Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
4th Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh
Type
Type
Term limits
 5 years
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Badridhar Divaan, BJP
Since 2015
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Leader of the Opposition
Structure
Seats 91 (90 + 1 Nominated)
Political groups

Government (49)

  •      BJP (49)

Opposition (41)

Others (1)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
 11 and 19 November 2013
Next election
 12 and 20 November 2018
Meeting place
Legislative Assembly Chamber, Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Website
http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in

The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha or the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 91 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 90 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies and one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community.[1] Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

History

The state of Chhattisgarh was created by the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act 2000, approved by the President of India on 25 August 2000. The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha came into existence with the creation of the state on 1 November 2000. The first session of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha was held at Jashpur hall of Rajkumar College in Raipur. Later, the Vidhan Sabha was shifted to the newly constructed Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Bhavan at Vidhan Nagar, on Raipur-Baloda Bazar Road.[1]

Sessions

Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha sits for three sessions (Budget, Monsoon & Winter).[2]

List of assemblies

Assembly Duration Winning Party/Coalition Chief Minister Opposition leader
1st 2000–2003 Indian National Congress Ajit Jogi Nand Kumar Sai
2nd 2003–2008 Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh Mahendra Karma
3rd 2008–2013 Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh Ravindra Choubey
4th 2013–Present Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh T. S. Singh Deo

Speakers of the Vidhan Sabha

The following is the list of the Speakers of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha:[3]

Assembly Name Term Political Party
1st Rajendra Prasad Shukla 14 December 2000–19 December 2003 Indian National Congress
2nd Prem Prakash Pandey 22 December 2003–5 January 2009 Bharatiya Janata Party
3rd Dharamlal Kaushik 5 January 2009–6 January 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party
4th Gaurishankar Agrawal 6 January 2014–Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party

References

  1. 1 2 "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha". Government of India. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Speaker". Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

Further reading

  • "Sarguja royal elected leader of Opposition in Chhattisgarh". The Statesman. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
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