The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province also known as the Bagmati Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: वाग्मती प्रदेश सभा) is a

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governing and law making body of

Bagmati Province Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provinc ...

, one of the seven provinces in Nepal The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at

Hetauda Hetauda ( ne, हेटौडा, ) is a sub-metropolitan city in the Makwanpur District of Bagmati Province in central Nepal. It is the administrative headquarters of the Makwanpur District and the capital of Bagmati Province as declared by m ...

Makwanpur District Makwanpur District( ne, मकवानपुर जिल्ला; , a part of Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Hetauda as its district headquarter, as well ...

at the Regional Educational Directorate Office. The assembly has 110 members of whom 66 are elected through

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and 44 of whom are elected through

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. 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

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and

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. The next election will take place when the five-year term ends by November 2022.

History

The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province is formed under Article 175 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 ...

which guarantees a provincial legislative 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

and

alliance which later went on to form a coalition government under

Dormani Poudel Dormani Poudel ( ne, डोरमणि पौडेल) is a Nepali politician and former chief minister of Bagmati Province. He was in office from 12 February 2018 to 18 August 2021. Poudel was elected parliamentary party leader of the CPN (UML) ...

from

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. The first meeting of the assembly was called by

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Anuradha Koirala Anuradha Koirala (born Anuradha Gurung on 14 April 1949), Okaldhunga district, is a Nepalese social activist and the founder of Maiti Nepal – a non-profit organization in Nepal, dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking. She was appoi ...

for 1 February 2018. Sanu Kumar Shrestha from the CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly, and Radhika Tamang from Maoist Centre was elected as the first deputy speaker. In May 2018, the two parties merged and formed the

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which had a

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in the assembly.

List of Assemblies

Committees

Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures.

Current composition

References

{{Legislatures of Nepal Government of Bagmati Province Province legislatures of Nepal Unicameral legislatures

History

List of Assemblies

Committees

Current composition

See also

References