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1st Lumbini Provincial Assembly

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1st Lumbini Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyLumbini Provincial Assembly
JurisdictionLumbini Province, Nepal
Meeting placeChamber of Commerce Meeting Hall, Bhalubang, Dang District
Term4 February 2018 – September 2022
Election2017 provincial elections
GovernmentShankar Pokharel cabinet
Kul Prasad KC cabinet
Websitepradeshsabha.p5.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members87
SpeakerPurna Bahadur Gharti (Maoist)
Deputy SpeakerKrishni Tharu (UML)
Chief MinisterShankar Pokharel (UML)
Kul Prasad KC (Maoist)
Leader of the OppositionBirendra Kumar Kanudiya (Congress)
Shankar Pokharel (UML)

The first Lumbini Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 87 members were elected to the assembly, 52 of whom were elected through direct elections and 35 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. Shankar Pokharel from the CPN (UML) and Kul Prasad KC from the CPN (Maoist Centre) served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly.[1][2][3] Purna Bahadur Gharti served as the speaker of the assembly and Krishni Tharu served as the deputy speaker.[4]

Composition

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Party Parliamentary party leader Seats
After election At dissolution
CPN (UML) Shankar Pokharel 41 37
Nepali Congress Birendra Kumar Kanudiya 12 19
CPN (Maoist Centre) Kul Prasad KC 6 17
People's Socialist Party Sahas Ram Yadav — 4
CPN (Unified Socialist) Rama Gharti Magar — 1
Rastriya Janamorcha Tara G.C. 1 1
Independent — — 1
Federal Socialist Forum — 2 —
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal — 1 —
Vacant 7
Total — 87 87

Members

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Constituency/PR group Member Party
Dalit Aasha Swarnakar CPN (UML)
Nawalparasi West 1(B) Ajay Shahi Independent
Banke 1(B) Arati Paudel CPN (UML)
Kapilvastu 3(A) Arjun Kumar KC CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Arjun Kumar Shrestha Nepali Congress
Rupandehi 4(A) Ashtha Bhuja Pathak Nepali Congress
Banke 3(B) Babu Ram Gautam CPN (UML)
Nawalparasi West 2(A) Baijanath Chaudhary (Tharu) CPN (UML)
Nawalparasi West 2(B) Baij Nath Kalwar Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Bhagawati Devi Bhandari CPN (UML)
Rupandehi 2(B) Bhoj Prasad Shrestha CPN (UML)
Tharu Bhubaneshwor Chaudhary Nepali Congress
Rupandehi 5(A) Bhumishwor Dhakal CPN (UML)
Khas Arya Bimala Sharma Panthi CPN (UML)
Dang 3(B) Bimala Kumari Khatri CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Bir Bahadur Rana Nepali Congress
Kapilvastu 3(B) Birendra Kumar Kanudiya Nepali Congress
Kapilvastu 1(A) Bishnu Prasad Panthi CPN (UML)
Arghakhanchi 1(A) Chet Narayan Acharya CPN (UML)
Madheshi Chintawati Kurmi CPN (UML)
Khas Arya Dama Kumari Sharma CPN (Maoist Centre)
Tharu Dhamkali Chaudhary CPN (UML)
Kapilvastu 2(B) Dharma Bahadur Lal Shriwastav CPN (UML)
Dang 3(A) Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary Nepali Congress
Dalit Dipa B.K. CPN (Maoist Centre)
Nawalparasi West 1(A) Dipendra Kumar Adhikari CPN (UML)
Rolpa 1(B) Dipendra Kumar Pun Magar CPN (Maoist Centre)
Rupandehi 5(B) Fakharuddin Khan Nepali Congress
Muslim Faujiya Nasim CPN (UML)
Khas Arya Gita Thapa CPN (Maoist Centre)
Pyuthan 1(A) Hari Prashad Rijal CPN (UML)
Banke 3(A) Indra Prasad Kharel CPN (Maoist Centre)
Dang 1(A) Indrajit Tharu CPN (Maoist Centre)
Khas Arya Jalpa Bhusal CPN (UML)
Bardiya 1(A) Kabi Ram Tharu CPN (UML)
Gulmi 1(B) Kamal Raj Shrestha CPN (UML)
Dalit Kamala Devi B.K. CPN (UML)
Gulmi 2(A) Khadga Bahadur Khatri CPN (UML)
Pyuthan 1(B) Krishna Dhoj Khadka CPN (Maoist Centre)
Banke 1(A) Krishna KC CPN (Maoist Centre)
Rupandehi 1(A) Krishna Prasad Neupane CPN (UML)
Tharu Krishni Tharu CPN (UML)
Rolpa 1(A) Kul Prasad KC CPN (Maoist Centre)
Bardiya 2(A) Kul Prasad Pokharel CPN (UML)
Tharu Lauti Tharu CPN (Maoist Centre)
Rupandehi 2(A) Lila Giri CPN (UML)
Dalit Mala Gotame Nepali Congress
Muslim Mohammad Yakub Ansari Nepali Congress
Palpa 1(B) Narayan Prasad Acharya CPN (UML)
Khas Arya Nirmala Kshetri Nepali Congress
Madheshi Nirmala Mudbhari Bhattarai People's Socialist Party
Indigenous peoples Parbati Pun Gahatraj CPN (Maoist Centre)
Palpa 2(A) Puran Man Bajracharya CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples Purmati Dhenga People's Socialist Party
Eastern Rukum 1(B) Purna Bahadur Gharti Magar CPN (Maoist Centre)
Tharu Pushpa Tharuni Nepali Congress
Khas Arya Rama Aryal Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples Rama Gharti CPN (Unified Socialist)
Arghakhanchi 1(B) Ramji Prasad Ghimire CPN (UML)
Dang 1(B) Rewati Raman Sharma CPN (UML)
Dalit Rina Nepal Nepali Congress
Madheshi Rundhawati Sharma Nepali Congress
Kapilvastu 1(B) Sahas Ram Yadav People's Socialist Party
Khas Arya Saraswati Gautam CPN (UML)
Khas Arya Shankar Giri Nepali Congress
Dang 2(A) Shankar Pokharel CPN (UML)
Madheshi, Sonar Shanti Devi Swarnakar Nepali Congress
Gulmi 1(A) Sudarshan Baral CPN (Maoist Centre)
Khas Arya Suman Sharma Rayamajhi People's Socialist Party
Madheshi Sunita Kumari Thather CPN (UML)
Banke 2(B) Surendra Bahadur Hamal Nepali Congress
Madheshi Sushma Yadav CPN (Maoist Centre)
Khas Arya Tara G.C. Rastriya Janamorcha
Eastern Rukum 1(A) Tej Bahadur Oli CPN (Maoist Centre)
Indigenous peoples Than Kumari Thapa CPN (UML)
Bardiya 1(B) Tilak Ram Sharma CPN (Maoist Centre)
Palpa 2(B) Tula Ram Gharti Magar CPN (Maoist Centre)
Rupandehi 3(B) Tulshi Prasad Chaudhary CPN (UML)
Rupandehi 4(B) Wasiuddin Khan Nepali Congress
Palpa 1(A) Yuvaraj Khanal CPN (UML)

