The 2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly was elected through the
provincial elections held on 20 November 2022. The assembly has 56 constituency seats in which members are elected through
direct elections
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proportional representation
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party list
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seats. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier. The first session of the assembly commenced from 1 January 2023.
Baburam Gautam of the CPN (Maoist Centre) was elected as the Speaker of the provincial assembly on 12 January 2023.
Leaders
Officers
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Speaker of the Assembly
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Society and politics
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** In ...
: Hon.
Baburam Gautam (
CPN (Maoist Centre)
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)
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Deputy Speaker of the Assembly: Hon.
Srijana Danuwar (
CPN (UML))
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Leader of the House: Hon.
Uddhav Thapa (
Nepali Congress)
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Leader of the Opposition
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: Hon.
Hikmat Kumar Karki
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(
CPN (UML))
Parliamentary party
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Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist): Hon.
Hikmat Kumar Karki
Hikmat Kumar Karki ( Nepali: हिक्मत कुमार कार्की; born 15 June 1966) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) currently serving as the chief minister of P ...
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Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress: Hon.
Uddhav Thapa
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Parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre): Hon.
Indra Bahadur Angbo
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Parliamentary party leader of Rastriya Prajatantra Party: Hon.
Bhakti Prasad Sitaula
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Parliament party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist): Hon.
Rajendra Kumar Rai
Chief Whip
* Chief Whip of
CPN (UML): Hon.
Rewati Raman Bhandari
** Whip of
CPN (UML): Hon.
Sirjana Rai
* Chief Whip of
Nepali Congress: Hon.
Bhupendra Rai
* Chief Whip of
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
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: Hon.
Ambar Bahadur Bista
* Chief Whip of
CPN (Unified Socialist)
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: Hon.
Bidya Chamling Rai
Composition
Members
The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected tl lolhrough first-past-the-post voting and 37 are elected through proportional representation.
References
External links
सात प्रदेशसभामा एमालेले क-कसलाई पठायो ?(Eng. The Proportional candidates selected by NCP (UML) in all seven provinces.)
(Eng. Who are the candidates, selected for Proportional Representation.)
{{Lists of Nepalese legislators
Koshi Province
Province legislatures of Nepal
Government of Koshi Province
Unicameral legislatures