Karnali Provincial Assembly

Opposition (15) The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province also known as the Karnali Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: कर्णाली प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Karnali Province, one of the seven provinces in Nepal The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Birendranagar in Surkhet District at the Irrigation Division Office.

The Provincial Assembly of Karnali Province is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislative for each province in the country.

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 Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from Maoist Centre.

Raj Bahadur Shahi from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[1] and Pushpa Ghari Bista from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.

Article 195 of the Constitution of Nepal provides provincial assemblies the power to form special committees in order to manage working procedures.