Eighth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded23 June 1980
Disbanded26 June 1985
Preceded bySeventh Punjab Legislative Assembly
Succeeded byNinth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Deputy Speaker[2]
Guizar Singh
Leader of House
(Chief Minister)
Darbara Singh
(1980-1983)
Parkash Singh Badal
(1980-1983)
Structure
Seats117[3]
Political groups
Government (63)[a]
  •   INC (63)

Opposition (54)

Length of term
1980-1985
Elections
first-past-the-post
Last election
1980
Next election
1985

The 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the eighth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Indian National Congress emerged as the victorious with 63 seats in the 117-seat legislature in the election. The Shiromani Akali Dal became the official opposition, holding 37 seats. On 6 October 1983, Assembly was placed under suspension and president rule was imposed[b] and then dissolved on 26 June 1985.

Background

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Insurgency

Main article: Insurgency in Punjab

Suspension of Assembly

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Notes

  1. ^ The given members of parties were at the time of the formation of the Government. The numbers changed later on due to defections, resignations, mergers or splits
  2. ^ President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Former speaker of punjab vidhan sabha". speakerpunjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ page xiii of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ Statistical Report of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1980 (Pdf). eci.gov.in. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
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