1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | Gandaki Provincial Assembly | ||
Jurisdiction | Gandaki Province, Nepal | ||
Meeting place | Town Development Training Centre, Pokhara, Kaski District | ||
Term | 4 February 2018 – September 2022 | ||
Election | 2017 provincial elections | ||
Government | Prithvi Subba Gurung cabinet Krishna Chandra Nepali cabinet | ||
Website | pradeshsabha | ||
Provincial Assembly | |||
Members | 60 | ||
Speaker | Netra Nath Adhikari (Maoist) | ||
Deputy Speaker | Srijana 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 in 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 assembly term 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 assembly term. [2] [3] [4] Netra Nath Adhikari was the assembly's speaker, and Srijana Sharma was the deputy speaker. [5] [6]
Party | Seats | ||
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After election | At dissolution | ||
CPN (UML) | 27 | 26 | |
Nepali Congress | 15 | 15 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | 12 | 12 | |
Rastriya Janamorcha | 3 | 2 | |
Nepal Socialist Party | — | 2 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | |
Naya Shakti Party | 2 | — | |
Vacant | — | 2 | |
Total | 60 | 60 |
Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New Member | Party | ||
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Baglung 2(B) | Tek Bahadur Gharti | Rastriya Janamorcha | 13 December 2018 | Death [10] | Khim Bikram Shahi [11] | Rastriya Janamorcha | ||
Baglung 1(B) | Krishna Thapa | 6 June 2021 | Disobeying Party Whip [12] | |||||
Kaski 2(A) | Krishna Bahadur Thapa | CPN (UML) | 25 April 2022 | Resignation to contest as mayor of Pokhara [13] |