2nd Madhesh Provincial Assembly

The 2nd Madhesh Provincial Assembly was elected through the provincial elections held on 20 November 2022. The assembly has 64 constituency seats in which members are elected through direct elections and 43 proportional representation party list seats. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier. The first session of the assembly started from 2 January 2023.

Members

CPN (UML) (25)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Dhanusha 1 (B)	Ram Chandra Mandal	Speaker of the assembly
Mahottari 4 (A)	Saroj Kumar Yadav	Parliamentary party leader Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development
Saptari 1 (A)	Raj Kumar Lekhi	Minister for Law, Justice and Provincial Affairs
Siraha 2 (B)	Satrudhan Prasad Singh	Minister for Home Affairs and Communication
Rautahat 2 (A)	Mohammad Zaid Alam	Minister for Women, Children, Youth and Sports
Rautahat 3 (A)	Keshav Raya	Elected as Independent; joined CPN (UML) on 3 February 2023 State minister for Home Affairs and Communications
Siraha 1 (A)	Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary Tharu
Siraha 3 (A)	Manoj Kumar Singh
Dhanusha 2 (A)	Lakhan Das Tatma
Dhanusha 3 (B)	Dipendra Kumar Thakur
Dhanusha 4 (B)	Hari Narayan Mahato
Mahottari 1 (A)	Sharada Devi Thapa
Bara 1 (A)	Triloki Prasad
Bara 3 (A)	Ravindra Das Shrestha
Bara 3 (B)	Mohammad Sameer
Bara 4 (A)	Dev Narayan Tharu
Madheshi	Jay Chandra Prasad Patel
Madheshi	Panti Devi Yadav
Madheshi	Phulo Kumari Devi
Madheshi, Marwari	Bina Devi Sharma
Madheshi, Marwari	Rajpati Devi Jaiswal
Dalit	Palti Devi Mahara
Muslim	Jainab Khatun
Indigenous peoples	Manju Kumari Thapa Magar

People's Socialist Party (20)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Bara 1 (B)	Saroj Kumar Yadav	Chief Minister Parliamentary party leader
Sarlahi 3 (B)	Sanjay Kumar Yadav	Minister for Economic Affairs
Mahottari 2 (B)	Surita Kumari Sah	Elected as Independent; joined PSP-N on 22 January 2023 Minister for Social Development
Parsa 4 (B)	Singhasan Sah Kalwar	Minister for Water Supply and Energy Development
Rautahat 4 (B)	Sheikh Abul Kalam Aazad	State minister for Social Development
Saptari 4 (B)	Anirudhha Kumar Singh	Elected as Independent
Siraha 1 (B)	Raj Kumar Gupta
Dhanusha 2 (B)	Ram Ashish Yadav
Mahottari 4 (B)	Saroj Kumar Singh
Bara 2 (A)	Sarada Sarkar Prasad Kalwar	Elected as Independent; joined the party on 5 February 2023
Bara 2 (B)	Bachha Raut Ahir
Parsa 1 (B)	Lalbabu Raut
Parsa 3 (A)	Pramod Kumar Jaiswal	Elected as Independent; joined PSP-N on 22 January 2023
Madheshi, Kayastha	Manish Kumar Suman
Madheshi	Bindu Kumari Yadav
Madheshi	Kiran Kumari
Madheshi, Kanu	Shobha Devi
Dalit	Lalita Das
Muslim	Shahida Khatun
Indigenous peoples	Mamata Devi Mandal

Janamat Party (13)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Madheshi, Rajdhov	Babita Kumari Raut Ishar	Deputy Speaker of the assembly
Saptari 2 (B)	Mahesh Prasad Yadav	Parliamentary party leader Minister for Education, Science and Technology
Madheshi	Basanta Kumar Kushwaha	Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives
Siraha 2 (A)	Sanjay Kumar Yadav	State minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives
Madheshi	Chandan Kumar Singh	Chief Whip
Saptari 1 (B)	Saqil Miya
Saptari 2 (A)	Satish Kumar Singh
Saptari 3 (B)	Shambhu Kumar Sah
Siraha 4 (A)	Tribhuwan Sah
Madheshi	Anita Kumari Shah
Dalit, Khatve	Ranju Kumari Mandal Khang
Muslim	Hasina Khatun
Indigenous peoples	Bhagyashri Kumari Chaudhary

Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (9)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Mahottari 3 (A)	Abhiram Sharma	Parliamentary party leader
Siraha 4 (B)	Ram Babu Yadav
Mahottari 2 (A)	Jayanul Rain
Mahottari 3 (B)	Rani Kumari Tiwari
Sarlahi 1 (A)	Upendra Mahato
Bara 4 (B)	Jitendra Prasad Sonar
Parsa 2 (B)	Ramesh Prasad Kurmi
Madheshi	Rupa Kumari Yadav
Madheshi, Sudhi	Ramita Pradhan

CPN (Maoist Centre) (9)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Mahottari 1 (B)	Bharat Prasad Sah	Parliamentary party leader
Sarlahi 3 (A)	Jawaharlal Kushwaha	Elected as Independent; joined the party on 28 December 2022
Sarlahi 4 (B)	Fakeera Mahato
Rautahat 4 (A)	Yubaraj Bhattarai
Parsa 1 (A)	Rahabar Ansari
Madheshi	Sunita Yadav
Madheshi, Kayastha	Mala Kumari Karna
Dalit	Sharada Das
Muslim	Mohammad Razi Haider

CPN (Unified Socialist) (7)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Saptari 4 (A)	Govinda Bahadur Neupane	Parliamentary party leader
Sarlahi 1 (B)	Bechi Lungeli
Siraha 3 (B)	Pramod Kumar Yadav
Rautahat 2 (B)	Kanish Patel
Madheshi	Ratneshwar Goit Yadav
Madheshi, Lohar	Laxmi Devi
Dalit	Kishori Devi

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Madheshi	Kanchan Bichha

Nepal Federal Socialist Party (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Muslim	Bimala Ansari Tartrum

Nagrik Unmukti Party (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Madheshi	Urmila Devi Singh

Defections

Constituency/PR group	Member	From		To		Date
Sarlahi 3 (A)	Jawaharlal Kushwaha		Independent		CPN (Maoist Centre)	28 December 2022
Mahottari 2 (B)	Surita Kumari Sah				People's Socialist Party, Nepal	22 January 2023
Parsa 3 (A)	Pramod Kumar Jaiswal
Rautahat 3 (A)	Keshav Raya				CPN (UML)	3 February 2023
Bara 2 (A)	Sarada Sarkar Prasad Kalwar				People's Socialist Party, Nepal	5 February 2023
Saptari 4 (B)	Anirudhha Kumar Singh

Suspensions

Constituency/PR group	Member	Party		From	To	Reason
Mahottari 3 (A)	Abhiram Sharma		Loktantrik Samajwadi	30 April 2024		Life sentence on murder charges