Karnali Provincial Assembly

Karnali Provincial Assembly

कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा
2nd Karnali Provincial Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded2018
Leadership
Yam Lal Kandel, CPN (UML)
since 9 April 2024
Leader of Opposition
Raj Kumar Sharma, CPN (MC)
since 22 July 2024
Structure
Political groups
Government (25)
  •   Congress: 15
  •   CPN (UML): 10

Opposition (15)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting:
  • 24 seats – FPtP
  • 16 seats – PR
First election
2017
Last election
20 November 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Irrigation Division Office,
Birendranagar, Surkhet District
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 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.

The First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The current assembly was elected in 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 Speaker Chief Minister Party
2017 1st Assembly 4 February 2018 September 2022 Raj Bahadur Shahi Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
(Cabinet) 		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
(Cabinet) 		Nepali Congress
2022 2nd Assembly 2 January 2023 Incumbent Nanda Gurung Raj Kumar Sharma
(Cabinet) 		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Yam Lal Kandel
(Cabinet) 		CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

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

Main article: 2nd Karnali Provincial Assembly § Members
Party Parliamentary party leader Seats[2]
Nepali Congress Jeevan Bahadur Shahi 15[3]
CPN (Maoist Centre) Raj Kumar Sharma 13
CPN (UML) Yam Lal Kandel 10
CPN (Unified Socialist) Kalyani Khadka 1
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Santoshi Shahi 1
Total 40

See also

References

  1. ^ "Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  2. ^ "कर्णालीमा पहिलो दल बन्यो कांग्रेस, माओवादी दोस्रो". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  3. ^ "कर्णालीका स्वतन्त्र सांसद शाही कांग्रेसमै फर्किए, आफू सक्कली कांग्रेस भएको दाबी". www.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-08-13.