The Provincial Assembly (Nepali: प्रदेश सभा; Pradesh Sabha) is the unicameral legislative assembly for a federal province of Nepal.[1]
According to Article 176 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, following the dissolution of the provincial assembly all the members forming the Provincial Assembly are elected. The term for the Provincial Assembly is five years, except when dissolved earlier.
Candidates for each constituency are chosen by the political parties or stand as independents. Each constituency elects one member under the first-past-the-post system of election. Since Nepal uses a parallel voting system, voters cast another ballot to elect members through the party-list proportional representation. The current constitution specifies that 60 percent of the members should be elected from the first-past-the-post system and 40 percent through the party-list proportional representation system. Women should account for one-third of the total members elected from each party and if one-third percentage are not elected, the party that fails to ensure so shall have to elect one-third of the total number as women through the party-list proportional representation.[2]
A party with an overall majority (more seats than all other parties combined) following an election forms the government. If a party has no outright majority, parties can seek to form coalitions.
The first provincial assembly elections in Nepal were held in two phases, on 26 November 2017 and on 7 December 2017.[3]
There are 550 provincial seats in all of the seven provinces of Nepal, in which 330 (60%) of the provincial seats will be elected through first-past-the-post voting and 220 (40%) of seats will be elected through proportional representation.[4]
List of provincial assemblies
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| Assembly | House strength | Seat | Ruling party | Current house | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FPTP Seats | PR Seats | Total seats | |||||
| Koshi Province | 56 | 37 | 93 | Biratnagar | Nepali Congress | 2nd | |
| Madhesh Province | 64 | 43 | 107 | Janakpur | PSP-N | 2nd | |
| Bagmati Province | 66 | 44 | 110 | Hetauda | Maoist Centre | 2nd | |
| Gandaki Province | 36 | 24 | 60 | Pokhara | Nepali Congress | 2nd | |
| Lumbini Province | 52 | 35 | 87 | Deukhuri | Nepali Congress | 2nd | |
| Karnali Province | 24 | 16 | 40 | Birendranagar | Maoist Centre | 2nd | |
| Sudurpashchim Province | 32 | 21 | 53 | Godawari | Nepali Congress | 2nd | |
| Total | 330 | 220 | 550 | — | — | ||
Seat distribution
edit| Provincial Assembly | Total seats | Seats | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | UML | MC | RPP | US | PSP | JP | NUP | LSP | NMKP | HNP | RJM | NFSP | Ind | ||
| Koshi Province[5] | 93 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Madhesh[6] | 107 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bagmati[7] | 110 | 37 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| Gandaki[8] | 60 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Lumbini[9] | 87 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Karnali[10] | 40 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Sudurpashchim[11] | 53 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 550 | 175 | 162 | 85 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Koshi Provincial Assembly
editAs per the Constituency Delimitation Commission report, Koshi Province has 56 provincial seats under the FPTP (first-past-the-post) across 14 districts.[12]
Madhesh Provincial Assembly
editEach district of Madhesh province has 8 provincial assembly seats, totalling to 64 seats under FPTP.[12]: 7
| Districts | Constituencies |
|---|---|
| Saptari District | 8 |
| Siraha District | 8 |
| Dhanusha District | 8 |
| Mahottari District | 8 |
| Sarlahi District | 8 |
| Rautahat District | 8 |
| Bara District | 8 |
| Parsa District | 8 |
Bagmati Provincial Assembly
editBagmati has 66 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
Gandaki Provincial Assembly
editGandaki has 36 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
Lumbini Provincial Assembly
editLumbini has 52 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
Karnali Provincial Assembly
editKarnali has 24 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
| Districts | Constituencies |
|---|---|
| Salyan District | 2 |
| Surkhet District | 4 |
| Dailekh District | 4 |
| Jajarkot District | 2 |
| Dolpa District | 2 |
| Humla District | 2 |
| Kalikot District | 2 |
| Mugu District | 2 |
| Jumla District | 2 |
| Western Rukum District | 2 |
Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly
editSudurpashchim has 32 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
| Districts | Constituencies |
|---|---|
| Bajura District | 2 |
| Bajhang District | 2 |
| Achham District | 4 |
| Doti District | 2 |
| Kailali District | 10 |
| Kanchanpur District | 6 |
| Dadeldhura District | 2 |
| Baitadi District | 2 |
| Darchula District | 2 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "CA approves ceremonial prez, bicameral legislature". Kanptipur Media Group. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
Provincial parliaments will be unicameral. "The CA also approved a mixed electoral system for parliamentary election with 60 percent directly elected and 40 percent proportionally elected."
- ^ "NEPAL: Diluted proportional electoral system". scoop.co.nz. Scoop world. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Election programme announced for HoR and Provincial Assembly". corporatenepal.com. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Infra for provincial assemblies: Govt preparation far from satisfactory". Kantipur Media Group. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
There will be 550 members in all seven provinces after the elections, with Province 3 having the highest number of members (110). Province 7 will have the lowest number of members of 53.
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- ^ "संसदीय दलहरु". प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय, प्रदेश नं.२, जनकपुरधाम (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ "प्रदेश सभाका सदस्य". प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय, बागमती प्रदेश, हेटौडा (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ "प्रदेश सभा, गण्डकी प्रदेशमा प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने राजनीतिक दलहरु". प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय, प्रदेश नं. ४, पोखरा (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ "राजनीतिक दलहरु". प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, बुटवल (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ "राजनीतिक दलहरु". प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय, कर्णाली प्रदेश, वीरेन्द्रनगर (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ "माननीयहरुको विवरण". प्रदेश सभा सचिवालय, सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, धनगढी (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ a b "EDITORIAL: Important step". The Himalayan Times. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.