Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Explained

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Coa Pic:	File:HPGovt.png
Coa Res:	200px
Term Limits:	5 years
House Type:	Unicameral
Leader1:	Kuldeep Singh Pathania^[1]
Leader2 Type:	Deputy Speaker
Election2:	19 December 2023
Leader3 Type:	Leader of the House
Election3:	11 December 2022
Leader4 Type:	Deputy Leader of the House
Members:	68
Structure1:	File:14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly.svg
Structure1 Res:	300px
Political Groups1:	Government (40) INC (40)^[2] Official Opposition (28) BJP (28)^[3]
Voting System1:	First past the post
Last Election1:	12 November 2022
Next Election1:	2027
Session Res:	250px
Meeting Place:	Vidhan Bhavan, Shimla
Session Res2:	250px
Meeting Place2:	Vidhan Bhavan, Dharamshala (Winter session)
Website:	https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/

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.^[4] Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

History

Himachal Pradesh was the first state in India to launch a paperless legislative assembly.^[5] ^[6]

List of assemblies

Election year	Assembly		Chief Minister	Seats
1952–1957	Legislative Assembly of Part-C State of Himachal Pradesh	Indian National Congress	Yashwant Singh Parmar	INC : 24; IND:8; KMPP:3; SCF:1Total: 36
1957–1962	Territorial Council	Indian National Congress	Thakur Karam Singh
1962–1967	First Assembly	Indian National Congress	Yashwant Singh Parmar (2)
1967–1972	Second Assembly	Indian National Congress	Yashwant Singh Parmar (3)	INC : 34;IND:16;ABJS:7; CPI(M):2;SP:1Total: 60
1972–1977	Third Assembly	Indian National Congress	Yashwant Singh Parmar (4)	INC : 53; IND:7; ABJS:5; LRP:2 ; CPI(M):1; SP:1 Total: 68
1977–1982	Fourth Assembly	Janata Party	Shanta Kumar	JP 53; INC: 9; IND: 6 Total: 68
1982–1985	Fifth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Thakur Ram Lal	INC 31;BJP: 29; IND: 6; JP: 3 Total: 68
1982–1985	Fifth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh	INC 31;BJP: 29; IND: 6; JP: 3 Total: 68
1985–1990	Sixth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh (2)	INC 58;BJP: 7; IND: 2; LD: 1 Total: 68
1990–1992	Seventh Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party	Shanta Kumar (2)	BJP 46; JD: 1; INC: 9;IND: 1;CPI(M): 1 Total: 68
1993–1998	Eighth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh (3)	INC 52;BJP: 8; IND: 7; CPI(M): 1 Total: 68
1998–2003	Ninth Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party	Prem Kumar Dhumal	BJP 31; INC: 31; HVC:5;IND:1 Total: 68
2003–2007	Tenth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh (4)	INC 43;BJP:16; IND:6; HVC:1; LJP:1; LMHP;1 Total: 68
2007–2012	Eleventh Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party	Prem Kumar Dhumal (2)	BJP 41; INC: 23;IND:3; BSP:1Total: 68
2012–2017	Twelfth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh (5)	INC 36;BJP: 26; IND:6 Total: 68
2017–2022	Thirteenth Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jai Ram Thakur	BJP 44; INC: 21; IND: 2; CPI(M):1Total: 68
2022–	Fourteenth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu	INC 40 ;BJP: 28 Total: 68

