Bagmati Provincial Assembly

Bagmati Provincial Assembly बागमती प्रदेश सभा
2nd Bagmati Provincial Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature of Bagmati Province
History
Founded	2018
New session started	2 January 2023 (2023-01-02)
Leadership
Speaker	Bhuwan Kumar Pathak, RPP since 13 January 2023
Deputy Speaker	Apsara Chapagain Khatri, UML since 17 January 2023
Leader of the House	Shalikram Jamkattel as Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, MC since 9 January 2023
Leader of Opposition	Jagannath Thapaliya, UML since 9 April 2023
Structure
Political groups	Government (66)   Congress: 37   CPN (UML): 27   HNP: 2 Opposition (44)   CPN (MC): 21   RPP: 13   CPN (US): 7   NMKP: 3
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	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 next election will take place when the five-year term ends by November 2022.