2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly

The 2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly was elected through the provincial elections held on 20 November 2022.[1] The assembly has 56 constituency seats in which members are elected through direct elections and 36 proportional representation party list seats.[2][3] The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier. The first session of the assembly commenced from 1 January 2023.[4][5]

2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyKoshi Provincial Assembly
JurisdictionKoshi Province, Nepal
Meeting placeDCC Office,
Biratnagar, Morang District
Term1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) – 2027
Election2022 provincial elections
GovernmentKarki cabinet, 2023 Thapa cabinet, 2023 Karki cabinet, 2023
Websiteassembly.p1.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members93
SpeakerBaburam Gautam (MC)
Deputy SpeakerSrijana Danuwar (UML)
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)		Kedar Karki (NC)
Leader of the OppositionHikmat Kumar Karki (UML)
Party controlGovernment (47)
  •   Congress: 29
  •   CPN (US): 4

External Support (14)

Opposition (46)

Baburam Gautam of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was elected as the Speaker of the provincial assembly on 12 January 2023.[6]

Leaders

Officers

Parliamentary party

Chief Whip

Composition

Party Seats
After election At present
FPTP PR Total FPTP PR Total

 CPN (UML) 25 15 40 25 15 40

 Nepali Congress 17 12 29 17 12 29

 CPN (Maoist Centre) 9 4 13 9 4 13
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 2 4 6 2 4 6

 CPN (Unified Socialist) 3 1 4 3 1 4
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 0 1 1 0 1 1
Total 56 37 93 56 37 93

Members

The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected tl lolhrough first-past-the-post voting and 37 are elected through proportional representation.[16]

CPN (UML) (40)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Officers of the Provincial Assembly
Indigenous peoples Sirjana Danuwar
Members of Provincial Assembly
Jhapa 5(A) Hikmat Kumar Karki
Ilam 2(B) Ram Bahadur Rana Magar
Sunsari 2(A) Rewati Raman Bhandari
  • Chief whip
Indigenous people Sirjana Rai
  • Whip
Solukhumbu 1 (B) Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari
  • Minister for Social Development (until 7 July 2023)
  • Minister for Tourism, Forests and Environment (until 7 July 2023)
Taplejung 1(A) Til Kumar Menyangbo
  • Minister for Drinking Water, Irrigation and Energy
    (until 7 July 2023)
  • Minister for Health (until 7 July 2023)
Sankhuwasabha 1(B) Bidur Kumar Lingthep
Khotang 1(A) Pach Karna Rai
Dhankuta 1(A) Niran Rai
Dhankuta 1(B) Indra Mani Parajuli
Tehrathum 1(A) Kishor Chandra Dulal
Sunsari 1(A) Ramesh Kumar Basnet
Sunsari 1(B) Bijay Kumar Rai
Sunsari 2(B) Ram Prasad Mahato
Sunsari 3(A) Rohit Bahadur Karki
Sunsari 3(B) Ramdev Yadav
Morang 1(A) Umakanta Gautam
Morang 1(B) Khadga Bahadur Basnet
Morang 2(B) Lila Ballabh Adhikari
Morang 3(B) Gyanendra Subedi
Morang 4(A) Jay Prakash Chaudhary
Jhapa 2(A) Ekraj Karki
Jhapa 2(B) Tilchan Pathak
Jhapa 3(B) Chhabilal Chudal
Jhapa 4(A) Radha Krishna Khanal
Jhapa 5(B) Hom Bahadur Thapa
Khas Arya Shila Dixit Karki
Khas Arya Taradevi Dhakal
Khas Arya Niradevi Khanal Acharya
Khas Arya Gitadevi Regmi
Indigenous people Kamala Thapa Magar
Indigenous people Mina Shrestha
Indigenous people Malati Kumari Limbu
Indigenous people Yashoda Kayastha
Indigenous people Numberlal Dhimal
Tharu Lalita Kumari Chaudhary
Madheshi Gita Rani Mahato
Muslim Nurshadi Begum
Dalit Kamala Darnal
Nepali Congress (29)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Khas Arya Uddhav Thapa
Udayapur 1(B) Himal Karki
Khotang 1(B) Bhupendra Rai
  • Chief whip
Okhaldhunga 1(A) Pradeep Kumar Sunuwar
  • Minister without portfolio (since 7 July 2023)
Udayapur 2(B) Ram Kumar Khatri
  • Minister without portfolio (since 9 July 2023)
Taplejung 1(B) Khagen Singh Rai
Bhojpur 1(B) Binod Rai
Ilam 1(B) Shamsher Rai
Ilam 2(A) Govind Giri
Sunsari 4(A) Sadanand Mandal
Sunsari 4(B) Esrail Mansuri
Morang 3(A) Man Bahadur Limbu
Morang 4(B) Bhim Parajuli
Morang 5(A) Gayaand Mandal Gangai
Morang 5(B) Amrit Kumar Aryal
Morang 6(B) Kedar Karki
Jhapa 1(A) Gopal Tamang
Jhapa 3(A) Bhumi Prasad Rajbanshi
Khas Arya Indira Thapa
Khas Arya Khageshwari Paudel
Indigenous people Mohan Maharjan
Indigenous people Maiya Shrestha
Indigenous people Dolma Tamang
Indigenous people Lila Kumari Rai
Indigenous people Mamta Magar Tamang
Indigenous people Sobha Chemjong
Tharu Sunita Gachhadar Chaudhary
Indigenous people Sunita Kumari Gurung
Madheshi Lakhi Kumari Ganesh
CPN (Maoist Centre) (13)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Officers of the Provincial Assembly
Okhaldhunga 1(B) Baburam Gautam
Members of Provincial Assembly
Panchthar 1(B) Indra Bahadur Angbo
  • Parliamentary party leader
Morang 6 (A) Jeevan Acharya
  • Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning (since 9 July 2023)
  • Minister for Tourism, Forests and Environment (until 7 June 2023)
Sankhuwasabha 1(A) Rajendra Karki
  • Minister without portfolio (since 9 July 2023)
Tehrathum 1(B) Durga Prasad Chapagain
  • Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Urban Development (until 7 June 2023)
Solukhumbu 1(A) Gombu Sherpa
Udayapur 1(A) Rajan Kiranti
Morang 2(A) Ganesh Prasad Upreti
Udayapur 2 (A) Narayan Bahadur Magar
Khas Arya Gita Timsina
Indigenous people Bandana Jhagar
Indigenous people Samjhana Tamang Thamsuhang
Dalit Sapana Darji
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (6)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Jhapa 4(B) Bhakti Prasad Sitaula
  • Parliamentary party leader
  • Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Co-Operatives (until 7 July 2023)
  • Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Urban Development (until 7 July 2023)
Khas Arya Ambar Bahadur Bista
  • Chief whip
Jhapa 1(B) Sabina Bhajgai
Indigenous people Premraj Thamsuhang
Indigenous people Nimsari Rajbanshi
Dalit Gopal Bahadur Bishwakarma
CPN (Unified Socialist) (4)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Bhojpur 1(A) Rajendra Kumar Rai
  • Parliamentary party leader
Indigenous people Bidya Chamling Rai
  • Chief Whip
Panchthar 1(A) Kamal Prasad Jabegu
  • Minister without portfolio (since 7 July 2023)
Ilam 1(A) Khinu Langwa Limbu
People's Socialist Party, Nepal (1)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Indigenous people Nirmala Limbu
  • Minister for Health (until 31 May 2023)

References
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