1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly
# 1st Gandaki Provincial Assembly

The first Gandaki Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 60 members were elected to the assembly, 36 of whom were elected through direct elections and 24 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 4 February 2018 and ended in September 2022. Prithvi Subba Gurung from the CPN (UML) and Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly. Netra Nath Adhikari served as the speaker of the assembly and Srijana Sharma served as the deputy speaker.

## Composition

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | After election | At dissolution |
| | CPN (UML) | 27 | 26 |
| | Nepali Congress | 15 | 15 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 12 | 12 |
| | Rastriya Janamorcha | 3 | 2 |
| | Nepal Socialist Party | — | 2 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 |
| | Naya Shakti Party | 2 | — |
| | Vacant | — | 2 |
| Total | Total | 60 | 60 |

## Leaders

### Speaker

* Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Netra Nath Adhikari
   * Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Srijana Sharma

### Parliamentary Party leaders

* Leader of the House (Nepali Congress):Hon. Krishna Chandra Nepali
* Leader of Opposition (CPN-UML): Prithvi Subba Gurung

### Whips

* Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Mani Bhadra Sharma
   * Whip (Nepali Congress): Om Kala Gautam
* Opposition Chief Whip (CPN-UML): Maya Nath Adhikari

## List of members

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| Tanahu 2(A) | Asha Koirala | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Syangja 2(B) | Bhagwat Prasad Malla | Nepali Congress |
| Parbat 1(B) | Bikash Lamsal | CPN (UML) |
| Kaski 2(B) | Bindu Kumar Thapa | Nepali Congress |
| Myagdi 1(A) | Binod K.C | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Nawalparasi East 2(A) | Bishnu Prasad Lamichhane | Nepali Congress |
| Baglung 2(A) | Chandra Bahadur Budha | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Indigenous peoples, Thakali | Chandra Mohan Gauchan | CPN (UML) |
| Manang 1(A) | Chinta Bahadur Ghale | Nepali Congress |
| Indigenous peoples | Dhan Maya Pokharel (Lama) | Nepal Socialist Party |
| Lamjung 1(A) | Dhananjaya Dawadi | CPN (UML) |
| Dalit | Dilmaya Roka Magar Gautam | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Kaski 1(A) | Dipak Koirala | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Syangja 1(A) | Dipak Thapa | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Dalit | Dobate Bishwokarma | Nepali Congress |
| Indigenous peoples | Gayatri Gurung | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Tanahu 1(B) | Hari Bahadur Chuman | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Gorkha 2(A) | Hari Sharan Acharya | Nepal Socialist Party |
| Mustang 1(A) | Indra Dhara Dadu Bista | CPN (UML) |
| Baglung 1(A) | Indra Lal Sapkota | CPN (UML) |
| Nawalparasi East 2(B) | Janak Lal Shrestha | CPN (UML) |
| Dalit | Juna Devi Nepali | CPN (UML) |
| Baglung 2(B) | Khim Bikram Shahi | Rastriya Janamorcha |
| Tanahu 2(B) | Kiran Gurung | CPN (UML) |
| Dalit | Kopila Bohara | Nepali Congress |
| Nawalparasi East 1(A) | Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel | Nepali Congress |
| Khas Arya | Kumar Khadka | Nepali Congress |
| Indigenous peoples | Lalit Kala Gurung | Nepali Congress |
| Dalit | Laxmi Sunar | CPN (UML) |
| Gorkha 1(A) | Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Khas Arya | Madhu Adhikari Gurung | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Mustang 1(B) | Mahendra Bahadur Thakali | CPN (UML) |
| Kaski 1(B) | Man Bahadur Gurung | CPN (UML) |
| Indigenous peoples | Man Kumari Gurung | Nepali Congress |
| Khas Arya | Mani Bhadra Sharma | Nepali Congress |
| Khas Arya | Maya Nath Adhikari | CPN (UML) |
| Indigenous peoples | Mekha Lal Shrestha | Nepali Congress |
| Syangja 1(B) | Min Prasad Gurung | CPN (UML) |
| Indigenous peoples | Mina Gurung | CPN (UML) |
| Indigenous peoples | Mitra Kumari Gurung Subedi | CPN (UML) |
| Syangja 2(A) | Mohan Prasad Regmi | CPN (UML) |
| Myagdi 1(B) | Nara Devi Pun Magar | CPN (UML) |
| Parbat 1(A) | Netra Nath Adhikari | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Khas Arya | Om Kala Gautam | Nepali Congress |
| Indigenous peoples | Piyari Thapa | Rastriya Janamorcha |
| Khas Arya | Prabha Koirala | CPN (UML) |
| Gorkha 2(B) | Prakash Chandra Dawadi | Nepali Congress |
| Lamjung 1(B) | Prithvi Subba Gurung | CPN (UML) |
| Khas Arya | Pushpa KC (Bhandari) | CPN (UML) |
| Manang 1(B) | Rajiv Gurung | Independent |
| Kaski 3(B) | Rajiv Pahari | CPN (UML) |
| Tanahu 1(A) | Ram Bahadur Gurung | CPN (UML) |
| Gorkha 1(B) | Ram Sharan Basnet | CPN (UML) |
| Kaski 3(A) | Ramji Prasad Baral | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Nawalparasi East 1(B) | Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa | CPN (UML) |
| Indigenous peoples | Sabitra Rana | CPN (UML) |
| Indigenous peoples | Sarita Gurung | Nepali Congress |
| Khas Arya | Srijana Sharma | CPN (UML) |

### Changes

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baglung 2(B) | Tek Bahadur Gharti | Rastriya Janamorcha | 13 December 2018 | Death | Khim Bikram Shahi | Rastriya Janamorcha |
| Baglung 1(B) | Krishna Thapa | Rastriya Janamorcha | 6 June 2021 | Disobeying Party Whip | | |
| Kaski 2(A) | Krishna Bahadur Thapa | CPN (UML) | 25 April 2022 | Resignation to contest as mayor of Pokhara | | |
