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Revision as of 09:24, 2 November 2023
Bagmati Provincial Assembly बागमती प्रदेश सभा | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 2018 |
New session started | 2 January 2023 |
| Leadership | |
Apsara Chapagain Khatri, UML since 17 January 2023 | |
Leader of the House | |
Jagannath Thapaliya, UML since 9 April 2023 | |
| Structure | |
 | |
Political groups | Government (75)
Confidence & supply (2)
Opposition (43) |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| Parallel voting: | |
First election | 2017 |
Last election | 20 November 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
| Regional Educational Directorate, Hetauda, Makwanpur District | |
| Website | |
| pradeshsabha | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of Nepal | |
The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province also known as the Bagmati Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: वाग्मती प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Bagmati Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Hetauda in Makwanpur District at the Regional Educational Directorate Office. The assembly has 110 members of whom 66 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 44 of whom are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is five years unless dissolved earlier.
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 Bagmati Province is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislature for each province in the country. The first provincial elections were conducted for all seven provinces in Nepal and the elections in Bagmati Province was conducted for 110 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 Dormani Poudel from CPN (UML).[1] The first meeting of the assembly was called by Governor Anuradha Koirala for 1 February 2018.[2] Sanu Kumar Shrestha from the CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[3] and Radhika Tamang from Maoist Centre was elected as the first deputy speaker.[4] In May 2018, the two parties merged and formed the Nepal Communist Partywhich had a supermajority in the assembly.[5]
List of Assemblies
| Election Year | Assembly | Start of term | End of term | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1st Assembly | 1 February 2018 | September 2022 | Sanu Kumar Shrestha | Dor Mani Poudel (Cabinet) |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| Astalaxmi Shakya (Cabinet) | |||||||
| Rajendra Prasad Pandey (Cabinet) |
CPN (Unified Socialist) | ||||||
| 2022 | 2nd Assembly | 2 January 2023 | Incumbent | Bhuwan Kumar Pathak | Shalikram Jamkattel (Cabinet) |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
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 | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Provincial Affairs | 22 |
| 2 | Finance and Development | 20 |
| 3 | Public Accounts | 20 |
| 4 | Education, Health and Agriculture | 20 |
| 5 | Industry, Tourism and Environment | 19 |
Current composition
| Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats[6] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Bahadur Singh Lama | 37 | |
| CPN (UML) | Jagannath Thapaliya | 27 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Shalikram Jamkattel | 21 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Udhhav Thapa | 13 | |
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal | 7 | |
| Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party | Surendra Raj Gosai | 3 | |
| Hamro Nepali Party | Shailendra Man Bajracharya | 2 | |
| Total | 110 | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Poudel sworn in as Prov 3 CM". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "First session of Province 3 assembly to begin next week". OnlineKhabar English News. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Sanu Kumar Shrestha elected State Assembly Speaker of Province 3". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Tamang elected deputy speaker of Province 3 unopposed". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "UML, Maoist Centre to unify; strike seven point agreement". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "वाग्मती प्रदेश : सत्तारुढ गठबन्धनलाई बहुमत". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
