| 2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Legislative body | Lumbini Provincial Assembly | ||
| Jurisdiction | Lumbini Province, Nepal | ||
| Meeting place | Chamber of Commerce Meeting Hall, Bhalubang, Dang District | ||
| Term | 2 January 2023 – | ||
| Election | 2022 provincial elections | ||
| Government | Giri cabinet, 2023 | ||
| Provincial Assembly | |||
| Members | 87 | ||
| Speaker | Tularam Gharti Magar, CPN (MC) | ||
| Deputy Speaker | Menuka Khand K.C., RPP | ||
| Chief Minister | Chet Narayan Acharya, CPN (UML) | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Jokh Bahadur Mahara, CPN (MC) | ||
| Party control | Government (69) Opposition (18)
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The second Lumbini Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2022 provincial elections on 20 November 2022. [1] 87 members were elected to the assembly, 52 of whom were elected through direct elections and 35 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The first session of the assembly commenced from 2 January 2023. [2]
| Party | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After election | At present | ||||||
| FPTP | PR [16] | Total [17] | FPTP | PR | Total | ||
| CPN (UML) | 18 | 11 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 29 | |
| Congress | 17 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
| — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| RPP | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Nagrik Unmukti Party | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Janamat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Loktantrik Samajwadi | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| PSP | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| PSP-Nepal | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Janamorcha | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Former Parties | |||||||
| Unified Socialist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Maoist Centre | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Total | 52 | 35 | 87 | 52 | 35 | 87 | |
| CPN (UML) (29) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Rupandehi 2 (A) | Lila Giri |
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| Arghakhanchi 1 (A) | Chet Narayan Acharya |
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| Gulmi 1 (A) | Chindramani Pandey | |
| Gulmi 2 (A) | Dilliraj Bhusal | |
| Gulmi 2 (B) | Dinesh Panthi | |
| Palpa 1 (A) | Raju Prasad Shrestha | |
| Palpa 1 (B) | Khem Bahadur Saru | |
| Arghakhanchi 1 (B) | Ramji Prasad Ghimire | |
| Rupandehi 2 (B) | Bhoj Prasad Shrestha | |
| Rupandehi 3 (B) | Tulsi Prasad Chaudhary | |
| Rupandehi 5 (A) | Bhumeshwar Dhakal | |
| Kapilvastu 1 (A) | Binu Prasad Panthi | |
| Kapilvastu 1 (B) | Madhusudan Sharan Kurmi | |
| Kapilvastu 2 (A) | Nawaraj Lamichhane | |
| Kapilvastu 3 (A) | Arjun Kumar K.C. | |
| Pyuthan 1 (A) | Tulsi Ram Sharma | |
| Banke 1 (B) | Durga Prasad Chaudhary | |
| Banke 3 (A) | Ratna Bahadur Khatri | |
| Khas Arya | Girdharilal Neupane | |
| Khas Arya | Janak Neupane | |
| Khas Arya | Basanti Neupane | |
| Indigenous peoples | Yamuna Roka Tamang | |
| Indigenous peoples | Rewati Gurung | |
| Tharu | Sita Sharma | |
| Tharu | Bhagwati Kumari Tharuni | |
| Dalit | Indra Kumari Gahatraj | |
| Dalit | Rekha Kumar Sharma | |
| Madheshi, Lodh | Santhi Lodh | |
| Muslim | Sayara Bano | |
| Former Members | ||
| Indigenous peoples | Sarita Pun | |
| Nepali Congress (27) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Dang 3 (A) | Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary |
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| Gulmi 1 (B) | Dhanendra Karki | |
| Palpa 2 (A) | Bir Bahadur Rana | |
| Rupandehi 1 (B) | Abdul Razak Gaddi | |
| Rupandehi 4 (B) | Basiuddin Khan | |
| Kapilvastu 2 (B) | Sudhakar Panday | |
| Eastern Rukum 1 (B) | Dhan Bahadur K.C. | |
| Pyuthan 1 (B) | Saroj Thapa | |
| Dang 1 (B) | Anurag Khadka | |
| Dang 2 (A) | Raju Khanal | |
| Dang 2 (B) | Prachanda Bikram Neupane | |
| Banke 3 (B) | Badshah Kurmi | |
| Bardiya 1 (A) | Bhubaneshwar Chaudhary | |
| Bardiya 2 (A) | Janmaya Timilsina | |
| Parasi 1 (A) | Biswo Prem Pathak | |
| Parasi 1 (B) | Devkaran Prasad Kalwar | |
