Karnali Provincial Assembly कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Karnali Provincial Assembly | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Leadership | |
Leader of Opposition | Raj Kumar Sharma, CPN (MC) since 22 July 2024 |
| Structure | |
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Political groups | Government (25) Opposition (15) |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| Parallel voting: | |
First election | 2017 |
Last election | 20 November 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
| Irrigation Division Office, Birendranagar,Surkhet District | |
| Website | |
| pga.karnali.gov.np | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of Nepal | |
TheProvincial Assembly of Karnali Province also known as theKarnali Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali:कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा) is aunicameral governing and law making body ofKarnali Province, one of the sevenprovinces in Nepal The assembly is seated in the provincial capital atBirendranagar inSurkhet District at the Irrigation Division Office. The assembly has 40 members of whom 24 are elected throughfirst-past-the-post voting and 16 are elected throughproportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.
The First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the2017 provincial elections. The current assembly waselected in November 2022.
The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province is formed under Article 175 of theConstitution 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 theCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) andCPN (Maoist Centre) alliance which later went on to form a coalition government underMahendra Bahadur Shahi fromMaoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Raj Bahadur Shahi fromCPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[1] and Pushpa Ghari Bista fromMaoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.
| Election Year | Assembly | Start of term | End of term | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1st Assembly | 4 February 2018 | September 2022 | Raj Bahadur Shahi | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (Cabinet) | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (Cabinet) | Nepali Congress | ||||||
| 2022 | 2nd Assembly | 2 January 2023 | Incumbent | Nanda Gurung | Raj Kumar Sharma (Cabinet) | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
| Yam Lal Kandel (Cabinet) | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | ||||||
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 |
| Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | 15[3] | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Raj Kumar Sharma | 13 | |
| CPN (UML) | Yam Lal Kandel | 10 | |
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | Kalyani Khadka | 1 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Santoshi Shahi | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | ||
