The 1st Jharkhand Assembly was constituted based on the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election after the formation of the new Jharkhand state. Jharkhand was created by carving out the southern districts of Bihar on 15 November 2000.
Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Jharkhand Legislative Assembly |
Term limits | 2000-2005 |
| History | |
| Founded | 15 November 2000 |
| Preceded by | Established |
| Succeeded by | 2nd Jharkhand Assembly |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 82 (81 directly elected, 1 nominated) |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2000 |
Next election | 2005 |
| Meeting place | |
| Old Secretariat | |
| Website | |
| jharkhandvidhansabha | |
After the formation of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000, the first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand.[1] It was a hung assembly and no single party or pre-election alliance got the majority.
The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was the first one being conducted in Jharkhand.[2]
Member of Legislative Assembly
editReferences
edit- ^ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "First-ever assembly election in Jharkhand". Rediff. 3 February 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2019.