2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly

The second Lumbini Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2022 provincial elections on 20 November 2022.^[1] 87 members were elected to the assembly, 52 of whom were elected through direct elections and 35 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The first session of the assembly commenced from 2 January 2023.^[2]

2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Lumbini Provincial Assembly
Jurisdiction	Lumbini Province, Nepal
Meeting place	Chamber of Commerce Meeting Hall, Bhalubang, Dang District
Term	2 January 2023 –
Election	2022 provincial elections
Government	Giri cabinet, 2023
Provincial Assembly
Members	87
Speaker	Tularam Gharti Magar, CPN (MC)
Deputy Speaker	Menuka Khand K.C., RPP
Chief Minister	Chet Narayan Acharya, CPN (UML)
Leader of the Opposition	Jokh Bahadur Mahara, CPN (MC)
Party control	Government (69)   CPN (UML): 29   Congress: 27   NUP: 4   LSPN: 3   Janamat: 3   PSP: 2   PSP-N: 1 Opposition (18)   CPN (MC): 11   RPP: 4   CPN (US): 1   RJM: 1   Independent: 1

Leaders

Officers

• Speaker of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly: Hon. Tularam Gharti Magar,^[3] (CPN (Maoist Centre))
• Deputy Speaker of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly: Hon. Menuka Khand K.C.,^[4] (Rastriya Prajatantra Party)
• Leader of the House in the Lumbini Provincial Assembly (Chief Minister):
  • Hon. Leela Giri,^[5] (CPN (UML)) (until 27 April 2023)
  • Hon. Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary,^[6] (Nepali Congress) (until 4 April 2024)
  • Hon. Jokh Bahadur Mahara,^[7] (CPN (Maoist Centre)) (until 23 July 2024)
  • Hon. Chet Narayan Acharya,^[8] (CPN (UML)) (from 24 July 2024)
• Leader of the Opposition in the Lumbini Provincial Assembly:
  • Hon. Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, (Nepali Congress) (until 12 January 2023 – 27 April 2023; 5 April 2024 – 23 July 2024)
  • Hon. Leela Giri, (CPN (UML)) (until 4 April 2024)
  • Hon. Jokh Bahadur Mahara, (CPN (Maoist Centre)) (from 24 July 2024)

Parliamentary party

• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML): Hon. Leela Giri^[9]
  • Deputy parliamentary party leader of CPN (UML): Hon. Chet Narayan Acharya^[9]
• Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress: Hon. Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary^[10]
• Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon. Jokh Bahadur Mahara^[11]
• Parliamentary party leader of Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Hon. Ashish Kumar Chaudhary^[12]
• Parliamentary party leader of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary^[13]
• Parliamentary party leader of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party: Hon. Santosh Kumar Pandey^[12]

Whips

• Chief Whip of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Raj Kumar Chaudhary^[14]
  • Whip of Nagrik Unmukti Party: Hon. Naramaya Dhakal^[15]

Composition

Party		Seats
		After election			At present
		FPTP	PR[16]	Total[17]	FPTP	PR	Total
	CPN (UML)	18	11	29	18	11	29
	Nepali Congress	17	10	27	17	10	27
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	5	4	9	7	4	11
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2	2	4	2	2	4
	Nagrik Unmukti Party	2	2	4	2	2	4
	Janamat Party	1	2	3	1	2	3
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	2	1	3	2	1	3
	People's Socialist Party	—	—	—	2	—	2
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	0	1	1	0	1	1
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	2	1	3	0	1	1
	Rastriya Janamorcha	0	1	1	0	1	1
	Independent	3	—	3	1	—	1
Total		52	35	87	52	35	87

Members

CPN (UML) (29)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Rupandehi 2 (A)	Lila Giri	Chief Minister Parliamentary party leader
Arghakhanchi 1 (A)	Chet Narayan Acharya	Deputy parliamentary party leader Cabinet minister
Gulmi 1 (A)	Chindramani Pandey
Gulmi 2 (A)	Dilliraj Bhusal
Gulmi 2 (B)	Dinesh Panthi
Palpa 1 (A)	Raju Prasad Shrestha
Palpa 1 (B)	Khem Bahadur Saru
Arghakhanchi 1 (B)	Ramji Prasad Ghimire
Rupandehi 2 (B)	Bhoj Prasad Shrestha
Rupandehi 3 (B)	Tulsi Prasad Chaudhary
Rupandehi 5 (A)	Bhumeshwar Dhakal
Kapilvastu 1 (A)	Binu Prasad Panthi
Kapilvastu 1 (B)	Madhusudan Sharan Kurmi
Kapilvastu 2 (A)	Nawaraj Lamichhane
Kapilvastu 3 (A)	Arjun Kumar K.C.
Pyuthan 1 (A)	Tulsi Ram Sharma
Banke 1 (B)	Durga Prasad Chaudhary
Banke 3 (A)	Ratna Bahadur Khatri
Khas Arya	Girdharilal Neupane
Khas Arya	Janak Neupane
Khas Arya	Basanti Neupane
Indigenous peoples	Sarita Pun
Indigenous peoples	Yamuna Roka Tamang
Tharu	Sita Sharma
Tharu	Bhagwati Kumari Tharuni
Dalit	Indra Kumari Gahatraj
Dalit	Rekha Kumar Sharma
Madheshi, Lodh	Santhi Lodh
Muslim	Sayara Bano

