1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly

The first Gandaki Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 60 members were elected to the assembly, 36 of whom were elected through direct elections and 24 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 4 February 2018 and ended in September 2022.[1] Prithvi Subba Gurung from the CPN (UML) and Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly.[2][3][4] Netra Nath Adhikari served as the speaker of the assembly and Srijana Sharma served as the deputy speaker.[5][6]

1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyGandaki Provincial Assembly
JurisdictionGandaki Province, Nepal
Meeting placeTown Development Training Centre, Pokhara, Kaski District
Term4 February 2018 – September 2022
Election2017 provincial elections
GovernmentPrithvi Subba Gurung cabinet
Krishna Chandra Nepali cabinet
Websitepradeshsabha.gandaki.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members60
SpeakerNetra Nath Adhikari (Maoist)
Deputy SpeakerSrijana Sharma (UML)
Chief MinisterPrithvi Subba Gurung (UML)
Krishna Chandra Nepali (Congress)
Leader of the OppositionKrishna Chandra Nepali (Congress)
Prithvi Subba Gurung (UML)

Composition
Party Seats
After election At dissolution
CPN (UML) 27 26
Nepali Congress 15 15
CPN (Maoist Centre) 12 12
Rastriya Janamorcha 3 2
Nepal Socialist Party — 2
Independent 1 1
Naya Shakti Party 2 —
Vacant — 2
Total 60 60

Leaders

Speaker
  • Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Netra Nath Adhikari[5]
    • Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Srijana Sharma[7]

Parliamentary Party leaders

Whips
  • Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Mani Bhadra Sharma[8]
    • Whip (Nepali Congress): Om Kala Gautam[8]
  • Opposition Chief Whip (CPN-UML): Maya Nath Adhikari[9]

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 (UML)
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 (UML)
Manang 1(A) Chinta Bahadur Ghale Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Dhan Maya Pokharel (Lama) Nepal Socialist Party
Lamjung 1(A) Dhananjaya Dawadi CPN (UML)
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 Nepal Socialist Party
Mustang 1(A) Indra Dhara Dadu Bista CPN (UML)
Baglung 1(A) Indra Lal Sapkota CPN (UML)
Nawalparasi East 2(B) Janak Lal Shrestha CPN (UML)
Dalit Juna Devi Nepali CPN (UML)
Baglung 2(B) Khim Bikram Shahi Rastriya Janamorcha
Tanahu 2(B) Kiran Gurung CPN (UML)
Dalit Kopila Bohara Nepali Congress
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 (UML)
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 (UML)
Kaski 1(B) Man Bahadur Gurung CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Man Kumari Gurung Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Mani Bhadra Sharma Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Maya Nath Adhikari CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Mekha Lal Shrestha Nepali Congress
Syangja 1(B) Min Prasad Gurung CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Mina Gurung CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Mitra Kumari Gurung Subedi CPN (UML)
Syangja 2(A) Mohan Prasad Regmi CPN (UML)
Myagdi 1(B) Nara Devi Pun Magar CPN (UML)
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 (UML)
Gorkha 2(B) Prakash Chandra Dawadi Nepali Congress
Lamjung 1(B) Prithvi Subba Gurung CPN (UML)
Khas Arya Pushpa KC (Bhandari) CPN (UML)
Manang 1(B) Rajiv Gurung Independent
Kaski 3(B) Rajiv Pahari CPN (UML)
Tanahu 1(A) Ram Bahadur Gurung CPN (UML)
Gorkha 1(B) Ram Sharan Basnet CPN (UML)
Kaski 3(A) Ramji Prasad Baral CPN (Maoist Centre)
Nawalparasi East 1(B) Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Sabitra Rana CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Sarita Gurung Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Srijana Sharma CPN (UML)

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[10] Khim Bikram Shahi[11] Rastriya Janamorcha
Baglung 1(B) Krishna Thapa 6 June 2021 Disobeying Party Whip[12]
Kaski 2(A) Krishna Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML) 25 April 2022 Resignation to contest as mayor of Pokhara[13]

See also

References
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  2. "Prithvi Subba Gurung appointed as Province 4 CM". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  3. SHRESTHA, SANDESH. "Gurung reappointed as Gandaki Province chief minister". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  4. "Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel of Nepali Congress appointed Gandaki CM". OnlineKhabar. 12 June 2021. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. "Adhikari unanimously elected Province 4 Speaker". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. "Srijana Sharma elected as deputy speaker of Province-4". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  7. "UML lawmaker Sharma elected deputy speaker of prov 4". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  8. "गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा". गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  9. "नेकपा गण्डकीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा मायानाथ". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  10. "Gandaki Province lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gharti dies". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  11. "By-elections 2019: The Final Results". The Himalayan Times. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  12. "सर्वोच्चद्वारा गण्डकी प्रदेशसभाका कृष्ण थापाको सांसद पद खारेज". सर्वोच्चद्वारा गण्डकी प्रदेशसभाका कृष्ण थापाको सांसद पद खारेज. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  13. "UML fields another controversial figure as Pokhara mayor". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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