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 | ||||||
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After election | At present | ||||||
FPTP | PR [16] | Total [17] | FPTP | PR | Total | ||
CPN (UML) | 18 | 11 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 29 | |
Nepali Congress | 17 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Nagrik Unmukti Party | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Janamat Party | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
People's Socialist Party | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
CPN (Unified Socialist) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Rastriya Janamorcha | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | |
Total | 52 | 35 | 87 | 52 | 35 | 87 |
CPN (UML) (29) | ||
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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 | Sarita Pun | |
Indigenous peoples | Yamuna Roka Tamang | |
Tharu | Sita Sharma | |
Tharu | Bhagwati Kumari Tharuni | |
Dalit | Indra Kumari Gahatraj | |
Dalit | Rekha Kumar Sharma | |
Madheshi, Lodh | Santhi Lodh | |
Muslim | Sayara Bano |
Nepali Congress (27) | ||
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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 |
CPN (Maoist Centre) (10) | ||
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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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Banke 1 (A) | Krishna K.C. |
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Eastern Rukum 1 (A) | Surul Pun |
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Dang 1 (A) | Indrajit Tharu | |
Dang 3 (B) | Dhan Bahadur Maskey | |
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 |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (4) | ||
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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) | ||
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
Bardiya 2 (B) | Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary |
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Bardiya 1 (B) | Raj Kumar Chaudhary |
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Khas Arya | Narmaya Dhakal |
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Indigenous peoples | Nirmala Devi Tharu |
Janamat Party (3) | ||
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
Rupandehi 5 (B) | Chandrakesh Gupta | |
Khas Arya | Suman Sharma Rayamajhi | |
Indigenous peoples | Gita Gurung |
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (3) | ||
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
Rupandehi 3 (A) | Santosh Kumar Panday |
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Rupandehi 4 (A) | Kanhaiya Baniya | |
Khas Arya | Hema Belbase |
People's Socialist Party (2) | ||
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
Banke 2 (A) | Bhandari Lal Ahir | |
Banke 2 (B) | Aadesh Kumar Agrawal |
CPN (Unified Socialist) (1) | ||
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
Khas Arya | Bhagwati Adhikari |
People's Socialist Party, Nepal (1) | ||
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
Khas Arya | Ambika Kafle |
Rastriya Janamorcha (1) | ||
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
Khas Arya | Tara Thapa |
Independent (1) | ||
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Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
Parasi 2 (A) | Khadga Basnet |
Constituency/PR group | Member | From | To | Date | ||
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Rolpa 1 (B) | Dipendra Kumar Pun | Independent | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 4 January 2023 [18] | ||
Eastern Rukum 1 (A) | Surul Pun | 22 March 2023 [19] | ||||
Banke 2 (A) | Bhandari Lal Ahir | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | People's Socialist Party (Nepal) | 12 May 2024 [20] | ||
Banke 2 (B) | Aadesh Kumar Agrawal |
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