1st Karnali Provincial Assembly
# 1st Karnali Provincial Assembly

The first Karnali Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 40 members were elected to the assembly, 24 of whom were elected through direct elections and 16 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. Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from the CPN (Maoist Centre) and Jeevan Bahadur Shahi from the Nepali Congress served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly. Raj Bahadur Shahi served as the speaker of the assembly and Pushpa Bahadur Gharti served as the deputy speaker.

## Composition

| Party | Party | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | After election | At dissolution |
| | CPN (UML) | 20 | 13 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 13 | 11 |
| | Nepali Congress | 6 | 6 |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) | — | 3 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1 | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 6 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 |

## Leaders

### Speaker

* Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Hon. Raj Bahadur Shahi
   * Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly: Pushpa Ghari Bista

### Parliamentary Party Leaders

* Leader of the House (Nepali Congress): Hon. Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
* Leader of Opposition (CPN (UML)): Yam Lal Kandel
* Parliamentary Party Leader (CPN (Maoist Centre)): Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
* Parliamentary Party Leader (Rastriya Prajatantra Party): Soshila Shahi

### Whips

* Government Chief Whip (Nepali Congress): Him Bahadur Shahi
   * Whip (Nepali Congress): Amrita Shahi
* Opposition Chief Whip (CPN(UML)): Gulab Jung Shah

## Members

| Constituency/PR group | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| Khas Arya | Amrita Shahi | Nepali Congress |
| Khas Arya | Badami Kwari Bohara | CPN (UML) |
| Khas Arya | Bimala KC | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Surkhet 2(B) | Binda Man Bista | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Dolpa 1(B) | Bir Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Mugu 1(B) | Chandra Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Humla 1(A) | Dal Rawal | CPN (UML) |
| Mugu 1(A) | Dan Singh Pariyar | CPN (UML) |
| Khas Arya | Devi Wali | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Indigenous peoples | Dinbandhu Shrestha | Nepali Congress |
| Jajarkot 1(A) | Ganesh Prasad Singh | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Western Rukum 1(B) | Gopal Sharma | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Salyan 1(A) | Gulab Jung Shah | CPN (UML) |
| Khas Arya | Him Bahadur Shahi | Nepali Congress |
| Dalit | Jhowa Kami | Nepali Congress |
| Humla 1(B) | Jeevan Bahadur Shahi | Nepali Congress |
| Jajarkot 1(B) | Karbir Shahi | CPN (UML) |
| Khas Arya, Backward area | Kaushilawati Khatri | CPN (UML) |
| Surkhet 1(B) | Khadka Bahadur Khatri | CPN (UML) |
| Khas Arya | Krishna Shah (Acharya) | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Kalikot 1(B) | Mahendra Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Indigenous peoples | Mina Singh Rakhal | CPN (UML) |
| Jumla 1(A) | Naresh Bhandari | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Jumla 1(B) | Padam Bahadur Rokaya | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Khas Arya | Padma Khadka | CPN (UML) |
| Indigenous peoples, Backward area | Pushpa Gharti (Bista) | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Dailekh 2(B) | Raj Bahadur Shahi | CPN (UML) |
| Dalit | Raju Nepali | CPN (UML) |
| Western Rukum 1(A) | Rato Kami | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Dalit | Sita Kumari Nepali | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| Khas Arya | Soshila Shahi | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| Dailekh 2(A) | Sushil Kumar Thapa | CPN (UML) |
| Khas Arya | Yagya Bahadur Budha Chhetri | Nepali Congress |
| Surkhet 2(A) | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (UML) |

### Changes

| Constituency/PR group | MPA | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Dailekh 1(A) | Dharma Raj Regmi | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 12 April 2021 | Resignation |
| Dailekh 1(B) | Amar Bahadur Thapa | CPN (UML) | 23 April 2021 | Expelled by party |
| Salyan 1(B) | Prakash Jwala | CPN (UML) | 23 April 2021 | Expelled by party |
| Dolpa 1(A) | Nanda Singh Budha | CPN (UML) | 23 April 2021 | Expelled by party |
| Kalikot 1(A) | Kurma Raj Shahi | CPN (UML) | 23 April 2021 | Expelled by party |
| Surkhet 1(A) | Thammar Bahadur Bista | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 20 March 2022 | Expelled by party |
