Lumbini Provincial Assembly

The Provincial Assembly of Lumbini Province also known as the Lumbini Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: लुम्बिनी प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Lumbini Province, one of the 7 provinces in Nepal, and is situated at Dang, the interim province capital of Lumbini Province, with 60 Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA).

Lumbini Provincial Assembly

लुम्बिनी प्रदेश सभा
2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded2018
New session started
2 January 2023 (2023-01-02)
Leadership
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, NC
since 27 April 2023
Leader of Opposition
Leela Giri, UML
since 27 April 2023
Structure
Political groups
  •   CPN (UML): 29
  •   Congress: 27
  •   CPN (MC): 9
  •   NSP: 1
  •   NUP: 4
  •   RPP: 4
  •   Janamat: 3
  •   LSPN: 3
  •   PSP-N: 3
  •   CPN (US): 1
  •   Janamorcha: 1
  •   Independent: 3
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting:
  • 52 seats – FPtP
  • 35 seats – PR
First election
2017
Last election
20 November 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Hall,
Bhalubang, Dang District
Website
pradeshsabha.p5.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

Kul Prasad KC is the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province.[1] The Speaker of the Assembly is Purna Bahadur Gharti.[2] Umakanta Jha is the first Governor of Lumbini Province.[3] Current Governor Hon. Amik Sherchan is appointed on 27 July 2021 by the President of Nepal.[4]

List of assemblies

Election Year Assembly Start of term End of term Speaker Chief Minister Party
2017 1st Assembly 4 February 2018 September 2022 Purna Bahadur Gharti Shankar Pokharel
(Cabinet)

CPN (UML)
Kul Prasad KC
(Cabinet)

CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 2nd Assembly 2 January 2023 25 April 2023 Tularam Gharti Magar Leela Giri
(Cabinet)

CPN (UML)
27 April 2023 Incumbent Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary
(Cabinet)
Nepali Congress

Current composition

Party Parliamentary party leader Seats[5]
CPN (UML) Lila Giri 29
Nepali Congress Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary 27
CPN (Maoist Centre) Jokh Bahadur Mahara 10
Nagrik Unmukti Party Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary 4
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ashish Kumar Chaudhary 4
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Santosh Kumar Pandey 3
Janamat Party Chandrakesh Gupta 3
People's Socialist Party Bhandari Lal Ahir 3
CPN (Unified Socialist) Bhagwati Adhikari 1
Rastriya Janamorcha Tara Thapa 1
Independent 2
Total 87

See also

References

  1. "Kul Prasad KC appointed new CM in Lumbini". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. "Yadav, Gharti sworn in as speakers". Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. "Government finalises provinces' governors and temporary headquarters". nepalekhabar.com. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. "Nepal's President appoints new governors in all seven provinces". DD News. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. "लुम्बिनी प्रदेशमा २९ सिटसहित एमाले सबैभन्दा ठूलो दल". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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