Koshi Provincial Assembly कोशी प्रदेश सभा | |
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2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly | |
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History | |
Founded | 2018 |
Leadership | |
Structure | |
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Political groups | Government (70) Confidence & Supply (1)
Opposition (23) |
Length of term | 5 years |
Elections | |
Parallel voting: | |
First election | 2017 |
Last election | 20 November 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
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District Coordination Committee Office, Biratnagar, Morang District | |
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Constitution | |
Constitution of Nepal |
The Koshi Provincial Assembly also known as the Koshi Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कोशी प्रदेश सभा) is the unicameral legislature of Koshi Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital at Biratnagar in Morang District at the District Coordination Committee Office. The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 37 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.
The First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The current assembly was elected in November 2022.
The Provincial Assembly of Province No. 1 is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislative for each province in the country. The first provincial elections were conducted for all seven provinces in Nepal and the elections in Province No. 1 was conducted for 93 seats to the assembly. The election resulted in a victory for the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre) alliance which later went on to form a coalition government under Sher Dhan Rai from CPN (UML). [1] The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 5 February 2018. Pradeep Kumar Bhandari from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly, [2] and Saraswoti Pokharel from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly. [3]
Election Year | Assembly | Start of term | End of term | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party | |
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2017 | 1st Assembly | 5 February 2018 | September 2022 | Pradeep Kumar Bhandari | Sher Dhan Rai ( Cabinet ) | CPN (UML) | |
Bhim Acharya ( Cabinet ) | |||||||
Rajendra Kumar Rai ( Cabinet ) | CPN (Unified Socialist) | ||||||
2022 | 2nd Assembly | 1 January 2023 [4] | Incumbent | Baburam Gautam | Hikmat Kumar Karki ( Cabinet ) | CPN (UML) | |
Uddhav Thapa ( Cabinet ) | Nepali Congress | ||||||
Vacant | Uddhav Thapa ( Cabinet ) | ||||||
Hikmat Kumar Karki ( Cabinet ) | CPN (UML) | ||||||
Ambar Bahadur Bista | Kedar Karki ( Cabinet ) | Nepali Congress | |||||
Hikmat Kumar Karki ( Cabinet ) | CPN (UML) |
Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures.
S.No. | Committee |
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1 | Justice, Administration and Legislation |
2 | Good Governance and Planning |
3 | Finance |
4 | Public Accounts |
5 | Social Development |
6 | Industry, Tourism and Environment |
7 | Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development |
Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats [5] | |
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CPN (UML) | Hikmat Kumar Karki | 40 | |
Nepali Congress | Uddhav Thapa | 29 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | Indra Bahadur Angbo | 13 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Bhakti Prasad Sitaula | 6 | |
CPN (Unified Socialist) | Rajendra Kumar Rai | 4 | |
People's Socialist Party | Nirmala Limbu | 1 | |
Total | 93 |
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