The Provincial Assembly (; Pradesh Sabha) is the unicameral legislative assembly for a federal province of Nepal.
According to Article 176 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, following the dissolution of the provincial assembly all the members forming the Provincial Assembly are elected. The term for the Provincial Assembly is five years, except when dissolved earlier.
Candidates for each constituency are chosen by the political parties or stand as independents. Each constituency elects one member under the first-past-the-post system of election. Since Nepal uses a parallel voting system, voters cast another ballot to elect members through the party-list proportional representation. The current constitution specifies that 60 percent of the members should be elected from the first-past-the-post system and 40 percent through the party-list proportional representation system. Women should account for one-third of the total members elected from each party and if one-third percentage are not elected, the party that fails to ensure so shall have to elect one-third of the total number as women through the party-list proportional representation.
A party with an overall majority (more seats than all other parties combined) following an election forms the government. If a party has no outright majority, parties can seek to form coalitions.
The first provincial assembly elections in Nepal were held in two phases, on 26 November 2017 and on 7 December 2017.
There are 550 provincial seats in all of the seven provinces of Nepal, in which 330 (60%) of the provincial seats will be elected through first-past-the-post voting and 220 (40%) of seats will be elected through proportional representation.
List of provincial assemblies AssemblyHouse strengthSeatCurrent house Seats SeatsTotal seatsKoshi Province563793Biratnagar2ndMadhesh Province6443107Janakpur2ndBagmati Province6644110Hetauda2ndGandaki Province362460Pokhara2ndLumbini Province523587Deukhuri2ndKarnali Province241640Birendranagar2ndSudurpashchim Province322153Godawari2ndTotal330220550——
Seat distribution Provincial AssemblyTotal seatsSeatsNCUMLNCPPSP-NRPPJPPSPNMKPHNPRJMNFSPPLPInd Koshi9329401716Madhesh107222517281131Bagmati 1103727281332Gandaki6027227211Lumbini87272916443211Karnali4015101311Sudurpashchim5318112211Total5501751641213328162321123
Koshi Provincial Assembly
As per the Constituency Delimitation Commission report, Koshi Province has 56 provincial seats under the FPTP (first-past-the-post) across 14 districts. DistrictsConstituenciesTaplejung District2Panchthar District2Ilam District4Jhapa District10Morang District12Sunsari District8Dhankuta District2Sankhuwasabha District2Bhojpur District2Tehrathum District2Okhaldhunga District2Khotang District2Solukhumbu District2Udayapur District4
Madhesh Provincial Assembly
Each district of Madhesh province has 8 provincial assembly seats, totalling to 64 seats under FPTP. DistrictsConstituenciesSaptari District8Siraha District8Dhanusha District8Mahottari District8Sarlahi District8Rautahat District8Bara District8Parsa District8
Bagmati Provincial Assembly
Bagmati has 66 provincial assembly seats under FPTP. DistrictsConstituenciesSindhuli District4Ramechhap District2Dolakha District2Sindhupalchok District4Kavrepalanchok District4Lalitpur District6Bhaktapur District4Kathmandu District20Nuwakot District4Rasuwa District2Dhading District4Makwanpur District4Chitwan District6
Gandaki Provincial Assembly
Gandaki has 36 provincial assembly seats under FPTP. DistrictsConstituenciesGorkha District4Lamjung District2Tanahu District4Syangja District4Kaski District6Manang District2Mustang District2Parbat District2Myagdi District2Baglung District4Nawalpur District4
Lumbini Provincial Assembly
Lumbini has 52 provincial assembly seats under FPTP. DistrictsConstituenciesGulmi District4Palpa District4Rupandehi District10Arghakhanchi District2Kapilvastu District6Pyuthan District2Rolpa District2Dang District6Bardiya District4Banke District6Parasi District4Eastern Rukum District2
Karnali Provincial Assembly
Karnali has 24 provincial assembly seats under FPTP. DistrictsConstituenciesSalyan District2Surkhet District4Dailekh District4Jajarkot District2Dolpa District2Humla District2Kalikot District2Mugu District2Jumla District2Western Rukum District2
Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
Sudurpashchim has 32 provincial assembly seats under FPTP. DistrictsConstituenciesBajura District2Bajhang District2Achham District4Doti District2Kailali District10Kanchanpur District6Dadeldhura District2Baitadi District2Darchula District2
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References
External links Constitution of Nepal, 2015 (2072)