History of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

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).

Seats

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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]

2016 Assembly suspension

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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.

Electionwise composition of Assembly

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Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly year-wise election results
Party Year
2022
Elections
2017
Elections
2012
Elections
2007
Elections
2002
Elections
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[A] 01 03 04
Independent 02 02 03 03 03
Total Seats 70 70 70 70 70

List of Assemblies

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The following is the list of all the Uttarakhand Legislative Assemblies[2]

Assembly Election Year Speaker Chief Minister Party Opposition Leader Party
Interim Assembly N/A Prakash Pant Nityanand Swami
(2000–01)
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
Vacant N/A
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(2001–02)
1st Assembly 2002 Yashpal Arya Narayan Datt Tiwari Indian
National
Congress
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(2002–03)
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
Matbar Singh Kandari
(2003–07)
2nd Assembly 2007 Harbans Kapoor Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
(2007–09)
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
Harak Singh Rawat Indian
National
Congress
Ramesh Pokhriyal
(2009–11)
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
(2011–12)
3rd Assembly 2012 Govind Singh Kunjwal Vijay Bahuguna
(2012–14)
Indian
National
Congress
Ajay Bhatt Bharatiya
Janata
Party
Harish Rawat
(2014–17)
4th Assembly 2017 Premchand Aggarwal Trivendra Singh Rawat
(2017–21)
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
Indira Hridayesh
(2017–21)
Indian
National
Congress
Tirath Singh Rawat
(2021)
Pushkar Singh Dhami Pritam Singh
(2021–22)
5th Assembly 2022 Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Yashpal Arya

Notes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan". www.livelaw.in. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ^ "पूर्व सद्स्य: उत्तराखण्ड विधान सभा". ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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