Bagmati Provincial Assembly

Bagmati Provincial Assembly बागमती प्रदेश सभा
2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature of Bagmati Province
History
Founded	2018
Leadership
Speaker	Bhuwan Kumar Pathak, RPP since 13 January 2023
Deputy Speaker	Apsara Chapagain Khatri, UML since 17 January 2023
Leader of the House	Bahadur Singh Lama, NC since 24 July 2024
Leader of Opposition	Shalikram Jamkattel, CPN (MC) since 24 July 2024
Structure
Political groups	Government (64)   Congress: 37   CPN (UML): 27 Opposition (46)   CPN (MC): 21   RPP: 13   CPN (US): 7   NMKP: 3   HNP: 2
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 66 seats – FPtP 44 seats – PR
First election	2017
Last election	20 November 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Regional Educational Directorate, Hetauda, Makwanpur District
Website
pradeshsabha.p3.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province also known as the Bagmati Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: वाग्मती प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Bagmati Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Hetauda in Makwanpur District at the Regional Educational Directorate Office. The assembly has 110 members of whom 66 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 44 of whom are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is five 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 current assembly was elected in November 2022.

History

The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislature for each province in the country. The first provincial elections were conducted for all seven provinces in Nepal and the elections in Bagmati Province was conducted for 110 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 Dormani Poudel from CPN (UML).[1] The first meeting of the assembly was called by Governor Anuradha Koirala for 1 February 2018.[2] Sanu Kumar Shrestha from the CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[3] and Radhika Tamang from Maoist Centre was elected as the first deputy speaker.[4] In May 2018, the two parties merged and formed the Nepal Communist Party which had a supermajority in the assembly.[5]

List of Assemblies

Election Year	Assembly	Start of term	End of term	Speaker	Chief Minister	Party
2017	1st Assembly	1 February 2018	September 2022	Sanu Kumar Shrestha	Dor Mani Poudel (Cabinet)		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
					Astalaxmi Shakya (Cabinet)
					Rajendra Prasad Pandey (Cabinet)		CPN (Unified Socialist)
2022	2nd Assembly	2 January 2023	Incumbent	Bhuwan Kumar Pathak	Shalikram Jamkattel (Cabinet)		CPN (Maoist Centre)
					Bahadur Singh Lama (Cabinet)		Nepali Congress

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	Provincial Affairs	22
2	Finance and Development	20
3	Public Accounts	20
4	Education, Health and Agriculture	20
5	Industry, Tourism and Environment	19

Current composition

Main article: 2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly § Members

Party		Parliamentary party leader	Seats[6]
	Nepali Congress	Bahadur Singh Lama	37
	CPN (UML)	Jagannath Thapaliya	27
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Shalikram Jamkattel	21
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Udhhav Thapa	13
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal	7
	Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party	Surendra Raj Gosai	3
	Hamro Nepali Party	Shailendra Man Bajracharya	2
Total			110

See also

• Bagmati Province
• Provincial assemblies of Nepal

References

1. "Poudel sworn in as Prov 3 CM". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
2. "First session of Province 3 assembly to begin next week". OnlineKhabar English News. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
3. "Sanu Kumar Shrestha elected State Assembly Speaker of Province 3". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
4. "Tamang elected deputy speaker of Province 3 unopposed". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
5. "UML, Maoist Centre to unify; strike seven point agreement". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
6. "वाग्मती प्रदेश : सत्तारुढ गठबन्धनलाई बहुमत". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.