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Gandaki Provincial Assembly गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा
2nd Gandaki Provincial Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature of Gandaki Province
History
Founded	2018
Leadership
Speaker	Krishna Parsad Dhital, CPN (MC) since 14 January 2023
Deputy Speaker	Bina Kumari Dhital, CPN (UML) since 16 January 2023
Leader of the House	Surendra Raj Pandey, NC since 29 May 2024
Leader of Opposition	Hari Bahadur Chuman, CPN (MC)
Structure
Political groups	Government (51)   Congress: 27   CPN (UML): 22   NSP: 1   Independent: 1 Opposition (9)   CPN (MC): 7   RPP: 2
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 36 seats – FPtP 24 seats – PR
First election	2017
Last election	20 November 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Town Development Training Centre, Pokhara, Kaski District
Website
pradeshsabha.gandaki.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province also known as the Gandaki Province Sabha, (Nepali: गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Gandaki Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital Pokhara in Kaski District at the Urban Development Training Centre. The assembly has 60 members of whom 36 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 24 of whom are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is five years until 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 Gandaki Province 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 Gandaki Province was conducted for 60 seats to the assembly. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Netra Nath Adhikari from Maoist Centre was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly, and Srijana Sharma from CPN (UML) as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.

List of assemblies

Committees

Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures.

Current composition

See also

• Gandaki Province
• Provincial assemblies of Nepal

References

1. "Prithvi Subba Gurung unanimously elected UML PP leader of Province 4 - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
2. "Prithvi Subba Gurung appointed as Province 4 CM - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
3. "First Provincial Assembly meeting begins in 4 provinces". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
4. "First provincial assembly meeting of Province 4 begins". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
5. "Adhikari unanimously elected Province 4 Speaker". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
6. "Srijana Sharma elected as deputy speaker of Province-4". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
7. "गण्डकीमा २७ सिटसहित कांग्रेस पहिलो दल, सत्तारुढ गठबन्धनलाई सहज बहुमत". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-12-06.

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• Government of Gandaki Province
• Province legislatures of Nepal
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