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).
See main article: List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. 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]
See main article: 2016 Uttarakhand political crisis.
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.
See main article: Elections in Uttarakhand.
| Year | |||||||
| 2022 | 2017 | 2012 | 2007 | 2002 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | – | 01 | 03 | 04 | ||
| Independent | 02 | 02 | 03 | 03 | 03 | ||
| Total Seats | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | ||
The following is the list of all the Uttarakhand Legislative Assemblies[2]