1st Karnali Provincial Assembly

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1st Karnali Provincial Assembly
2nd Assembly
Overview
Legislative body Karnali Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction Karnali Province, Nepal
Meeting placeIrrigation Division Office, Birendranagar, Surkhet District
Term4 February 2018 – September 2022
Election 2017 provincial elections
Government Mahendra Bahadur Shahi cabinet
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi cabinet
Website pga.karnali.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members40
SpeakerRaj Bahadur Shahi (UML)
Deputy SpeakerPushpa Bahadur Gharti (Maoist)
Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (Maoist)
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (Congress)
Leader of the Opposition Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (Congress)
Yam Lal Kandel (UML)

The first Karnali Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 40 members were elected to the assembly, 24 of whom were elected through direct elections and 16 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. Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Jeevan Bahadur Shahi from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly. [1] [2] Raj Bahadur Shahi served as the speaker of the assembly and Pushpa Bahadur Gharti served as the deputy speaker. [3]

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Composition

PartySeats
After electionAt dissolution
CPN (UML) 2013
CPN (Maoist Centre) 1311
Nepali Congress 66
CPN (Unified Socialist) 3
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 11
Vacant6
Total4040

Leaders

Speaker

Parliamentary Party Leaders

Whips

Members

Constituency/PR groupMemberParty
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)
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 areaKaushilawati 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 areaPushpa 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)
Khas Arya Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri Nepali Congress
Surkhet 2(A) Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML)

Changes

Constituency/PR groupMPAPartyDate seat vacatedCause of vacationNew MPAParty
Dailekh 1(A) Dharma Raj Regmi CPN (Maoist Centre) 12 April 2021Resignation [6]
Dailekh 1(B) Amar Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML) 23 April 2021Expelled by party [7]
Salyan 1(B) Prakash Jwala
Dolpa 1(A) Nanda Singh Budha
Kalikot 1(A) Kurma Raj Shahi
Surkhet 1(A) Thammar Bahadur Bista CPN (Maoist Centre) 20 March 2022Expelled by party [8]

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