Government Body Elections
1st Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly |
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Overview |
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Legislative body | Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly |
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Jurisdiction | Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal |
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Meeting place | District Coordination Committee Hall, Dhangadhi, Kailali District |
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Term | 4 February 2018 – September 2022 |
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Election | 2017 provincial elections |
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Government | Trilochan Bhatta cabinet |
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Website | pga.p7.gov.np |
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Provincial Assembly |
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Members | 53 |
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Speaker | Arjun Bahadur Thapa (UML) |
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Deputy Speaker | Nirmala Badal Joshi (Maoist) |
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Chief Minister | Trilochan Bhatta (Maoist) |
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Leader of the Opposition | Rana Bahadur Rawal (Congress) Prakash Bahadur Shahi (UML) |
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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
Leaders
Speakers
- Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Arjun Bahadur Thapa[2]
- Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Nirmala Badal Joshi[4]
Parliamentary Party Leaders
Whips
- 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
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
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
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nirmala Badal (Joshi) deputy speaker of Province 7; CM Bhatta and other ministers assume offices". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Trilochan Bhatta becomes Province 7 chief minister". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Post of province assembly member, Bohara, falls vacant". nepalnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ Express, The Annapurna. "Province Assembly member Malla announces to resign from his post". The Annapurna Express. Retrieved 2022-05-20.