Madhesh Provincial Assembly
मधेश प्रदेश सभा
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| 2nd Madhesh Provincial Assembly | |
| Type | |
| Type | ofMadhesh Province |
| History | |
| Founded | 2018 |
New session started | 2 January 2023 (2023-01-02) |
| Leadership | |
Speaker |
Ram Chandra Mandal, CPN (UML) |
Deputy Speaker | Babita Devi Raut, Janamat |
Leader of the House |
Satish Kumar Singh, Janamat |
Leader of Opposition |
Saroj Kumar Yadav, PSP-N |
| Structure | |
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Political groups | Government (69)
Opposition (38) |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| Parallel voting: | |
First election | 2017 |
Last election | 20 November 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
| District Education Office, Janakpur, Dhanusha District | |
| Website | |
| pga | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of Nepal | |
The Madhesh Provincial Assembly (Nepali/Maithili: मधेश प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Madhesh Province, one of the seven Provinces in Nepal, The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at JanakpurinDhanusha District. The assembly has 107 members, 64 of whom are elected through single-member constituencies and 43 of whom are elected through the party list proportional representation system. They are elected for five-year terms unless the assembly is dissolved earlier.
Provincial assemblies were established in 2015 in accordance with the Constitution of Nepal. The first elections to the assemblies were held in 2017. The inaugural meeting of the assembly was held on 4 February 2018.[1] Saroj Kumar Yadav from RJPN served as the first speaker of the assembly.[2] Lalbabu RautofFSFN, later Samajbadi Party and PSP-N, was elected as chief minister with support from RJPN.[3]
The province was previously known as Province No. 2 and Janakpur served as the temporary capital of the province. The 17 January 2022 session of the assembly endorsed a proposal to name the province Madhesh and designated Janakpur as the permanent provincial capital with two-thirds majority.[4]
| Election Year | Assembly | Start of term | End of term | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party | |
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| 2017 | 1st Assembly | 4 February 2018 | September 2022 | Saroj Kumar Yadav | Lalbabu Raut (Cabinet) |
People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
| 2022 | 2nd Assembly | 2 January 2023 | Incumbent | Ram Chandra Mandal | Saroj Kumar Yadav (Cabinet) |
People's Socialist Party, Nepal | |
| Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats[5] | |
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| CPN (UML) | Saroj Kumar Yadav | 24 | |
| Nepali Congress | Krishna Prasad Yadav | 22 | |
| People's Socialist Party | Saroj Kumar Yadav | 16 | |
| Janamat Party | Mahesh Prasad Yadav | 13 | |
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party | Abhiram Sharma | 9 | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Bharat Prasad Sah | 9 | |
| CPN (Unified Sociailst) | Govinda Bahadur Neupane | 7 | |
| People's Socialist Party | 3 | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1 | ||
| Nepal Federal Socialist Party | 1 | ||
| Nagrik Unmukti Party | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1 | ||
| Total | 107 | ||
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