2nd Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly

The 2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly was elected through the provincial elections held on 20 November 2022.^[9] The assembly has 56 constituency seats in which members are elected through direct elections and 36 proportional representation party list seats.^[10][11] The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier. The first session of the assembly commenced from 1 January 2023.^[12][13]

2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Koshi Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction	Koshi Province, Nepal
Meeting place	DCC Office, Biratnagar, Morang District
Term	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) –
Election	2022
Government	First Hikmat Kumar Karki cabinet First Uddhav Thapa cabinet Second Uddhav Thapa cabinet Second Hikmat Kumar Karki cabinet Kedar Karki cabinet Third Hikmat Kumar Karki cabinet
Provincial Assembly
Members	93
Speaker	Baburam Gautam (CPN (MC)) (until 1 August 2023)[a] Ambar Bahadur Bista (RPP) (from 9 January 2024)
Deputy Speaker	Sirjana Danuwar (CPN (UML))
Leader of the House	Hikmat Kumar Karki (CPN (UML)) Uddhav Thapa (NC) Kedar Karki (NC)
Leader of the Opposition	Uddhav Thapa (NC) Hikmat Kumar Karki (CPN (UML)) Bhakti Prasad Sitaula (RPP) Indra Bahadur Angbo (CPN (MC))
Party control	Government (70)   CPN (UML): 40   Congress: 29 Confidence & Supply (1)   PSP: 1 Opposition (23)   CPN (MC): 13   RPP: 6   CPN (US): 4
Sessions
1st 1 January 2023 – 12 April 2023[1] 2nd 28 May 2023 – 14 June 2023[2] 3rd 29 June 2023 – 23 August 2023[3] 4th 4 October 2023 – 10 January 2024[4] 5th 13 May 2024 – 20 September 2024[5] 6th 20 January 2025[6] – 20 March 2025[7] 7th 18 May 2025[8] – Incumbent

Baburam Gautam of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was elected as the Speaker of the provincial assembly on 12 January 2023.^[14]

Leaders

Officers

• Speaker of the Assembly: Hon. Baburam Gautam (CPN (Maoist Centre))^[15]
• Deputy Speaker of the Assembly: Hon. Srijana Danuwar (CPN (UML))^[16]
• Leader of the House: Hon. Uddhav Thapa (Nepali Congress) ^[17]
• Leader of the Opposition: Hon. Hikmat Kumar Karki (CPN (UML))

Parliamentary party

• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist): Hon. Hikmat Kumar Karki^[18]
• Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress: Hon. Uddhav Thapa^[19]
• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Indra Bahadur Angbo^[20]
• Parliamentary party leader of Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Hon. Bhakti Prasad Sitaula^[21]
• Parliament party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Rajendra Kumar Rai^[22]

Chief Whip

• Chief Whip of CPN (UML): Hon. Rewati Raman Bhandari^[23]
  • Whip of CPN (UML): Hon. Sirjana Rai

• Chief Whip of Nepali Congress: Hon. Bhupendra Rai

• Chief Whip of Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Hon. Ambar Bahadur Bista

• Chief Whip of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon. Bidya Chamling Rai

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	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.^[24]

CPN (UML) (40)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Officers of the Provincial Assembly
Indigenous peoples	Sirjana Danuwar	Deputy Speaker of Provincial Assembly
Members of Provincial Assembly
Jhapa 5(A)	Hikmat Kumar Karki	Chief Minister (until 7 July 2023 – 7 July 2023; 8 September 2023 – 18 October 2023; Since 9 May 2024) Leader of the Opposition (7 July 2023 — 8 September 2023; 3 November 2023 – 9 May 2024) Parliamentary party leader
Ilam 2(B)	Ram Bahadur Rana Magar	Deputy parliamentary party leader Deputy Leader of the Opposition (7 July 2023 – 8 September 2023; 3 November 2023 – 9 May 2024)
Sunsari 2(A)	Rewati Raman Bhandari	Chief whip
Indigenous people	Sirjana Rai	Whip
Solukhumbu 1 (B)	Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari	Minister for Social Development (until 7 July 2023) Minister for Tourism, Forests and Environment (until 7 July 2023)
Taplejung 1(A)	Til Kumar Menyangbo	Minister for Drinking Water, Irrigation and Energy (until 7 July 2023) Minister for Health (until 7 July 2023)
Sankhuwasabha 1(B)	Bidur Kumar Lingthep
Khotang 1(A)	Pach Karna Rai
Dhankuta 1(A)	Niran Rai
Dhankuta 1(B)	Indra Mani Parajuli
Tehrathum 1(A)	Kishor Chandra Dulal
Sunsari 1(A)	Ramesh Kumar Basnet
Sunsari 1(B)	Bijay Kumar Rai
Sunsari 2(B)	Ram Prasad Mahato
Sunsari 3(A)	Rohit Bahadur Karki
Sunsari 3(B)	Ramdev Yadav
Morang 1(A)	Umakanta Gautam
Morang 1(B)	Khadga Bahadur Basnet
Morang 2(B)	Lila Ballabh Adhikari
Morang 3(B)	Gyanendra Subedi
Morang 4(A)	Jay Prakash Chaudhary
Jhapa 2(A)	Ekraj Karki
Jhapa 2(B)	Tilchan Pathak
Jhapa 3(B)	Chhabilal Chudal
Jhapa 4(A)	Radha Krishna Khanal
Jhapa 5(B)	Hom Bahadur Thapa
Khas Arya	Shila Dixit Karki
Khas Arya	Taradevi Dhakal
Khas Arya	Niradevi Khanal Acharya
Khas Arya	Gitadevi Regmi
Indigenous people	Kamala Thapa Magar
Indigenous people	Mina Shrestha
Indigenous people	Malati Kumari Limbu
Indigenous people	Yashoda Kayastha
Indigenous people	Numberlal Dhimal
Tharu	Lalita Kumari Chaudhary
Madheshi	Gita Rani Mahato
Muslim	Nurshadi Begum
Dalit	Kamala Darnal

