Gandaki Provincial Assembly
Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Pradesh गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा | |
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1st Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Pradesh | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
New session started | February 4, 2018 |
Leadership | |
Speaker | Netra Nath Adhikari, NCP since 15 February 2018 |
Deputy Speaker | Srijana Sharma, NCP since 18 February 2018 |
Chief Minister | |
Leader of Opposition | Krishna Chandra Nepali, NC since 29 April 2018 |
Structure | |
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Political groups | Government (40)
Opposition (15)
Other opposition (5)
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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 Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province also known as the Gandaki Pradesh 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 Town 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 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 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. 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 Prithvi Subba Gurung from CPN (UML).[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 | Prithvi Subba Gurung (NCP) (Cabinet) |
Netra Nath Adhikari (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 | 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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bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | | Nepal Communist Party | Prithvi Subba Gurung | 39 |
bgcolor="Template:Nepali Congress/meta/color" | | Nepali Congress | Krishna Chandra Nepali[7] | 15 |
bgcolor="Template:Rastriya Janamorcha/meta/color" | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Krishna Thapa | 3 |
People's Socialist Party, Nepal | Hari Sharan Acharya | 2 | |
Independent | 1 | ||
Total | 60 |
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 (Nepal Communist Party): Hon. Prithvi Subba Gurung[1]
- Leader of Opposition (Nepali Congress): Krishna Chandra Nepali[7]
Whips
- Government Chief Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Maya Nath Adhikari[9]
- Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Gayatri Gurung[9]
- Opposition Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Mani Bhadra Sharma[10]
- Whip (Nepali Congress): Om Kala Gautam[10]
List of members
Defections
Name | Date | From | To | Constituency/PR group | ||
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Rajiv Gurung | 4 July 2019[11] | bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | | Independent | bgcolor="Template:Nepal Communist Party/meta/color" | | Nepal Communist Party | Manang 1(B) |
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 | bgcolor="Template:Rastriya Janamorcha/meta/color" | | Rastriya Janamorcha | 13 December 2018 | Death[12] | Khim Bikram Shahi[13] | bgcolor="Template:Rastriya Janamorcha/meta/color" | | Rastriya Janamorcha |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Prithvi Subba Gurung unanimously elected UML PP leader of Province 4 - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Prithvi Subba Gurung appointed as Province 4 CM - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "First Provincial Assembly meeting begins in 4 provinces". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "First provincial assembly meeting of Province 4 begins". The Himalayan Times. 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.
- ^ a b "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. 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ a b "नेकपा गण्डकीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा मायानाथ". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ a b "गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा". गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Deepak Manange joins Nepal Communist Party". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
- ^ "Gandaki Province lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gharti dies". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ "By-elections 2019: The Final Results". The Himalayan Times. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-09.