Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province
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 Province, 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.
Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा | |
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| 1st Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province | |
 Emblem of Karnali Province | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
New session started | February 4, 2018 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Leader of Opposition | |
| Structure | |
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Political groups | Government (20)
Opposition (13)
Other opposition (1)
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Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| Mixed member majoritarian: | |
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 present First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. 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 | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (NC)
(Cabinet) |
Raj Bahadur Shahi (UML) |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Yam Lal Kandel | 13 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi | 11 | |
| Nepali Congress | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | 6 | |
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | Chandra Bahadur Shahi | 3 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Soshila Shahi | 1 | |
| Vacant | 6 | ||
| Total | 40 | ||
Current leaders
Speaker
Parliamentary Party Leaders
- Leader of the House (Nepali Congress): Hon. Jeevan Bahadur Shahi[2]
- Leader of Opposition (CPN (UML)): Yam Lal Kandel[2]
- Parliamentary Party Leader (CPN (Maoist Centre)): Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
- Parliamentary Party Leader (Rastriya Prajatantra Party): Soshila Shahi
Whips
- Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Him Bahadur Shahi
- Whip (Nepali Congress): Amrita Shahi[2]
- Opposition Chief Whip (CPN(UML)): Gulab Jang Shah[3]
List of members
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khas Arya | Amrita Shahi | Nepali Congress | |
| Khas Arya | Badami Kwari Bohara | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Khas Arya | Bimala KC | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Surkhet 2(B) | Binda Man Bista | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Dolpa 1(B) | Bir Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Mugu 1(B) | Chandra Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
| Humla 1(A) | Dal Rawal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Mugu 1(A) | Dan Singh Pariyar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Khas Arya | Devi Wali | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
| Indigenous peoples | Dinbandhu Shrestha | Nepali Congress | |
| Jajarkot 1(A) | Ganesh Prasad Singh | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Western Rukum 1(B) | Gopal Sharma | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Salyan 1(A) | Gulab Jung Shah | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Khas Arya | Him Bahadur Shahi | Nepali Congress | |
| Dalit | Jhowa Kami | Nepali Congress | |
| Humla 1(B) | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | Nepali Congress | |
| Jajarkot 1(B) | Karbir Shahi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Khas Arya, Backward area | Kaushilawati Khatri | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Surkhet 1(B) | Khadka Bahadur Khatri | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Khas Arya | Krishna Shah (Acharya) | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Kalikot 1(B) | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Indigenous peoples | Mina Singh Rakhal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Jumla 1(A) | Naresh Bhandari | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Jumla 1(B) | Padam Bahadur Rokaya | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
| Khas Arya | Padma Khadka | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Indigenous peoples, Backward area | Pushpa Gharti (Bista) | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Dailekh 2(B) | Raj Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Dalit | Raju Nepali | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Western Rukum 1(A) | Rato Kami | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Dalit | Sita Kumari Nepali | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Khas Arya | Soshila Shahi | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | |
| Dailekh 2(A) | Sushil Kumar Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Khas Arya | Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri | Nepali Congress | |
| Surkhet 2(A) | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Source: Election Commission of Nepal | |||
Changes
| Constituency/PR group | MPA | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New MPA | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dailekh 1(A) | Dharma Raj Regmi | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 12 April 2021 | Resignation[4] | ||||
| Dailekh 1(B) | Amar Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 23 April 2021 | Expelled by party[5] | ||||
| Salyan 1(B) | Prakash Jwala | |||||||
| Dolpa 1(A) | Nanda Singh Budha | |||||||
| Kalikot 1(A) | Kurma Raj Shahi | |||||||
| Surkhet 1(A) | Thammar Bahadur Bista | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 20 March 2022 | Expelled by party[6] | ||||
References
- "Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- "प्रदेशसभा सदस्य | प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय". pga.karnali.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- "No-confidence motion against Karnali chief minister to be withdrawn". The Himalayan Times. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- रातोपाटी. "कर्णालीका सांसद धर्मराज रेग्मी पदमुक्त". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- RSS. "UML takes action against four Karnali Province Assembly members". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- "Maoist Karnali Chief Whip Bista suspended". English.MakaluKhabar.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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