2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly

The 2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly was elected through the provincial elections held on 20 November 2022.[1] The assembly has 56 constituency seats in which members are elected through direct elections and 36 proportional representation party list seats.[2][3] The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier. The first session of the assembly commenced from 1 January 2023.[4][5]

2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyKoshi Provincial Assembly
JurisdictionProvince No. 1, Nepal
Meeting placeDCC Office,
Biratnagar, Morang District
Term1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) – 2027
Election2022 provincial elections
GovernmentKarki cabinet, 2023
Websiteassembly.p1.gov.np
Provincial Assembly
Members93
SpeakerBaburam Gautam (MC)
Deputy SpeakerSirjana Danuwar (UML)
Chief MinisterHikmat Kumar Karki (UML)
Leader of the OppositionUddhav Thapa (NC)
Party controlGovernment (41)
  •   CPN (UML): 40
  •   PSP-N: 1

Opposition (52)

Baburam Gautam of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was elected as the Speaker of the provincial assembly on 12 January 2023.[6]

Leaders

Officers

Parliamentary party

Chief Whip

Composition

Party Seats
After election At present
FPTP PR Total FPTP PR Total

 CPN (UML) 25 15 40 25 15 40

 Nepali Congress 17 12 29 17 12 29

 CPN (Maoist Centre) 9 4 13 9 4 13
Rastriya Prajatantra Party 2 4 6 2 4 6

 CPN (Unified Socialist) 3 1 4 3 1 4
People's Socialist Party, Nepal 0 1 1 0 1 1
Total 56 37 93 56 37 93

Members

The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 37 are elected through proportional representation.[15]

FPTP members
Constituencies Member Party
Solukhumbu 1(A) Gombu Sherpa CPN (Maoist Centre)
Solukhumbu 1(B) Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari CPN (UML)
Sankhuwasabha 1(A) Rajendra Karki CPN (Maoist Centre)
Sankhuwasabha 1(B) Bidur Kumar Lingthep CPN (UML)
Taplejung 1(A) Til Kumar Menwang CPN (UML)
Taplejung 1(B) Khagen Singh Hangam Nepali Congress
Okhaldhunga 1(A) Pradip Kumar Sunuwar Nepali Congress
Okhaldhunga 1(B) Baburam Gautam CPN (UML)
Khotang 1(A) Pach Kand Rai CPN (UML)
Khotang 1(B) Bhupendra Rai Nepali Congress
Bhojpur 1(A) Rajendra Kumar Rai CPN (Unified Socialist)
Bhojpur 1(B) Binod Rai Nepali Congress
Dhankuta 1(A) Niraj Rai CPN (UML)
Dhankuta 1(B) Indra Madi Parajuli CPN (UML)
Tehrathum 1(A) Kishor Chandra Dulal CPN (UML)
Tehrathum 1(B) Durga Prasad Chapagain CPN (Maoist Centre)
Panchthar 1(A) Kamal Prasad Jabegu CPN (Unified Socialist)
Panchthar 1(B) Indra Bahadur Angbo CPN (Maoist Centre)
Ilam 1(A) Khinu Langwa Limbu CPN (Unified Socialist)
Ilam 1(B) Shemsher Rai Nepali Congress
Ilam 2(A) Govind Giri nepali Congress
Ilam 2(B) Ram Bahadur Magar CPN (UML)
Udayapur 1(A) Rajan Kiranti CPN (Maoist Centre)
Udayapur 1(B) Himal Karki Nepali Congress
Sunsari 1(A) Ramesh Kumar Basnet CPN (UML)
Sunsari 1(B) Bijay Kumar Rai CPN (UML)
Sunsari 2(A) Rewati Raman Bhandari CPN (UML)
Sunsari 2(B) Ram Prasad Mahato CPN (UML)
Sunsari 3(A) Rohit Bahadur Karki CPN (UML)
Sunsari 3(B) Ramdev Yadav CPN (UML)
Sunsari 4(A) Sadanand Mandal Nepali Congress
Sunsari 4(B) Ishrail Mansuri Nepali Congress
Morang 1(A) Umakanta Gautam CPN (UML)
Morang 1(B) Khadga Bahadur Basnet CPN (UML)
Morang 2(A) Ganesh Prasad Upreti CPN (Maoist Centre)
Morang 2(B) Lila Ballabh Adhikari CPN (UML)
Morang 3(A) Man Bahadur Limbu Nepali Congress
Morang 3(B) Gyanendra Subedi CPN (UML)
Morang 4(A) Jay Prakash Chaudhary CPN (UML)
Morang 4(B) Bhim Parajuli Nepali Congress
Morang 5(A) Gyanendra Mandal Gangai Nepali Congress
Morang 5(B) Amrit Kumar Aryal Nepali Congress
Jhapa 1(A) Gopal Tamang Nepali Congress
Jhapa 1(B) Sabina Bhajgai Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Jhapa 2(A) Yakraj Karki CPN (UML)
Jhapa 2(B) Tichan Pathak CPN (UML)
Jhapa 3(A) Bhumi Prasad Rajbanshi Nepali Congress
Jhapa 3(B) Chhabilal Chudal CPN (UML)
Jhapa 4(A) Radha Krishna Khanal CPN (UML)
Jhapa 4(B) Bhakti Prasad Sitaula Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Jhapa 5(A) Hikmat Kumar Karki CPN (UML)
Jhapa 5(B) Hom Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML)

