Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province

कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा

1st Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province

Emblem of Karnali Province

Type
Type|

Unicameral legislature

of Karnali Province

History
Founded| 2018

New session started

| February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)
Leadership

Speaker

Raj Bahadur Shahi, UML
since 11 February 2018

Deputy Speaker

Pushpa Gharti Bista, MC
since 17 February 2018

Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)

Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, NC
since 2 November 2021

Leader of Opposition

Yam Lal Kandel, UML
since 2 November 2021

Structure

Political groups

| Government (20)

* Maoist Centre: 11
* Congress: 6
* Unified Socialist: 3

Opposition (13)

* UML: 13

Other opposition (1)

* RPP: 1

Vacant (6)

Length of term

| 5 years
Elections

Voting system

| Parallel voting:

* 24 seats - FPtP
* 16 seats - PR

First election

| 2017

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.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 List of assemblies
* 3 Committees
* 4 Current composition
* 5 Current leaders
* 5.1 Speaker
* 5.2 Parliamentary Party Leaders
* 5.3 Whips
* 6 List of members
* 6.1 Changes
* 7 See also
* 8 References

## History[edit]

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[edit]

Election Year  | Assembly  | Start of term  | End of term  | Speaker  | Chief Minister  | Party

|
|
|
|
|
|

2017 | 1st Assembly  | 4 February 2018  | Incumbent | Raj Bahadur Shahi  | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
(Cabinet)  |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
(Cabinet)  |  | Nepali Congress

## Committees[edit]

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 and National Resources  | 8
2  | Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs  | 7
3  | Social Development  | 8
4  | Public Accounts  | 9

## Current composition[edit]

Party  | Parliamentary party leader  | Seats

|
|

| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Yam Lal Kandel | 13
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi | 11
| Nepali Congress | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | 6
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | Chandra Bahadur Shahi | 3
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Soshila Shahi  | 1
| Vacant  |  | 6
Total |  | 40

## Current leaders[edit]

### Speaker[edit]

* Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Raj Bahadur Shahi[1]
* Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Pushpa Ghari Bista[2]

### Parliamentary Party Leaders[edit]

* Leader of the House (Nepali Congress): Hon. Jeevan Bahadur Shahi[2]
* Leader of Opposition (CPN (UML)): Yam Lal Kandel[2]
* Parliamentary Party Leader (CPN (Maoist Centre)): Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
* Parliamentary Party Leader (Rastriya Prajatantra Party): Soshila Shahi

### Whips[edit]

* Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Him Bahadur Shahi
* Whip (Nepali Congress): Amrita Shahi[2]
* Opposition Chief Whip (CPN(UML)): Gulab Jung Shah[3]

## List of members[edit]

Constituency/PR group  | Member  | Party

|
|

Khas Arya | Amrita Shahi  |  | Nepali Congress
Khas Arya | Badami Kwari Bohara  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
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 (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Mugu 1(A) | Dan Singh Pariyar  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Khas Arya | Devi Wali  |  | CPN (Unified Socialist)
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 (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
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 (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Khas Arya, Backward area  | Kaushilawati Khatri  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Surkhet 1(B) | Khadka Bahadur Khatri  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Khas Arya | Krishna Shah (Acharya)  |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kalikot 1(B) | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)
Indigenous peoples | Mina Singh Rakhal  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Jumla 1(A) | Naresh Bhandari |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)
Jumla 1(B) | Padam Bahadur Rokaya |  | CPN (Unified Socialist)
Khas Arya | Padma Khadka  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Indigenous peoples, Backward area  | Pushpa Gharti (Bista)  |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)
Dailekh 2(B) | Raj Bahadur Shahi  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Dalit | Raju Nepali  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
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 (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Khas Arya | Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri |  | Nepali Congress
Surkhet 2(A) | Yam Lal Kandel |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

### Changes[edit]

Constituency/PR group  | MPA  | Party  | Date seat vacated  | Cause of vacation  | New MPA  | Party

|
|
|
|
|
|

Dailekh 1(A) | Dharma Raj Regmi  |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)  | 12 April 2021  | Resignation[4] |  |  |
Dailekh 1(B) | Amar Bahadur Thapa  |  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)  | 23 April 2021  | Expelled by party[5] |  |  |
Salyan 1(B) | Prakash Jwala  |  |  |
Dolpa 1(A) | Nanda Singh Budha  |  |  |
Kalikot 1(A) | Kurma Raj Shahi  |  |  |
Surkhet 1(A) | Thammar Bahadur Bista  |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)  | 20 March 2022  | Expelled by party[6] |  |  |

## See also[edit]

* 2017 Karnali Pradesh Provincial Assembly election

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
2. ^ a b c d "प्रदेशसभा सदस्य | प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय". pga.karnali.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
3. ^ "No-confidence motion against Karnali chief minister to be withdrawn". The Himalayan Times. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
4. ^ रातोपाटी. "कर्णालीका सांसद धर्मराज रेग्मी पदमुक्त". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
5. ^ RSS. "UML takes action against four Karnali Province Assembly members". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
6. ^ "Maoist Karnali Chief Whip Bista suspended". English.MakaluKhabar.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.

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