Punjab Legislative Assembly

Punjab Legislative Assembly
ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Rana KP Singh[1], INC
Deputy Speaker
Ajaib Singh Bhati, INC
Leader of the House
Structure
Seats 117
Political groups

Government (78)

Opposition (38)

  •      AAP (19)
  •      SAD (14)
  •      BJP (3)
  •      LIP (2)

Vacant (1)

  •   Vacant (1)
Length of term
 5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
 4 February 2017
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Chandigarh, India
Website
Homepage

The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ) is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in northern India. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner. The current Speaker of the Assembly is Rana KP Singh. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh. The current ruling party is the Indian National Congress with 2/3rd Majority .

History

British Raj

An Executive Council was formed under The Indian Councils Act, 1861. It was only under the Government of India Act 1919 that a Legislative Council was set up in Punjab. Later, under the Government of India Act 1935, the Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted with a membership of 175. It was summoned for the first time on 1 April 1937. In 1947, Punjab Province was partitioned into West Punjab and East Punjab and the East Punjab Legislative Assembly was formed, the forerunner of the current assembly consisting of 72 members.

1947 – present

On 15 July 1948, eight princely states of East Punjab grouped together to form a single state, Patiala and East Punjab States Union. The Punjab State Legislature was a bicameral house in April 1952, comprising the Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and Vidhan Parishad (upper house). In 1956 the state was reorganized and renamed Punjab, the strength of the Vidhan Parishad of the new State of Punjab was enhanced from 40 seats to 46 seats and in 1957, it was increased to 51. Punjab was trifurcated in 1966 to form Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab. The Vidhan Parishad was reduced to 40 seats and the Vidhan Sabha was grown by 50 seats to 104 seats. On 1 January 1970, the Vidhan Parishad was abolished leaving the state with a unicameral legislature.

Current Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly)

Rana KP Singh (Rana Kanwar Pal Singh) is the current Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He was born in Jhandian village in Rupnagar in 1957. Rana K P Singh completed his schooling in neighboring Bharatgarh before moving to Dehradun to study law. He practiced law in Rupnagar courts for 21 years. After becoming sarpanch of his village, he was elevated to the position of the Youth Congress district president. Later, he became the general secretary of the Indian National Congress, Punjab unit before becoming a member of the All India Congress Committee. Key Positions Held:

  • Chairman, Sri Anandpur Sahib Land Development Bank
  • President, District Bar Association, Ropar
  • Chairman, Punjab Pollution Control Board, Punjab Govt.
  • Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab Govt.
  • Senator, Panjab University
  • Member of Public Accounts Committee of 12th Punjab Legislative Assembly during the years 2002-03 and 2004-05.
  • Chairman, Committee on Questions and References and Member of Committee on Estimates of 12th Punjab Legislative Assembly during the year 2003-04.
  • Member of Committee on Subordinate Legislation and Committee on Petitions of Punjab Legislative Assembly during the year 2004-05.
  • Member of Committee on Public Undertakings, Public Accounts Committee, Committee on Government Assurances, Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the Table of the House, Committee on Estimates and House Committee during the years 2007-2012.

He was re-elected to the state assembly from Anandpur Sahib in 2017. Presently, he is serving as Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly elected by the members of the house unanimously on 27.03.2017

Speakers of the Punjab Assembly

Name Term
Kapur Singh 1947–1951
Satya Pal 1952–1954
Gurdial Singh Dhillon 1954–1962
Parbodh Chandra 1962–1964
Harbans Lal Gupta 1964–1967
Joginder Singh Mann 1967–1969
Darbara Singh 1969–1973
Kewal Krishan 1973–1977
Ravi Inder Singh 1977–1980
Brij Bhushan Mehra 1985–1986
Ravi Inder Singh 1985–1986
Surjit Singh Minhas 1986–1992
Harcharan Singh Ajnala 1992–1993
Harnam Das Johar 1993–1996
Dilbagh Singh Daleke 1996–1997
Charanjit Singh Atwal 1997–2002
Kewal Krishan 2002–2007
Nirmal Singh Kahlon 2007-2012
Charanjit Singh Atwal 2012–2017
Rana KP Singh 2017–present

