| 1st Lumbini Provincial Assembly | |
| After: | 2nd Assembly |
| State: | Lumbini Province |
| Country: | Nepal |
| Meeting Place: | Chamber of Commerce Meeting Hall, Bhalubang, Dang District |
| Membership1: | 87 |
| Election: | 2017 provincial elections |
| Term Start: | 4 February 2018 |
| Term End: | September 2022 |
| Government: | Shankar Pokharel cabinet Kul Prasad KC cabinet |
| Chamber1: | Provincial Assembly |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Chief Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | |
The first Lumbini Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 87 members were elected to the assembly, 52 of whom were elected through direct elections and 35 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 4 February 2018 and ended in September 2022. Shankar Pokharel from the CPN (UML) and Kul Prasad KC from the CPN (Maoist Centre) served as chief ministers during the term of the assembly.[1] [2] [3] Purna Bahadur Gharti served as the speaker of the assembly and Krishni Tharu served as the deputy speaker.[4]
| Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After election | At dissolution | ||||
| CPN (UML) | Shankar Pokharel | 41 | 37 | ||
| Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 12 | 19 | ||
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Kul Prasad KC | 6 | 17 | ||
| People's Socialist Party | Sahas Ram Yadav | — | 4 | ||
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | Rama Gharti Magar | — | 1 | ||
| Rastriya Janamorcha | Tara G.C. | 1 | 1 | ||
| Independent | — | — | 1 | ||
| Federal Socialist Forum | — | 2 | — | ||
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | — | 1 | — | ||
| Vacant | 7 | ||||
| Total | — | 87 | 87 | ||
| Constituency/ group | MPA | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New MPA | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madheshi | Bina Panta | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | 6 June 2018 | Resignation[5] | Kalpana Pandey | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | |||
| Dang 3(B) | Uttar Kumar Oli | Nepal Communist Party | 22 February 2019 | Death[6] | Bimala Kumari Khatri[7] | Nepal Communist Party | |||
| Khas Arya | Baldev Sharma Pokharel | Nepali Congress | 20 January 2020 | Death[8] | Shankar Giri[9] | Nepali Congress | |||
| Rupandehi 1(B) | Dadhiram Neupane | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 6 April 2021 | Expelled by party[10] | |||||
| Gulmi 2(B) | Dinesh Panthi | ||||||||
| Kapilvastu 1(A) | Dirgha Narayan Pandey | CPN (UML) | 2 May 2021 | Resignation[11] | |||||
| Dang 2(B) | Amar Bahadur Dangi Chhetri | 5 May 2021 | Resignation[12] | ||||||
| Rupandehi 3(A) | Santosh Kumar Pandeya | People's Socialist Party | 29 April 2021 | Expelled by party[13] | |||||
| Banke 2(A) | Bijay Bahadur Yadav | ||||||||
| Madheshi | Kalpana Pandey | Nirmala Mudbhari Bhattarai[14] | People's Socialist Party | ||||||
| Bardiya 2(B) | Dipesh Tharu | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 24 April 2022 | Resignation to contest as mayor of Rajapur | |||||