The Provincial Assembly ( ne, प्रदेश सभा; ''Pradesh Sabha'') is the

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...

legislative assembly for a federal province of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. According to Article 176 of the

Constitution of Nepal 2015 Constitution of Nepal 2015 ( ne, नेपालको संविधान २०७२) is the present governing Constitution of Nepal. Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the ...

, 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 An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

are chosen by the

political parties A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or pol ...

or stand as independents. Each constituency elects one member under the

first past the post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

system of election. Since Nepal uses a

parallel voting Parallel voting is a type of mixed electoral system in which representatives are voted into a single chamber using two or more different systems, most often first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) with party-list proportional representation (PR). It is ...

system, voters cast another ballot to elect members through the

party-list proportional representation Party-list proportional representation (list-PR) is a subset of proportional representation electoral systems in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through their position on an electoral list. They can also be us ...

. The current constitution specifies that sixty percent of the members should be elected from the

system and forty percent through the

system. Women should account for one third of 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 total number as women through the

. 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 was held in two phase on 26 November 2017 and on 7 December 2017. There are 550 provincial seats in all of 7 provinces of Nepal. In which 330 (60%) of Provincial seats will be elected through

and 220 (40%) of seats will be elected through

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

List of provincial assemblies

Seat distribution

Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly

As per the Constituency Delimitation Commission report, Province No. 1 has 56 provincial seats under the FPTP (

first-past-the-post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

) across 14 districts.

Madhesh Provincial Assembly

Each district of Madhesh province has 8 provincial assembly seats, totalling to 64 seats under FPTP.

Bagmati Provincial Assembly

Bagmati has 66 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.

Gandaki Provincial Assembly

Gandaki has 36 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.

Lumbini Provincial Assembly

Lumbini has 52 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.

Karnali Provincial Assembly

Karnali has 24 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.

Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

Sudurpashchim has 32 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.

First provincial assembly election

The first provincial legislative assembly elections in Nepal were held on 26 November and 7 December 2017.

Notes

References

External links

Constitution of Nepal, 2015 (2072)
{{Government of Nepal Government of Nepal