The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province also known as the Gandaki Province Sabha, (Nepali: गण्डकी प्रदेश सभा) is a
unicameral
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governing and law making body of
Gandaki Province
Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...
, one of the seven
provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital
Pokhara in
Kaski District
Kaski District ( ne, कास्की जिल्ला, ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The name is disambiguated from Kaskikot, the ancient Kaski Kingdom.
The district, with Pokhara as its d ...
at the Urban Development Training Centre. The assembly has 60 members of whom 36 are elected through
first-past-the-post voting
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 thei ...
and 24 of whom are elected through
proportional representation
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. The term of the assembly is five years until dissolved earlier.
The present First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the
2017 provincial elections. The next election will take place when the five year term ends by November 2022.
History
The Provincial Assembly of Gandaki Province is formed under Article 175 of the
Constitution of Nepal 2015
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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 Gandaki Province was conducted for 60 seats to the assembly.
The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Netra Nath Adhikari from
Maoist Centre was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,
and Srijana Sharma from
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as the first deputy speaker of the provincial 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
See also
*
Gandaki Province
Gandaki Province ( ne, गण्डकी प्रदेश ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borde ...
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Provincial assemblies of Nepal
The Provincial Assembly ( ne, प्रदेश सभा; ''Pradesh Sabha'') is the unicameral legislative assembly for a federal province of Nepal.
According to Article 176 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, following the dissolution of ...
References
{{Legislatures of Nepal
Government of Gandaki Province
Province legislatures of Nepal
Unicameral legislatures