Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Pradesh also known as the Sudurpashchim Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Sudurpashchim Province, one of the seven Provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated a Dhangadhi in Kailali District at the District Coordination Committee Hall. The assembly has 53 members of whom 32 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 21 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier

Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा
2nd Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded2018
New session started
2 January 2023 (2023-01-02)
Leadership
Speaker
Bhim Bahadur Bhandari CPN (MC)
Deputy Speaker
Koili Devi Chaudhary
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Kamal Bahadur Shah, NC
since 9 February 2023
Leader of Opposition
Khagaraj Bhatta, CPN (MC)
since 9 February 2023
Structure
Political groups
Government (41)
  •   Congress: 19
  •   CPN (MC): 11
  •   NUP: 7
  •   CPN (US): 5

Opposition (11)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting:
  • 32 seats – FPtP
  • 21 seats – PR
First election
2017
Last election
20 November 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
District Coordination Committee Hall,
Dhangadhi, Kailali District
Website
pga.p7.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

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 Sudurpashchim Province is 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 Sudurpashchim was conducted for 53 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 Trilochan Bhatta from Maoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Arjun Bahadur Thapa from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[1] and Nirmala Badal Joshi from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.[2]

List of assemblies
Election Year Assembly Start of term End of term Speaker Chief Minister Party
2017 1st Assembly 4 February 2018 2022 Arjun Bahadur Thapa[1] Trilochan Bhatta
(Cabinet)		 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 2nd Assembly 2 January 2023 Incumbent Bhim Bahadur Bhandari Kamal Bahadur Shah
(Cabinet)		 Nepali Congress

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 Members
1 Finance, Development and Natural Resources 11
2 Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs 11
3 Social Development 11
4 Public Accounts 11

Political parties
Main article: 2nd Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly § Members
Party Parliamentary party leader Seats[3]
Nepali Congress Kamal Bahadur Shah 19
CPN (Maoist Centre) Khagaraj Bhatta 11
CPN (UML) Rajendra Singh Rawal 10
Nagrik Unmukti Party Rameshwar Chaudhary 7
CPN (Unified Socialist) Dirgha Bahadur Sodari 5
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1
Total 53

See also

References
  1. "Speakers elected in provinces 3, 7". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  2. "CM Bhatta assumes office in Province 7". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. "सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेशमा १८ सिटसहित कांग्रेस पहिलो". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
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