Madhesh Provincial Assembly

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Madhesh Provincial Assembly मधेश प्रदेश सभा
2nd Madhesh Provincial Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature of Madhesh Province
History
Founded	2018
New session started	2 January 2023 (2023-01-02)
Leadership
Speaker	Ram Chandra Mandal, CPN (UML) since 17 January 2023
Deputy Speaker	Babita Devi Raut, Janamat
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Satish Kumar Singh, Janamat since 7 June 2024
Leader of Opposition	Saroj Kumar Yadav, PSP-N since 7 June 2024
Structure

Political groups	Government (69) CPN (UML): 25 Congress: 22 Janamat: 13 LSPN: 9 Opposition (38) PSP-N: 19 CPN (MC): 9 CPN (US): 7 NUP: 1 RPP: 1 NFSP : 1
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: 64 seats – FPTP 43 seats – PR
First election	2017
Last election	20 November 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
District Education Office, Janakpur, Dhanusha District
Website
pga.p2.gov.np
Constitution
Constitution of Nepal

The Madhesh Provincial Assembly (Nepali/Maithili/Bhojpuri: 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 Janakpur in Dhanusha 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.

History

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 Raut of FSFN, 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]

List of assemblies

Election Year	Assembly	Start of term	End of term	Speaker	Chief Minister
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
2022	2nd Assembly	2 January 2023	Incumbent	Ram Chandra Mandal	Satish Kumar Singh (Cabinet)	Janamat Party

Political parties

Party		Parliamentary party leader	Seats^[5]
	CPN (UML)	Saroj Kumar Yadav	25
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Yadav	22
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	Saroj Kumar Yadav	19
	Janamat Party	Mahesh Prasad Yadav	13
	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	Abhiram Sharma	9
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Bharat Prasad Sah	9
	CPN (Unified Socialist)	Govinda Bahadur Neupane	7
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party		1
	Nepal Federal Socialist Party		1
	Nagrik Unmukti Party		1
Total			107