1 February 2018.[2] Sanu Kumar Shrestha from the CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[3] and Radhika Tamang from Maoist Centre was elected as the first deputy speaker.[4] In May 2018, the two parties merged and formed the Nepal Communist Partywhich had a supermajority in the assembly.[5]
List of Assemblies
Election Year | Assembly | Start of term | End of term | Chief Minister | Speaker |
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2017 | First Assembly | 1 February 2018 | 18 August 2021 | Dor Mani Poudel (NCP) (Cabinet) |
Sanu Kumar Shrestha (NCP) |
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 | Provincial Affairs | 22 |
2 | Finance and Development | 20 |
3 | Public Accounts | 20 |
4 | Education, Health and Agriculture | 20 |
5 | Industry, Tourism and Environment | 19 |
Current composition
Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats | |
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Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Astalaxmi Shakya | 43 | |
Nepali Congress | Indra Bahadur Baniya | 23 | |
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) | Shalikram Jamarkattel | 23 | |
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) | Rajendra Prasad Pandey | 13 | |
Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Ramesh Paudyal | 3 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rita Majhi | 2 | |
Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party | Surendra Raj Gosai | 2 | |
Independent (Joined NC)[6] | 1 | ||
Total | 110 |
Current Leaders
Speaker
- Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Sanu Kumar Shrestha[3]
- Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Radhika Tamang[7]
Parliamentary Party leaders
- Leader of the House (Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist))
- Hon. Dormani Paudel[8] (until 30 December 2020)
- Ashta Laxmi Shakya[9] (from 30 December 2020)
- Deputy Parliamentary Party Leader: Salik Ram Jamkattel[10] (until 29 December 2020)
- Leader of Opposition (Nepali Congress): Indra Bahadur Baniya[11]
Whips
- Government Chief Whip (Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)): Deepak Niraula
- Whip (CPN (UML)): Buddhiman Majhi[10] (until 29 December 2020)
- Opposition Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Radha Ghale[12]
- Whip (Nepali Congress): Chhiring Dorje Lama[12]
List of members
Parts of this article (those related to Nepal Communist Party split and CPN(UML) split) need to be updated.(July 2021) |
By-elections
Constituency (PR if blank) | Previous member | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New member | Party | ||
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Bhaktapur 1(A) | Harisharan Lamichhane | CPN(UML) | 14 May 2018 | Death[14] | Krishna Lal Bhandel | Nepali Congress | ||
Dolakha 1(B) | Pashupati Chaulagain | 12 May 2021 | Death[15] |
See also
References
- ^ "Poudel sworn in as Prov 3 CM". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "First session of Province 3 assembly to begin next week". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ a b "Sanu Kumar Shrestha elected State Assembly Speaker of Province 3". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Tamang elected deputy speaker of Province 3 unopposed". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "UML, Maoist Centre to unify; strike seven point agreement". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "कांग्रेसको अधिवेशनमा जसपा सांसदले आज पनि गरे मतदान". ThahaKhabar. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ "Tamang unanimously elected deputy speaker of Province-3". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Dor Mani Poudel elected UML PP leader". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ Republica. "NCP's Dahal-Nepal faction picks Ashta Laxmi Shakya as provincial parliamentary party leader of Bagmati". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ a b "CM Paudel dismisses deputy parliamentary party leader and party's whip". The Himalayan Times. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Indra Bahadur Baniya elected NC PP leader of Province 3". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ a b Republica. "Radha Ghale appointed Province 3 NC PP chief whip". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ Joined NC but remained as independent.
- ^ "Province 3 lawmaker Lamichhane dies". Retrieved 2018-11-11.
- ^ "UML leader Pashupati Chaulagain dies of Covid-19". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2021-06-27.