1st Bagmati Provincial Assembly

1st Bagmati Provincial Assembly
1st Bagmati Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Bagmati Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction	Bagmati Province, Nepal
Meeting place	Regional Educational Directorate, Hetauda, Makwanpur District
Term	1 February 2018 – September 2022
Election	2017 provincial elections
Government	Dormani Poudel cabinet; Astalaxmi Shakya cabinet; Rajendra Prasad Pandey cabinet
Website	pradeshsabha.p3.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members	110
Speaker	Sanu Kumar Shrestha (UML)
Deputy Speaker	Radhika Tamang (Maoist)
Chief Minister	Dormani Poudel (UML); Astalaxmi Shakya (UML); Rajendra Prasad Pandey (US)
Leader of the Opposition	Indra Bahadur Baniya (NC); Astalaxmi Shakya (UML)

The first Bagmati Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections in Nepal. 110 members were elected to the assembly, 66 of whom were elected through direct elections and 44 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 1 February 2018 and ended in September 2022.^[1] Dormani Poudel and Astalaxmi Shakya served as the chief ministers from the CPN (UML) and Rajendra Prasad Pandey served as chief minister from CPN (Unified Socialist) during the term of the assembly.^[2]^[3]^[4] Sanu Kumar Shrestha served as the speaker of the assembly and Radhika Tamang served as the deputy speaker.^[5]^[6]

Composition

Party		Seats
Party		After election	At dissolution
	CPN (UML)	58	42
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	23	23
	Nepali Congress	21	22
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	—	13
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	3	3
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1	2
	Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party	2	2
	Independent	1	1
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)	1	—
	Vacant	—	3
Total			110

Leaders

Office bearers

Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Sanu Kumar Shrestha^[5]
- Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Radhika Tamang^[7]

Chief Minister of Bagmati Province
- Hon. Dormani Paudel^[8] (CPN (UML)) (until 18 August 2021)
- Hon. Ashta Laxmi Shakya^[9] (CPN (UML)) (18 August 2021 – 27 October 2021)
- Hon. Rajendra Prasad Pandey (Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)) (from 27 October 2021)
Leader of Opposition
- Indra Bahadur Baniya^[10] (Nepali Congress) (until 27 October 2021)
- Ashta Laxmi Shakya (CPN (UML)) (until 27 October 2021)

Parliamentary party leaders

Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML):
- Dormani Paudel (until 18 August 2021)
- Ashta Laxmi Shakya (since 18 August 2021)
Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Shalikram Jamkattel
- Deputy parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Kumari Moktan
Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress: Indra Bahadur Baniya
- Deputy parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress: Krishna Lal Bhadel
Parliamentary party leader of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist): Rajendra Prasad Pandey
- Deputy parliamentary party leader of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist): Krishna Prasad Sharma
Parliamentary party leader of Bibeksheel Sajha Party: Ramesh Paudyal
Parliamentary party leader of Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party: Surendra Raj Gosai

Whips

Chief Whip of CPN (UML): Deepak Niraula
Chief Whip of CPN (Maoist Centre): Buddhiman Majhi
- Whip (CPN (Maoist Centre)): Pratima Shrestha
Chief Whip of Nepali Congress: Radha Ghale^[11]
- Whip (Nepali Congress): Chhiring Dorje Lama^[11]
Chief Whip of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist): Munu Sigdel
- Whip (Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)): Basundhara Humagain

