Lumbini Provincial Assembly

The Provincial Assembly of Lumbini Province also known as the Lumbini Pradesh Sabha (Nepali: लुम्बिनी प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Lumbini Province, one of the 7 provinces in Nepal, and is situated at Dang, the interim province capital of Lumbini Province, with 60 Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA).

Lumbini Provincial Assembly लुम्बिनी प्रदेश सभा
2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature of Lumbini Province
History
Founded	2018
Leadership
Speaker	Tularam Gharti Magar, CPN (MC) since 18 January 2023
Deputy Speaker	Menuka Khand K.C., RPP since 18 January 2023
Leader of the House	Chet Narayan Acharya, CPN (UML) since 23 July 2024
Leader of Opposition	Jokh Bahadur Mahara, CPN (MC) since 23 July 2024
Structure
Political groups	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   Janamorcha: 1   Independent: 1
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 52 seats – FPtP 35 seats – PR
First election	2017
Last election	20 November 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Hall, Bhalubang, Dang District
Website
pradeshsabha.p5.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The current assembly was elected in November 2022.

List of assemblies

Election Year	Assembly	Start of term	End of term	Speaker	Chief Minister	Party
2017	1st Assembly	4 February 2018	September 2022	Purna Bahadur Gharti	Shankar Pokharel (Cabinet)		CPN (UML)
					Kul Prasad KC (Cabinet)		CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022	2nd Assembly	2 January 2023	Incumbent	Tularam Gharti Magar	Leela Giri (Cabinet)		CPN (UML)
					Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary (Cabinet)		Nepali Congress
					Jokh Bahdur Mahara (Cabinet)		CPN (Maoist Centre)
					Chet Narayan Acharya[1] (Cabinet)		CPN (UML)

Current composition

Main article: 2nd Lumbini Provincial Assembly § Members

Party		Parliamentary party leader	Seats[2]
	CPN (UML)	Chet Narayan Acharya	29
	Nepali Congress	Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary	27
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Jokh Bahadur Mahara	10
	Nagrik Unmukti Party	Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary	4
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ashish Kumar Chaudhary	4
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	Santosh Kumar Pandey	3
	Janamat Party	Chandrakesh Gupta	3
	People's Socialist Party	Bhandari Lal Ahir	3
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Bhagwati Adhikari	1
	Rastriya Janamorcha	Tara Thapa	1
	Independent		2
Total			87

See also

• Lumbini Province
• Provincial assemblies of Nepal