The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Pradesh also known as the Sudurpashchim Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Sudurpashchim Province, one of the seven Provinces in Nepal. The assembly is seated a Dhangadhi in Kailali District at the District Coordination Committee Hall. The assembly has 53 members of whom 32 are elected through first-past-the-post voting and 21 are elected through proportional representation. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.
The 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 current assembly was elected in November 2022.
History The Provincial Assembly of Sudurpashchim Province is under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislative for each province in the country. The first provincial elections were conducted for all seven provinces in Nepal and the elections in Sudurpashchim was conducted for 53 seats to the assembly. The election resulted in a victory for the CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre) alliance which later went on to form a coalition government under Trilochan Bhatta from Maoist Centre. The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Arjun Bahadur Thapa from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly, and Nirmala Badal Joshi from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly. In November 2025 Maoist Centre and CPN (Unified Socialist) unified to form Nepali Communist Party and in December Nagrik Unmukti Party merged with it.https://ekantipur.com/politics/2025/12/29/ncp-becomes-the-largest-party-in-the-far-western-provincial-assembly-05-49.html
List of assemblies Election YearAssemblyStart of termEnd of termSpeakerChief MinisterParty20171st Assembly4 February 20182022Arjun Bahadur ThapaTrilochan Bhatta(Cabinet)CPN (Maoist Centre)20222nd Assembly2 January 2023IncumbentBhim Bahadur BhandariRajendra Singh Rawal(Cabinet)(Until 9 February 2023)CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Kamal Bahadur Shah (10 February 2023 – 4 April 2024), (5 August 2024 – present )Nepali CongressDirgha Bahadur Sodari(Cabinet)( 18 April 2024 – 5 August 2024)CPN (Unified Socialist)
Committees Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures. S.No.CommitteeMembers1Finance, Development and Natural Resources112Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs113Social Development114Public Accounts11
Political parties
PartyParliamentary party leaderSeatsNepali CongressKamal Bahadur Shah18https://ekantipur.com/politics/2025/12/29/ncp-becomes-the-largest-party-in-the-far-western-provincial-assembly-05-49.htmlNepali Communist PartyMan Bahadur Dhami 22CPN (UML)Rajendra Singh Rawal11Rastriya Prajatantra Party1 Vacant1Total53
See also Sudurpashchim Province Provincial assemblies of Nepal
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