1st Koshi Province Provincial Assembly | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | Koshi Provincial Assembly | ||
Jurisdiction | Koshi Pradesh, Nepal | ||
Meeting place | District Coordination Committee Office, Biratnagar, Morang District | ||
Term | 5 February 2018 – September 2022 | ||
Election | 2017 provincial elections | ||
Government | |||
Website | assembly | ||
Provincial Assembly | |||
Members | 93 | ||
Speaker | Pradeep Kumar Bhandari (UML) | ||
Deputy Speaker | Saraswoti Pokhrel (Maoist) | ||
Leader of the House | |||
Leader of the Opposition | Rajiv Koirala (NC) Sher Dhan Rai (UML) |
The first Koshi Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 93 members were elected to the assembly, 56 of whom were elected through direct elections and 37 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 5 February 2018 and ended in September 2022. Sher Dhan Rai and Bhim Acharya served as chief ministers from CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and Rajendra Kumar Rai served as chief minister from CPN (Unified Socialist) during the term of the assembly.[1][2][3] Pradeep Kumar Bhandari served as the speaker of the assembly and Saraswati Pokharel served as deputy speaker.[4][5]
Party | Seats | ||
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After election | At dissolution | ||
CPN (UML) | 51 | 37 | |
Nepali Congress | 21 | 21 | |
CPN (Maoist Centre) | 15 | 15 | |
CPN (Unified Socialist) | — | 10 | |
People's Socialist Party | — | 3 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1 | 1 | |
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch | 1 | 1 | |
Federal Socialist Forum | 3 | — | |
Independent | 1 | — | |
Vacant | — | 3 | |
Total | 93 | 93 |
Name | Date | From | To | Constituency (PR if blank) | ||
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Narayan Bahadur Magar | 5 February 2018 | Independent | CPN (Maoist Centre)[8][9] | Udayapur 2(A) |
Constituency/PR group | Previous MP | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New MP | Party | ||
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Taplejung 1(B) | Tanka Angbuhang Limbu | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 5 April 2021[10] | Expelled for joining CPN (UML) | ||||
Ilam 1(B) | Kaji Man Kagate | CPN (UML) | 24 April 2022 | Resignation to contest as mayor of Suryodaya[11] | ||||
Jhapa 1(B) | Gopal Chandra Budhathoki | Resignation to contest as mayor of Mechinagar[12] | ||||||
Gulefun Khatun | CPN (UML) | 30 June 2022 | Resignation[13] | CPN (UML) |