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1st Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

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1st Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodySudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
JurisdictionSudurpashchim Province, Nepal
Meeting placeDistrict Coordination Committee Hall, Dhangadhi, Kailali District
Term4 February 2018 – September 2022
Election2017 provincial elections
GovernmentTrilochan Bhatta cabinet
Websitepga.p7.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members53
SpeakerArjun Bahadur Thapa (UML)
Deputy SpeakerNirmala Badal Joshi (Maoist)
Chief MinisterTrilochan Bhatta (Maoist)
Leader of the OppositionRana Bahadur Rawal (Congress)
Prakash Bahadur Shahi (UML)

The first Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 53 members were elected to the assembly, 32 of whom were elected through direct elections and 21 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.[1] Trilochan Bhatta from the CPN (Maoist Centre) served as chief minister during the term of the assembly. Arjun Bahadur Thapa served as the speaker of the assembly and Nirmala Badal Joshi served as the deputy speaker.[2][3]

Composition

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Party Seats
After election At dissolution
CPN (Unified Socialist) — 14
CPN (Maoist Centre) 14 13
Nepali Congress 12 11
CPN (UML) 25 11
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party — 1
People's Socialist Party — 1
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal 2 —
Vacant — 2
Total 53 53

Leaders

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Speakers

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  • Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Arjun Bahadur Thapa[2]
    • Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Nirmala Badal Joshi[4]

Parliamentary Party Leaders

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Whips

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  • Government Chief Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Tara Lama Tamang
    • Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Akkal Bahadur Rawal
  • Opposition Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Govinda Raj Bohora
    • Whip (Nepali Congress): Tek Bahadur Raika

List of members

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Constituency (PR if blank) Member Party
Achham 2(A) Akkal Bahadur Rawal CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 3(B) Amar Bahadur Saud CPN (Unified Socialist)
Ambi Kumari Thapa Nepali Congress
Archana Gahatraj CPN (UML)
Bajhang 1(A) Arjun Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML)
Achham 2(B) Bal Bahadur Sodari CPN (Unified Socialist)
Bajura 1(A) Bal Dev Regmi CPN (UML)
Doti 1(A) Bharat Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
Binita Devi Chaudhary CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 3(A) Birman Chaudhary CPN (Maoist Centre)
Chun Kumari Devi Chaudhary CPN (Unified Socialist)
Bajhang 1(B) Devaki Malla (Thapa) CPN (Maoist Centre)
Devraj Pathak Nepali Congress
Dibeshwory Shah Nepali Congress
Kailali 5(B) Dilli Raj Panta Nepali Congress
Kailali 4(A) Dirgha Bahadur Sodari CPN (Unified Socialist)
Durga Kumari Kami CPN (Unified Socialist)
Darchula 1(A) Gelbu Singh Bohara CPN (UML)
Govinda Raj Bohara Nepali Congress
Hanta Nepali CPN (Maoist Centre)
Achham 1(A) Harka Bahadur Kunwar CPN (UML)
Kailali 1(A) Krishna Chaudhary Loktantrik Samajwadi Party
Kailali 4(B) Krishna Raj Subedi CPN (UML)
Kanchanpur 1(B) Kul Bir Chaudhary CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kumari Nanda Bam Nepali Congress
Kunti Joshi CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kanchanpur 2(B) Lal Bahadur Khadka CPN (Unified Socialist)
Baitadi 1(B) Liladhar Bhatta CPN (UML)
Kanchanpur 2(A) Mahesh Datta Joshi CPN (Maoist Centre)
Malamati Rana Tharu People's Socialist Party
Darchula 1(B) Man Bahadur Dhami CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kanchanpur 3(B) Man Bahadur Sunar CPN (Maoist Centre)
Mana Kumari Saud CPN (Unified Socialist)
Maya Bhatta CPN (Unified Socialist)
Maya Tamang (Bohora) CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kailali 2(B) Nanda Bahadur Saund CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 5(A) Nepalu Chaudhary CPN (UML)
Nirmala Badal (Joshi) CPN (Maoist Centre)
Dadeldhura 1(A) Pathan Singh Bohara CPN (UML)
Bajura 1(B) Prakash Bahadur Shah CPN (UML)
Kanchanpur 3(A) Prakash Rawal CPN (Unified Socialist)
Baitadi 1(A) Prem Prakash Bhatta CPN (Maoist Centre)
Purna Joshi CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kailali 1(B) Rana Bahadur Rawal Nepali Congress
Kailali 2(A) Ratan Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML)
Shyamlal Rana Tharu Nepali Congress
Sushila Budhathoki CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kanchanpur 1(A) Tara Lama Tamang CPN (Unified Socialist)
Tek Bahadur Raika Aauji Nepali Congress
Doti 1(B) Trilochan Bhatta CPN (Maoist Centre)
Uma Devi Badi Nepali Congress

Changes

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Constituency/PR group MPA Party Date seat vacated Cause of vacation New MPA Party
Achham 1(B) Jhapat Bahadur Bohara CPN (Maoist Centre) 19 April 2021 Resignation[6]
Dadeldhura 1(B) Karna Bahadur Malla Nepali Congress 28 April 2022 Resignation[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Trilochan Bhatta becomes Province 7 chief minister". The Himalayan Times. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Speakers elected in provinces 3, 7". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. ^ "CM Bhatta assumes office in Province 7". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. ^ "Nirmala Badal (Joshi) deputy speaker of Province 7; CM Bhatta and other ministers assume offices". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. ^ "Trilochan Bhatta becomes Province 7 chief minister". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. ^ "Post of province assembly member, Bohara, falls vacant". nepalnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  7. ^ Express, The Annapurna. "Province Assembly member Malla announces to resign from his post". The Annapurna Express. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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