2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly

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2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly
1st Assembly
Overview
Legislative body Gandaki Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction Gandaki Province, Nepal
Meeting placeTown Development Training Centre,
Pokhara, Kaski District
Term2 January 2023 
Election 2022 provincial elections
Government Adhikari cabinet, 2023
Website pradeshsabha.gandaki.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members60
SpeakerKrishna Prasad Dhital (MC)
Deputy SpeakerBina Kumari Thapa (UML)
Chief Minister Khagaraj Adhikari (UML)
Leader of the Opposition Surendra Pandey (NC)
Party control Government (22)
  •   CPN (UML): 22

Opposition (38)

The second Gandaki Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2022 provincial elections on 20 November 2022. [1] 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 first session of the assembly commenced from 2 January 2023. [2]

Contents

Leaders

Officers

Parliamentary party

Whip

Composition

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PartySeats
After election At present
FPTPPR [11] Total [12] FPTPPRTotal
Nepali Congress 1892718927
CPN (UML) 121022121022
CPN (Maoist Centre) 538538
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 022022
Independent 1111
Total362460362460

Members

Nepali Congress (27)
Constituency/PR groupMemberPortfolio & Responsibilities
Gorkha 2 (B) Surendra Raj Pandey
  • Leader of the Opposition
  • Parliamentary party leader
Gorkha 1 (B) Nanda Prasad Neupane
  • Chief Whip
Manang 1 (A) Munindra Jung Gurung
Lamjung 1 (A) Tek Raj Gurung
Lamjung 1 (B) Bhesh Bhahadur Paudel
Kaski 2 (B) Bindu Kumar Thapa
Kaski 3 (B) Prakash Baral
Tanahun 1 (A) Ashok Kumar Shrestha
Tanahun 2 (B) Jeet Prakash Ale Magar
Syangja 2 (A) Bhojraj Aryal
Syangja 2 (B) Mahesh Bhattarai
Nawalpur 1 (A) Mahendra Dhoj G.C.
Mustang 1 (A) Namdu Gurung
Mustang 1 (B) Bikal Sherhan
Baglung 1 (A) Dipendra Bahadur Thapa
Baglung 1 (B) Dilli Ram Subedi
Baglung 2 (A) Jeet Bahadur Sherchan
Baglung 2 (B) Drona Kumar Kunwar
Indigenous peoples, Thakali Bimala Gauchan
Indigenous peoples Rekha Gurung
Indigenous peoples Saraswati Gurung
Indigenous peoples Parbati Tamang
Khas Arya Saraswati Aryal
Khas Arya Champa Devi Khadka
Khas Arya Kalpana Tiwari
Dalit Dilmaya Pau.Bi.
Dalit Tika Kumari Basyal
CPN (UML) (22)
Constituency/PR groupMemberPortfolio & Responsibilities
Indigenous peoples Bina Kumari Thapa
  • Deputy Speaker of the Assembly
Kaski 1 (A) Khagaraj Adhikari
Syangja 1 (A) Sita Kumari Sundas
  • Minister for Economic Affairs
Nawalpur 1 (B) Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa
  • Chief Whip
  • Minister for Internal Affairs and Law
Kaski 1 (B) Ved Bahadur Gurung
  • Minister for Agriculture, Energy and Water Resources
Kaski 2 (A) Bhim Bahadur Karki
Kaski 3 (A) Ganesh Man Gurung
Tanahun 2 (A) Shyam Raja Mahat
Syangja 1 (B) Sudhir Kumar Paudel
Nawalpur 2 (A) Padama G.C. Shrestha
Nawalpur 2 (B) Laxman Bahadur Pandey
Parbat 1 (A) Bhakta Bahadur Kunwar
Parbat 1 (B) Mitralal Basyal
Indigenous peoples Lila Bahadur Thapa Magar
Indigenous peoples Nirmala Thapa
Indigenous peoples, Bhujel Raj Kumari Bhujel
Khas Arya Krishna Prasad Pathak
Khas Arya Prakash Bahadur K.C.
Khas Arya Yashoda Rimal
Khas Arya Devka Pahari
Dalit Gobinda Bahadur Nepali
Dalit Nandakala Damai Nepali
CPN (Maoist Centre) (8)
Constituency/PR groupMemberPortfolio & Responsibilities
Gorkha 1 (A) Krishna Prasad Dhital
  • Speaker of the Assembly
Tanahun 1 (B) Hari Bahadur Chuman
  • Parliamentary party leader
  • Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development and Transport Management
Myagdi 1 (B) Ramesh Bahadur Jugjali
  • Minister for Industry, Tourism and Environment
Gorkha 2 (A) Phandindra Devkota
Myagdi 1 (A) Hari Bahadur Bhandari
Indigenous peoples Kushum Budha Pun
Khas Arya Sushila Simkhada
Dalit Damyanti Ruchal
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (2)
Constituency/PR groupMemberPortfolio & Responsibilities
Indigenous peoples Pancha Ram Gurung
  • Parliamentary party leader
  • Minister for Social Development and Health
Khas Arya Bindu Adhikari
Independent (1)
Constituency/PR groupMemberPortfolio & Responsibilities
Manang 1 (B) Rajeev Gurung

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