History of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
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).
Seats[edit]
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.[1]
2016 Assembly suspension[edit]
Starting March 2016, Indian state of Uttarakhand underwent a political crisis. The Indian National Congress Chief Minister Harish Rawat replaced Vijay Bahuguna as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 2014. After a political crisis in 2016, the President's rule was imposed ending his tenure as the Chief Minister when 9 rebel Congress MLAs withdrew their support to the Harish Rawat government. On 13 July 2016, Uttarakhand High Court lifted the President's rule and reinstated the Harish Rawat government. Next day the Supreme Court of India stayed the High Court's order and the President's rule was imposed again that lasted till May. In May, Harish Rawat government was once again reinstalled and the rebel MLAs were suspended by the Speaker on the grounds of defection.
Electionwise composition of Assembly[edit]
| Party | Year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
List of Assemblies[edit]
The following is the list of all the Uttarakhand Legislative Assemblies[2]
| Assembly | Election Year | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party | Opposition Leader | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim Assembly | N/A | Prakash Pant | Nityanand Swami (2000–01) |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
Vacant | N/A | ||
| 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 | |||||
Notes[edit]
- A In the 2012 Assembly election, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal contested as "Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P)" led by then party president Trivendra Singh Panwar. The original party name and the election symbol (chair) were seized by the Election Commission of India following the factionism and leadership dispute within the party that led to its break-up. Its original name and party symbol were restored in 2017.
See also[edit]
- List of speakers of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand
- List of Uttarakhand ministries
- List of leaders of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
References[edit]
- ^ "Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan". www.livelaw.in. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "पूर्व सद्स्य: उत्तराखण्ड विधान सभा". ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
External links[edit]
- Uttarakhand Lok Sabha Election 2019 Result Website
- Elected Members of Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, Official list Govt. of Uttarakhand.
- Members of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
- President’s rule in Uttarakhand; Congress says ‘murder of democracy’