2023 Speaker of the Koshi Provincial Assembly election
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The 2023 Speaker of the Koshi Provincial Assembly election was held on January 12, 2023 to elect the speaker of the Koshi Provincial Assembly.[1][2][3] However nominations have been fixed for the election from 3pm to 5pm and CPN (Maoist Centre), politician Baburam Gautam who had been nominated in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, was the only candidate to file the nomination for the post.[4][5] [clarification needed][6][7]
Background
[edit]The Koshi Provincial Assembly was 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 Koshi Province were 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).[8]
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 Koshi Provincial assembly,[9][10] and Saraswoti Pokharel from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the Koshi Provincial assembly.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Province 1 assembly to elect Speaker on January 12". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "प्रदेश–१ मा सभामुखको निर्वाचन पुस २८ गते हुने". Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ Subedi, Binod. "Province 1 decides to hold election of Speaker by January 12". My Republica. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "प्रदेश १ मा सभामुखको निर्वाचन आज, गौतम एक्ला उम्मेदवार". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "प्रदेश १ को सभामुखमा माओवादीको एकल उम्मेदवारी". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Babu Ram Gautam elected Speaker of Province 1 unopposed". english.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "Maoist Centre's Baburam Gautam elected Province 1 Speaker unopposed (With video)". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pradeep Bhandari named Province 1 speaker". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ "प्रदेश १ उपसभामुखमा सरस्वती पोखरेल निर्विरोध". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-12-21.