Nepali Congress (27)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Dang 3 (A)	Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary	Leader of the Opposition Parliamentary party leader
Gulmi 1 (B)	Dhanendra Karki
Palpa 2 (A)	Bir Bahadur Rana
Rupandehi 1 (B)	Abdul Razak Gaddi
Rupandehi 4 (B)	Basiuddin Khan
Kapilvastu 2 (B)	Sudhakar Panday
Eastern Rukum 1 (B)	Dhan Bahadur K.C.
Pyuthan 1 (B)	Saroj Thapa
Dang 1 (B)	Anurag Khadka
Dang 2 (A)	Raju Khanal
Dang 2 (B)	Prachanda Bikram Neupane
Banke 3 (B)	Badshah Kurmi
Bardiya 1 (A)	Bhubaneshwar Chaudhary
Bardiya 2 (A)	Janmaya Timilsina
Parasi 1 (A)	Biswo Prem Pathak
Parasi 1 (B)	Devkaran Prasad Kalwar
Parasi 2 (B)	Baijanath Kalwar
Khas Arya	Jamuna Dhakal
Khas Arya	Nima Giri
Khas Arya	Malati Sodari
Indigenous peoples	Dhanlaxmi Shrestha
Indigenous peoples	Maya Pun
Tharu	Devi Prasad Chaudhary
Tharu	Sanju Kumari Caudhary
Dalit	Loki Kumar Bishwakarma
Madheshi, Badi	Shushila Badi
Muslim	Mina Kumari Bohara

CPN (Maoist Centre) (10)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Palpa 2 (B)	Tularam Gharti Magar	Speaker of the Assembly
Rolpa 1 (A)	Jokh Bahadur Mahara	Parliamentary party leader
Banke 1 (A)	Krishna K.C.	Cabinet minister
Eastern Rukum 1 (A)	Surul Pun	Elected as Independent
Dang 1 (A)	Indrajit Tharu
Dang 3 (B)	Dhan Bahadur Maskey
Rolpa 1 (B)	Dipendra Kumar Pun	Elected as Independent
Khas Arya	Mina Budhamagar
Indigenous peoples	Dil Kumari Budha
Tharu	Krishna Kushma Tharu
Dalit	Yam Bahadur Nepali Sarki

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (4)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Khas Arya	Menuka Khand K.C.	Deputy Speaker of the assembly
Rupandehi 1 (A)	Aashish Kumar Chaudhary	Parliamentary party leader
Kapilvastu 3 (B)	Janaki Prasad Yadav
Indigenous peoples	Mina Kimari Shrestha

Nagrik Unmukti Party (4)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Bardiya 2 (B)	Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary	Parliamentary party leader
Bardiya 1 (B)	Raj Kumar Chaudhary	Chief Whip
Khas Arya	Narmaya Dhakal	Whip
Indigenous peoples	Nirmala Devi Tharu

Janamat Party (3)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Rupandehi 5 (B)	Chandrakesh Gupta
Khas Arya	Suman Sharma Rayamajhi
Indigenous peoples	Gita Gurung

Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (3)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Rupandehi 3 (A)	Santosh Kumar Panday	Parliamentary party leader
Rupandehi 4 (A)	Kanhaiya Baniya
Khas Arya	Hema Belbase

People's Socialist Party (2)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Banke 2 (A)	Bhandari Lal Ahir
Banke 2 (B)	Aadesh Kumar Agrawal

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

People's Socialist Party, Nepal (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Khas Arya	Ambika Kafle

Rastriya Janamorcha (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Khas Arya	Tara Thapa

Independent (1)
Constituency/PR group	Member	Portfolio & Responsibilities
Parasi 2 (A)	Khadga Basnet

Party changes or defections

Constituency/PR group	Member	From		To		Date
Rolpa 1 (B)	Dipendra Kumar Pun		Independent		CPN (Maoist Centre)	4 January 2023[18]
Eastern Rukum 1 (A)	Surul Pun					22 March 2023[19]
Banke 2 (A)	Bhandari Lal Ahir		People's Socialist Party, Nepal		People's Socialist Party (Nepal)	12 May 2024[20]
Banke 2 (B)	Aadesh Kumar Agrawal