Nepali Congress (29)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Khas Arya	Uddhav Thapa	Leader of the Opposition (until 7 July 2023) Chief Minister Parliamentary Party Leader
Udayapur 1(B)	Himal Karki	Deputy parliamentary Party Leader Deputy Leader of the Opposition (until 7 July 2023
Khotang 1(B)	Bhupendra Rai	Chief whip
Okhaldhunga 1(A)	Pradeep Kumar Sunuwar	Minister without portfolio (since 7 July 2023)
Udayapur 2(B)	Ram Kumar Khatri	Minister without portfolio (since 9 July 2023)
Taplejung 1(B)	Khagen Singh Rai
Bhojpur 1(B)	Binod Rai
Ilam 1(B)	Shamsher Rai
Ilam 2(A)	Govind Giri
Sunsari 4(A)	Sadanand Mandal
Sunsari 4(B)	Esrail Mansuri
Morang 3(A)	Man Bahadur Limbu
Morang 4(B)	Bhim Parajuli
Morang 5(A)	Gayaand Mandal Gangai
Morang 5(B)	Amrit Kumar Aryal
Morang 6(B)	Kedar Karki
Jhapa 1(A)	Gopal Tamang
Jhapa 3(A)	Bhumi Prasad Rajbanshi
Khas Arya	Indira Thapa
Khas Arya	Khageshwari Paudel
Indigenous people	Mohan Maharjan
Indigenous people	Maiya Shrestha
Indigenous people	Dolma Tamang
Indigenous people	Lila Kumari Rai
Indigenous people	Mamta Magar Tamang
Indigenous people	Sobha Chemjong
Tharu	Sunita Gachhadar Chaudhary
Indigenous people	Sunita Kumari Gurung
Madheshi	Lakhi Kumari Ganesh

CPN (Maoist Centre) (13)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Officers of the Provincial Assembly
Okhaldhunga 1(B)	Baburam Gautam	Speaker of Provincial Assembly
Members of Provincial Assembly
Panchthar 1(B)	Indra Bahadur Angbo	Parliamentary party leader
Morang 6 (A)	Jeevan Acharya	Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning (since 9 July 2023) Minister for Tourism, Forests and Environment (until 7 June 2023)
Sankhuwasabha 1(A)	Rajendra Karki	Minister without portfolio (since 9 July 2023)
Tehrathum 1(B)	Durga Prasad Chapagain	Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Urban Development (until 7 June 2023)
Solukhumbu 1(A)	Gombu Sherpa
Udayapur 1(A)	Rajan Kiranti
Morang 2(A)	Ganesh Prasad Upreti
Udayapur 2 (A)	Narayan Bahadur Burja Magar
Khas Arya	Gita Timsina
Indigenous people	Bandana Jhagar
Indigenous people	Samjhana Tamang Thamsuhang
Dalit	Sapana Darji

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (6)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Jhapa 4(B)	Bhakti Prasad Sitaula	Parliamentary party leader Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Co-Operatives (until 7 July 2023) Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Urban Development (until 7 July 2023)
Khas Arya	Ambar Bahadur Bista	Chief whip
Jhapa 1(B)	Sabina Bhajgai
Indigenous people	Premraj Thamsuhang
Indigenous people	Nimsari Rajbanshi
Dalit	Gopal Bahadur Bishwakarma

CPN (Unified Socialist) (4)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Bhojpur 1(A)	Rajendra Kumar Rai	Parliamentary party leader
Indigenous people	Bidya Chamling Rai	Chief Whip
Panchthar 1(A)	Kamal Prasad Jabegu	Minister without portfolio (since 7 July 2023)
Ilam 1(A)	Khinu Langwa Limbu

People's Socialist Party (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities / Remarks
Indigenous people	Nirmala Limbu	Minister for Health (until 31 May 2023)

Notes

1. Resigned from office