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Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh
Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh
| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||
| legislature | 14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly | |||
| succeeded_by | ||||
| coa_res | 200px | |||
| term_limits | 5 years | |||
| house_type | Unicameral | |||
| leader1_type | Speaker | |||
| leader1 | Kuldeep Singh Pathania | |||
| party1 | INC | |||
| election1 | 5 January 2023 | |||
| leader2_type | Deputy Speaker | |||
| leader2 | Vacant | |||
| election2 | 22 November 2025 | |||
| leader3_type | Chief Minister | |||
| (Leader of the House) | ||||
| leader3 | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | |||
| party3 | INC | |||
| election3 | 11 December 2022 | |||
| leader4_type | Deputy Chief Minister | |||
| (Deputy Leader of the House) | ||||
| leader4 | Mukesh Agnihotri | |||
| party4 | INC | |||
| election4 | 11 December 2022 | |||
| leader5_type | Leader of the Opposition | |||
| leader5 | Jai Ram Thakur | |||
| party5 | BJP | |||
| election5 | 25 December 2022 | |||
| members | 68 | |||
| structure1 | File:14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly.svg | |||
| structure1_res | 300px | |||
| :* INC (40)<ref>{{cite news | url | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/himachal-pradesh-by-poll-result-congress-wins-2-seats-bjp-backs-1/articleshow/111709877.cms | title=Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1 | newspaper=The Times of India }} |
| :* BJP (28)<ref>{{cite news | url | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/himachal-pradesh-by-poll-result-congress-wins-2-seats-bjp-backs-1/articleshow/111709877.cms | title=Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1 | newspaper=The Times of India }} |
| voting_system1 | First past the post | |||
| last_election1 | 12 November 2022 | |||
| next_election1 | 2027 | |||
| session_res | 250px | |||
| meeting_place | Vidhan Bhavan, Shimla | |||
| session_res2 | 250px | |||
| meeting_place2 | Vidhan Bhavan, Dharamshala (Winter session) | |||
| website | https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/ |

(Leader of the House) (Deputy Leader of the House) Government (40) :* INC (40) Official Opposition (28) :* BJP (28) The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla, the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, all directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.
History

Himachal Pradesh was the first state in India to launch a paperless legislative assembly.
List of assemblies
| Election year | Assembly | Ruling party | Chief Minister | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952–1957 | Legislative Assembly of Part-C State of Himachal Pradesh | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Yashwant Singh Parmar | |
| 1957–1962 | Territorial Council | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Thakur Karam Singh | |
| 1962–1967 | First Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Yashwant Singh Parmar (2) | |
| 1967–1972 | Second Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Yashwant Singh Parmar (3) | |
| 1972–1977 | Third Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Yashwant Singh Parmar (4) | |
| 1977–1982 | Fourth Assembly | Janata Party}}" | Janata Party | Shanta Kumar | |
| 1982–1985 | Fifth Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Thakur Ram Lal | |
| Virbhadra Singh | |||||
| 1985–1990 | Sixth Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh (2) | |
| 1990–1992 | Seventh Assembly | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shanta Kumar (2) | |
| 1993–1998 | Eighth Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh (3) | |
| 1998–2003 | Ninth Assembly | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Bharatiya Janata Party | Prem Kumar Dhumal | |
| 2003–2007 | Tenth Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh (4) | |
