13th Himachal Pradesh Assembly explained

13th Legislative Assembly
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Term Limits:5 years
House Type:Unicameral
Leader1 Type:Speaker
Leader2 Type:Deputy Speaker
Leader4 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Members:68
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Political Groups1:Government (43)

Opposition (23)

Independent (2)

Website:Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The 13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh was formed following the 2017 Assembly election for all 68 seats in the unicameral legislature. The term of 13th Assembly expired in December 2022, and the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was conducted to form the 14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly.

Office bearers

Office Holder
Constitutional Posts
GovernorRajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Speaker Vipin Singh Parmar
Deputy speaker Hans Raj
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Political posts
Leader of Ruling party Jai Ram Thakur
Leader of Opposition
(Leader of Opposition legislature party)
Mukesh Agnihotri

Members of the Assembly (2017-2022)

No.ConstituencyMemberPartyRemarksReference
Chamba district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
1Churah (SC)Hans RajBharatiya Janata PartyDeputy Speaker (11.01.2018–current)[1]
2Bharmour (ST)Jia LalBharatiya Janata Party[2]
3ChambaPawan NayyarBharatiya Janata Party[3]
4DalhousieAsha KumariIndian National CongressChairman, Public Accounts Committee[4]
5BhattiyatBikram Singh JaryalBharatiya Janata PartyChairman, Rural Planning Committee[5]
Kangra district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
6NurpurRakesh PathaniaBharatiya Janata PartyForest Minister[6]
7Indora (SC)Reeta DeviBhartiya Janata Party[7]
8FatehpurSujan Singh PathaniaIndian National CongressMember until February 2021[8] [9]
Bhawani Singh PathaniaMember from 30.10.2021[10] [11]
9JawaliArjun SinghBharatiya Janata Party
10DehraHoshyar SinghBharatiya Janata PartyDefected From Independent To BJP
11Jaswan-PragpurBikram SinghBharatiya Janata PartyIndustries Minister
12JawalamukhiRamesh Chand DhawalaBhartiya Janata PartyChairman, Estimates Committee
13Jaisinghpur (SC)Ravinder KumarBhartiya Janata Party
14SullahVipin Singh ParmarBhartiya Janata PartySpeaker
15NagrotaArun Kumar
16KangraPawan Kumar KajalDefected From INC To BJP in August 2022[12] [13]
17ShahpurSarveen ChoudharyBhartiya Janata PartySocial Justice & Empowerment Minister
18DharamshalaKishan KapoorBhartiya Janata PartyMember Until May 2019
Vishal Nehria
19PalampurAshish Butail
20Baijnath (SC)Mulkh Raj PremiBharatiya Janata Party
Lahaul and Spiti district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
21Lahaul and Spiti (ST)Ram Lal MarkandaBharatiya Janata PartyTechnical Education Minister
Kullu district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
22ManaliGovind Singh ThakurBhartiya Janata PartyEducation Minister
23KulluSunder Singh Thakur
24BanjarSurender ShourieBhartiya Janata Party
25Anni (SC)Kishori LalBhartiya Janata Party
Mandi district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
26Karsog (SC)Hira LalBhartiya Janata Party
27SundernagarRakesh JamwalBhartiya Janata Party
28Nachan (SC)Vinod KumarBharatiya Janata Party
29SerajJai Ram ThakurBharatiya Janata PartyChief Minister
30DarangJawahar ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
31JogindernagarPrakash RanaBharatiya Janata PartyDefected From Independent To BJP[14]
32DharampurMahender SinghBharatiya Janata PartyJal Shakti Minister
33MandiAnil SharmaBharatiya Janata PartyMPP and Power Minister (27.12.2017–13.04.2019)[15]
34Balh (SC)Inder SinghBharatiya Janata Party[16]
35SarkaghatInder SinghBharatiya Janata PartyChairman, Subordinate Legislation Committee[17]
Hamirpur district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
36Bhoranj (SC)Kamlesh KumariBharatiya Janata Party
37SujanpurRajinder Rana
38HamirpurNarinder ThakurBhartiya Janata Party
39BarsarInder Dutt LakhanpalIndian National Congress
40NadaunSukhvinder Singh SukhuIndian National Congress
Una district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
41Chintpurni (SC)Balbir SinghBhartiya Janata PartyChairman, Human Development Committee
42GagretRajesh ThakurBhartiya Janata Party
43HaroliMukesh AgnihotriIndian National CongressLeader Of Opposition
44UnaSatpal RaizadaIndian National Congress
45KutleharVirender KanwarBhartiya Janata PartyRural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister
Bilaspur district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
46Jhanduta (SC)Jeet Ram KatwalBharatiya Janata Party
47GhumarwinRajinder GargBhartiya Janata PartyFood, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister
48BilaspurSubhash ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
49Sri Naina DevijiRam Lal ThakurIndian National Congress
Solan district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
50ArkiVirbhadra SinghIndian National CongressMember until July 2021[18] [19]
Sanjay Awasthy
51NalagarhLakhwinder Singh RanaDefected From INC To BJP In August 2022
Bharatiya Janata Party
52DoonParamjeet Singh PammiBhartiya Janata Party
53Solan (SC)Dhani Ram ShandilIndian National Congress
54Kasauli (SC)Dr. Rajiv SaizalBhartiya Janata PartyHealth and Family Welfare Minister
Sirmaur district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
55Pachhad (SC)Suresh Kumar KashyapBhartiya Janata PartyMember until May 2019
Reena Kashyap
56NahanDr. Rajeev BindalBhartiya Janata Party
57Sri Renukaji (SC)Vinay KumarIndian National Congress
58Paonta SahibSukh Ram ChaudharyBhartiya Janata PartyMPP and Power Minister
59ShillaiHarshwardhan ChauhanIndian National Congress
Shimla district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
60ChopalBalbir Singh VermaBhartiya Janata Party
61TheogRakesh SinghaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)[20]
62KasumpatiAnirudh SinghIndian National Congress
63ShimlaSuresh BhardwajBhartiya Janata PartyUrban Development Minister
64Shimla RuralVikramaditya SinghIndian National Congress
65Jubbal-KotkhaiNarinder BragtaBhartiya Janata PartyMember until June 2021[21] [22]