Changes

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Constituency/PR group MPA Party Date seat vacated Cause of vacation New MPA Party
Madheshi Bina Panta Rastriya Janata Party Nepal 6 June 2018 Resignation[5] Kalpana Pandey[5] Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
Dang 3(B) Uttar Kumar Oli Nepal Communist Party 22 February 2019 Death[6] Bimala Kumari Khatri[7] Nepal Communist Party
Khas Arya Baldev Sharma Pokharel Nepali Congress 20 January 2020 Death[8] Shankar Giri[9] Nepali Congress
Rupandehi 1(B) Dadhiram Neupane CPN (Maoist Centre) 6 April 2021 Expelled by party[10]
Gulmi 2(B) Dinesh Panthi
Kapilvastu 1(A) Dirgha Narayan Pandey CPN (UML) 2 May 2021 Resignation[11]
Dang 2(B) Amar Bahadur Dangi Chhetri 5 May 2021 Resignation[12]
Rupandehi 3(A) Santosh Kumar Pandeya People's Socialist Party 29 April 2021 Expelled by party[13]
Banke 2(A) Bijay Bahadur Yadav
Madheshi Kalpana Pandey Nirmala Mudbhari Bhattarai[14] People's Socialist Party
Bardiya 2(B) Dipesh Tharu CPN (Maoist Centre) 24 April 2022 Resignation to contest as mayor of Rajapur[12]

Defections

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Constituency/PR group MPA Previous Party Date defected New Party
Indigenous peoples Rama Gharti CPN (UML) 1 September 2021[15] CPN (Unified Socialist)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kul Prasad KC appointed new CM in Lumbini". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  2. ^ "Shankar Pokharel appointed Province 5 CM". thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  3. ^ "Shankar Pokharel calls governor to his office and gets sworn in as Lumbini CM". Setopati. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Yadav, Gharti sworn in as speakers". Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. ^ a b "RJP-N to uphold partnership with SSF-N in State 2". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  6. ^ "Provincial Assembly Member Uttar Kumar Oli passes away". Aawaaj News. 2019-02-22. Archived from the original on 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  7. ^ Setopati, Setopati. "CPN's Bimala Kumari Khatri Oli elected from Dang-3 (B)". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  8. ^ "Province 5 opposition leader no more". The Himalayan Times. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  9. ^ "Province 5: Nepali Congress nominates new lawmaker to replace deceased leader". OnlineKhabar English News. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  10. ^ Bhusal, Rekha. "Lumbini Province: CPN (Maoist Center) suspends two of its lawmakers". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  11. ^ "Pandey files candidacy from opposition alliance in Lumbini". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  12. ^ a b "Lumbini Province's assembly member Dangi resigns". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  13. ^ Republica. "JSP sacks three of its lawmakers in Lumbini Province". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  14. ^ Bhusal, Rekha. "Nirmala Mudbhari elected as proportional provincial lawmaker of JSP". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  15. ^ "Lumbini Province: UML MP Rama Gharti Has Chosen Ekikrta Samajwadi Party". The NepaliPost. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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