1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly

The first Gandaki Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 60 members were elected to the assembly, 36 of whom were elected through direct elections and 24 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.^[1] Prithvi Subba Gurung from the CPN (UML) and Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly.^[2][3][4] Netra Nath Adhikari served as the speaker of the assembly and Srijana Sharma served as the deputy speaker.^[5][6]

1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Gandaki Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction	Gandaki Province, Nepal
Meeting place	Town Development Training Centre, Pokhara, Kaski District
Term	4 February 2018 – September 2022
Election	2017 provincial elections
Government	Prithvi Subba Gurung cabinet Krishna Chandra Nepali cabinet
Website	pradeshsabha.gandaki.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members	60
Speaker	Netra Nath Adhikari (Maoist)
Deputy Speaker	Srijana Sharma (UML)
Chief Minister	Prithvi Subba Gurung (UML) Krishna Chandra Nepali (Congress)
Leader of the Opposition	Krishna Chandra Nepali (Congress) Prithvi Subba Gurung (UML)

Composition

Party		Seats
		After election	At dissolution
	CPN (UML)	27	26
	Nepali Congress	15	15
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	12	12
	Rastriya Janamorcha	3	2
	Nepal Socialist Party	—	2
	Independent	1	1
	Naya Shakti Party	2	—
	Vacant	—	2
Total		60	60

Leaders

Speaker

• Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Netra Nath Adhikari^[5]
  • Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Srijana Sharma^[7]

Parliamentary Party leaders

• Leader of the House (Nepali Congress):Hon. Krishna Chandra Nepali
• Leader of Opposition (CPN-UML): Prithvi Subba Gurung

Whips

• Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Mani Bhadra Sharma^[8]
  • Whip (Nepali Congress): Om Kala Gautam^[8]
• Opposition Chief Whip (CPN-UML): Maya Nath Adhikari^[9]

List of members

Constituency/PR group	Member	Party
Tanahu 2(A)	Asha Koirala		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Syangja 2(B)	Bhagwat Prasad Malla		Nepali Congress
Parbat 1(B)	Bikash Lamsal		CPN (UML)
Kaski 2(B)	Bindu Kumar Thapa		Nepali Congress
Myagdi 1(A)	Binod K.C		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Nawalparasi East 2(A)	Bishnu Prasad Lamichhane		Nepali Congress
Baglung 2(A)	Chandra Bahadur Budha		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Indigenous peoples, Thakali	Chandra Mohan Gauchan		CPN (UML)
Manang 1(A)	Chinta Bahadur Ghale		Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples	Dhan Maya Pokharel (Lama)		Nepal Socialist Party
Lamjung 1(A)	Dhananjaya Dawadi		CPN (UML)
Dalit	Dilmaya Roka Magar Gautam		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kaski 1(A)	Dipak Koirala		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Syangja 1(A)	Dipak Thapa		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Dalit	Dobate Bishwokarma		Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples	Gayatri Gurung		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Tanahu 1(B)	Hari Bahadur Chuman		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Gorkha 2(A)	Hari Sharan Acharya		Nepal Socialist Party
Mustang 1(A)	Indra Dhara Dadu Bista		CPN (UML)
Baglung 1(A)	Indra Lal Sapkota		CPN (UML)
Nawalparasi East 2(B)	Janak Lal Shrestha		CPN (UML)
Dalit	Juna Devi Nepali		CPN (UML)
Baglung 2(B)	Khim Bikram Shahi		Rastriya Janamorcha
Tanahu 2(B)	Kiran Gurung		CPN (UML)
Dalit	Kopila Bohara		Nepali Congress
Nawalparasi East 1(A)	Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel		Nepali Congress
Khas Arya	Kumar Khadka		Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples	Lalit Kala Gurung		Nepali Congress
Dalit	Laxmi Sunar		CPN (UML)
Gorkha 1(A)	Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Khas Arya	Madhu Adhikari Gurung		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Mustang 1(B)	Mahendra Bahadur Thakali		CPN (UML)
Kaski 1(B)	Man Bahadur Gurung		CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples	Man Kumari Gurung		Nepali Congress
Khas Arya	Mani Bhadra Sharma		Nepali Congress
Khas Arya	Maya Nath Adhikari		CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples	Mekha Lal Shrestha		Nepali Congress
Syangja 1(B)	Min Prasad Gurung		CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples	Mina Gurung		CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples	Mitra Kumari Gurung Subedi		CPN (UML)
Syangja 2(A)	Mohan Prasad Regmi		CPN (UML)
Myagdi 1(B)	Nara Devi Pun Magar		CPN (UML)
Parbat 1(A)	Netra Nath Adhikari		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Khas Arya	Om Kala Gautam		Nepali Congress
Indigenous peoples	Piyari Thapa		Rastriya Janamorcha
Khas Arya	Prabha Koirala		CPN (UML)
Gorkha 2(B)	Prakash Chandra Dawadi		Nepali Congress
Lamjung 1(B)	Prithvi Subba Gurung		CPN (UML)
Khas Arya	Pushpa KC (Bhandari)		CPN (UML)
Manang 1(B)	Rajiv Gurung		Independent
Kaski 3(B)	Rajiv Pahari		CPN (UML)
Tanahu 1(A)	Ram Bahadur Gurung		CPN (UML)
Gorkha 1(B)	Ram Sharan Basnet		CPN (UML)
Kaski 3(A)	Ramji Prasad Baral		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Nawalparasi East 1(B)	Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa		CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples	Sabitra Rana		CPN (UML)
Indigenous peoples	Sarita Gurung		Nepali Congress
Khas Arya	Srijana Sharma		CPN (UML)

Changes

Constituency/PR group	Member	Party		Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation	New Member	Party
Baglung 2(B)	Tek Bahadur Gharti		Rastriya Janamorcha	13 December 2018	Death^[10]	Khim Bikram Shahi^[11]		Rastriya Janamorcha
Baglung 1(B)	Krishna Thapa			6 June 2021	Disobeying Party Whip^[12]
Kaski 2(A)	Krishna Bahadur Thapa		CPN (UML)	25 April 2022	Resignation to contest as mayor of Pokhara^[13]

See also

• Gandaki Province
• 2017 Nepalese general election

References

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