1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly

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1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly
2nd Assembly
Overview
Legislative body Gandaki Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction Gandaki Province, Nepal
Meeting placeTown Development Training Centre, Pokhara, Kaski District
Term4 February 2018 – September 2022
Election 2017 provincial elections
Government Prithvi Subba Gurung cabinet
Krishna Chandra Nepali cabinet
Website pradeshsabha.gandaki.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members60
SpeakerNetra Nath Adhikari (Maoist)
Deputy SpeakerSrijana Sharma (UML)
Chief Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung (UML)
Krishna Chandra Nepali (Congress)
Leader of the Opposition Krishna Chandra Nepali (Congress)
Prithvi Subba Gurung (UML)

The first Gandaki Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 60 members were elected to the assembly, 36 of whom were elected through direct elections and 24 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 4 February 2018 and ended in September 2022. [1] Prithvi Subba Gurung from the CPN (UML) and Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly. [2] [3] [4] Netra Nath Adhikari served as the speaker of the assembly and Srijana Sharma served as the deputy speaker. [5] [6]

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Composition

PartySeats
After electionAt dissolution
CPN (UML) 2726
Nepali Congress 1515
CPN (Maoist Centre) 1212
Rastriya Janamorcha 32
Nepal Socialist Party 2
Independent 11
Naya Shakti Party 2
Vacant2
Total6060

Leaders

Speaker

Parliamentary Party leaders

Whips

List of members

Constituency/PR groupMemberParty
Tanahu 2(A) Asha Koirala CPN (Maoist Centre)
Syangja 2(B) Bhagwat Prasad Malla Nepali Congress
Parbat 1(B) Bikash Lamsal CPN (UML)
Kaski 2(B) Bindu Kumar Thapa Nepali Congress
Myagdi 1(A) Binod K.C CPN (Maoist Centre)
Nawalparasi East 2(A) Bishnu Prasad Lamichhane Nepali Congress
Baglung 2(A) Chandra Bahadur Budha CPN (Maoist Centre)
Indigenous peoples, Thakali Chandra Mohan Gauchan CPN (UML)
Manang 1(A) Chinta Bahadur Ghale Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Dhan Maya Pokharel (Lama) Nepal Socialist Party
Lamjung 1(A) Dhananjaya Dawadi CPN (UML)
Dalit Dilmaya Roka Magar Gautam CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kaski 1(A) Dipak Koirala CPN (Maoist Centre)
Syangja 1(A) Dipak Thapa CPN (Maoist Centre)
Dalit Dobate Bishwokarma Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Gayatri Gurung CPN (Maoist Centre)
Tanahu 1(B) Hari Bahadur Chuman CPN (Maoist Centre)
Gorkha 2(A) Hari Sharan Acharya Nepal Socialist Party
Mustang 1(A) Indra Dhara Dadu Bista CPN (UML)
Baglung 1(A) Indra Lal Sapkota CPN (UML)
Nawalparasi East 2(B) Janak Lal Shrestha CPN (UML)
Dalit Juna Devi Nepali CPN (UML)
Baglung 2(B) Khim Bikram Shahi Rastriya Janamorcha
Tanahu 2(B) Kiran Gurung CPN (UML)
Dalit Kopila Bohara Nepali Congress
Nawalparasi East 1(A) Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Kumar Khadka Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Lalit Kala Gurung Nepali Congress
Dalit Laxmi Sunar CPN (UML)
Gorkha 1(A) Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar CPN (Maoist Centre)
Khas Arya Madhu Adhikari Gurung CPN (Maoist Centre)
Mustang 1(B) Mahendra Bahadur Thakali CPN (UML)
Kaski 1(B) Man Bahadur Gurung CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Man Kumari Gurung Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Mani Bhadra Sharma Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Maya Nath Adhikari CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Mekha Lal Shrestha Nepali Congress
Syangja 1(B) Min Prasad Gurung CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Mina Gurung CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Mitra Kumari Gurung Subedi CPN (UML)
Syangja 2(A) Mohan Prasad Regmi CPN (UML)
Myagdi 1(B) Nara Devi Pun Magar CPN (UML)
Parbat 1(A) Netra Nath Adhikari CPN (Maoist Centre)
Khas Arya Om Kala Gautam Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Piyari Thapa Rastriya Janamorcha
Khas Arya Prabha Koirala CPN (UML)
Gorkha 2(B) Prakash Chandra Dawadi Nepali Congress
Lamjung 1(B) Prithvi Subba Gurung CPN (UML)
Khas Arya Pushpa KC (Bhandari) CPN (UML)
Manang 1(B) Rajiv Gurung Independent
Kaski 3(B) Rajiv Pahari CPN (UML)
Tanahu 1(A) Ram Bahadur Gurung CPN (UML)
Gorkha 1(B) Ram Sharan Basnet CPN (UML)
Kaski 3(A) Ramji Prasad Baral CPN (Maoist Centre)
Nawalparasi East 1(B) Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Sabitra Rana CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Sarita Gurung Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Srijana Sharma CPN (UML)

Changes

Constituency/PR groupMemberPartyDate seat vacatedCause of vacationNew MemberParty
Baglung 2(B) Tek Bahadur Gharti Rastriya Janamorcha 13 December 2018Death [10] Khim Bikram Shahi [11] Rastriya Janamorcha
Baglung 1(B) Krishna Thapa6 June 2021Disobeying Party Whip [12]
Kaski 2(A) Krishna Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML) 25 April 2022Resignation to contest as mayor of Pokhara [13]

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