1st Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

1st Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction	Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal
Meeting place	District Coordination Committee Hall, Dhangadhi, Kailali District
Term	4 February 2018 – September 2022
Election	2017 provincial elections
Government	Trilochan Bhatta cabinet
Website	pga.p7.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members	53
Speaker	Arjun Bahadur Thapa (UML)
Deputy Speaker	Nirmala Badal Joshi (Maoist)
Chief Minister	Trilochan Bhatta (Maoist)
Leader of the Opposition	Rana Bahadur Rawal (Congress) Prakash Bahadur Shahi (UML)

The first Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 53 members were elected to the assembly, 32 of whom were elected through direct elections and 21 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] Trilochan Bhatta from the CPN (Maoist Centre) served as chief minister during the term of the assembly. Arjun Bahadur Thapa served as the speaker of the assembly and Nirmala Badal Joshi served as the deputy speaker.^[2][3]

Composition

Party		Seats
		After election	At dissolution
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	—	14
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	14	13
	Nepali Congress	12	11
	CPN (UML)	25	11
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	—	1
	People's Socialist Party	—	1
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	2	—
	Vacant	—	2
Total		53	53

Leaders

Speakers

• Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Arjun Bahadur Thapa^[2]
  • Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Nirmala Badal Joshi^[4]

Parliamentary Party Leaders

• Leader of the House (Nepal Communist Party):Hon. Trilochan Bhatta^[5]
• Leader of Opposition (Nepali Congress): Rana Bahadur Rawal

Whips

• Government Chief Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Tara Lama Tamang
  • Whip (Nepal Communist Party): Akkal Bahadur Rawal
• Opposition Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Govinda Raj Bohora
  • Whip (Nepali Congress): Tek Bahadur Raika

List of members

Constituency (PR if blank)	Member	Party
Achham 2(A)	Akkal Bahadur Rawal		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 3(B)	Amar Bahadur Saud		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Ambi Kumari Thapa		Nepali Congress
	Archana Gahatraj		CPN (UML)
Bajhang 1(A)	Arjun Bahadur Thapa		CPN (UML)
Achham 2(B)	Bal Bahadur Sodari		CPN (Unified Socialist)
Bajura 1(A)	Bal Dev Regmi		CPN (UML)
Doti 1(A)	Bharat Bahadur Khadka		Nepali Congress
	Binita Devi Chaudhary		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 3(A)	Birman Chaudhary		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Chun Kumari Devi Chaudhary		CPN (Unified Socialist)
Bajhang 1(B)	Devaki Malla (Thapa)		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Devraj Pathak		Nepali Congress
	Dibeshwory Shah		Nepali Congress
Kailali 5(B)	Dilli Raj Panta		Nepali Congress
Kailali 4(A)	Dirgha Bahadur Sodari		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Durga Kumari Kami		CPN (Unified Socialist)
Darchula 1(A)	Gelbu Singh Bohara		CPN (UML)
	Govinda Raj Bohara		Nepali Congress
	Hanta Nepali		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Achham 1(A)	Harka Bahadur Kunwar		CPN (UML)
Kailali 1(A)	Krishna Chaudhary		Loktantrik Samajwadi Party
Kailali 4(B)	Krishna Raj Subedi		CPN (UML)
Kanchanpur 1(B)	Kul Bir Chaudhary		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Kumari Nanda Bam		Nepali Congress
	Kunti Joshi		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kanchanpur 2(B)	Lal Bahadur Khadka		CPN (Unified Socialist)
Baitadi 1(B)	Liladhar Bhatta		CPN (UML)
Kanchanpur 2(A)	Mahesh Datta Joshi		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Malamati Rana Tharu		People's Socialist Party
Darchula 1(B)	Man Bahadur Dhami		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kanchanpur 3(B)	Man Bahadur Sunar		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Mana Kumari Saud		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Maya Bhatta		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Maya Tamang (Bohora)		CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kailali 2(B)	Nanda Bahadur Saund		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Kailali 5(A)	Nepalu Chaudhary		CPN (UML)
	Nirmala Badal (Joshi)		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Dadeldhura 1(A)	Pathan Singh Bohara		CPN (UML)
Bajura 1(B)	Prakash Bahadur Shah		CPN (UML)
Kanchanpur 3(A)	Prakash Rawal		CPN (Unified Socialist)
Baitadi 1(A)	Prem Prakash Bhatta		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Purna Joshi		CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kailali 1(B)	Rana Bahadur Rawal		Nepali Congress
Kailali 2(A)	Ratan Bahadur Thapa		CPN (UML)
	Shyamlal Rana Tharu		Nepali Congress
	Sushila Budhathoki		CPN (Unified Socialist)
Kanchanpur 1(A)	Tara Lama Tamang		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	Tek Bahadur Raika Aauji		Nepali Congress
Doti 1(B)	Trilochan Bhatta		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	Uma Devi Badi		Nepali Congress

Changes

Constituency/PR group	MPA	Party		Date seat vacated	Cause of vacation	New MPA	Party
Achham 1(B)	Jhapat Bahadur Bohara		CPN (Maoist Centre)	19 April 2021	Resignation[6]
Dadeldhura 1(B)	Karna Bahadur Malla		Nepali Congress	28 April 2022	Resignation[7]

See also

• Sudurpashchim Province
• 2017 Nepalese provincial elections

References

1. "Trilochan Bhatta becomes Province 7 chief minister". The Himalayan Times. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Speakers elected in provinces 3, 7". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
3. "CM Bhatta assumes office in Province 7". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
4. "Nirmala Badal (Joshi) deputy speaker of Province 7; CM Bhatta and other ministers assume offices". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
5. "Trilochan Bhatta becomes Province 7 chief minister". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
6. "Post of province assembly member, Bohara, falls vacant". nepalnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
7. Express, The Annapurna. "Province Assembly member Malla announces to resign from his post". The Annapurna Express. Retrieved 2022-05-20.