2nd Karnali Provincial Assembly

2nd Karnali Provincial Assembly
2nd Karnali Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Karnali Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction	Karnali Province, Nepal
Meeting place	Irrigation Division Office, Birendranagar, Surkhet District
Term	2 January 2023 –
Election	2022 provincial elections
Government	Sharma cabinet, 2023; Kandel, 2024
Provincial Assembly
Members	40
Speaker	Nanda Gurung, CPN (UML)
Deputy Speaker	Yashoda Neupane, CPN (MC)
Chief Minister	Yam Lal Kandel, CPN (UML)
Leader of the Opposition	Raj Kumar Sharma, CPN (MC)
Party control	Government (25) Congress: 15; CPN (UML): 10; Official Opposition (13) CPN (MC): 13; Other Opposition (2) CPN (US): 1; RPP: 1;

The second Karnali Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2022 provincial elections on 20 November 2022.^[1] 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 first session of the assembly commenced from 2 January 2023.^[2]

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Party		Seats
		After election			At present
		FPTP	PR^[9]	Total^[10]	FPTP	PR	Total
	Nepali Congress	9	5	14	10	5	15
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	9	4	13	9	4	13
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Lenninist)	5	5	10	5	5	10
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	0	1	1	0	1	1
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	0	1	1	0	1	1
	Independent	1	—	1	—	—	—
Total		24	16	40	24	16	40

Nepali Congress (15)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Humla 1 (B)	Jeevan Bahadur Shahi	Leader of the Opposition Parliamentary party leader
Salyan 1 (B)	Suresh Adhikari
Kalikot 1 (B)	Hikmat Bahadur Bista
Jajarkot 1 (A)	Bedraj Singh
Jajarkot 1 (B)	Rajeev Bikram Shah
Jumla 1 (A)	Devendra Bahadur Shahi	Elected as Independent
Dailekh 1 (A)	Purna Bahadur Khatri
Dailekh 1 (B)	Krishna Kumar B.C.
Dailekh 2 (A)	Ghanashyam Bhandari
Surkhet 1 (A)	Khadga Bahadur Pokharel
Khas Arya	Janaki Singh
Khas Arya	Bijaya Budha
Khas Arya, Backward area	Indra Kumari Shahi
Dalit, Backward area	Laxmi Sunar
Indigenous peoples	Balimaya Budha

CPN (Maoist Centre) (13)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Western Rukum 1 (B)	Raj Kumar Sharma	Chief Minister Parliamentary party leader
Khas Arya	Yashoda Neupane	Deputy speaker of the assembly
Mugu 1 (B)	Mangal Bahadur Shahi	Minister for Physical Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources
Salyan 1 (A)	Bhim Prakash Sharma	Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives
Surkhet 1 (B)	Krishna Bahadur G.C.	Minister for Interior Affairs and Law
Dolpa 1 (B)	Bir Bahadur Shahi
Kalikot 1 (A)	Durga Bahadur Rawat
Humla 1 (A)	Ran Singh Pariyar
Surkhet 2 (B)	Vindaman Bista
Western Rukum 1 (A)	Mahendra K.C.
Khas Arya	Milan Khadka Roka
Dalit	Urmila Bishwakarma
Indigenous peoples, Backward area	Jumkit Lama Karki

CPN (UML) (10)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Indigenous peoples	Nanda Gurung	Speaker of the assembly
Surkhet 2 (A)	Yam Lal Kandel	Parliamentary party leader
Dailekh 2 (B)	Binod Kumar Shah	Minister for Economic Affairs
Jumla 1 (B)	Tekraj Pachhai	Minister for Social Development
Mugu 1 (A)	Jeet Bahadur Malla	Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment
Dolpa 1 (A)	Sher Bahadur Budha
Khas Arya, Backward area	Kal Bahadur Hamal
Khas Arya	Dakshina Shahi
Khas Arya	Tulasa Malla
Dalit, Backward area	Gamata Bishwakarma

CPN (Unified Socialist) (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Khas Arya	Kalyani Khadka

Leaders