6th Delhi Assembly explained

Legislative Assembly of Delhi
(Vidhan Sabha of Delhi)
Coa Pic:Emblem of India.svg
House Type:Unicameral
Term Limits:5 year
Foundation:Feb 2015
Disbanded:Jan 2020
Preceded By:5th Delhi Assembly
Leader1 Type:Speaker of the Assembly
Leader1:Ram Niwas Goel
Party1:AAP
Leader2 Type:Dy. Speaker
Leader2:Rakhi Birla
Party2:AAP
Leader3 Type:Chief Minister
Leader3:Arvind Kejriwal
Party3:AAP
Leader4 Type:Leader of the House
Leader4:Arvind Kejriwal
Party4:AAP
Leader5 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Leader5:Vijender Gupta
Party5:BJP
Leader6 Type:Secretary
Leader6:P. N. Mishra
Term Length:5 years
Members:70
Structure1:India Delhi State Assembly 2015.svg
Structure1 Res:300px
Political Groups1:between 2015-2017
Structure2:Delhi Legislative Assembly Nov 2017.svg
Structure2 Res:300px
Political Groups2:Since Aug 2017
Voting System1:First-past-the-post
Last Election1:7 February 2015
Next Election1:2020
Meeting Place:Old Secretariat, Delhi, India
Session Res:250px

The Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 14th Feb 2015 after the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier that month.[1] Second Kejriwal ministry was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly.

History

Elections for 70 assembly seats in Delhi were concluded on 07th Feb 2015 and results were announced on 10th Feb 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party got a sweeping majority by winning 67 out of 70 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party managed only 3 seats and all other parties, including the Indian National Congress could not manage to win any seats. AAP got 54.3% (4,879,127), BJP got 32.2% (2,891,510) and INC got 9.7% (867,027) of total votes polled. A total of 6 national parties, 10 state parties, 55 registered (unrecognised) parties and 1 independent candidate contested for the 70 assembly seats.[2] [1] [3]

On 14th Feb 2015, Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi. Along with Kejriwal, six ministers were also sworn in the Second Kejriwal ministry.[4] [5] [6]

In April, 2015, the speaker of the house recognized Vijender Gupta as the leader of opposition in the house.[7]

As on 28 August 2017, AAP had 66 MLA, 4 belongs to BJP.

Jarnail Singh from Aam Aadmi Party resigned on 6 January 2017 to contest against sitting Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal[8] Shiromani Akali Dal party member Manjinder Singh Sirsa contested on the BJP ticket and won the Rajouri Garden assembly constituency in Feb 2017 By Poll Election.[9]

AAP won the Bawana assembly constituency in Aug 2017 By Poll Election.

Office holders

From To Position Name Party
01 2015 Incumbent Chief Minister AAP
02 2015 Incumbent Speaker AAP
03 2015 Incumbent Deputy Speaker AAP
04 2015 Incumbent Leader of the Opposition

Committees

Chairman, (2015-2020) The Estimates Committee: Dinesh Mohaniya.

List of members

No.ConstituencyName of elected MLAParty affiliationNotes
01
02
03
04
05
06
07 Ram Chander
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50Rajouri GardenJarnail Singhresigned on 6 January 2017 to contest against sitting PJ CM Parkash Singh Badal
won by-election
51
52
53 Sarita Singh
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Election Results. Election Commission of India official website. 8 January 2017.
  2. News: Statistical Reports. Election Commission of India website. 8 January 2017.
  3. News: Comprehensive Election results. Election Commission of India website. 8 January 2017.
  4. News: Arvind Kejriwal takes oath. The Economic Times. 8 January 2017.
  5. News: Six Ministers sworn in. The Hindu. 8 January 2017.
  6. News: Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet. The Wall Street Journal. 8 January 2017.
  7. News: BJP's Vijendra Gupta Named Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly. NDTV. 11 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Assembly election: AAP's Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh quits to take on Punjab CM.
  9. News: Delhiā€™s Rajouri Garden bypoll: BJP wins by a margin of 14,652 votes, AAP concedes third defeat . 21 June 2022 . The Indian Express . 13 April 2017 . en.
  10. News: Election result. Election commission of India website. 8 January 2017. 27 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150227005206/http://eciresults.nic.in/StatewiseU05.htm. dead.