Gandaki Provincial Assembly

The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province also known as the Gandaki Province Sabha, (Nepali: गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Gandaki Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital Pokhara in Kaski District at the Urban Development Training Centre. The assembly has 60 members of whom 36 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 24 of whom are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is five years until dissolved earlier.

Gandaki Provincial Assembly

गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा
2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded2018
New session started
2 January 2023 (2023-01-02)
Leadership
Speaker
Hon. Krishna Parsad Dhital, MC
since 14 January 2023
Deputy Speaker
Hon. Bina Kumari Dhital, UML
since 16 January 2023
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Surendra Raj Pandey, NC
since 27 April 2023
Leader of Opposition
Khagaraj Adhikari, UML
since 27 April 2023
Structure
Political groups
Government (36)
  •   Congress: 27
  •   CPN (MC): 8
  •   CPN (US): 1

Opposition (24)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting:
  • 36 seats – FPtP
  • 24 seats – PR
First election
2017
Last election
20 November 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Town Development Training Centre,
Pokhara, Kaski District
Website
pradeshsabha.gandaki.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The present First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The next election will take place when the five-year term ends by November 2022.

History

The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki 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 Gandaki Province was conducted for 60 seats to the assembly.[1][2] The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018.[3][4] Netra Nath Adhikari from Maoist Centre was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[5] and Srijana Sharma from CPN (UML) as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.[6]

List of assemblies
Election Year Assembly Start of term End of term Speaker Chief Minister Party
2017 1st Assembly 4 February 2018 September 2022 Netra Nath Adhikari Prithvi Subba Gurung
(Cabinet)		 CPN (UML)
Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel
(Cabinet)		 Nepali Congress
2022 2nd Assembly 2 January 2023 27 April 2023 Krishna Dhital Khagaraj Adhikari
(Cabinet)		 CPN (UML)
27 April 2023 Incumbent Surendra Raj Pandey cabinet
(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 Work Arrangement Advisory 11
2 Legislative 13
3 Public Accounts 13
4 Finance and Development 14
5 Provincial Affairs 11

Current composition
Main article: 2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly § Members
Party Parliamentary party leader Seats[7]
Nepali Congress Surendra Raj Pandey 27
CPN (UML) Khagaraj Adhikari 22
CPN (Maoist Centre) Hari Bahadur Chuman 8
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 2
CPN (Unified Socialist) 1
Total 60

See also

References
  1. "Prithvi Subba Gurung unanimously elected UML PP leader of Province 4 - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  2. "Prithvi Subba Gurung appointed as Province 4 CM - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. "First Provincial Assembly meeting begins in 4 provinces". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  4. "First provincial assembly meeting of Province 4 begins". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  5. "Adhikari unanimously elected Province 4 Speaker". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. "Srijana Sharma elected as deputy speaker of Province-4". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  7. "गण्डकीमा २७ सिटसहित कांग्रेस पहिलो दल, सत्तारुढ गठबन्धनलाई सहज बहुमत". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
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