| 2007–2012 | Eleventh Assembly | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Bharatiya Janata Party | Prem Kumar Dhumal (2) | |
| 2012–2017 | Twelfth Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh (5) | |
| 2017–2022 | Thirteenth Assembly | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jai Ram Thakur | |
| 2022– | Fourteenth Assembly | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu |
Members of Legislative Assembly
List of speakers and deputy speakers
List of speakers
| List of speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71) | No. of Assembly & its period | Date of its first sitting | Speaker | Time period | From | To | List of speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 October 1963 | Desh Raj Mahajan | 4 October 1963 | 18 March 1967 | |||
| 2nd | 18 March 1967 | Desh Raj Mahajan | 20 March 1967 | 19 March 1972 | |||
| 3rd | 27 March 1972 | Kultar Chand Rana | 28 March 1972 | 9 June 1977 | |||
| 4th | 29 June 1977 | Sarvan Kumar | 30 June 1977 | 18 April 1979 | |||
| T.S. Negi | 8 May 1979 | 21 June 1982 | |||||
| 5th | 21 June 1982 | T.S. Negi | 22 June 1982 | 14 September 1984 | |||
| 6th | 11 March 1985 | Vidya Stokes | 11 March 1985 | 19 March 1990 | |||
| 7th | 21 March 1990 | Radha Raman Shastri | 21 March 1990 | 17 August 1990 | |||
| T.S. Negi | 20 August 1990 | 14 December 1993 | |||||
| 8th | 15 December 1993 | Kaul Singh Thakur | 15 December 1993 | 12 March 1998 | |||
| 9th | 12 March 1998 | Gulab Singh Thakur | 30 March 1998 | 7 March 2003 | |||
| 10th | 10 March 2003 | G.R. Mussafir | 10 March 2003 | 4 January 2007 | |||
| 11th | 11 January 2007 | Tulsi Ram | 11 January 2007 | 9 January 2013 | |||
| 12th | 9 January 2013 | Brij Behari Lal Butail | 9 January 2013 | 10 January 2018 | |||
| 13th | 10 January 2018 | Rajeev Bindal | 10 January 2018 | 26 February 2020 | |||
| Vipin Singh Parmar | 26 February 2020 | 10 December 2022 | |||||
| 14th | 19 December 2022 | Kuldeep Singh Pathania | 5 January 2023 | Incumbent |
List of deputy speakers
| List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71) | No. of Assembly & its period | Date of its first sitting | Deputy Speaker | Time period | From | To | List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 October 1963 | Tapendra Singh | 17 October 1963 | 12 January 1967 | |||
| 2nd | 18 March 1967 | Amin Chand | 29 March 1967 | 17 March 1972 | |||
| 3rd | 27 March 1972 | Lekh Ram Thakur | 30 March 1972 | 21 April 1977 | |||
| 4th | 29 June 1977 | Ranjit Singh Verma | 4 July 1977 | 9 May 1977 | |||
| 5th | 21 June 1982 | Vijay Kumar Joshi | 29 June 1982 | 23 January 1985 | |||
| 6th | 11 March 1985 | Dev Raj Negi | 7 March 1986 | 16 March 1989 | |||
| 7th | 21 March 1990 | Ram Nath Sharma | 29 March 1989 | 3 March 1990 | |||
| Rikhi Ram | 17 August 1990 | 15 December 1992 | |||||
| 8th | 15 December 1993 | Kuldip Kumar | 17 December 1993 | 18 October 1995 | |||
| Ishwar Dass | 31 October 1995 | 23December1997 | |||||
| 9th | 12 March 1998 | Ram Dass Malanger | 20 August 1999 | 28 January 2003 | |||
| 10th | 10 March 2003 | Dharam Pal Thakur | 27 March 2003 | 30 December 2007 | |||
| 11th | 11 January 2007 | Vacant | |||||
| 12th | 9 January 2013 | Jagat Singh Negi | 12 March 2013 | 21 December 2017 | |||
| 13th | 10 January 2018 | Hans Raj | 10 January 2018 | 10 December 2022 | |||
| 14th | 19 December 2022 | Vinay Kumar | 19 December 2023 | 22 November 2025 |
List of Leaders of the House
List of Leaders of Opposition
Notes
References
References
- (5 January 2023). "Kuldeep Singh Pathania became Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative assembly".
- "Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1". The Times of India.
- "Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1". The Times of India.
- "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website.
- "India gets its first paperless as Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly also known as e-Vidhan".
- "India's first digital or e-vidhansabha assembly in Himachal Pradesh".
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