2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly

2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyLumbini Provincial Assembly
JurisdictionLumbini Province, Nepal
Meeting placeChamber of Commerce Meeting Hall, Bhalubang, Dang District
Term2 January 2023 –
Election2022 provincial elections
GovernmentGiri cabinet, 2023
Provincial Assembly
Members87
SpeakerTularam Gharti Magar, CPN (MC)
Deputy SpeakerMenuka Khand K.C., RPP
Chief MinisterChet Narayan Acharya, CPN (UML)
Leader of the OppositionJokh Bahadur Mahara, CPN (MC)
Party controlGovernment (69)
  •   CPN (UML): 29
  •   Congress: 27
  •   NUP: 4
  •   LSPN: 3
  •   Janamat: 3
  •   PSP: 2
  •   PSP-N: 1

Opposition (18)

The second Lumbini Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2022 provincial elections on 20 November 2022.[1] 87 members were elected to the assembly, 52 of whom were elected through direct elections and 35 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

Whips

Composition

Party Seats
After election At present
FPTP PR[16] Total[17] FPTP PR Total
CPN (UML) 18 11 29 18 11 29
Nepali Congress 17 10 27 17 10 27
CPN (Maoist Centre) 5 4 9 7 4 11
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 2 2 4 2 2 4
Nagrik Unmukti Party 2 2 4 2 2 4
Janamat Party 1 2 3 1 2 3
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party 2 1 3 2 1 3
People's Socialist Party — — — 2 — 2
CPN (Unified Socialist) 0 1 1 0 1 1
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 2 1 3 0 1 1
Rastriya Janamorcha 0 1 1 0 1 1
Independent 3 — 3 1 — 1
Total 52 35 87 52 35 87

Members

CPN (UML) (29)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Rupandehi 2 (A) Lila Giri
Arghakhanchi 1 (A) Chet Narayan Acharya
  • Deputy parliamentary party leader
  • Cabinet minister
Gulmi 1 (A) Chindramani Pandey
Gulmi 2 (A) Dilliraj Bhusal
Gulmi 2 (B) Dinesh Panthi
Palpa 1 (A) Raju Prasad Shrestha
Palpa 1 (B) Khem Bahadur Saru
Arghakhanchi 1 (B) Ramji Prasad Ghimire
Rupandehi 2 (B) Bhoj Prasad Shrestha
Rupandehi 3 (B) Tulsi Prasad Chaudhary
Rupandehi 5 (A) Bhumeshwar Dhakal
Kapilvastu 1 (A) Binu Prasad Panthi
Kapilvastu 1 (B) Madhusudan Sharan Kurmi
Kapilvastu 2 (A) Nawaraj Lamichhane
Kapilvastu 3 (A) Arjun Kumar K.C.
Pyuthan 1 (A) Tulsi Ram Sharma
Banke 1 (B) Durga Prasad Chaudhary
Banke 3 (A) Ratna Bahadur Khatri
Khas Arya Girdharilal Neupane
Khas Arya Janak Neupane
Khas Arya Basanti Neupane
Indigenous peoples Sarita Pun
Indigenous peoples Yamuna Roka Tamang
Tharu Sita Sharma
Tharu Bhagwati Kumari Tharuni
Dalit Indra Kumari Gahatraj
Dalit Rekha Kumar Sharma
Madheshi, Lodh Santhi Lodh
Muslim Sayara Bano
Nepali Congress (27)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Dang 3 (A) Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary
  • Leader of the Opposition
  • Parliamentary party leader
Gulmi 1 (B) Dhanendra Karki
Palpa 2 (A) Bir Bahadur Rana
Rupandehi 1 (B) Abdul Razak Gaddi
Rupandehi 4 (B) Basiuddin Khan
Kapilvastu 2 (B) Sudhakar Panday
Eastern Rukum 1 (B) Dhan Bahadur K.C.
Pyuthan 1 (B) Saroj Thapa
Dang 1 (B) Anurag Khadka
Dang 2 (A) Raju Khanal
Dang 2 (B) Prachanda Bikram Neupane
Banke 3 (B) Badshah Kurmi
Bardiya 1 (A) Bhubaneshwar Chaudhary
Bardiya 2 (A) Janmaya Timilsina
Parasi 1 (A) Biswo Prem Pathak
Parasi 1 (B) Devkaran Prasad Kalwar
Parasi 2 (B) Baijanath Kalwar
Khas Arya Jamuna Dhakal
Khas Arya Nima Giri
Khas Arya Malati Sodari
Indigenous peoples Dhanlaxmi Shrestha
Indigenous peoples Maya Pun
Tharu Devi Prasad Chaudhary
Tharu Sanju Kumari Caudhary
Dalit Loki Kumar Bishwakarma
Madheshi, Badi Shushila Badi
Muslim Mina Kumari Bohara
CPN (Maoist Centre) (10)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Palpa 2 (B) Tularam Gharti Magar
  • Speaker of the Assembly
Rolpa 1 (A) Jokh Bahadur Mahara
  • Parliamentary party leader
Banke 1 (A) Krishna K.C.
  • Cabinet minister
Eastern Rukum 1 (A) Surul Pun
Dang 1 (A) Indrajit Tharu
Dang 3 (B) Dhan Bahadur Maskey
Rolpa 1 (B) Dipendra Kumar Pun
Khas Arya Mina Budhamagar
Indigenous peoples Dil Kumari Budha
Tharu Krishna Kushma Tharu
Dalit Yam Bahadur Nepali Sarki
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (4)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Khas Arya Menuka Khand K.C.
  • Deputy Speaker of the assembly
Rupandehi 1 (A) Aashish Kumar Chaudhary
  • Parliamentary party leader
Kapilvastu 3 (B) Janaki Prasad Yadav
Indigenous peoples Mina Kimari Shrestha
Nagrik Unmukti Party (4)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Bardiya 2 (B) Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary
  • Parliamentary party leader
Bardiya 1 (B) Raj Kumar Chaudhary
  • Chief Whip
Khas Arya Narmaya Dhakal
  • Whip
Indigenous peoples Nirmala Devi Tharu
Janamat Party (3)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Rupandehi 5 (B) Chandrakesh Gupta
Khas Arya Suman Sharma Rayamajhi
Indigenous peoples Gita Gurung
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (3)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Rupandehi 3 (A) Santosh Kumar Panday
  • Parliamentary party leader
Rupandehi 4 (A) Kanhaiya Baniya
Khas Arya Hema Belbase
People's Socialist Party (2)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Banke 2 (A) Bhandari Lal Ahir
Banke 2 (B) Aadesh Kumar Agrawal
CPN (Unified Socialist) (1)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Khas Arya Bhagwati Adhikari
People's Socialist Party, Nepal (1)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Khas Arya Ambika Kafle
Rastriya Janamorcha (1)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Khas Arya Tara Thapa
Independent (1)
Constituency/PR group Member Portfolio & Responsibilities
Parasi 2 (A) Khadga Basnet

Party changes or defections

Constituency/PR group Member From To Date
Rolpa 1 (B) Dipendra Kumar Pun Independent CPN (Maoist Centre) 4 January 2023[18]
Eastern Rukum 1 (A) Surul Pun 22 March 2023[19]
Banke 2 (A) Bhandari Lal Ahir People's Socialist Party, Nepal People's Socialist Party (Nepal) 12 May 2024[20]
Banke 2 (B) Aadesh Kumar Agrawal

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