Koshi Provincial Assembly

Koshi Provincial Assembly

कोशी प्रदेश सभा
Koshi Provincial Assembly ; कोशी प्रदेश सभा
2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature of Koshi Province
History
Founded	2018
Leadership
Speaker	Ambar Bahadur Bista, RPP ; since 9 January 2024
Deputy Speaker	Sirjana Danuwar, CPN (UML) ; since 14 January 2023
Leader of the House	Hikmat Kumar Karki, CPN (UML) ; since 9 May 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Indra Bahadur Angbo, CPN (MC)
Structure
Political groups	Government (70) CPN (UML): 40; Congress: 29; Confidence & Supply (1) PSP: 1; Opposition (23) CPN (MC): 13; RPP: 6; CPN (US): 4;
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 56 seats – FPtP; 37 seats – PR;
First election	2017
Last election	20 November 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	District Coordination Committee Office, Biratnagar, Morang District
Website
	assembly.p1.gov.np
Constitution
	Constitution of Nepal

The Koshi Provincial Assembly also known as the Koshi Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कोशी प्रदेश सभा) is the unicameral legislature of Koshi Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital at Biratnagar in Morang District at the District Coordination Committee Office. The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 37 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 current assembly was elected in November 2022.

History

The Provincial Assembly of Province No. 1 is formed 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 Province No. 1 was conducted for 93 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 Sher Dhan Rai from CPN (UML).^[1] The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 5 February 2018. Pradeep Kumar Bhandari from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,^[2] and Saraswoti Pokharel from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.^[3]

List of assemblies

Election Year	Assembly	Start of term	End of term	Speaker	Chief Minister
2017	1st Assembly	5 February 2018	September 2022	Pradeep Kumar Bhandari	Sher Dhan Rai (Cabinet)	CPN (UML)
					Bhim Acharya (Cabinet)	CPN (UML)
					Rajendra Kumar Rai (Cabinet)	CPN (Unified Socialist)
2022	2nd Assembly	1 January 2023^[4]	Incumbent	Baburam Gautam	Hikmat Kumar Karki (Cabinet)	CPN (UML)
				Baburam Gautam	Uddhav Thapa (Cabinet)	Nepali Congress
				Vacant	Uddhav Thapa (Cabinet)	Nepali Congress
				Vacant	Hikmat Kumar Karki (Cabinet)	CPN (UML)
				Ambar Bahadur Bista	Kedar Karki (Cabinet)	Nepali Congress
				Ambar Bahadur Bista	Hikmat Kumar Karki (Cabinet)	CPN (UML)

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
1	Justice, Administration and Legislation
2	Good Governance and Planning
3	Finance
4	Public Accounts
5	Social Development
6	Industry, Tourism and Environment
7	Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development

Current composition

Party		Parliamentary party leader	Seats^[5]
	CPN (UML)	Hikmat Kumar Karki	40
	Nepali Congress	Uddhav Thapa	29
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Indra Bahadur Angbo	13
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bhakti Prasad Sitaula	6
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Rajendra Kumar Rai	4
	People's Socialist Party	Nirmala Limbu	1
Total			93

References

^ "Sher Dhan Rai elected UML PP chief of Province 1, set to be CM | Setopati". setopati.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
^ "Pradeep Bhandari named Province 1 speaker". Retrieved 2018-03-23.
^ Subedi, Binod. "Intense lobbying in parties to become ministers in Province 1". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
^ "Province 1 Assembly tables two ordinances in its first meeting". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
^ "प्रदेश १ मा एमाले पहिलो, बहुमतका लागि ७ सिट अपुग" (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.

[:0-1] "Sher Dhan Rai elected UML PP chief of Province 1, set to be CM | Setopati". setopati.net. Retrieved 2018-03-26.

[2] "Pradeep Bhandari named Province 1 speaker". Retrieved 2018-03-23.

[3] Subedi, Binod. "Intense lobbying in parties to become ministers in Province 1". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-01-01.

[4] "Province 1 Assembly tables two ordinances in its first meeting". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.

[5] "प्रदेश १ मा एमाले पहिलो, बहुमतका लागि ७ सिट अपुग" (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.

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