| 2nd Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Legislative body | Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly | ||
| Jurisdiction | Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal | ||
| Meeting place | District Coordination Committee Hall, Dhangadhi, Kailali District | ||
| Term | 2 January 2023 – | ||
| Election | 2022 provincial elections | ||
| Provincial Assembly | |||
| Members | 53 | ||
| Speaker | Bhim Bahadur Bhandari (MC) | ||
| Deputy Speaker | Koili Devi Chaudhary (UML) | ||
| Chief Minister | Kamal Bahadur Shah (NC) | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Rajendra Singh Rawal(UML) | ||
| Party control | Government (41)
Opposition (11) | ||
The second Sudurpashchim 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 [10] | Total [11] | FPTP | PR | Total | ||
| Nepali Congress | 12 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| CPN (UML) | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Nagrik Unmukti Party | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 21 | 53 | 32 | 21 | 53 | |
| Nepali Congress (18) | ||
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| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Kailali 2 (A) | Kamal Bahadur Shah |
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| Bajura 1 (B) | Padam Bahadur Shahi | |
| Achham 1 (A) | Megh Raj Khadka | |
| Achham 2 (B) | Man Bahadur Rawal | |
| Kailali 4 (B) | Prakash Bahadur Bam | |
| Kailali 5 (B) | Prakash Bahadur Deuba | |
| Darchula 1 (A) | Bikram Singh Dhami | |
| Baitadi 1 (B) | Shivaraj Bhatta | |
| Kanchanpur 1 (B) | Devan Singh Bista | |
| Kanchanpur 2 (B) | Bahadur Singh Thapa | |
| Kanchanpur 3 (B) | Vel Bahadur Rana Magar | |
| Khas Arya | Madhu Devi Bharati | |
| Khas Arya | Saraswati Khadka | |
| Khas Arya | Janu Kumari Dani | |
| Khas Arya | Dammari Mahara | |
| Khas Arya | Tulsi Devkota | |
| Dalit | Lalita Sunar | |
| Tharu | Gita Kumari Chaudhary | |
| Former members | ||
| Bajhang 1 (A) | Prithvi Bahadur Singh |
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| CPN (Maoist Centre) (11) | ||
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| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Bajhang 1 (B) | Bhim Bahadur Bhandari |
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| Dadeldhura 1 (A) | Khagaraj Bhatta |
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| Achham 1 (B) | Jhapat Bahadur Saud | |
| Achham 2 (A) | Akkal Bahadur Rawal | |
| Doti 1 (B) | Shiva Singh Oli | |
| Kailali 5 (A) | Ramesh Singh Dhami | |
| Darchula 1 (B) | Man Bahadur Dhami | |
| Kanchanpur 2 (A) | Om Bikram Bhatt | |
| Khas Arya | Gita Devi Mal | |
| Khas Arya | Janaki Devi Kunwar | |
| Dalit | Laxmi Bishwakarma | |
| CPN (UML) (11) | ||
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| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Khas Arya | Rajendra Singh Rawal |
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| Tharu | Koili Devi Chaudhary |
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| Khas Arya | Santosh Kumar Sharma |
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| Doti 1 (A) | Chakra Bahadur Malla | |
| Baitadi 1 (A) | Surendra Bahadur Pal | |
| Bajhang 1 (A) | Daman Bahadur Bhandari |
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| Kanchanpur 1 (A) | Bir Bahadur Thapa | |
| Khas Arya | Dharmaraj Pathak | |
| Khas Arya | Janaki Airee | |
| Khas Arya, Backward area | Nirmala Devi Saud | |
| Dalit | Hira Sarki | |
| Nagrik Unmukti Party (7) | ||
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| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Kailali 2 (B) | Rameshwar Chaudhary |
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| Kailali 1 (B) | Laxman Kishor Chaudhary |
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| Kailali 3 (A) | Ghanashyam Chaudhary |
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| Kailali 1 (A) | Kailash Chaudhary | |
| Kailali 3 (B) | Khushiram Dagarura Tharu | |
| Khas Arya | Tika Thapa | |
| Khas Arya | Indira Giri | |
| CPN (Unified Socialist) (4) | ||
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| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Kailali 4 (A) | Dirgha Bahadur Sodari |
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| Kanchanpur 3 (A) | Prakash Rawal |
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| Bajura 1 (A) | Naresh Kumar Shahi |
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| Khas Arya | Maya Panta |
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| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (1) | ||
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| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Khas Arya | Khem Devi Bista | |
| Independent (1) | ||
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| Constituency/PR group | Member | Portfolio & Responsibilities |
| Dadeldhura 1 (B) | Tara Prasad Joshi | |
| Constituency/PR group | Incumbent | Replacement | ||||||||
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| Name | Party | Date vacated | Reason | Name | Party | Date elected | Change | |||
| Bajhang 1 (A) | Prithvi Bahadur Singh | Nepali Congress | 20 June 2023 | Death [12] | Daman Bahadur Bhandari | CPN (UML) | 29 April 2024 [13] | By-election | ||
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