Members

Constituency (PR if blank)	Member
	Aangdendi Lama	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kathmandu 9(A)	Ajay Kranti Shakya	CPN (UML)
Sindhupalchok 1(A)	Arun Prasad Nepal	CPN (UML)
	Ashamaya Tamang	CPN (UML)
Kathmandu 8(B)	Astha Laxmi Shakya	CPN (UML)
Nuwakot 1(B)	Badri Mainali	CPN (UML)
	Balram Poudel	Nepali Congress
Kathmandu 7(A)	Basanta Prasad Manandhar	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kavrepalanchok 2(B)	Basundhara Humagain	CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Belimaiya Ghale	CPN (UML)
	Bhawana Subedi	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Bhimsen Khatri	Nepali Congress
	Bijaya Shrestha (KC)	Nepali Congress
	Bijula Kumari Barma	Nepali Congress
Sindhuli 2(A)	Binod Kumar Khadka	CPN (UML)
	Biraj Bhakta Shrestha	Bibeksheel Sajha Party
Dolakha 1(A)	Bishal Khadka	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Sindhuli 2(B)	Buddhi Man Majhi	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kavrepalanchok 1(B)	Chandra Bahadur Lama	CPN (UML)
Lalitpur 1(B)	Chetnath Sanjel	CPN (UML)
Kathmandu 3(A)	Chhiring Dorje Lama	Nepali Congress
Chitwan 1(A)	Dawa Dorje Lama	CPN (UML)
	Debaki Shrestha	CPN (UML)
	Dinesh Maharjan	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kathmandu 5(B)	Deepak Niraula	CPN (UML)
Kathmandu 1(A)	Dipendra Shrestha	Nepali Congress
Makwanpur 1(B)	Dormani Poudel	CPN (UML)
Kathmandu 1(B)	Ganesh Prasad Dulal	CPN (UML)
Chitwan 2(A)	Ghanashyam Dahal	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Gita Wagle	Nepali Congress
	Goma Bhurtel	CPN (UML)
Lalitpur 2(B)	Gyanendra Shakya	CPN (UML)
	Himali Gole	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Nuwakot 2(B)	Hiranath Khatiwada	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Makwanpur 2(B)	Indra Bahadur Baniya	Nepali Congress
	Indramaya Gurung	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Dhading 2(B)	Jagat Bahadur Simkhada	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Jeevan Dangol	Nepali Congress
Lalitpur 3(B)	Jivan Khadka	CPN (UML)
	Junelimaya Shrestha	CPN (UML)
Ramechhap 1(B)	Kailash Prasad Dhungel	CPN (UML)
	Kalpana Nepali	Nepali Congress
	Kanchan Khanal	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kathmandu 9(B)	Keshav Prasad Pokharel	CPN (UML)
Nuwakot 2(A)	Keshav Raj Pandey	CPN (UML)
Bhaktapur 1(A)	Krishna Lal Bhandel	Nepali Congress
Chitwan 3(A)	Krishna Prasad Bhurtel	CPN (UML)
Chitwan 1(B)	Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Makwanpur 2(A)	Kumari Moktan	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kathmandu 4(B)	Kusum Kumar Karki	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Lalitpur 1(A)	Lal Kumari Pun	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kavrepalanchok 2(A)	Laxman Lamsal	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Sindhuli 1(A)	Lekhnath Dahal	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Lalitpur 2(A)	Madhav Prasad Paudel	CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Maina Achhami	CPN (UML)
Kathmandu 2(B)	Mani Ram Phuyal	CPN (UML)
	Milanbabu Shrestha	Nepali Congress
	Mina Gyawali (Nepal)	CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Munu Sigdel	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kathmandu 5(A)	Narayan Bahadur Silwal	CPN (UML)
Kathmandu 4(A)	Narottam Vaidya	Nepali Congress
	Nhuchhe Narayan Shrestha	Nepali Congress
Sindhupalchok 2(B)	Nima Lama	Nepali Congress
	Om Bahadur Glan	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Parbati Silwal	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Rasuwa 1(A)	Prabhat Tamang	Nepali Congress
Sindhuli 1(B)	Pradip Kumar Katuwal Chhetri (K.C)	CPN (UML)
Kathmandu 7(B)	Prakash Shrestha	CPN (UML)
	Pratima Shrestha	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Makwanpur 1(A)	Prem Bahadur Pulami	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Rasuwa 1(B)	Prem Bahadur Tamang	Independent
Kathmandu 10(A)	Pukar Maharjan	Nepali Congress
	Rachana Khadka	CPN (UML)
	Radha Ghale	Nepali Congress
Nuwakot 1(A)	Radhika Tamang	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Rajaram Karki Chhetri	Nepali Congress
Lalitpur 3(A)	Raj Kaji Maharjan	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Rajani Amatya	Nepali Congress
	Rajendra Gurung	Nepali Congress
Bhaktapur 2(B)	Rajendra Man Shrestha	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Dhading 1(A)	Rajendra Prasad Pandey	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kathmandu 8(A)	Rajesh Shakya	CPN (UML)
Dhading 2(A)	Ram Kumar Adhikari	CPN (UML)
Chitwan 3(B)	Ram Lal Mahato	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kathmandu 10(B)	Rama Ale Magar	CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Ramesh Poudyal	Bibeksheel Sajha Party
Kathmandu 3(B)	Rameshwor Phuyal	CPN (UML)
Kavrepalanchok 1(A)	Ratna Prasad Dhakal	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Reena Gurung	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	Rita Majhi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Dhading 1(B)	Salik Ram Jamkattel	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Santa Bahadur Praja	Nepali Congress
Kathmandu 2(A)	Sanu Kumar Shrestha	CPN (UML)
	Saraswoti Basnet	CPN (UML)
	Saraswoti Bati	CPN (UML)
Sindhupalchok 1(B)	Saresh Nepal	CPN (UML)
Ramechhap 1(A)	Shanti Prasad Paudel	CPN (UML)
	Shanti Thing	CPN (UML)
Bhaktapur 2(A)	Shashi Jung Thapa	CPN (UML)
	Shova Shakya	Bibeksheel Sajha Party
	Sita Adhikari	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Sita Lama	CPN (UML)
	Srijana Sayaju	Nepal Workers Peasants Party
Bhaktapur 1(B)	Surendra Raj Gosai	Nepal Workers Peasants Party
	Urmila Karmacharya	CPN (UML)
Kathmandu 6(B)	Yogendra Raj Shangraula	CPN (UML)
Sindhupalchok 2(A)	Yuvaraj Dulal	CPN (Maoist Centre)

