1st Karnali Provincial Assembly

The first Karnali Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 40 members were elected to the assembly, 24 of whom were elected through direct elections and 16 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 4 February 2018 and ended in September 2022. Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Jeevan Bahadur Shahi from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly.[1][2] Raj Bahadur Shahi served as the speaker of the assembly and Pushpa Bahadur Gharti served as the deputy speaker.[3]

1st Karnali Provincial Assembly
2nd Assembly
Overview
Legislative bodyKarnali Provincial Assembly
JurisdictionKarnali Province, Nepal
Meeting placeIrrigation Division Office, Birendranagar, Surkhet District
Term4 February 2018 – September 2022
Election2017 provincial elections
GovernmentMahendra Bahadur Shahi cabinet
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi cabinet
Websitepga.karnali.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members40
SpeakerRaj Bahadur Shahi (UML)
Deputy SpeakerPushpa Bahadur Gharti (Maoist)
Chief MinisterMahendra Bahadur Shahi (Maoist)
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (Congress)
Leader of the OppositionJeevan Bahadur Shahi (Congress)
Yam Lal Kandel (UML)

Composition

Party Seats
After election At dissolution
CPN (UML) 20 13
CPN (Maoist Centre) 13 11
Nepali Congress 6 6
CPN (Unified Socialist) 3
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1 1
Vacant 6
Total 40 40

Leaders

Speaker

  • Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Raj Bahadur Shahi[3]
    • Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Pushpa Ghari Bista[4]

Parliamentary Party Leaders

Whips

Members

Constituency/PR group Member Party
Khas Arya Amrita Shahi Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Badami Kwari Bohara CPN (UML)
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 (UML)
Mugu 1(A) Dan Singh Pariyar CPN (UML)
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 (UML)
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 (UML)
Khas Arya, Backward area Kaushilawati Khatri CPN (UML)
Surkhet 1(B) Khadka Bahadur Khatri CPN (UML)
Khas Arya Krishna Shah (Acharya) CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kalikot 1(B) Mahendra Bahadur Shahi CPN (Maoist Centre)
Indigenous peoples Mina Singh Rakhal CPN (UML)
Jumla 1(A) Naresh Bhandari CPN (Maoist Centre)
Jumla 1(B) Padam Bahadur Rokaya CPN (Unified Socialist)
Khas Arya Padma Khadka CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples, Backward area Pushpa Gharti (Bista) CPN (Maoist Centre)
Dailekh 2(B) Raj Bahadur Shahi CPN (UML)
Dalit Raju Nepali CPN (UML)
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 (UML)
Khas Arya Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri Nepali Congress
Surkhet 2(A) Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML)

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[6]
Dailekh 1(B) Amar Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML) 23 April 2021 Expelled by party[7]
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[8]

See also

References

  1. "Shahi appointed Province 6 CM". The Himalayan Times. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. "Province 1, Karnali get new chief ministers". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  3. "Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. "प्रदेशसभा सदस्य | प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय". pga.karnali.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  5. "No-confidence motion against Karnali chief minister to be withdrawn". The Himalayan Times. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  6. रातोपाटी. "कर्णालीका सांसद धर्मराज रेग्मी पदमुक्त". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  7. RSS. "UML takes action against four Karnali Province Assembly members". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  8. "Maoist Karnali Chief Whip Bista suspended". English.MakaluKhabar.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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