1st Lumbini Provincial Assembly
Appearance
1st Lumbini Provincial Assembly | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | Lumbini Provincial Assembly | ||
Jurisdiction | Lumbini Province, Nepal | ||
Meeting place | Chamber of Commerce Meeting Hall, Bhalubang, Dang District | ||
Term | 4 February 2018 – September 2022 | ||
Election | 2017 provincial elections | ||
Government | Shankar Pokharel cabinet Kul Prasad KC cabinet | ||
Website | pradeshsabha | ||
Provincial Assembly | |||
Members | 87 | ||
Speaker | Purna Bahadur Gharti (Maoist) | ||
Deputy Speaker | Krishni Tharu (UML) | ||
Chief Minister | Shankar Pokharel (UML) Kul Prasad KC (Maoist) | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya (Congress) Shankar Pokharel (UML) |
The first Lumbini Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 87 members were elected to the assembly, 52 of whom were elected through direct elections and 35 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. Shankar Pokharel from the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and Kul Prasad KC from the CPN (Maoist Centre) served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly.[1][2][3] Purna Bahadur Gharti served as the speaker of the assembly and Krishni Tharu served as the deputy speaker.[4]
Composition
Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats | ||
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After election | At dissolution | |||
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Shankar Pokharel | 41 | 37 | |
Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 12 | 19 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | Kul Prasad KC | 6 | 17 | |
People's Socialist Party Nepal | Sahas Ram Yadav | — | 4 | |
CPN (Unified Socialist) | Rama Gharti Magar | — | 1 | |
Rastriya Janamorcha | Tara G.C. | 1 | 1 | |
Independent | — | — | 1 | |
Federal Socialist Forum | — | 2 | — | |
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | — | 1 | — | |
Vacant | 7 | |||
Total | — | 87 | 87 |
Members
Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | |
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Dalit | Aasha Swarnakar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Nawalparasi West 1(B) | Ajay Shahi | Independent | |
Banke 1(B) | Arati Paudel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Kapilvastu 3(A) | Arjun Kumar KC | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Indigenous peoples | Arjun Kumar Shrestha | Nepali Congress | |
Rupandehi 4(A) | Ashtha Bhuja Pathak | Nepali Congress | |
Banke 3(B) | Babu Ram Gautam | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Nawalparasi West 2(A) | Baijanath Chaudhary (Tharu) | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Nawalparasi West 2(B) | Baij Nath Kalwar | Nepali Congress | |
Khas Arya | Bhagawati Devi Bhandari | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Rupandehi 2(B) | Bhoj Prasad Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Tharu | Bhubaneshwor Chaudhary | Nepali Congress | |
Rupandehi 5(A) | Bhumishwor Dhakal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Khas Arya | Bimala Sharma Panthi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Dang 3(B) | Bimala Kumari Khatri | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Indigenous peoples | Bir Bahadur Rana | Nepali Congress | |
Kapilvastu 3(B) | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | Nepali Congress | |
Kapilvastu 1(A) | Bishnu Prasad Panthi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Arghakhanchi 1(A) | Chet Narayan Acharya | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Madheshi | Chintawati Kurmi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Khas Arya | Dama Kumari Sharma | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Tharu | Dhamkali Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Kapilvastu 2(B) | Dharma Bahadur Lal Shriwastav | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Dang 3(A) | Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary | Nepali Congress | |
Dalit | Dipa B.K. | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Nawalparasi West 1(A) | Dipendra Kumar Adhikari | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Rolpa 1(B) | Dipendra Kumar Pun Magar | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Rupandehi 5(B) | Fakharuddin Khan | Nepali Congress | |
Muslim | Faujiya Nasim | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Khas Arya | Gita Thapa | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Pyuthan 1(A) | Hari Prashad Rijal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Banke 3(A) | Indra Prasad Kharel | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Dang 1(A) | Indrajit Tharu | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Khas Arya | Jalpa Bhusal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Bardiya 1(A) | Kabi Ram Tharu | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Gulmi 1(B) | Kamal Raj Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Dalit | Kamala Devi B.K. | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Gulmi 2(A) | Khadga Bahadur Khatri | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Pyuthan 1(B) | Krishna Dhoj Khadka | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Banke 1(A) | Krishna KC | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Rupandehi 1(A) | Krishna Prasad Neupane | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Tharu | Krishni Tharu | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Rolpa 1(A) | Kul Prasad KC | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Bardiya 2(A) | Kul Prasad Pokharel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Tharu | Lauti Tharu | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Rupandehi 2(A) | Lila Giri | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Dalit | Mala Gotame | Nepali Congress | |
