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Lumbini Provincial Assembly

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Lumbini Provincial Assembly

लुम्बिनी प्रदेश सभा
2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded2018
Leadership
Tularam Gharti Magar, CPN (MC)
since 18 January 2023
Deputy Speaker
Menuka Khand K.C., RPP
since 18 January 2023
Chet Narayan Acharya, CPN (UML)
since 23 July 2024
Leader of Opposition
Jokh Bahadur Mahara, CPN (MC)
since 23 July 2024
Structure
Political groups
Government (69)
  •   CPN (UML): 29
  •   Congress: 27
  •   NUP: 4
  •   LSPN: 3
  •   Janamat: 3
  •   PSP: 2
  •   PSP-N: 1

Opposition (18)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting:
  • 52 seats – FPtP
  • 35 seats – PR
First election
2017
Last election
20 November 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Hall,
Bhalubang, Dang District
Website
pradeshsabha.p5.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The Provincial Assembly of Lumbini Province also known as the Lumbini Pradesh Sabha (Nepali: लुम्बिनी प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Lumbini Province, one of the 7 provinces in Nepal, and is situated at Dang, the interim province capital of Lumbini Province, with 60 Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA).

The First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The current assembly was elected in November 2022.

List of assemblies

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Election Year Assembly Start of term End of term Speaker Chief Minister Party
2017 1st Assembly 4 February 2018 September 2022 Purna Bahadur Gharti Shankar Pokharel
(Cabinet)

CPN (UML)
Kul Prasad KC
(Cabinet)

CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 2nd Assembly 2 January 2023 Incumbent Tularam Gharti Magar Leela Giri
(Cabinet)

CPN (UML)
Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary
(Cabinet)
Nepali Congress
Jokh Bahdur Mahara
(Cabinet)
CPN (Maoist Centre)
Chet Narayan Acharya[1]
(Cabinet)

CPN (UML)

Current composition

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Party Parliamentary party leader Seats[2]
CPN (UML) Chet Narayan Acharya 29
Nepali Congress Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary 27
CPN (Maoist Centre) Jokh Bahadur Mahara 10
Nagrik Unmukti Party Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary 4
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ashish Kumar Chaudhary 4
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Santosh Kumar Pandey 3
Janamat Party Chandrakesh Gupta 3
People's Socialist Party Bhandari Lal Ahir 3
CPN (Unified Socialist) Bhagwati Adhikari 1
Rastriya Janamorcha Tara Thapa 1
Independent 2
Total 87

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pokharel-loyal candidate becomes Lumbini chief minister, with Oli's blessing". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ "लुम्बिनी प्रदेशमा २९ सिटसहित एमाले सबैभन्दा ठूलो दल". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 6 December 2022.