List of speakers and deputy speakers

List of speakers

List of speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71)(union territory with legislature)
No. of Assembly & its period	Date of its first sitting	Speaker	Time period
No. of Assembly & its period	Date of its first sitting	Speaker	From	To
1st (Territorial Council)	3 October 1963	Desh Raj Mahajan	4 October 1963	18 March 1967
2nd (1967 elections)	18 March 1967	Desh Raj Mahajan	20 March 1967	19 March 1972
List of speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present)(state)
3rd (1972 election)	27 March 1972	Kultar Chand Rana	28 March 1972	9 June 1977
4th (1977 election)	29 June 1977	Sarvan Kumar	30 June 1977	18 April 1979
4th (1977 election)	29 June 1977	T.S. Negi	8 May 1979	21 June 1982
5th (1982 election)	21 June 1982	T.S. Negi	22 June 1982	14 September 1984
6th (1985 elections)	11 March 1985	Vidya Stokes	11 March 1985	19 March 1990
7th (1990 elections)	21 March 1990	Radha Raman Shastri	21 March 1990	17 August 1990
7th (1990 elections)	21 March 1990	T.S. Negi	20 August 1990	14 December 1993
8th (1993 elections)	15 December 1993	Kaul Singh Thakur	15 December 1993	12 March 1998
9th (1998 elections)	12 March 1998	Gulab Singh Thakur	30 March 1998	7 March 2003
10th (2003 elections)	10 March 2003	G.R. Mussafir	10 March 2003	4 January 2007
11th (2007 elections)	11 January 2007	Tulsi Ram	11 January 2007	9 January 2013
12th (2012 elections)	9 January 2013	Brij Behari Lal Butail	9 January 2013	10 January 2018
13th (2017 elections)	10 January 2018	Rajeev Bindal	10 January 2018	26 February 2020
13th (2017 elections)	10 January 2018	Vipin Singh Parmar	26 February 2020	10 December 2022
14th (2022 elections)	19 December 2022	Kuldeep Singh Pathania	5 January 2023	Incumbent

List of deputy speakers

List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71)(union yerritory with legislature)
No. of Assembly & its period	Date of its first sitting	Deputy Speaker	Time period
No. of Assembly & its period	Date of its first sitting	Deputy Speaker	From	To
1st (Territorial Council)	3 October 1963	Tapendra Singh	17 October 1963	12 January 1967
2nd (1967 elections)	18 March 1967	Amin Chand	29 March 1967	17 March 1972
List of deputy speakers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present)(state)
3rd (1972 election)	27 March 1972	Lekh Ram Thakur	30 March 1972	21 April 1977
4th (1977 election)	29 June 1977	Ranjit Singh Verma	4 July 1977	9 May 1977
5th (1982 election)	21 June 1982	Vijay Kumar Joshi	29 June 1982	23 January 1985
6th (1985 elections)	11 March 1985	Dev Raj Negi	7 March 1986	16 March 1989
7th (1990 elections)	21 March 1990	Ram Nath Sharma	29 March 1989	3 March 1990
7th (1990 elections)	21 March 1990	Rikhi RamKaundalh	17 August 1990	15 December 1992
8th (1993 elections)	15 December 1993	Kuldip Kumar	17 December 1993	18 October 1995
8th (1993 elections)	15 December 1993	Ishwar Dass	31 October 1995	23December1997
9th (1998 elections)	12 March 1998	Ram Dass Malanger	20 August 1999	28 January 2003
10th (2003 elections)	10 March 2003	Dharam Pal Thakur	27 March 2003	30 December 2007
11th (2007 elections)	11 January 2007	Vacant
12th (2012 elections)	9 January 2013	Jagat Singh Negi	12 March 2013	21 December 2017
13th (2017 elections)	10 January 2018	Hans Raj	10 January 2018	10 December 2022
14th (2022 elections)	19 December 2022	Vinay Kumar	19 December 2023

References

Himachal Pradesh Election Results

Notes and References

News: Kuldeep Singh Pathania became Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative assembly . . 5 January 2023 . 5 January 2023 . 5 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230105074534/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/five-time-mla-kuldeep-singh-pathania-elected-speaker-of-himachal-assembly/article66341169.ece/amp/ . live .
News: Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1 . The Times of India .
News: Himachal Pradesh by-poll result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP bags 1 . The Times of India .
Web site: Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly . 9 December 2010 . Legislative Bodies in India website . 25 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110325133934/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/chattisgarh/chhattisgarh-w.htm . live .
News: India gets its first paperless as Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly also known as e-Vidhan. theindianexpress.com. 6 July 2021. 9 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183300/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/india-gets-its-first-paperless-assembly/. live.
News: India's first digital or e-vidhansabha assembly in Himachal Pradesh. Amar Ujala. hi. 24 April 2021. 24 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210424030539/https://www.amarujala.com/shimla/the-nation-s-first-digital-assembly-in-himachal-pradesh. live.