The government is preparing to announce provincial chiefs and temporary provincial capitals on Thursday to start the process of forming provincial governments.
Provincial secretariats will be formed after the Cabinet meeting on Thursday announces provincial chiefs and temporary provincial capitals.
The Election Commission (EC) will submit the final results of provincial assembly elections to the respective provincial chiefs, as per the Constitution. It has already prepared the final results for both first-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) systems of all seven provincial assemblies.
The Constitution requires the provincial chief to convene the first meeting of provincial assembly within 20 days of announcement of final results. The provincial assembly members will be administered oath of office by the respective provincial chiefs before they take part in the first meeting of provincial assembly.
The provincial chief will appoint the parliamentary party leader of the party that has majority in the provincial assembly as chief minister (CM), according to the Article 168 of Constitution. Any provincial assembly member that can muster majority in the provincial assembly with support of two or more than two parties will be appointed CM if no single party has majority in the provincial assembly.
Appointment of the CM must be completed within 35 days of announcement of the final results of provincial assembly, according to the Constitution.
The provincial chiefs on recommendation of the CM will then appoint provincial ministers on the basis of principle of inclusion.
The parties have yet to take decision on selection of CMs.
The left alliance has majority in all provinces except Province 2 while CPN-UML alone has majority in Province 1 and Province 3. A government without UML cannot be formed in Province 6 where the party has won 20 of the 40 provincial seats.
