Koshi Provincial Assembly
{{Short description|Unicameral legislature of Koshi Province, Nepal}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = {{nowrap|Koshi Provincial Assembly}}
| native_name = कोशी प्रदेश सभा
| native_name_lang = ne
| legislature = 2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly
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| house_type = Unicameral legislature
| jurisdiction = Koshi Province
| foundation = 2018
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| leader1_type = Speaker
| leader1 = Ambar Bahadur Bista
| party1 = RPP
| election1 =
9 January 2024
| leader2_type = Deputy Speaker
| leader2 = Sirjana Danuwar
| party2 =CPN (UML)
| election2 =14 January 2023
| leader3_type = Leader of the House
| leader3 = Hikmat Kumar Karki
| party3 = CPN (UML)
| election3 = 9 May 2024
| leader4_type = Leader of the Opposition
| leader4 = Indra Bahadur Angbo
| party4 = CPN (MC)
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| structure1 = Nepal Province1 ProvincialAssembly 2022.svg
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Government (70)
- {{colorbox|{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}}} CPN (UML): 40
- {{colorbox|{{party color|Nepali Congress}}}} Congress: 29
Confidence & Supply (1)
- {{colorbox|{{party color|People's Socialist Party (Nepal, 2024)}}}} PSP: 1
Opposition (23)
- {{colorbox|{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}}} CPN (MC): 13
- {{colorbox|{{party color|Rastriya Prajatantra Party}}}} RPP: 6
- {{colorbox|{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}}} CPN (US): 4
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| term_length = 5 years
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| voting_system1 = Parallel voting:
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| first_election1 = 2017
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| last_election1 = 20 November 2022
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| next_election1 = 2027
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| meeting_place = District Coordination Committee Office, Biratnagar, Morang District
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| website = {{Official URL}}
| constitution = Constitution of Nepal
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The Koshi Provincial Assembly also known as the Koshi Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कोशी प्रदेश सभा) is the unicameral legislature of Koshi Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated at the provincial capital at Biratnagar in Morang District at the District Coordination Committee Office. The assembly has 93 members of whom 56 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 37 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.
The First Provincial Assembly was constituted in 2017, after the 2017 provincial elections. The current assembly was elected in November 2022.
History
The Provincial Assembly of Province No. 1 is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 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 Province No. 1 was conducted for 93 seats to the assembly. The election resulted in a victory for the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre) alliance which later went on to form a coalition government under Sher Dhan Rai from CPN (UML).{{Cite web|title=Sher Dhan Rai elected UML PP chief of Province 1, set to be CM {{!}} Setopati|url=http://setopati.net/political/116953|access-date=2018-03-26|website=setopati.net|language=en-US}} The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 5 February 2018. Pradeep Kumar Bhandari from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,{{Cite news|title=Pradeep Bhandari named Province 1 speaker|language=en|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-02-11/pradeep-bhandari-named-province-1-speaker.html|access-date=2018-03-23}} and Saraswoti Pokharel from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.{{Cite web|last=Subedi|first=Binod|title=Intense lobbying in parties to become ministers in Province 1|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/37102/|access-date=2021-01-01|website=My Republica|language=en}}
List of assemblies
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election Year !Assembly !Start of term !End of term !Speaker !Chief Minister ! colspan="2" |Party |
| rowspan="3" |2017
| rowspan="3" |1st Assembly | rowspan="3" |5 February 2018 | rowspan="3" |September 2022 | rowspan="3" |Pradeep Kumar Bhandari | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}"| | rowspan="2" |CPN (UML) |
| Bhim Acharya (Cabinet) |
| Rajendra Kumar Rai (Cabinet) |bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}"| |
| rowspan="6" |2022
|rowspan="6" |2nd Assembly |rowspan="6" |Incumbent |rowspan="2" |Baburam Gautam | bgcolor="{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |
| Uddhav Thapa (Cabinet) |rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |rowspan="2" |Nepali Congress |
| rowspan="2" |Vacant |
| Hikmat Kumar Karki (Cabinet) | bgcolor="{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |
| rowspan="2" |Ambar Bahadur Bista
|bgcolor="{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |
| Hikmat Kumar Karki (Cabinet) | bgcolor="{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |
Committees
Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures.
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!S.No. !Committee |
| 1
|Justice, Administration and Legislation |
| 2
|Good Governance and Planning |
| 3
|Finance |
| 4
|Public Accounts |
| 5
|Social Development |
| 6
|Industry, Tourism and Environment |
| 7
|Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development |
Current composition
{{Main articles|2nd Koshi Provincial Assembly#Members}}
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! colspan="2" |Party !Parliamentary party leader |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|40 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|29 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|13 |
| bgcolor="#FFD700" |
|6 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" |
|4 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|People's Socialist Party (Nepal)}}" |
|1 |
| colspan="3" |Total
!93 |
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