Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province

The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province also known as the Karnali Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Karnali Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Birendranagar in Surkhet District at the Irrigation Division Office. The assembly has 40 members of whom 24 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 16 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.

Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province

कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा
1st Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province
Emblem of Karnali Province
Type
Type
History
New session started
February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)
Leadership
Speaker
Raj Bahadur Shahi, CPN(UML)
since 11 February 2018
Deputy Speaker
Pushpa Gharti Bista, CPN (Maoist Centre)
since 17 February 2018
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, NC
since 16 February 2018
Leader of Opposition
Yam Lal Kandel, CPN(UML)
since 9 February 2018
Structure
Political groups
Government (21)
  •   CPN (Maoist Centre): 12
  •   Nepali Congress: 6
  •   CPN(US): 3

Opposition (13)

Unalligned (1)

  •  RPP: 1
  • Vacant-5
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Mixed member majoritarian:
Last election
26 November and 7 December 2017
Next election
2022
Meeting place
Irrigation Division Office, Birendranagar, Surkhet
Website
pga.karnali.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 Karnali 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 Karnali Province was conducted for 40 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 Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from Maoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Raj Bahadur Shahi from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[1] and Pushpa Ghari Bista from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.

List of Assemblies
Election Year Assembly Start of term End of term Chief Minister Speaker
2017 First Assembly 5 February 2018 Incumbent Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (NC)

(Cabinet)

 Raj Bahadur Shahi (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 Members
1 Finance and National Resources 8
2 Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs 7
3 Social Development 8
4 Public Accounts 9

Current composition
Party Parliamentary party leader Seats
CPN(UML) Yam Lal Kandel 13
CPN (Maoist centre) Mahendra Bahadur Shahi 12
Nepali Congress Jeevan Bahadur Shahi 6
CPN(US) Chandra Bahadur Shahi 3
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Soshila Shahi 1
Total 40

Current leaders

Speaker
  • Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Raj Bahadur Shahi[1]
    • Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Pushpa Ghari Bista

Parliamentary Party Leaders

Whips

List of members
Constituency/PR group Member Party
Dailekh 1(B) Amar Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML)
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)
Dailekh 1(A) Dharma Raj Regmi CPN (UML)
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)
Surkhet 1(A) Thammar Bahadur Bista CPN (Maoist Centre)
Khas Arya Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri Nepali Congress
Surkhet 2(A) Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML)
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

See also

References
  1. "Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  2. "No-confidence motion against Karnali chief minister to be withdrawn". The Himalayan Times. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
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