Haryana Legislative Assembly Explained

Haryana Legislative Assembly
Native Name:Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā
Legislature:14th Haryana Assembly
Coa Pic:File:Haryana Vidhan Sabha Logo.png
Coa Res:150
House Type:Unicameral
Term Limits:5 years
Leader8:Rajender Kumar Nandal
Leader1 Type:Speaker
Leader1:Gian Chand Gupta
Party1:BJP
Election1:4 November 2019
Leader2 Type:Deputy Speaker
Leader2:Ranbir Singh Gangwa
Party2:BJP
Election2:26 November 2019
Leader3 Type:Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Leader3:Nayab Singh Saini
Party3:BJP
Election3:12 March 2024
Election4:27 October 2019
Leader5 Type:Deputy Leader of House
(Deputy Chief Minister)
Election5:2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
Leader6 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Election6:2 November 2019
Leader7 Type:Deputy Leader of Opposition
Party7:INC
Election7:2 November 2019
Leader8 Type:Assembly Secretary
Leader7:Aftab Ahmed
Structure1:File:Haryana Legislative Assembly May 2024.svg
Structure1 Res:300px
Seats:90
Political Groups1:Government (44)[1]

NDA (44)

Official Opposition (32)

INDIA (31)

Other opposition (5)

Vacant (11)

Vacant (11)

Voting System1:First past the post
Last Election1:21 October 2019
Meeting Place:Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India

The Haryana Legislative Assembly (ISO: Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā) is the unicameral legislature of Indian state of Haryana. The seating of the assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. There are 90 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-post system. The term of office is five years.[2]

History

The body was founded in 1966, when the state was created from part of the state of Punjab, by the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. The house initially had 54 seats, ten reserved for scheduled castes, this was increased to 81 seats in March 1967, and to 90 seats (including 17 reserved seats) in 1977.[3] Highest number of seats ever won was in 1977 when Janata Party won 75 out of 90 seats when in the aftermath of 1975–77 emergency by Indian National Congress's (INC) Indira Gandhi. INC won only 3 seats, Vishal Haryana Party and independents both won 5 seats each.[4]

Since the formation of Haryana in 1966, the state politics became infamously dominated by the nepotistic clans of 5 political dynasts, Lal trio (Devi Lal, Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal) as well as the Hooda clan and Rao Birender clan.[5] [6] The infamous Aaya Ram Gaya Ram politics, named after Gaya Lal in 1967, of frequent floor-crossing, turncoating, switching parties and political horse trading within short span of time became associated with Haryana.[7] [8] [9] [10]

ElectionLegislative Assembly From To First sitting
19621st Assembly 1 November 1966 28 February 1967   6 December 1966
19672nd Assembly 17 March 1967 21 November 1967   17 March 1967
19683rd Assembly 15 July 1968 21 January 1972   15 July 1968
19724th Assembly 3 April 1972 30 April 1977   3 April 1972
19775th Assembly 4 July 1977 19 April 1982 4 July 1977
19826th Assembly 24 June 1982 23 June 1987 24 June 1982
19877th Assembly 9 July 1987 6 April 1991 9 July 1987
19918th Assembly 9 July 1991 10 May 1996 9 July 1991
19969th Assembly 22 May 1996 14 December 1999 22 May 1996
200010th Assembly 9 March 2000 8 March 2005 9 March 2000
200511th Assembly 21 March 2005 21 August 2009 21 March 2005
200912th Assembly 28 October 2009 20 October 2014 28 October 2009
201413th Assembly 20 October 2014 28 October 2019 -
201914th Assembly28 October 2019Present4 November 2019

Floor Leaders and Ministers

Designation Name
Bandaru Dattatreya
Speaker Gian Chand Gupta
Deputy Speaker
Leader of the House Nayab Singh Saini
Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Deputy Leader of OppositionAftab Ahmed
Secretary of Legislative Assembly R. K. Nandal[11]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2024-07-19 . Haryana: निर्दलीय विधायक नयन पाल रावत यू-टर्न, बोले- 'नहीं छोड़ सकता BJP का साथ', सरकार गिरने का टला खतरा. ABP LIVE. 2024-07-19.
  2. Web site: Haryana Vidhan Sabha . Legislative Bodies in India website . 29 January 2011 . 26 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226050146/https://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/haryana.htm . live .
  3. Web site: Haryana Legislative Assembly . Legislative Bodies in India website . 3 May 2014 . 27 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227051116/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/haryana/haryana-w.htm . live .
  4. Web site: Haryana Election 2019: भाजपा को मिली 75 सीटें तो 42 साल बाद इतिहास खुद को दोहराएगा- हरिभूमि, Haribhoomi. Somdat. Sharma. 22 August 2019. www.haribhoomi.com. 12 February 2020. 28 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230928215826/https://www.haribhoomi.com/haryana/haryana-election-2019-if-bjp-won-75-seats-then-history-will-repeat-itself-after-42-years-299029. dead.
  5. News: Pal . Sat . In the land of fence-sitters . 15 January 2021 . www.millenniumpost.in . 9 August 2018 . 31 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210131210652/http://www.millenniumpost.in/opinion/in-the-land-of-fence-sitters-313531 . live .
  6. News: Bhardwaj . Deeksha . How 5 families over 3 generations have controlled Haryana's politics from day one . 15 January 2021 . ThePrint . 30 April 2019 . 29 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210129143518/https://theprint.in/politics/how-5-families-over-3-generations-have-controlled-haryanas-politics-from-day-one/228851/ . live .
  7. Paras Diwan, 1979, Aya Ram Gaya Ram: The Politics Of Defection, Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Vol. 21, No. 3, July–September 1979, pp. 291-312.
  8. News: Sethi . Chitleen K. . As turncoats grab headlines, a look back at the original 'Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram' . 15 January 2021 . ThePrint . 19 May 2018 . 30 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210130061325/https://theprint.in/politics/as-turncoats-grab-headlineslook-back-at-original-aaya-ram-gaya-ram/60324/ . live .
  9. Web site: Prakash . Satya . Here is all you wanted to know about the anti-defection law . . 9 May 2016 . 23 August 2019 . 23 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190823050801/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/here-is-all-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-anti-defection-law/story-49d09jR4iSNmKI5w83u2IL.html . live .
  10. Web site: Siwach . Sukhbir . 'Aaya Ram Gaya Ram' Haryana's gift to national politics . https://web.archive.org/web/20140127134149/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-21/chandigarh/30542163_1_bhajan-lal-bansi-lal-vinod-bhayana . dead . 27 January 2014 . . 20 December 2011.
  11. Web site: Secretary. haryanaassembly.gov.in. 20 August 2018. 16 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190916212751/http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/WriteReadData/ExtraLinksInformation/SecretaryBiodata.htm. live.