Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha | |
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5th Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
History | |
Founded | 14 February 2002 |
Preceded by | Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
Leadership | |
Ritu Khanduri Bhushan since 26 March 2022 | |
Vacant since 10 March 2022 | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition | |
Structure | |
Seats | 70 |
Political groups | Government (48)
Opposition (19)
Others (2)
Vacant (1)
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Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 14 February 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
Redistricting | 2012 |
Meeting place | |
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Gairsain (summer) Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun (winter) | |
Website | |
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
Constitution | |
Constitution of India |
The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 28 states of India. It is seated at Dehradun, the winter capital, and Gairsain, the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
As of March 2022, Pushkar Singh Dhami is the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Leader of the House in the 5th Vidhan Sabha.[2] The Speaker of the Assembly is Ritu Khanduri Bhushan. Gurmit Singh is the current Governor of Uttarakhand.
Between 2002 and 2020, Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly had 71 seats, including one reserved seat for the member of Anglo-Indian community that was abolished on 25 January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019, reducing the strength of Assembly from 71 to 70 seats.[3]
Party | Year | ||||||
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2022 Elections |
2017 Elections |
2012 Elections |
2007 Elections |
2002 Elections | |||
Bahujan Samaj Party | 02 | – | 03 | 08 | 07 | ||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 47 | 57 | 31 | 35 | 19 | ||
Indian National Congress | 19 | 11 | 32 | 21 | 36 | ||
Nationalist Congress Party | – | – | – | – | 01 | ||
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal[A] | – | – | 01 | 03 | 04 | ||
Independent | 02 | 02 | 03 | 03 | 03 | ||
Total Seats | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
The following is the list of all the Uttarakhand Legislative Assemblies[4]
Assembly | Election Year | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party | Opposition Leader | Party | ||
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Interim Assembly | N/A | Prakash Pant | Nityanand Swami (2000–01) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | Indira Hridayesh | Indian National Congress | ||
Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2001–02) | ||||||||
1st Assembly | 2002 | Yashpal Arya | Narayan Datt Tiwari | Indian National Congress | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–03) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Matbar Singh Kandari (2003–07) | ||||||||
2nd Assembly | 2007 | Harbans Kapoor | Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–09) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | Harak Singh Rawat | Indian National Congress | ||
Ramesh Pokhriyal (2009–11) | ||||||||
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–12) | ||||||||
3rd Assembly | 2012 | Govind Singh Kunjwal | Vijay Bahuguna (2012–14) |
Indian National Congress | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Harish Rawat (2014–17) | ||||||||
4th Assembly | 2017 | Premchand Aggarwal | Trivendra Singh Rawat (2017–21) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | Indira Hridayesh (2017–21) |
Indian National Congress | ||
Tirath Singh Rawat (2021) | ||||||||
Pushkar Singh Dhami | Pritam Singh (2021–22) | |||||||
5th Assembly | 2022 | Ritu Khanduri Bhushan | Yashpal Arya |
In March 2016, capping a nine-day high-voltage political drama, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government brought Uttarakhand under President's rule citing a constitutional breakdown in the wake of a rebellion in then state-ruling Indian National Congress, which slammed the decision calling it a "murder of democracy" and a "black day".
President Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution of India dismissing the INC-ruled State Government, the Chief Minister Harish Rawat and placing the Assembly under suspended animation on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet.
The Union Government was of the view that continuance of the Rawat government was "immoral and unconstitutional" after 18 March 2016, when the Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker declared the appropriation bill "passed" in controversial circumstances without allowing a division pressed for by 35 MLAs, including 9 rebel Congress legislators.
The Union Cabinet had held an emergency meeting on Saturday night presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had cut short a visit to Assam to return to the New Delhi for the purpose.
The Cabinet considered several reports received from Governor Krishan Kant Paul, who had described the political situation as volatile and expressed apprehensions over possible pandemonium during the scheduled trial of strength in the Assembly on Monday.
The purported CD of the sting operation conducted against the Chief Minister that was in public domain on Saturday was understood to have been factored into the decision of the Cabinet which found it as a case of horse trading.
Additionally Two Uttarakhand MLAs, one each from Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party were on 9 June suspended for cross-voting during the floor test that was held on 10 May. Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal suspended BJP MLA Bhim Lal Arya and INC MLA Rekha Arya.[6]