| Parasi 2 (B) | Baijanath Kalwar | |
| Khas Arya | Jamuna Dhakal | |
| Khas Arya | Nima Giri | |
| Khas Arya | Malati Sodari | |
| Indigenous peoples | Dhanlaxmi Shrestha | |
| Indigenous peoples | Maya Pun | |
| Tharu | Devi Prasad Chaudhary | |
| Tharu | Sanju Kumari Caudhary | |
| Dalit | Loki Kumar Bishwakarma | |
| Madheshi, Badi | Shushila Badi | |
| Muslim | Mina Kumari Bohara | |
| Nepali Communist Party (12) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Palpa 2 (B) | Tularam Gharti Magar |
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| Rolpa 1 (A) | Jokh Bahadur Mahara |
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| Eastern Rukum 1 (A) | Surul Pun |
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| Dang 1 (A) | Indrajit Tharu | |
| Rolpa 1 (B) | Dipendra Kumar Pun |
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| Khas Arya | Mina Budhamagar | |
| Indigenous peoples | Dil Kumari Budha | |
| Tharu | Krishna Kushma Tharu | |
| Dalit | Yam Bahadur Nepali Sarki | |
| Khas Arya | Bhagwati Adhikari | |
| Former Members | ||
| Dang 3 (B) | Dhan Bahadur Maski | |
| Banke 1 (A) | Krishna K.C. | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (4) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Khas Arya | Menuka Khand K.C. |
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| Rupandehi 1 (A) | Aashish Kumar Chaudhary |
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| Kapilvastu 3 (B) | Janaki Prasad Yadav | |
| Indigenous peoples | Mina Kimari Shrestha | |
| Nagrik Unmukti Party (4) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Bardiya 1 (B) | Raj Kumar Chaudhary |
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| Khas Arya | Narmaya Dhakal |
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| Indigenous peoples | Nirmala Devi Tharu | |
| Former Members | ||
| Bardiya 2 (B) | Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary |
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| Janamat Party (3) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Rupandehi 5 (B) | Chandrakesh Gupta | |
| Khas Arya | Suman Sharma Rayamajhi | |
| Indigenous peoples | Neelam Paswan | |
| Former Members | ||
| Indigenous peoples | Gita Gurung | |
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (3) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Rupandehi 3 (A) | Santosh Kumar Panday |
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| Khas Arya | Hema Belbase | |
| Former Members | ||
| Rupandehi 4 (A) | Kanhaiya Baniya | |
| People's Socialist Party (2) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Banke 2 (A) | Bhandari Lal Ahir | |
| Banke 2 (B) | Aadesh Kumar Agrawal | |
| People's Socialist Party, Nepal (1) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Khas Arya | Ambika Kafle | |
| Rastriya Janamorcha (1) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Khas Arya | Tara Thapa | |
| Independent (1) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Parasi 2 (A) | Khadga Basnet | |
| Constituency/PR group | MPA | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New MPA | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous peoples | Gita Gurung | Janamat | 28 May 2025 | Dismissed [18] | Neelam Paswan [19] | Janamat | ||
| Indigenous peoples | Sarita Pun | CPN (UML) | 31 August 2025 | Death [20] | Rewati Gurung [21] | CPN (UML) | ||
| Rupandehi 4 (A) | Kanhaiya Baniya | Loktantrik Samajwadi | 19 January 2026 | Resigned to contest general election | ||||
| Bardiya 2 (B) | Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary | Nagarik Unmukti Party | 19 January 2026 | Resigned to contest general election | ||||
| Dang 3 (B) | Dhan Bahadur Maski | NCP | 19 January 2026 | Resigned to contest general election | ||||
| Banke 1 (A) | Krishna K.C. | 19 January 2026 | Resigned to contest general election | |||||
| Constituency/PR group | Member | From | To | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolpa 1 (B) | Dipendra Kumar Pun | Independent | Maoist Centre | 4 January 2023 [22] | ||
| Eastern Rukum 1 (A) | Surul Pun | 22 March 2023 [23] | ||||
| Banke 2 (A) | Bhandari Lal Ahir | PSP-Nepal | PSP | 12 May 2024 [24] | ||
| Banke 2 (B) | Aadesh Kumar Agrawal | |||||