The Madhesh Provincial Assembly ( Nepali/ Maithili/

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: मधेश प्रदेश सभा) is a

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governing and law making body of

Madhesh Province Madhesh Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal in the Terai region with an area of covering about 6.5% of the country's total area. It has a population of 6,126,288 as per the 2021 Nepal census, making it Nepal's most densely po ...

, one of the seven Provinces in Nepal, The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at

Janakpur Janakpurdham or Janakpur (), is the capital city of Madhesh Province. This sub-metropolitan city is a central hub for the Maithili language, as well as for religious and cultural tourism in Nepal. The city was founded in the early 18th centur ...

Dhanusha District Dhanusha District, (; ), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. It is situated in the Outer Terai. The district, with Janakpurdham as its district headquarter, covers an area of and has a population (202 ...

. The assembly has 107 members, 64 of whom are elected through single-member constituencies and 43 of whom are elected through the

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. 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

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. The inaugural meeting of the assembly was held on 4 February 2018. Saroj Kumar Yadav from served as the first speaker of the assembly. Lalbabu Raut of FSFN, later Samajbadi Party and PSP-N, was elected as chief minister with support from . 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 Madhesi, or variants, may refer to: *Madesi tribe, an indigenous group of Native Americans *Madheshi people, several Nepali people *Madhesh Province Madhesh Province () is a Provinces of Nepal, province of Nepal in the Terai region with an are ...

and designated

as the permanent provincial capital with two-thirds majority.

List of assemblies

Political parties

References

{{Legislatures of Nepal Madhesh Province Province legislatures of Nepal Unicameral legislatures Government of Madhesh Province

History

List of assemblies

Political parties

See also

References