Karnali Provincial Assembly

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.

Karnali Provincial Assembly

कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा
2nd Karnali Provincial Assembly
Type
Type
Unicameral legislature
of Karnali Province
History
Founded2018
New session started
2 January 2023 (2023-01-02)
Leadership
Speaker
Nanda Gurung (UML)
Deputy Speaker
Yashoda Neupane (MC)
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Raj Kumar Sharma (MC)
since 12 January 2023
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi (NC)
since 12 January 2023
Structure
Political groups
Government (24)
  •   CPN (UML): 13
  •   CPN (MC): 10
  •   RPP: 1

Opposition (16)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
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 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.

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