By-elections

Constituency (PR if blank)	Previous member		Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation	New member
Bhaktapur 1(A)	Harisharan Lamichhane	CPN (UML)	14 May 2018	Death^[12]	Krishna Lal Bhandel	Nepali Congress
Dolakha 1(B)	Pashupati Chaulagain		12 May 2021	Death^[13]
Chitwan 2(B)	Bijay Subedi		21 April 2022	Resignation to contest as mayor of Bharatpur^[14]
Kathmandu 6(A)	Keshav Sthapit		21 April 2022	Resignation to contest as mayor of Kathmandu^[14]

References

^ "First session of Province 3 assembly to begin next week". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
^ "UML PP leader Dor Mani Paudel appointed CM of Province 3". The Himalayan Times. 11 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Asta Laxmi sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bagmati Province". Khabarhub. 18 August 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Rajendra Pandey appointed chief minister of Bagmati". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
^ ^a ^b "Sanu Kumar Shrestha elected State Assembly Speaker of Province 3". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
^ "Tamang elected deputy speaker of Province 3 unopposed". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
^ "Tamang unanimously elected deputy speaker of Province-3". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
^ "Dor Mani Poudel elected UML PP leader". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
^ Republica. "NCP's Dahal-Nepal faction picks Ashta Laxmi Shakya as provincial parliamentary party leader of Bagmati". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
^ "Indra Bahadur Baniya elected NC PP leader of Province 3". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
^ ^a ^b Republica. "Radha Ghale appointed Province 3 NC PP chief whip". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
^ "Province 3 lawmaker Lamichhane dies". Retrieved 2018-11-11.
^ "UML leader Pashupati Chaulagain dies of Covid-19". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ ^a ^b "Province Assembly member resigns to become mayoral candidate". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2022-04-23.

[1] "First session of Province 3 assembly to begin next week". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2020-12-30.

[2] "UML PP leader Dor Mani Paudel appointed CM of Province 3". The Himalayan Times. 11 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "Asta Laxmi sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bagmati Province". Khabarhub. 18 August 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[4] "Rajendra Pandey appointed chief minister of Bagmati". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.

[:0-5] "Sanu Kumar Shrestha elected State Assembly Speaker of Province 3". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

[6] "Tamang elected deputy speaker of Province 3 unopposed". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-12-30.

[7] "Tamang unanimously elected deputy speaker of Province-3". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

[8] "Dor Mani Poudel elected UML PP leader". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

[9] Republica. "NCP's Dahal-Nepal faction picks Ashta Laxmi Shakya as provincial parliamentary party leader of Bagmati". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.

[10] "Indra Bahadur Baniya elected NC PP leader of Province 3". Retrieved 2018-03-27.

[:2-11] Republica. "Radha Ghale appointed Province 3 NC PP chief whip". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-30.

[12] "Province 3 lawmaker Lamichhane dies". Retrieved 2018-11-11.

[13] "UML leader Pashupati Chaulagain dies of Covid-19". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[:3-14] "Province Assembly member resigns to become mayoral candidate". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2022-04-23.

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