Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा
Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly ; सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा
2nd Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature of Sudurpashchim Province
History
Founded	2018
Leadership
Speaker	Bhim Bahadur Bhandari, CPN (MC) ; since 17 January 2023
Deputy Speaker	Koili Devi Chaudhary, CPN (UML) ; since 18 January 2023
Leader of the House	Kamal Bahadur Shah, NC ; since 18 April 2024
Leader of Opposition	Khagaraj Bhatta, CPN (MC) ; since 18 April 2024
Structure
Political groups	Government (36) Congress: 18; CPN (UML): 11; NUP: 7; Opposition (17) CPN (MC): 11; CPN (US): 5; RPP: 1;
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 32 seats – FPtP; 21 seats – PR;
First election	2017
Last election	20 November 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	District Coordination Committee Hall,; Dhangadhi, Kailali District
Website
	pga.p7.gov.np
Constitution
	Constitution of Nepal

The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Pradesh also known as the Sudurpashchim Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Sudurpashchim Province, one of the seven Provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated a Dhangadhi in Kailali District at the District Coordination Committee Hall. The assembly has 53 members of whom 32 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 21 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier

The 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 current assembly was elected in November 2022.

History

The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Province is 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 Sudurpashchim was conducted for 53 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 Trilochan Bhatta from Maoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Arjun Bahadur Thapa from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,^[1] and Nirmala Badal Joshi from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.^[2]

List of assemblies

Election Year	Assembly	Start of term	End of term	Speaker	Chief Minister
2017	1st Assembly	4 February 2018	2022	Arjun Bahadur Thapa^[1]	Trilochan Bhatta (Cabinet)	CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022	2nd Assembly	2 January 2023	Incumbent	Bhim Bahadur Bhandari	Rajendra Singh Rawal (Cabinet)	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
					Kamal Bahadur Shah (Cabinet)	Nepali Congress
					Dirgha Bahadur Sodari (Cabinet)	CPN (Unified Socialist)

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, Development and Natural Resources	11
2	Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs	11
3	Social Development	11
4	Public Accounts	11

Political parties

Party		Parliamentary party leader	Seats^[3]
	Nepali Congress	Kamal Bahadur Shah	19
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Khagaraj Bhatta	11
	CPN (UML)	Rajendra Singh Rawal	10
	Nagrik Unmukti Party	Rameshwar Chaudhary	7
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Dirgha Bahadur Sodari	5
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party		1
Total			53

References

^ ^a ^b "Speakers elected in provinces 3, 7". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
^ "CM Bhatta assumes office in Province 7". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
^ "सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेशमा १८ सिटसहित कांग्रेस पहिलो". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.

[:2-1] "Speakers elected in provinces 3, 7". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

[2] "CM Bhatta assumes office in Province 7". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-01.

[3] "सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेशमा १८ सिटसहित कांग्रेस पहिलो". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.

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