Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province

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.

Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Pradesh

गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा
1st Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Pradesh
Emblem of Gandaki Pradesh
Type
Type
History
New session started
February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)
Leadership
Speaker
Netra Nath Adhikari, NCP
since 15 February 2018
Deputy Speaker
Srijana Sharma, NCP
since 18 February 2018
Chief Minister
Prithvi Subba Gurung, NCP
since 11 February 2018
Leader of Opposition
Krishna Chandra Nepali, NC
since 29 April 2018
Structure
Political groups
Government (40)
  •   NCP : 40

Opposition (15)

  •   NC : 15

Other opposition (5)

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.gandaki.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 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
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
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
Nepal Communist Party Prithvi Subba Gurung 39
Nepali Congress Krishna Chandra Nepali[7] 15
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

Whips

List of members
Constituency/PR group Member Party
Tanahu 2(A) Asha Koirala Nepal Communist Party
Syangja 2(B) Bhagwat Prasad Malla Nepali Congress
Parbat 1(B) Bikash Lamsal Nepal Communist Party
Kaski 2(B) Bindu Kumar Thapa Nepali Congress
Myagdi 1(A) Binod K.C Nepal Communist Party
Nawalparasi East 2(A) Bishnu Prasad Lamichhane Nepali Congress
Baglung 2(A) Chandra Bahadur Budha Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples, Thakali Chandra Mohan Gauchan Nepal Communist Party
Manang 1(A) Chinta Bahadur Ghale Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Dhan Maya Pokharel (Lama) People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Lamjung 1(A) Dhananjaya Dawadi Nepal Communist Party
Dalit Dilmaya Roka Magar Gautam Nepal Communist Party
Kaski 1(A) Dipak Koirala Nepal Communist Party
Syangja 1(A) Dipak Thapa Nepal Communist Party
Dalit Dobate Bishwokarma Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Gayatri Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Tanahu 1(B) Hari Bahadur Chuman Nepal Communist Party
Gorkha 2(A) Hari Sharan Acharya People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Mustang 1(A) Indra Dhara Dadu Bista Nepal Communist Party
Baglung 1(A) Indra Lal Sapkota Nepal Communist Party
Nawalparasi East 2(B) Janak Lal Shrestha Nepal Communist Party
Dalit Juna Devi Nepali Nepal Communist Party
Baglung 2(B) Khim Bikram Shahi Rastriya Janamorcha
Tanahu 2(B) Kiran Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Dalit Kopila Bohara Nepali Congress
Kaski 2(A) Krishna Bahadur Thapa Nepal Communist Party
Nawalparasi East 1(A) Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel Nepali Congress
Baglung 1(B) Krishna Thapa Rastriya Janamorcha
Khas Arya Kumar Khadka Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Lalit Kala Gurung Nepali Congress
Dalit Laxmi Sunar Nepal Communist Party
Gorkha 1(A) Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Madhu Adhikari Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Mustang 1(B) Mahendra Bahadur Thakali Nepal Communist Party
Kaski 1(B) Man Bahadur Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples Man Kumari Gurung Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Mani Bhadra Sharma Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Maya Nath Adhikari Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples Mekha Lal Shrestha Nepali Congress
Syangja 1(B) Min Prasad Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples Mina Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples Mitra Kumari Gurung Subedi Nepal Communist Party
Syangja 2(A) Mohan Prasad Regmi Nepal Communist Party
Myagdi 1(B) Nara Devi Pun Magar Nepal Communist Party
Parbat 1(A) Netra Nath Adhikari Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Om Kala Gautam Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Piyari Thapa Rastriya Janamorcha
Khas Arya Prabha Koirala Nepal Communist Party
Gorkha 2(B) Prakash Chandra Dawadi Nepali Congress
Lamjung 1(B) Prithvi Subba Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Pushpa KC (Bhandari) Nepal Communist Party
Manang 1(B) Rajiv Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Kaski 3(B) Rajiv Pahari Nepal Communist Party
Tanahu 1(A) Ram Bahadur Gurung Nepal Communist Party
Gorkha 1(B) Ram Sharan Basnet Nepal Communist Party
Kaski 3(A) Ramji Prasad Baral Jiwan Nepal Communist Party
Nawalparasi East 1(B) Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples Sabitra Rana Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples Sarita Gurung Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Srijana Sharma Nepal Communist Party
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

Defections
Name Date From To Constituency/PR group
Rajiv Gurung 4 July 2019[11] Independent Nepal Communist Party Manang 1(B)

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[12] Khim Bikram Shahi[13] Rastriya Janamorcha

See also

References
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  2. "Prithvi Subba Gurung appointed as Province 4 CM - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. "First Provincial Assembly meeting begins in 4 provinces". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  4. "First provincial assembly meeting of Province 4 begins". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  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. "KC Nepali appointed NC's PP leader in Province 4". Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  8. "UML lawmaker Sharma elected deputy speaker of prov 4". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  9. "नेकपा गण्डकीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा मायानाथ". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  10. "गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा". गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  11. "Deepak Manange joins Nepal Communist Party". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  12. "Gandaki Province lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gharti dies". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  13. "By-elections 2019: The Final Results". The Himalayan Times. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
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