Provincial Assembly (Nepal)


The Provincial Assembly is the unicameral legislative assembly for a federal province of Nepal.
According to Article 176 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015, following the dissolution of the provincial assembly all the members forming the Provincial Assembly are elected. The term for the Provincial Assembly is five years, except when dissolved earlier.
Candidates for each constituency are chosen by the political parties or stand as independents. Each constituency elects one member under the first past the post system of election. Since Nepal uses a parallel voting system, voters cast another ballot to elect members through the party-list proportional representation. The current constitution specifies that sixty percent of the members should be elected from the first past the post system and forty percent through the party-list proportional representation system. Women should account for one third of total members elected from each party and if one-third percentage are not elected, the party that fails to ensure so shall have to elect one-third of total number as women through the party-list proportional representation.
A party with an overall majority following an election forms the government. If a party has no outright majority, parties can seek to form coalitions.
The first provincial assembly elections in Nepal was held in two phase on 26 November 2017 and on 7 December 2017.
There are 550 provincial seats in all of 7 provinces of Nepal. In which 330 of Provincial seats will be elected through first past the post and 220 of seats will be elected through proportional representation.

List of provincial assemblies

Seat distribution

Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly

As per the Constituency Delimitation Commission report, Province No. 1 has 56 provincial seats under the FPtP spread in 14 districts.
DistrictsConstituencies
Taplejung District2
Panchthar District2
Ilam District4
Jhapa District10
Morang District12
Sunsari District8
Dhankuta District2
Sankhuwasabha District2
Bhojpur District2
Tehrathum District2
Okhaldhunga District2
Khotang District2
Solukhumbu District2
Udayapur District4

Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly

Each district of Province No. 2 have 8 Provincial Assembly seats. Province No. 2 has total 64 provincial seats under the FPtP spread in 8 districts.
DistrictsConstituencies
Saptari District8
Siraha District8
Dhanusha District8
Mahottari District8
Sarlahi District8
Rautahat District8
Bara District8
Parsa District8

Bagmati Pradesh Provincial Assembly

Province No. 3 has 66 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
DistrictsConstituencies
Sindhuli District4
Ramechhap District2
Dolakha District2
Sindhupalchok District4
Kavrepalanchok District4
Lalitpur District6
Bhaktapur District4
Kathmandu District20
Nuwakot District4
Rasuwa District2
Dhading District4
Makwanpur District4
Chitwan District6

Gandaki Pradesh Provincial Assembly

Gandaki Pradesh has 36 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
DistrictsConstituencies
Gorkha District4
Lamjung District2
Tanahu District4
Syangja District4
Kaski District6
Manang District2
Mustang District2
Parbat District2
Myagdi District2
Baglung District4
Nawalpur District4

Province No. 5 Provincial Assembly

Province No. 5 has 52 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
DistrictsConstituencies
Gulmi District4
Palpa District4
Rupandehi District10
Arghakhanchi District2
Kapilvastu District6
Pyuthan District2
Rolpa District2
Dang District6
Bardiya District4
Banke District6
Parasi District4
Eastern Rukum District2

Karnali Pradesh Provincial Assembly

Karnali Pradesh has 24 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
DistrictsConstituencies
Salyan District2
Surkhet District4
Dailekh District4
Jajarkot District2
Dolpa District2
Humla District2
Kalikot District2
Mugu District2
Jumla District2
Western Rukum District2

Sudurpashchim Pradesh Provincial Assembly

Sudurpschim has 32 provincial assembly seats under FPTP.
DistrictsConstituencies
Bajura District2
Bajhang District2
Achham District4
Doti District2
Kailali District10
Kanchanpur District6
Dadeldhura District2
Baitadi District2
Darchula District2

First provincial assembly election

The first provincial legislative assembly elections in Nepal were held on 26 November and 7 December 2017.