2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly

2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly
←1st Assembly
Overview
Legislative bodyGandaki Provincial Assembly
JurisdictionGandaki Province, Nepal
Meeting placeTown Development Training Centre,
Pokhara, Kaski District
Term2 January 2023 –
Election2022 provincial elections
GovernmentAdhikari cabinet, 2023
Websitepradeshsabha.gandaki.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members60
SpeakerKrishna Prasad Dhital, CPN (MC)
Deputy SpeakerBina Kumari Thapa, CPN (UML)
Chief MinisterSurendra Raj Pandey, NC
Leader of the OppositionHari Bahadur Chuman, CPN (MC)
Party controlGovernment (51)
  •   Congress: 27
  •   CPN (UML): 22
  •   NSP: 1
  •   Independent: 1

Opposition (9)

The second Gandaki Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2022 provincial elections on 20 November 2022.[1] 60 members were elected to the assembly, 36 of whom were elected through direct elections and 24 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The first session of the assembly commenced from 2 January 2023.[2]

Leaders

Officers

Parliamentary party

Whip

Composition

Party Seats
After election At present
FPTP PR[11] Total[12] FPTP PR Total
Nepali Congress 18 9 27 18 9 27
CPN (UML) 12 10 22 12 10 22
CPN (Maoist Centre) 5 3 8 5 3 8
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 0 2 2 0 2 2
Independent 1 — 1 1 — 1
Total 36 24 60 36 24 60

Members

Nepali Congress (27)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Gorkha 2 (B) Surendra Raj Pandey
  • Leader of the Opposition
  • Parliamentary party leader
Gorkha 1 (B) Nanda Prasad Neupane
  • Chief Whip
Manang 1 (A) Munindra Jung Gurung
Lamjung 1 (A) Tek Raj Gurung
Lamjung 1 (B) Bhesh Bhahadur Paudel
Kaski 2 (B) Bindu Kumar Thapa
Kaski 3 (B) Prakash Baral
Tanahun 1 (A) Ashok Kumar Shrestha
Tanahun 2 (B) Jeet Prakash Ale Magar
Syangja 2 (A) Bhojraj Aryal
Syangja 2 (B) Mahesh Bhattarai
Nawalpur 1 (A) Mahendra Dhoj G.C.
Mustang 1 (A) Namdu Gurung
Mustang 1 (B) Bikal Sherhan
Baglung 1 (A) Dipendra Bahadur Thapa
Baglung 1 (B) Dilli Ram Subedi
Baglung 2 (A) Jeet Bahadur Sherchan
Baglung 2 (B) Drona Kumar Kunwar
Indigenous peoples, Thakali Bimala Gauchan
Indigenous peoples Rekha Gurung
Indigenous peoples Saraswati Gurung
Indigenous peoples Parbati Tamang
Khas Arya Saraswati Aryal
Khas Arya Champa Devi Khadka
Khas Arya Kalpana Tiwari
Dalit Dilmaya Pau.Bi.
Dalit Tika Kumari Basyal
CPN (UML) (22)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Indigenous peoples Bina Kumari Thapa
  • Deputy Speaker of the Assembly
Kaski 1 (A) Khagaraj Adhikari
Syangja 1 (A) Sita Kumari Sundas
  • Minister for Economic Affairs
Nawalpur 1 (B) Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa
  • Chief Whip
  • Minister for Internal Affairs and Law
Kaski 1 (B) Ved Bahadur Gurung
  • Minister for Agriculture, Energy and Water Resources
Kaski 2 (A) Bhim Bahadur Karki
Kaski 3 (A) Ganesh Man Gurung
Tanahun 2 (A) Shyam Raja Mahat
Syangja 1 (B) Sudhir Kumar Paudel
Nawalpur 2 (A) Padama G.C. Shrestha
Nawalpur 2 (B) Laxman Bahadur Pandey
Parbat 1 (A) Bhakta Bahadur Kunwar
Parbat 1 (B) Mitralal Basyal
Indigenous peoples Lila Bahadur Thapa Magar
Indigenous peoples Nirmala Thapa
Indigenous peoples, Bhujel Raj Kumari Bhujel
Khas Arya Krishna Prasad Pathak
Khas Arya Prakash Bahadur K.C.
Khas Arya Yashoda Rimal
Khas Arya Devka Pahari
Dalit Gobinda Bahadur Nepali
Dalit Nandakala Damai Nepali
CPN (Maoist Centre) (8)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Gorkha 1 (A) Krishna Prasad Dhital
  • Speaker of the Assembly
Tanahun 1 (B) Hari Bahadur Chuman
  • Parliamentary party leader
  • Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development and Transport Management
Myagdi 1 (B) Ramesh Bahadur Jugjali
  • Minister for Industry, Tourism and Environment
Gorkha 2 (A) Phandindra Devkota
Myagdi 1 (A) Hari Bahadur Bhandari
Indigenous peoples Kushum Budha Pun
Khas Arya Sushila Simkhada
Dalit Damyanti Ruchal
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (2)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Indigenous peoples Pancha Ram Gurung
  • Parliamentary party leader
  • Minister for Social Development and Health
Khas Arya Bindu Adhikari
Independent (1)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Manang 1 (B) Rajeev Gurung

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elections announced for November 20". Kantipur Media Group. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ "सुरू भए सातै प्रदेशसभा". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ^ "Maoist Centre's Krishna Dhital elected Gandaki Assembly speaker". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
  4. ^ "गण्डकीको उपसभामुखमा एमालेकी विना थापा निर्वाचित". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  5. ^ "Gandaki chief minister Adhikari takes oath of office and secrecy". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  6. ^ "Bahadur Singh Lama and Surendra Pandey elected leader of provincial assembly parties of Nepali Congress". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  7. ^ "गण्डकीमा एमाले संसदीय दलको नेतामा अधिकारी". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  8. ^ "माओवादी गण्डकी प्रदेश दलको नेतामा चुमान सर्वसम्मत". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  9. ^ "गण्डकीमा ३२ सांसदको हस्ताक्षर संकलन, माओवादीका हरि चुमान भन्छन्– अब मेरो पालो हो". 12khari (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  10. ^ "कांग्रेस गण्डकीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा न्यौपाने". Makalu Khabar. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  11. ^ "आयोगद्वारा समानुपातिक निर्वाचन प्रणाली अन्तर्गत प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य तथा प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा दलहरुले प्राप्त गरेको मत र सिट संख्या निर्धारण" [Commission determines votes and seats received by parties in proportional voting at the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly member elections]. Election Commission Nepal (in Nepali). 7 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  12. ^ "गण्डकीमा २७ सिटसहित कांग्रेस पहिलो दल, सत्तारुढ गठबन्धनलाई सहज बहुमत". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.