Muslim | Mohammad Yakub Ansari | Nepali Congress | |
Palpa 1(B) | Narayan Prasad Acharya | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Khas Arya | Nirmala Kshetri | Nepali Congress | |
Madheshi | Nirmala Mudbhari Bhattarai | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
Indigenous peoples | Parbati Pun Gahatraj | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Palpa 2(A) | Puran Man Bajracharya | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Indigenous peoples | Purmati Dhenga | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
Eastern Rukum 1(B) | Purna Bahadur Gharti Magar | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Tharu | Pushpa Tharuni | Nepali Congress | |
Khas Arya | Rama Aryal | Nepali Congress | |
Indigenous peoples | Rama Gharti | CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
Arghakhanchi 1(B) | Ramji Prasad Ghimire | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Dang 1(B) | Rewati Raman Sharma | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Dalit | Rina Nepal | Nepali Congress | |
Madheshi | Rundhawati Sharma | Nepali Congress | |
Kapilvastu 1(B) | Sahas Ram Yadav | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
Khas Arya | Saraswati Gautam | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Khas Arya | Shankar Giri | Nepali Congress | |
Dang 2(A) | Shankar Pokharel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Madheshi, Sonar | Shanti Devi Swarnakar | Nepali Congress | |
Gulmi 1(A) | Sudarshan Baral | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Khas Arya | Suman Sharma Rayamajhi | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
Madheshi | Sunita Kumari Thather | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Banke 2(B) | Surendra Bahadur Hamal | Nepali Congress | |
Madheshi | Sushma Yadav | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Khas Arya | Tara G.C. | Rastriya Janamorcha | |
Eastern Rukum 1(A) | Tej Bahadur Oli | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Indigenous peoples | Than Kumari Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Bardiya 1(B) | Tilak Ram Sharma | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Palpa 2(B) | Tula Ram Gharti Magar | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
Rupandehi 3(B) | Tulshi Prasad Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Rupandehi 4(B) | Wasiuddin Khan | Nepali Congress | |
Palpa 1(A) | Yuvaraj Khanal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
Source: Election Commission of Nepal |
Changes
Constituency/PR group | MPA | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New MPA | Party | ||
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Madheshi | Bina Panta | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | 6 June 2018 | Resgination[5] | Kalpana Pandey[5] | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | ||
Dang 3(B) | Uttar Kumar Oli | Nepal Communist Party | 22 February 2019 | Death[6] | Bimala Kumari Khatri[7] | Nepal Communist Party | ||
Khas Arya | Baldev Sharma Pokharel | Nepali Congress | 20 January 2020 | Death[8] | Shankar Giri[9] | Nepali Congress | ||
Rupandehi 1(B) | Dadhiram Neupane | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 6 April 2021 | Expelled by party[10] | ||||
Gulmi 2(B) | Dinesh Panthi | |||||||
Kapilvastu 1(A) | Dirgha Narayan Pandey | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 2 May 2021 | Resignation[11] | ||||
Dang 2(B) | Amar Bahadur Dangi Chhetri | 5 May 2021 | Resignation[12] | |||||
Rupandehi 3(A) | Santosh Kumar Pandeya | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 29 April 2021 | Expelled by party[13] | ||||
Banke 2(A) | Bijay Bahadur Yadav | |||||||
Madheshi | Kalpana Pandey | Nirmala Mudbhari Bhattarai[14] | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |||||
Bardiya 2(B) | Dipesh Tharu | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 24 April 2022 | Resignation to contest as mayor of Rajapur[12] |
Defections
Constituency/PR group | MPA | Previous Party | Date defected | New Party | ||
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Indigenous peoples | Rama Gharti | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | 1 September 2021[15] | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
See also
References
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- ^ Republica. "JSP sacks three of its lawmakers in Lumbini Province". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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