Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province

The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province also known as the Karnali Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Karnali Pradesh, one of the seven provinces in Nepal The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Birendranagar in Surkhet District at the Irrigation Division Office. The assembly has 40 members of whom 24 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 16 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.

Provincial Assembly of Karnali Pradesh

कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा
1st Provincial Assembly of Karnali Pradesh
Emblem of Karnali Pradesh
Type
Type
History
New session started
February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04)
Leadership
Speaker
Raj Bahadur Shahi, NCP
since 11 February 2018
Deputy Speaker
Pushpa Gharti Bista, NCP
since 17 February 2018
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)
Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, NCP
since 16 February 2018
Leader of Opposition
Jiwan Bahadur Shahi, NC
since 9 February 2018
Structure
Political groups
Government (33)
  •   NCP : 33

Opposition (6)

Other opposition (1)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Mixed member majoritarian:
Last election
26 November and 7 December 2017
Next election
2022
Meeting place
Irrigation Division Office, Birendranagar, Surkhet
Website
pga.karnali.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The present First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The election resulted in a majority for the alliance of CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre). The next election will take place when the five year term ends by November 2022.

History

The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province 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 Karnali Province was conducted for 40 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 Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from Maoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Raj Bahadur Shahi from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[1] and Pushpa Ghari Bista from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.

List of Assemblies
Election Year Assembly Start of term End of term Chief Minister Speaker
2017 First Assembly 5 February 2018 Incumbent Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (NCP)

(Cabinet)

 Raj Bahadur Shahi (NCP)

Committees

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 Members
1 Finance and National Resources 8
2 Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs 7
3 Social Development 8
4 Public Accounts 9

Current composition
Party Parliamentary party leader Seats
Nepal Communist Party Mahendra Bahadur Shahi 33
Nepali Congress Jiwan Bahadur Shahi 6
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Soshila Shahi 1
Total 40

Current leaders

Speaker
  • Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Raj Bahadur Shahi[1]
    • Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Pushpa Ghari Bista[2]

Parliamentary Party Leaders

Whips

List of members
Constituency/PR group Member Party
Dailekh 1(B) Amar Bahadur Thapa Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Amrita Shahi Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Badami Kwari Bohara Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Bimala K.C. Nepal Communist Party
Surkhet 2(B) Binda Man Bista Nepal Communist Party
Dolpa 1(B) Bir Bahadur Shahi Nepal Communist Party
Mugu 1(B) Chandra Bahadur Shahi Nepal Communist Party
Humla 1(A) Dal Rawal Nepal Communist Party
Mugu 1(A) Dan Singh Pariyar Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Devi Wali Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 1(A) Dharma Raj Regmi Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples Dinbandhu Shrestha Nepali Congress
Jajarkot 1(A) Ganesh Prasad Singh Nepal Communist Party
Western Rukum 1(B) Gopal Sharma Nepal Communist Party
Salyan 1(A) Gulab Jung Shah Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Him Bahadur Shahi Nepali Congress
Dalit Jhowa Kami Nepali Congress
Humla 1(B) Jiwan Bahadur Shahi Nepali Congress
Jajarkot 1(B) Karbir Shahi Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya, Backward area Kaushilawati Khatri Nepal Communist Party
Surkhet 1(B) Khadka Bahadur Khatri Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Krishna Shah (Acharya) Nepal Communist Party
Kalikot 1(A) Kurma Raj Shahi Nepal Communist Party
Kalikot 1(B) Mahendra Bahadur Shahi Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples Mina Singh Rakhal Nepal Communist Party
Dolpa 1(A) Nanda Singhh Budha Nepal Communist Party
Jumla 1(A) Naresh Bhandari Nepal Communist Party
Jumla 1(B) Padam Bahadur Rokaya Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Padma Khadka Nepal Communist Party
Salyan 1(B) Prakash Jwala Nepal Communist Party
Indigenous peoples, Backward area Pushpa Gharti (Bista) Nepal Communist Party
Dailekh 2(B) Raj Bahadur Shahi Nepal Communist Party
Dalit Raju Nepali Nepal Communist Party
Western Rukum 1(A) Rato Kami Nepal Communist Party
Dalit Sita Kumari Nepali Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Soshila Shahi Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Dailekh 2(A) Sushil Kumar Thapa Nepal Communist Party
Surkhet 1(A) Thammar Bahadur Bista Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri Nepali Congress
Surkhet 2(A) Yam Lal Kandel Nepal Communist Party
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

See also

References
  1. "Raj Bahadur Shahi elected unopposed as Speaker of Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  2. "Province – 6 endorses sole candidacy of Gharti for deputy speaker". Kathmandu Tribune. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  3. "Yam Lal Kandel UML PP leader in Province 6". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  4. "Shahi elected NCPP leader in Province-6". Kathmandu Tribune. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. "No-confidence motion against Karnali chief minister to be withdrawn". The Himalayan Times. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
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