Bagmati Provincial Assembly

{{Short description|Provincial assembly of Nepal}} {{Infobox legislature |name=Bagmati Provincial Assembly |native_name=बागमती प्रदेश सभा |native_name_lang=ne |legislature=2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly |house_type=Unicameral legislature |jurisdiction=Bagmati Province |foundation=2018 |disbanded= |new_session= |leader1_type=Speaker |leader1=Bhuwan Kumar Pathak |party1=RPP |election1=13 January 2023 |leader2_type=Deputy Speaker |leader2=Apsara Chapagain Khatri |party2=UML |election2=17 January 2023 |leader3_type=Leader of the House |leader3=Indra bhadur Baniya |party3=NC |election3=24 July 2024 |leader4_type=Leader of Opposition |leader4=Shalikram Jamkattel |party4=CPN (MC) |election4=24 July 2024 |structure1=Nepal Bagmati ProvincialAssembly 2022.svg |structure1_res=250px|structure1_alt= |political_groups1=

'''Government (64)''' *{{colorbox|{{party color|Nepali Congress}}}} Congress: 37 *{{colorbox|{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}}} CPN (UML): 27

'''Opposition (46)''' *{{colorbox|{{party color|Nepali Communist Party}}}} NCP: 28 *{{colorbox|{{party color|Rastriya Prajatantra Party}}}} RPP: 13 *{{colorbox|{{party color|Nepal Workers Peasants Party}}}} NMKP: 3 *{{colorbox|#003594}} HNP: 2

|committees1= |committees2= |joint_committees= |term_length=5 years |voting_system1=Parallel voting: * 66 seats – FPtP * 44 seats – PR |first_election1=2017 |last_election1=20 November 2022 |next_election1=2027 |redistricting= |motto= |session_room= |session_res= |session_alt= |meeting_place=Regional Educational Directorate, Hetauda, Makwanpur District |website={{url|pradeshsabha.p3.gov.np}} |constitution=Constitution of Nepal |footnotes=}}

The '''Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province''' also known as the ''' Bagmati Pradesh Sabha''', (Nepali: वाग्मती प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Bagmati Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Hetauda in Makwanpur District at the Regional Educational Directorate Office. The assembly has 110 members of whom 66 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 44 of whom are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is five years unless dissolved earlier.

The present First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017 after the 2017 provincial elections. The election resulted in a majority for the alliance of CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre). The current assembly was elected in November 2022.

== History == The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislature for each province in the country. The first provincial elections were conducted for all seven provinces in Nepal and the elections in Bagmati Province was conducted for 110 seats to the assembly. The election resulted in a victory for the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre) alliance which later went on to form a coalition government under Dormani Poudel from CPN (UML).<ref>{{Cite news|title=Poudel sworn in as Prov 3 CM|language=en|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-02-13/poudel-sworn-in-as-prov-3-cm.html|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> The first meeting of the assembly was called by Governor Anuradha Koirala for 1 February 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=First session of Province 3 assembly to begin next week|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/first-session-of-province-3-assembly-to-begin-next-week.html|access-date=2020-12-30|website=OnlineKhabar English News|date=25 January 2018 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Sanu Kumar Shrestha from the CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2018-02-10|title=Sanu Kumar Shrestha elected State Assembly Speaker of Province 3|language=en-US|work=The Himalayan Times|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/sanu-kumar-shrestha-elected-state-assembly-speaker-of-province-3/|access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> and Radhika Tamang from Maoist Centre was elected as the first deputy speaker.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamang elected deputy speaker of Province 3 unopposed|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/117034/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Setopati}}</ref> In May 2018, the two parties merged and formed the Nepal Communist Party which had a supermajority in the assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-02-19|title=UML, Maoist Centre to unify; strike seven point agreement|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/uml-maoist-centre-unify-party-named-communist-party-nepal/|access-date=2020-12-30|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

== List of Assemblies == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election Year !Assembly !Start of term !End of term !Speaker !Chief Minister ! colspan="2" |Party |- | rowspan="3" |2017 | rowspan="3" |1st Assembly | rowspan="3" |1 February 2018 | rowspan="3" |September 2022 | rowspan="3" |Sanu Kumar Shrestha |Dor Mani Poudel (''Cabinet'') | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" | | rowspan="2" |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- |Astalaxmi Shakya (''Cabinet'') |- |Rajendra Prasad Pandey (''Cabinet'') | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Socialist) |- | rowspan="2" |2022 | rowspan="2" |2nd Assembly | rowspan="2" |2 January 2023 | rowspan="2" |''Incumbent'' | rowspan="2" |Bhuwan Kumar Pathak |Shalikram Jamkattel (''Cabinet'') |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" | |CPN (Maoist Centre) |- |Bahadur Singh Lama (''Cabinet'') | bgcolor="{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |}

== Committees == Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures. {| class="wikitable" !S.No. !Committee !Membership |- |1 |Provincial Affairs |22 |- |2 |Finance and Development |20 |- |3 |Public Accounts |20 |- |4 |Education, Health and Agriculture |20 |- |5 |Industry, Tourism and Environment |19 |}

== Current composition == {{Main|2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly#Members}} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Parliamentary party leader !Seats<ref>{{Cite web |title=वाग्मती प्रदेश : सत्तारुढ गठबन्धनलाई बहुमत |url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2022/12/06/167034441281598474.html |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=ekantipur.com |language=ne}}</ref> |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Bahadur Singh Lama |37 |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" | |CPN (UML) |Jagannath Thapaliya |27 |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" | |CPN (Maoist Centre) |Shalikram Jamkattel |21 |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Rastriya Prajatantra Party}}" | |Rastriya Prajatantra Party |Udhhav Thapa |13 |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Socialist) |Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal |7 |- | bgcolor="{{party color|Nepal Workers Peasants Party}}" | |Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party |Surendra Raj Gosai |3 |- | bgcolor="#003594" | |Hamro Nepali Party |Shailendra Man Bajracharya |2 |- ! colspan="3" |Total !110 |}

== See also == * Bagmati Province * Provincial assemblies of Nepal

== References == {{reflist}} {{Legislatures of Nepal}}

Category:Government of Bagmati Province Category:Province legislatures of Nepal