Koshi Provincial Assembly

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The Koshi Provincial Assembly also known as the Koshi Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कोशी प्रदेश सभा) is the unicameral legislature of Koshi Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital at Biratnagar in Morang District at the District Coordination Committee Office. The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 37 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.

Koshi Provincial Assembly

कोशी प्रदेश सभा
2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly
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Type
Type
Unicameral legislature
of Koshi Province (Nepal)
History
Founded2018
New session started
1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)
Leadership
Baburam Gautam, MC
since 12 January 2023
Deputy Speaker
Sirjana Danuwar, CPN (UML)
since 14 January 2023
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Uddhav Thapa, Nepali Congress(NC)
since 9 January 2023
Leader of the Opposition
Hikmat Kumar Karki, CPN(UML)
since 9 January 2023
Structure
Nepal Province1 ProvincialAssembly 2022.svg
Political groups
Government (46)
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  •      CPN (US): 4
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  •      RPP: 6

Opposition (47)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting:
  • 56 seats – FPtP
  • 37 seats – PR
First election
2017
First election
2022
Last election
20 November 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
File:Provincial Assembly Secretariat of Koshi Province.jpg
District Coordination Committee Office, Biratnagar, Morang District
Website
assembly.p1.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

History

The Provincial Assembly of Province No. 1 (now Koshi 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 Province No. 1 was conducted for 93 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 Sher Dhan Rai from CPN (UML).[1] The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 5 February 2018. Pradeep Kumar Bhandari from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[2] and Saraswoti Pokharel from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.[3]

List of assemblies

Election Year Assembly Start of term End of term Speaker Chief Minister Party
2017 1st Assembly 5 February 2018 2022 Pradeep Kumar Bhandari Sher Dhan Rai
(Cabinet)
CPN (UML)
Bhim Acharya
(Cabinet)
Rajendra Kumar Rai
(Cabinet)
CPN (Unified Socialist)
2022 2nd Assembly 1 January 2023[4] Incumbent Baburam Gautam Hikmat Kumar Karki
(Cabinet)
CPN (UML)

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
1 Justice, Administration and Legislation
2 Good Governance and Planning
3 Finance
4 Public Accounts
5 Social Development
6 Industry, Tourism and Environment
7 Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development

Current composition

Party Parliamentary party leader Seats[5]
CPN (UML) Hikmat Kumar Karki 40
Nepali Congress Uddhav Thapa 29
CPN (Maoist Centre) Indra Bahadur Angbo 13
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhakti Prasad Sitaula 6
CPN (Unified Socialist) Rajendra Kumar Rai 4
People's Socialist Party Nirmala Limbu 1
Total 93

Related pages

References

  1. "Sher Dhan Rai elected UML PP chief of Province 1, set to be CM | Setopati". setopati.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  2. (in en) Pradeep Bhandari named Province 1 speaker. http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-02-11/pradeep-bhandari-named-province-1-speaker.html. Retrieved 2018-03-23. 
  3. Subedi, Binod. "Intense lobbying in parties to become ministers in Province 1". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. "Province 1 Assembly tables two ordinances in its first meeting". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. (in ne) प्रदेश १ मा एमाले पहिलो, बहुमतका लागि ७ सिट अपुग. https://ekantipur.com/federal-provincial-election-2079/2022/12/06/167034063554556767.html. Retrieved 2022-12-06.