The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Pradesh also known as the Sudurpashchim Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा) is a
unicameral
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governing and law making body of
Sudurpashchim Province, one of the seven
Provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated a
Dhangadhi
Dhangadhi ( ne, धनगढी ) is a sub-metropolitan city and the district headquarters of Kailali District in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal.Dhangadhi is also the temporary capital of Sudurpashchim Province. It shares a border with Uttar ...
in
Kailali District at the District Coordination Committee Hall. The assembly has 53 members of whom 32 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 21 are 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 ...
. The term of the assembly is 5 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
CPN (Maoist Centre)
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. The next election will take place when the five year term ends by November 2022.
History
The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Province is under Article 175 of the
Constitution of Nepal 2015
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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 Sudurpashchim was conducted for 53 seats to the assembly. The election resulted in a victory for the
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and
CPN (Maoist Centre)
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alliance which later went on to form a coalition government under
Trilochan Bhatta
Trilochan Bhatta ( ne, त्रिलोचन भट्ट) is a Nepalese politician and current Chief Minister of Sudurpashchim Province, a province in far-western Nepal. He was unanimously selected Parliamentary Party leader of Communist Par ...
from
Maoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Arjun Bahadur Thapa from
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was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,
and Nirmala Badal Joshi from
Maoist Centre 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.
Political parties
See also
*
Sudurpashchim Province
*
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 Sudurpashchim Province
Province legislatures of Nepal
Unicameral legislatures