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Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Summary

Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh

FieldValue
nameHimachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
legislature14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly
succeeded_by
coa_res200px
term_limits5 years
house_typeUnicameral
leader1_typeSpeaker
leader1Kuldeep Singh Pathania
party1INC
election15 January 2023
leader2_typeDeputy Speaker
leader2Vacant
election222 November 2025
leader3_typeChief Minister
(Leader of the House)
leader3Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
party3INC
election311 December 2022
leader4_typeDeputy Chief Minister
(Deputy Leader of the House)
leader4Mukesh Agnihotri
party4INC
election411 December 2022
leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
leader5Jai Ram Thakur
party5BJP
election525 December 2022
members68
structure1File:14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly.svg
structure1_res300px
:* INC (40)<ref>{{cite newsurlhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/himachal-pradesh-by-poll-result-congress-wins-2-seats-bjp-backs-1/articleshow/111709877.cmstitle=Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1newspaper=The Times of India }}
:* BJP (28)<ref>{{cite newsurlhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/himachal-pradesh-by-poll-result-congress-wins-2-seats-bjp-backs-1/articleshow/111709877.cmstitle=Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1newspaper=The Times of India }}
voting_system1First past the post
last_election112 November 2022
next_election12027
session_res250px
meeting_placeVidhan Bhavan, Shimla
session_res2250px
meeting_place2Vidhan Bhavan, Dharamshala (Winter session)
websitehttps://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/
Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Library

(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

Front gate of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Himachal Pradesh was the first state in India to launch a paperless legislative assembly.

List of assemblies

Election yearAssemblyRuling partyChief MinisterSeats
1952–1957Legislative Assembly of Part-C State of Himachal PradeshIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressYashwant Singh Parmar
1957–1962Territorial CouncilIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressThakur Karam Singh
1962–1967First AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressYashwant Singh Parmar (2)
1967–1972Second AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressYashwant Singh Parmar (3)
1972–1977Third AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressYashwant Singh Parmar (4)
1977–1982Fourth AssemblyJanata Party}}"Janata PartyShanta Kumar
1982–1985Fifth AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressThakur Ram Lal
Virbhadra Singh
1985–1990Sixth AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressVirbhadra Singh (2)
1990–1992Seventh AssemblyBharatiya Janata Party}}"Bharatiya Janata PartyShanta Kumar (2)
1993–1998Eighth AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressVirbhadra Singh (3)
1998–2003Ninth AssemblyBharatiya Janata Party}}"Bharatiya Janata PartyPrem Kumar Dhumal
2003–2007Tenth AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressVirbhadra Singh (4)
2007–2012Eleventh AssemblyBharatiya Janata Party}}"Bharatiya Janata PartyPrem Kumar Dhumal (2)
2012–2017Twelfth AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressVirbhadra Singh (5)
2017–2022Thirteenth AssemblyBharatiya Janata Party}}"Bharatiya Janata PartyJai Ram Thakur
2022–Fourteenth AssemblyIndian National Congress}}"Indian National CongressSukhvinder 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 periodDate of its first sittingSpeakerTime periodFromToList of speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present)
1st3 October 1963Desh Raj Mahajan4 October 196318 March 1967
2nd18 March 1967Desh Raj Mahajan20 March 196719 March 1972
3rd27 March 1972Kultar Chand Rana28 March 19729 June 1977
4th29 June 1977Sarvan Kumar30 June 197718 April 1979
T.S. Negi8 May 197921 June 1982
5th21 June 1982T.S. Negi22 June 198214 September 1984
6th11 March 1985Vidya Stokes11 March 198519 March 1990
7th21 March 1990Radha Raman Shastri21 March 199017 August 1990
T.S. Negi20 August 199014 December 1993
8th15 December 1993Kaul Singh Thakur15 December 199312 March 1998
9th12 March 1998Gulab Singh Thakur30 March 19987 March 2003
10th10 March 2003G.R. Mussafir10 March 20034 January 2007
11th11 January 2007Tulsi Ram11 January 20079 January 2013
12th9 January 2013Brij Behari Lal Butail9 January 201310 January 2018
13th10 January 2018Rajeev Bindal10 January 201826 February 2020
Vipin Singh Parmar26 February 202010 December 2022
14th19 December 2022Kuldeep Singh Pathania5 January 2023Incumbent

List of deputy speakers

List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71)No. of Assembly & its periodDate of its first sittingDeputy SpeakerTime periodFromToList of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present)
1st3 October 1963Tapendra Singh17 October 196312 January 1967
2nd18 March 1967Amin Chand29 March 196717 March 1972
3rd27 March 1972Lekh Ram Thakur30 March 197221 April 1977
4th29 June 1977Ranjit Singh Verma4 July 19779 May 1977
5th21 June 1982Vijay Kumar Joshi29 June 198223 January 1985
6th11 March 1985Dev Raj Negi7 March 198616 March 1989
7th21 March 1990Ram Nath Sharma29 March 19893 March 1990
Rikhi Ram17 August 199015 December 1992
8th15 December 1993Kuldip Kumar17 December 199318 October 1995
Ishwar Dass31 October 199523December1997
9th12 March 1998Ram Dass Malanger20 August 199928 January 2003
10th10 March 2003Dharam Pal Thakur27 March 200330 December 2007
11th11 January 2007Vacant
12th9 January 2013Jagat Singh Negi12 March 201321 December 2017
13th10 January 2018Hans Raj10 January 201810 December 2022
14th19 December 2022Vinay Kumar19 December 202322 November 2025

List of Leaders of the House

List of Leaders of Opposition

Notes

References

References

  1. (5 January 2023). "Kuldeep Singh Pathania became Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative assembly".
  2. "Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1". The Times of India.
  3. "Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1". The Times of India.
  4. "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website.
  5. "India gets its first paperless as Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly also known as e-Vidhan".
  6. "India's first digital or e-vidhansabha assembly in Himachal Pradesh".
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