The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier.

1 is formed under Article 175 of the Constitution of Nepal 2015 which guarantees a provincial legislative for each province in the country.

[1] The first meeting of the provincial assembly was held on 5 February 2018.

Pradeep Kumar Bhandari from CPN (UML) was elected as the first speaker of the provincial assembly,[2] and Saraswoti Pokharel from Maoist Centre as the first deputy speaker of the provincial assembly.

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