| 1st Madhesh Provincial Assembly | |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Chief Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Membership1: | 107 |
| Chamber1: | Provincial Assembly |
| After: | 2nd Assembly |
| Term End: | September 2022 |
| Term Start: | 4 February 2018 |
| Government: | Lalbabu Raut cabinet |
| Election: | 2017 provincial elections |
| Meeting Place: | District Education Office, Janakpur, Dhanusha District |
| State: | Madhesh Province |
| Country: | Nepal |
The first Madhesh Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 107 members were elected to the assembly, 64 of whom were elected through direct elections and 43 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. Lalbabu Raut from the People's Socialist Party served as the chief minister during the term of the assembly.[1] Saroj Kumar Yadav served as the speaker of the assembly and Upama Kumari Dev served as the deputy speaker.[2]
The 17 January 2022 session of the assembly endorsed Madhesh Province as the name of the province and set Janakpur as the permanent capital of the province.[3] [4]
| Party | Parliamentary party leader | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| After elections | At dissolution | ||||
| People's Socialist Party | Lalbabu Raut[5] | — | 33 | ||
| Nepali Congress | Ram Saroj Yadav | 19 | 18 | ||
| Loktantrik Samajwadi Party | Jitendra Prasad Sonal | — | 16 | ||
| CPN (Unified Socialist) | Satrudhan Mahato | — | 13 | ||
| CPN (UML) | Satya Narayan Mandal | 21 | 8 | ||
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Bharat Sah | 11 | 8 | ||
| Nepal Socialist Party | Ram Naresh Raya | — | 3 | ||
| Nepal Federal Socialist Party | Sabitri Devi Shah | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | — | 25 | — | ||
| Federal Socialist Forum | — | 29 | — | ||
| Independent | — | 1 | — | ||
| Vacant | — | 6 | |||
| Total | 107 | 107 | |||
| Constituency/ group | MPA | Party | Date seat vacated | Cause of vacation | New MPA | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanusha 1(B) | Ram Chandra Mandal | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 12 April 2021 | Expelled by party[7] | |||||
| Rautahat 3(B) | Kundan Prasad Kushwaha | ||||||||
| Bara 3(A) | Jwala Kumari Sah | ||||||||
| Mohammad Samir | Pashmina Qadri[8] | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |||||||
| Rautahat 4(B) | Sheikh Abul Kalam Aajad | People's Socialist Party | 22 April 2022 | Resignation to contest as mayor of Gadhimai[9] [10] | |||||
| Sarlahi 4(B) | Upendra Prasad Kushwaha | Nepali Congress | Resignation to contest as mayor of Godaita | ||||||
| Dimpal Kumari Jha | Loktantrik Samajbadi Party | 24 April 2022 | Death[11] | ||||||