The first Lumbini Provincial Assembly was elected by the
2017 provincial elections. 87 members were elected to the assembly, 52 of whom were elected through
direct elections
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and 35 of whom were elected through the
party list
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proportional representation system
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. The term of the assembly started on 4 February 2018 and ended in September 2022.
Shankar Pokharel
Shankar Pokhrel ( ne, शंकर पोखरेल) (born 1964) is the former Chief Minister of Lumbini Province. He was elected as the central secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
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Kul Prasad KC
Kul Prasad KC ( ne, कुल प्रसाद केसी) is a Nepalese politician and current Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, a province in western Nepal. He was unanimously selected Parliamentary Party leader of CPN(Maoist-centre) for ...
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CPN (Maoist Centre)
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served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly.
Purna Bahadur Gharti served as the speaker of the assembly and Krishni Tharu served as the deputy speaker.
Composition
Members
Changes
Defections
See also
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Lumbini Province
Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...
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2017 Nepalese provincial elections
Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 26 November and 7 December 2017 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven newly created provincial assemblies were elected by first-past-the-post voting and 220 by proportional ...
References
{{Lists of Nepalese legislators
Members of the Provincial Assembly of Lumbini Province