Bagmati Provincial Assembly

Bagmati Provincial Assembly

बागमती प्रदेश सभा
2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded2018
Leadership
Bhuwan Kumar Pathak, RPP
since 13 January 2023
Apsara Chapagain Khatri, UML
since 17 January 2023
Bahadur Singh Lama, NC
since 24 July 2024
Shalikram Jamkattel, CPN (MC)
since 24 July 2024
Structure
Political groups
Government (64)
  •   Congress: 37
  •   CPN (UML): 27

Opposition (46)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Parallel voting:
  • 66 seats – FPtP
  • 44 seats – PR
First election
2017
Last election
20 November 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Regional Educational Directorate,
Hetauda, Makwanpur District
Website
pradeshsabha.p3.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province also known as the Bagmati Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: वाग्मती प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Bagmati Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Hetauda in Makwanpur District at the Regional Educational Directorate Office. The assembly has 110 members of whom 66 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 44 of whom are elected through proportional representation. 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 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre). The current assembly was elected in November 2022.