Karnali Provincial Assembly

Karnali Provincial Assembly कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा
Leader of Opposition		Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (NC) since 12 January 2023
Structure
Political groups	Government (24)   CPN (UML) : 13   CPN (MC) : 10   RPP: 1 Opposition (16)   Congress: 15[1]   CPN (US) : 1
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 24 seats – FPtP 16 seats – PR
First election	2017
Last election	20 November 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Irrigation Division Office, Birendranagar, Surkhet District
Website
pga.karnali.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province also known as the Karnali Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Karnali Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Birendranagar in Surkhet District at the Irrigation Division Office. The assembly has 40 members of whom 24 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 16 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.

The First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The next election took place when the five-year term ends in November 2022.

History

The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province is formed under Article 175 of the

as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.

List of assemblies

Election Year	Assembly	Start of term	End of term	Speaker	Chief Minister	Party
2017	1st Assembly	4 February 2018	September 2022	Raj Bahadur Shahi	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi (Cabinet)		CPN (Maoist Centre)
					Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (Cabinet)		Nepali Congress
2022	2nd Assembly	2 January 2023	Incumbent	Nanda Gurung	Raj Kumar Sharma (Cabinet)		CPN (Maoist Centre)

Committees

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

S.No.	Committee	Members
1	Finance and National Resources	8
2	Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs	7
3	Social Development	8
4	Public Accounts	9

Current composition

Party		Parliamentary party leader	Seats[3]
	Nepali Congress	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi	15[4]
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Raj Kumar Sharma	13
	CPN (UML)	Yam Lal Kandel	10
	CPN (Unified Socialist)		1
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party		1
Total			40

See also

• Karnali Province
• Provincial assemblies of Nepal

References