Source: Election Commission, Nepal and Kantipur Media Group [16][17]

Proportional members

Total votes towards proportional was counted: 1,899,144

Party Total Votes Vote percentages Elected members Class of RP
CPN (UML) 665,460 35% Shila Dixit KarkiKhas/Arya woman
Taradevi DhakalKhas/Arya woman
Niradevi Khanal AcharyaKhas/Arya woman
Gitadevi RegmiKhas/Arya woman
Srijana DanuwarAdivasi/Janajati woman
Kamala Thapa MagarAdivasi/Janajati woman
Mina ShreshthaAdivasi/Janajati woman
Srijana RaiAdivasi/Janajati woman
Malati Kumari LimbuAdivasi/Janajati woman
Yashoda KayasthaAdivasi/Janajati woman
Lalita Kumari ChaudhariTharu woman
Kamla DarnalDalit woman
Gita Rani MahatoMadheshi woman
Nurshadi BegamMuslim woman
Numberlal DhimalAdivasi/Janajati man
Nepali Congress 562,956 29.6% Mohan MaharjanAdivasi/Janajati man
Maiya ShreshthaAdivasi/Janajati woman
Dolma TamangAdivasi/Janajati woman
Lila Kumari RaiAdivasi/Janajati woman
Mamta Magar TamangAdivasi/Janajati woman
Shobha ChemjongAdivasi/Jaanjati woman
Uddhav ThapaKhas/Arya man
Indira ThapaKhas/Arya woman
Khageshwari PaudelKhas/Arya woman
Sunita Gachhadar ChaudharyTharu woman
Sunita Kumari GurungDalit woman
Lakhi Kumari GaneshMadheshi woman
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party 198,511 10.4% Premraj ThamsuhangAdivasi/Janajati man
Nimsari RajbanshiAdivasi/Janajati woman
Ambar Bahadur BistKhas/Arya man
Gopal Bahadur VishwakarmaDalit man
CPN (Maoist Centre)–NSP 181,245 9.5% Bandana JhangarAdivasi/Janajati woman
Samjhana Tamang ThamsuhangAdivasi/Janajati woman
Gita TimsinaKhas/Arya woman
Sapna DarjiDalit woman
PSP-N 61,723 3.2% Nirmala LimbuAdivasi/Janajati woman
CPN (US) 55,957 2.95% Bidya Chamling RaiAdivasi/Janajati woman
Others 173,292 not valid

Source:[18]

Any political party which receives votes less than 3% will not be valid to receive any proportional seat.[19]

References
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