Rohit ThakurIndian National CongressMember from 30.10.2021[23] [24]
66Rampur (SC)Nand LalIndian National Congress
67Rohru (SC)Mohan Lal BraktaIndian National Congress
Kinnaur district<-- this section is transcluded on the district article-->
68Kinnaur (ST)Jagat Singh NegiIndian National Congress
Indicates sitting member who died in office.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hans Raj. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211127222608/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/1. 27 November 2021. 27 November 2021. Himachal Pradesh - 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  2. Web site: Jia Lal. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106070732/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/460. 6 November 2021. 6 December 2020. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  3. Web site: Pawan Nayyar. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106070707/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/466. 6 November 2021. 6 December 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  4. Web site: Asha Kumari. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106155704/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/4. 6 November 2021. 6 December 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  5. Web site: Bikram Singh Jaryal. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106155604/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/5. 6 November 2021. 6 December 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  6. Web site: Rakesh Pathania. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106161722/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/328. 2021-11-06. 2021-12-07. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  7. Web site: Reeta Devi. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211104105758/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/476. 4 November 2021. 28 November 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  8. Web site: Sujan Singh Pathania. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190726100719/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/8. 26 July 2019. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  9. News: PTI. 2021-02-13. Veteran Congress MLA, ex-minister Sujan Singh Pathania dies at 77. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-11-27. 0971-751X.
  10. Web site: Bhawani Singh Pathania. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116014329/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/496. 16 November 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  11. Web site: 2021-11-09. Himachal bypolls: Three newly elected MLAs take oath. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116202321/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/himachal-bypolls-three-newly-elected-mlas-take-oath-101636400942018.html. 2021-11-16. 2021-12-07. Hindustan Times. en.
  12. Web site: 2022-08-18 . Ahead of state polls, two Congress MLAs join BJP in Himachal Pradesh . 2022-08-26 . The Indian Express . en.
  13. Web site: Pawan Kumar Kajal. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106070613/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/17. 6 November 2021. 28 November 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  14. Web site: 2022-06-09 . Two Independent MLAs join BJP in Himachal . 2022-08-26 . Hindustan Times . en.
  15. Web site: Anil Sharma. live. 27 November 2021. Himachal Pradesh - 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha). https://web.archive.org/web/20141027124645/http://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/38 . 27 October 2014 .
  16. Web site: Inder Singh. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106161843/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/455. 6 November 2021. 3 December 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  17. Web site: Inder Singh. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106070550/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/40. 6 November 2021. 3 December 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  18. Web site: Virbhadra Singh. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190720092945/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/74. 20 July 2019. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  19. News: PTI. 8 July 2021. President, PM, leaders condole demise of Virbhadra Singh. en-IN. The Hindu. live. 28 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211104105827/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/president-pm-leaders-condole-demise-of-virbhadra-singh/article35206237.ece. 4 November 2021. 0971-751X.
  20. Web site: Rakesh Singha. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128075147/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/329. 28 November 2021. 28 November 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  21. Web site: Narinder Bragta. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190722191709/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/294. 22 July 2019. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  22. Web site: 5 June 2021. Former Himachal minister, BJP leader Narendra Bragta passes away at PGI. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210607201557/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/former-himachal-minister-bjp-leader-narendra-bragta-passes-away-at-pgi-101622870843382.html. 7 June 2021. 28 November 2021. Hindustan Times. en.
  23. Web site: Rohit Thakur. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211116014322/https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/Member/Details/75. 16 November 2021. Himachal Pradesh 13th Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha).
  24. Web site: 2021-11-03. Himachal Pradesh: Rohit Thakur beats BJP rebel to secure Jubbal-Kotkhai. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211105180926/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/shimla/himachal-pradesh-rohit-thakur-beats-bjp-rebel-to-secure-jubbal-kotkhai-7605235/. 5 November 2021. 2021-11-28. The Indian Express. en.