Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province

Provincial Assembly of Karnali Pradesh
Provincial Assembly of Karnali Pradesh ; कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा
	1st Provincial Assembly of Karnali Pradesh
	Emblem of Karnali Pradesh
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
New session started	February 4, 2018
Leadership
Speaker	Raj Bahadur Shahi, NCP ; since 11 February 2018
Deputy Speaker	Pushpa Gharti Bista, NCP ; since 17 February 2018
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, NCP ; since 16 February 2018
Leader of Opposition	Jiwan Bahadur Shahi, NC ; since 9 February 2018
Structure
Political groups	Government (33) NCP : 33; Opposition (6) NC : 6; Other opposition (1) RPP: 1;
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Mixed member majoritarian: 24 seats - FPtP; 16 seats - PR;
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 Pradesh, 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 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 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

Election Year	Assembly	Start of term	End of term	Chief Minister	Speaker
2017	First Assembly	5 February 2018	Incumbent	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (NCP) (Cabinet)	Raj Bahadur Shahi (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	Members
1	Finance and National Resources	8
2	Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs	7
3	Social Development	8
4	Public Accounts	9

Current composition

Party		Parliamentary party leader	Seats
	Nepal Communist Party	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi	33
	Nepali Congress	Jiwan Bahadur Shahi	6
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Soshila Shahi	1
Total			40

Current leaders

Speaker

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

Parliamentary Party Leaders

Leader of the House (Nepal Communist Party): Hon. Mahendra Bahadur Shahi[3]
Leader of Opposition (Nepali Congress): Jiwan Bahadur Shahi[4]
Parliamentary Party Leader (Rastriya Prajatantra Party): Soshila Shahi

Whips

Government Chief Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Gulab Jang Shah[5]
- Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Sita Kumari Nepali[5]
Opposition Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Him Bahadur Shahi

List of members

Constituency/PR group	Member
Dailekh 1(B)	Amar Bahadur Thapa	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya	Amrita Shahi	Nepali Congress
Khas Arya	Badami Kwari Bohara	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya	Bimala K.C.	Nepal Communist Party
Surkhet 2(B)	Binda Man Bista	Nepal Communist Party
Dolpa 1(B)	Bir Bahadur Shahi	Nepal Communist Party
Mugu 1(B)	Chandra Bahadur Shahi	Nepal Communist Party
Humla 1(A)	Dal Rawal	Nepal Communist Party
Mugu 1(A)	Dan Singh Pariyar	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya	Devi Wali	Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 1(A)	Dharma Raj Regmi	Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples	Dinbandhu Shrestha	Nepali Congress
Jajarkot 1(A)	Ganesh Prasad Singh	Nepal Communist Party
Western Rukum 1(B)	Gopal Sharma	Nepal Communist Party
Salyan 1(A)	Gulab Jung Shah	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya	Him Bahadur Shahi	Nepali Congress
Dalit	Jhowa Kami	Nepali Congress
Humla 1(B)	Jiwan Bahadur Shahi	Nepali Congress
Jajarkot 1(B)	Karbir Shahi	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya, Backward area	Kaushilawati Khatri	Nepal Communist Party
Surkhet 1(B)	Khadka Bahadur Khatri	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya	Krishna Shah (Acharya)	Nepal Communist Party
Kalikot 1(A)	Kurma Raj Shahi	Nepal Communist Party
Kalikot 1(B)	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi	Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples	Mina Singh Rakhal	Nepal Communist Party
Dolpa 1(A)	Nanda Singhh Budha	Nepal Communist Party
Jumla 1(A)	Naresh Bhandari	Nepal Communist Party
Jumla 1(B)	Padam Bahadur Rokaya	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya	Padma Khadka	Nepal Communist Party
Salyan 1(B)	Prakash Jwala	Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples, Backward area	Pushpa Gharti (Bista)	Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 2(B)	Raj Bahadur Shahi	Nepal Communist Party
Dalit	Raju Nepali	Nepal Communist Party
Western Rukum 1(A)	Rato Kami	Nepal Communist Party
Dalit	Sita Kumari Nepali	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya	Soshila Shahi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Dailekh 2(A)	Sushil Kumar Thapa	Nepal Communist Party
Surkhet 1(A)	Thammar Bahadur Bista	Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya	Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri	Nepali Congress
Surkhet 2(A)	Yam Lal Kandel	Nepal Communist Party
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

References

"Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
"Province – 6 endorses sole candidacy of Gharti for deputy speaker". Kathmandu Tribune. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
"Yam Lal Kandel UML PP leader in Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
"Shahi elected NCPP leader in Province-6". Kathmandu Tribune. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
"No-confidence motion against Karnali chief minister to be withdrawn". The Himalayan Times. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.

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[:1-1] "Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.

[2] "Province – 6 endorses sole candidacy of Gharti for deputy speaker". Kathmandu Tribune. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

[:0-3] "Yam Lal Kandel UML PP leader in Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.

[4] "Shahi elected NCPP leader in Province-6". Kathmandu Tribune. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

[:2-5] "No-confidence motion against Karnali chief minister to be withdrawn". The Himalayan Times. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.