The first Karnali Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 40 members were elected to the assembly, 24 of whom were elected through direct elections and 16 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. Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Jeevan Bahadur Shahi from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly. Raj Bahadur Shahi served as the speaker of the assembly and Pushpa Bahadur Gharti served as the deputy speaker.
Composition PartySeatsAfter electionAt dissolutionCPN (UML)2013CPN (Maoist Centre)1311Nepali Congress66CPN (Unified Socialist)—3Rastriya Prajatantra Party11Vacant—6Total4040
Leaders
Speaker
Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Raj Bahadur Shahi Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Pushpa Ghari Bista
Parliamentary Party Leaders
Leader of the House (Nepali Congress): Hon. Jeevan Bahadur Shahi Leader of Opposition (CPN (UML)): Yam Lal Kandel Parliamentary Party Leader (CPN (Maoist Centre)): Mahendra Bahadur Shahi Parliamentary Party Leader (Rastriya Prajatantra Party): Soshila Shahi
Whips
Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Him Bahadur Shahi Whip (Nepali Congress): Amrita Shahi Opposition Chief Whip (CPN(UML)): Gulab Jung Shah
Members Constituency/ groupMemberPartyKhas AryaAmrita ShahiNepali CongressKhas AryaBadami Kwari BoharaCPN (UML)Khas AryaBimala KCCPN (Maoist Centre)Surkhet 2(B)Binda Man BistaCPN (Maoist Centre)Dolpa 1(B)Bir Bahadur ShahiCPN (Maoist Centre)Mugu 1(B)Chandra Bahadur ShahiCPN (Unified Socialist)Humla 1(A)Dal RawalCPN (UML)Mugu 1(A)Dan Singh PariyarCPN (UML)Khas AryaDevi WaliCPN (Unified Socialist)Indigenous peoplesDinbandhu ShresthaNepali CongressJajarkot 1(A)Ganesh Prasad SinghCPN (Maoist Centre)Western Rukum 1(B)Gopal SharmaCPN (Maoist Centre)Salyan 1(A)Gulab Jung ShahCPN (UML)Khas AryaHim Bahadur ShahiNepali CongressDalitJhowa KamiNepali CongressHumla 1(B)Jeevan Bahadur ShahiNepali CongressJajarkot 1(B)Karbir ShahiCPN (UML)Khas Arya, Backward areaKaushilawati KhatriCPN (UML)Surkhet 1(B)Khadka Bahadur KhatriCPN (UML)Khas AryaKrishna Shah (Acharya)CPN (Maoist Centre)Kalikot 1(B)Mahendra Bahadur ShahiCPN (Maoist Centre)Indigenous peoplesMina Singh RakhalCPN (UML)Jumla 1(A)Naresh BhandariCPN (Maoist Centre)Jumla 1(B)Padam Bahadur RokayaCPN (Unified Socialist)Khas AryaPadma KhadkaCPN (UML)Indigenous peoples, Backward areaPushpa Gharti (Bista)CPN (Maoist Centre)Dailekh 2(B)Raj Bahadur ShahiCPN (UML)DalitRaju NepaliCPN (UML)Western Rukum 1(A)Rato KamiCPN (Maoist Centre)DalitSita Kumari NepaliCPN (Maoist Centre)Khas AryaSoshila ShahiRastriya Prajatantra PartyDailekh 2(A)Sushil Kumar ThapaCPN (UML)Khas AryaYagya Bahadur Budha ChhetriNepali CongressSurkhet 2(A)Yam Lal KandelCPN (UML)
Changes Constituency/ groupMPAPartyDate seat vacatedCause of vacationNew MPAPartyDailekh 1(A)Dharma Raj RegmiCPN (Maoist Centre)12 April 2021ResignationDailekh 1(B)Amar Bahadur ThapaCPN (UML)23 April 2021Expelled by partySalyan 1(B)Prakash JwalaDolpa 1(A)Nanda Singh BudhaKalikot 1(A)Kurma Raj ShahiSurkhet 1(A)Thammar Bahadur BistaCPN (Maoist Centre)20 March 2022Expelled by party
See also
Karnali Province 2017 Nepalese provincial elections
References