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West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Indian political body
Indian political body
| Field | Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | West Bengal Legislative Assembly | ||||||
| legislature | 17th West Bengal Assembly | ||||||
| coa_pic | [[File:Crest of West Bengal Legislative Assembly.jpg | 120px]] | |||||
| house_type | Unicameral | ||||||
| term_limits | 5 years | ||||||
| leader1_type | Speaker | ||||||
| leader1 | Biman Banerjee | ||||||
| party1 | AITC | ||||||
| election1 | 30 May 2011 | ||||||
| leader2_type | Deputy Speaker | ||||||
| leader2 | Ashish Banerjee | ||||||
| party2 | AITC | ||||||
| election2 | 2 July 2021 | ||||||
| leader3_type | Chief Minister | ||||||
| (Leader of the House) | |||||||
| leader3 | Mamata Banerjee | ||||||
| party3 | AITC | ||||||
| election3 | 20 May 2011 | leader4_type = Deputy Leader of the House | |||||
| leader4 | Sovandeb Chattopadhyay | ||||||
| party4 | AITC | ||||||
| election4 | 5 August 2022 | ||||||
| leader5_type | Leader of the Opposition | ||||||
| leader5 | Suvendu Adhikari | ||||||
| party5 | BJP | ||||||
| election5 | 10 May 2021 | ||||||
| leader6_type | Deputy Leader of the Opposition | ||||||
| leader6 | Mihir Goswami | ||||||
| party6 | BJP | ||||||
| election6 | 10 May 2021 | ||||||
| members | 294 | ||||||
| structure1 | India West Bengal Legislative Assembly 2025.svg | ||||||
| structure1_res | 300px | ||||||
| political_groups1 | |||||||
| :* Vacant (2)<ref>{{cite web | date | 2025-05-15 | title=Trinamool Tehatta MLA Tapas Kumar Saha passes away at 66 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/tmc-mla-tapas-saha-dies-of-brain-haemorrhage/article69578043.ece | accessdate=2025-05-15 | website=The Hindu | language=en}} |
| voting_system1 | First past the post | ||||||
| last_election1 | 27 March to 29 April 2021 | ||||||
| next_election1 | 2026 | ||||||
| session_room | West Bengal State Legislative Assembly House, Kolkata.jpg | ||||||
| meeting_place | Vidhan Sabha, Kolkata, West Bengal | ||||||
| website | |||||||
| footnotes | The Assembly was established in 1862 for the Bengal Presidency. The Presidency became the state of West Bengal in the Republic of India in 1950; the state of West Bengal in its current state was formed on 1 May 1960. |
(Leader of the House) Government (225) :* AITC (223) :* BGPM (1) :* IND (1) Official Opposition (65) :* BJP (65) Other Opposition (2) :* ISF (1) :* JUP (1) Vacant (2) :* Vacant (2)
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the B. B. D. Bagh area of Kolkata, the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people. The legislative assembly comprises 294 Members of Legislative Assembly, all directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is five years, unless sooner dissolved.
History
The history of the West Bengal Legislature can be traced back to 18 January 1862 when under the Indian Councils Act 1861, a 12 Member Legislative Council for Bengal Presidency was established by the Governor-General of British India with the Lt. Governor of Bengal and some nominated members. The strength of the council was gradually enlarged by subsequent acts. Under the Indian Councils Act 1892, the maximum strength of the council was raised to 20 out of which seven were to be elected. The Indian Councils Act 1909 further raised the number of members of the council to 50. Under the Government of India Act 1919, the number of members of the Legislative Council was once again raised to 125. The Bengal Legislative Council constituted under the act of 1919 was formally inaugurated on 1 February 1921 by the Duke of Connaught.
A few years later, under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, two chambers of the Bengal Provincial Legislature: the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly, were created. The life of the assembly, consisting of 250 members, was to be five years unless dissolved sooner; while the council, with a membership of not less than 63 and not more than 65, was made a permanent body and not subject to dissolution with the provision that one-third of the members should retire every three years.
On the eve of Independence in 1947, Bengal Province was partitioned into West Bengal and East Bengal (East Pakistan). The West Bengal Legislative Assembly was constituted with 90 members representing the constituencies that fell within the area of West Bengal and two nominated members from Anglo-Indian community. The Bengal Legislative Council stood abolished. The Legislative Assembly met for the first time after Independence on 21 November 1947.
