1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly
1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | Gandaki Provincial Assembly | ||
Jurisdiction | Gandaki Province, Nepal | ||
Meeting place | Town Development Training Centre, Pokhara, Kaski District | ||
Term | 4 February 2018 – September 2022 | ||
Election | 2017 provincial elections | ||
Government | Prithvi Subba Gurung cabinet Krishna Chandra Nepali cabinet | ||
Website | pradeshsabha | ||
Provincial Assembly | |||
Members | 60 | ||
Speaker | Netra Nath Adhikari (Maoist) | ||
Deputy Speaker | Srijana Sharma (UML) | ||
Chief Minister | Prithvi Subba Gurung (UML) Krishna Chandra Nepali (Congress) | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Krishna Chandra Nepali (Congress) Prithvi Subba Gurung (UML) |
The first Gandaki Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 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 term of the assembly started on 4 February 2018 and ended in September 2022.[1] Prithvi Subba Gurung from the CPN (UML) and Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly.[2][3][4] Netra Nath Adhikari served as the speaker of the assembly and Srijana Sharma served as the deputy speaker.[5][6]
Composition
[edit]Party | Seats | ||
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After election | At dissolution | ||
CPN (UML) | 27 | 26 | |
Nepali Congress | 15 | 15 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | 12 | 12 | |
Rastriya Janamorcha | 3 | 2 | |
Nepal Socialist Party | — | 2 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | |
Naya Shakti Party | 2 | — | |
Vacant | — | 2 | |
Total | 60 | 60 |
Leaders
[edit]Speaker
[edit]- Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Netra Nath Adhikari[5]
- Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Srijana Sharma[7]
Parliamentary Party leaders
[edit]- Leader of the House (Nepali Congress):Hon. Krishna Chandra Nepali
- Leader of Opposition (CPN-UML): Prithvi Subba Gurung
Whips
[edit]- Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Mani Bhadra Sharma[8]
- Whip (Nepali Congress): Om Kala Gautam[8]
- Opposition Chief Whip (CPN-UML): Maya Nath Adhikari[9]
List of members
[edit]Changes
[edit]Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New Member | Party | ||
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Baglung 2(B) | Tek Bahadur Gharti | Rastriya Janamorcha | 13 December 2018 | Death[10] | Khim Bikram Shahi[11] | Rastriya Janamorcha | ||
Baglung 1(B) | Krishna Thapa | 6 June 2021 | Disobeying Party Whip[12] | |||||
Kaski 2(A) | Krishna Bahadur Thapa | CPN (UML) | 25 April 2022 | Resignation to contest as mayor of Pokhara[13] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "First Provincial Assembly meeting begins in 4 provinces". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Prithvi Subba Gurung appointed as Province 4 CM". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ SHRESTHA, SANDESH. "Gurung reappointed as Gandaki Province chief minister". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ "Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel of Nepali Congress appointed Gandaki CM". OnlineKhabar. 12 June 2021. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Adhikari unanimously elected Province 4 Speaker". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Srijana Sharma elected as deputy speaker of Province-4". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "UML lawmaker Sharma elected deputy speaker of prov 4". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ a b "गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा". गण्डकी प्रदेश सभाको अधिवेशन जेठ ११ मा. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "नेकपा गण्डकीको प्रमुख सचेतकमा मायानाथ". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Gandaki Province lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gharti dies". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- ^ "By-elections 2019: The Final Results". The Himalayan Times. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "सर्वोच्चद्वारा गण्डकी प्रदेशसभाका कृष्ण थापाको सांसद पद खारेज". सर्वोच्चद्वारा गण्डकी प्रदेशसभाका कृष्ण थापाको सांसद पद खारेज. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "UML fields another controversial figure as Pokhara mayor". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-20.