1st Madhesh Provincial Assembly | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | Madhesh Provincial Assembly | ||
Jurisdiction | Madhesh Province, Nepal | ||
Meeting place | District Education Office, Janakpur, Dhanusha District | ||
Term | 4 February 2018 – September 2022 | ||
Election | 2017 provincial elections | ||
Government | Lalbabu Raut cabinet | ||
Website | pga | ||
Provincial Assembly | |||
Members | 107 | ||
Speaker | Saroj Kumar Yadav (LSP-N) | ||
Deputy Speaker | Upama Kumari Dev (PSP-N) | ||
Chief Minister | Lalbabu Raut (PSP-N) | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Ram Saroj Yadav (NC) Jitendra Prasad Sonal (LSP-N) |
The first Madhesh Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 107 members were elected to the assembly, 64 of whom were elected through direct elections and 43 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. Lalbabu Raut from the People's Socialist Party served as the chief minister during the term of the assembly. [1] Saroj Kumar Yadav served as the speaker of the assembly and Upama Kumari Dev served as the deputy speaker. [2]
The 17 January 2022 session of the assembly endorsed Madhesh Province as the name of the province and set Janakpur as the permanent capital of the province. [3] [4]
Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats | ||
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After elections | At dissolution | |||
People's Socialist Party | Lalbabu Raut [5] | — | 33 | |
Nepali Congress | Ram Saroj Yadav | 19 | 18 | |
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party | Jitendra Prasad Sonal [5] | — | 16 | |
CPN (Unified Socialist) | Satrudhan Mahato | — | 13 | |
CPN (UML) | Satya Narayan Mandal | 21 | 8 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | Bharat Sah | 11 | 8 | |
Nepal Socialist Party | Ram Naresh Raya | — | 3 | |
Nepal Federal Socialist Party | Sabitri Devi Shah | 1 | 1 | |
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | — | 25 | — | |
Federal Socialist Forum | — | 29 | — | |
Independent | — | 1 | — | |
Vacant | — | 6 | ||
Total | 107 | 107 |
Constituency/PR group | MPA | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New MPA | Party | ||
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Dhanusha 1(B) | Ram Chandra Mandal | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 12 April 2021 | Expelled by party [7] | ||||
Rautahat 3(B) | Kundan Prasad Kushwaha | |||||||
Bara 3(A) | Jwala Kumari Sah | |||||||
Mohammad Samir | Pashmina Qadri [8] | CPN (Maoist Centre) | ||||||
Rautahat 4(B) | Sheikh Abul Kalam Aajad | People's Socialist Party | 22 April 2022 | Resignation to contest as mayor of Gadhimai [9] [10] | ||||
Sarlahi 4(B) | Upendra Prasad Kushwaha | Nepali Congress | Resignation to contest as mayor of Godaita [9] | |||||
Dimpal Kumari Jha | Loktantrik Samajbadi Party | 24 April 2022 | Death [11] |
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