The Constitution of India again provided for a bicameral Legislature for West Bengal. Accordingly, the West Bengal Legislative Council consisting of 51 members was constituted on 5 June 1952. The number of members in the Legislative Assembly was 240 including two nominated members from the Anglo-Indian Community. After the first General Elections, the new Assembly met for the first time on 18 June 1952.
On 21 March 1969, a resolution was passed by the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for the abolition of the Legislative Council. Subsequently, Indian Parliament passed the West Bengal Legislative Council (Abolition) Act, 1969 abolishing the Legislative Council with effect from 1 August 1969.
Office bearers
List of Assemblies
| Assembly | Election Year | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party | Opposition Leader | Party | Legislative Assembly under the Government of India Act, 1935 | Vacant | Legislative Assembly under the Constitution of India | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provincial Assembly (1946–52) | January 1946 | Bijoy Prasad Singh Roy | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | ||||||||||||||||
| Ishwar Das Jalan | Bidhan Chandra Roy | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Assembly | 1952 | Saila Mukherjee | Bidhan Chandra Roy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Assembly | 1957 | Sankar Das Banerji | Jyoti Basu | ||||||||||||||||
| Bankim Chandra Kar | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Assembly | 1962 | Keshab Chandra Basu | |||||||||||||||||
| Prafulla Chandra Sen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th Assembly | 1967 | Bijoy Kumar Banerjee | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress}}" | Bangla Congress (United Front) | Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | |||||||||||||
| Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | Independent}}" | Independent (Progressive Democratic Front) | |||||||||||||||||
| *Dissolved (President's Rule)* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5th Assembly | 1969 | Bijoy Kumar Banerjee | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Bangla Congress}}" | Bangla Congress (United Front) | title=- West Bengal Legislative Assembly | url=http://wbassembly.gov.in/report.aspx | access-date=2022-04-10 | website=wbassembly.gov.in | archive-date=20 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120193626/http://wbassembly.gov.in/Error_ISE.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/report.aspx | url-status=live }} | |||||||
| *Dissolved (President's Rule)* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6th Assembly | 1971 | Apurba Lal Majumdar | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | ||||||||||||||
| (Democratic Coalition) | Jyoti Basu | ||||||||||||||||||
| *Dissolved (President's Rule)* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7th Assembly | 1972 | Apurba Lal Majumdar | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress (Progressive Democratic Alliance) | Biswanath Mukherjee | |||||||||||||
| *Dissolved (President's Rule)* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8th Assembly | 1977 | S. A. M. Habibullah | Jyoti Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||||||||||||||
| (Left Front) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9th Assembly | 1982 | Hashim Abdul Halim | Abdus Sattar | ||||||||||||||||
| 10th Assembly | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11th Assembly | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Zainal Abedin | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12th Assembly | 1996 | Atish Chandra Sinha | |||||||||||||||||
| 13th Assembly | 2001 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | Pankaj Banerjee | ||||||||||||||||
| 14th Assembly | 2006 | Partha Chatterjee | |||||||||||||||||
| 15th Assembly | 2011 | Biman Banerjee | Mamata Banerjee | Trinamool Congress}}" | Trinamool Congress | Surjya Kanta Mishra | |||||||||||||
| 16th Assembly | 2016 | Abdul Mannan | |||||||||||||||||
| 17th Assembly | 2021 | Suvendu Adhikari |
Members of Legislative Assembly
Vacancies
| Date for by-poll | Constituency | Previous MLA | Vacant Since | Reason | 75 | 78 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Domkal | Jafikul Islam | 4 September 2025 | Death | ||
| Tehatta | Tapas Kumar Saha | 15 May 2025 |
Notes
References
References
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- (2018-10-26). "Former opposition leader and one of the founder of Trinamool Congress Pankaj Banerjee Passes Away. – News18 Bangla".
- "Team Mamata".
- (2016-04-03). "Surjya Kanta Mishra: A profile". The Hindu.
- "Congress Abdul Mannan to be new leader of opposition in Bengal assembly".
- "Suvendu Adhikari elected as Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly". Financial Express.
- (2025-05-15). "Trinamool Tehatta MLA Tapas Kumar Saha passes away at 66".
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