Deputy Speakers of the Punjab Assembly

Name from to
Thakur Panchan Chand 03.11.1947 20.03.1951
Smt. Chhanno Devi 26.03.1951 20.06.1951
Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon 10.05.1952 17.05.1954
Swaroop Singh 19.05.1954 28.02.1962
Smt. Shanno Devi 19.03.1962 31.10.1966
Dr. Jagjit Singh 27.03.1967 27.11.1967
Baldev Singh 08.12.1967 23.08.1968
Brig. (Retd.) Bikramajit Singh Bajwa 20.03.1969 24.04.1970
Brig. (Retd.) Bikramajit Singh Bajwa 28.07.1970 13.10.1971
Dr. Kewal Krishan 28.03.1972 25.09.1973
Nasib Singh Gill 28.09.1973 30.04.1977
Panna Lal Nayyar 08.07.1977 17.02.1980
Guizar Singh 08.07.1980 26.06.1985
Nirmal Singh Kahlon 05.11.1985 06.05.1986
Jaswant Singh 02.06.1986 05.03.1988
Romesh Chander Dogra 07.04.1992 07.01.1996
Naresh Thakur 28.02.1996 11.02.1997
Swarna Ram 18.06.1997 26.07.1997
Baldev Raj Chawla 23.12.1997 31.12.1999
Satpal Gosain 05.09.2000 24.02.2002
Prof. Darbari Lal 26.06.2002 10.03.2003
Bir Devinder Singh 27.03.2003 09.07.2004
Prof. Darbari Lal 12.07.2004 10.03.2012
Dinesh Singh 20.03.2012 03.2017
Ajaib Singh Bhatti 16.06.2017 present

List of Political Parties Participated in 2017 Elections[4]

Only the political parties which has legislators in the assembly are mentioned below along with additional details:

Rank Party Seats Contested Seats Won Vote % in Seats Contested Votes in %
1Indian National Congress (INC)1177738.5038.50
2Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)1122024.6223.71
3Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)941530.7825.24
4Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)23329.945.39
5Lok Insaaf Party (LIP)5226.461.22

Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly elected in 2017, Updated on 13 Oct. 2018[5]

AC No.ConstituencyName of the Winning CandidatePolitical PartyVotes secured (Votes in favour)
1SujanpurDinesh SinghBJP48910
2BhoaJoginder PalINC67865
3PathankotAmit VijINC56383
4GurdaspurBarindermeet Singh PahraINC67709
5Dina NagarAruna Chaudhary(cabinet minister)INC72176
6QadianFatehjang Singh BajwaINC62596
7BatalaLakhbir Singh LodhinangalSAD42517
8Sri HargobindpurBalwinder SinghINC57489
9Fatehgarh ChurianTript Rajinder Singh Bajwa(cabinet minister)INC54348
10Dera Baba NanakSukhjinder Singh Randhawa(cabinet minister)INC60385
11AjnalaHarpartap SinghINC61378
12Raja SansiSukhbinder Singh Sarkaria(cabinet minister)INC59628
13MajithaBikram Singh Majithia(former cabinet minister)SAD65803
14JandialaSukhwinder Singh Danny BandalaINC53042
15Amritsar NorthSunil DuttiINC59212
16Amritsar WestRaj Kumar VerkaINC52271
17Amritsar CentralOm Parkash Soni(cabinet minister)INC51242
18Amritsar EastNavjot Singh Sidhu(cabinet minister)INC60477
19Amritsar SouthInderbir Singh BolariaINC47581
20AttariTarsem Singh D.C.INC55335
21Tarn TaranDr. Dharambir AgnihotriINC59794
22Khem KaranSukhpal Singh BhullarINC81897
23PattiHarminder Singh GillINC64617
24Khadoor SahibRamanjeet Singh Sahota SikkiINC64666
25Baba BakalaSantokh SinghINC45965
26BholathSukhpal Singh Khaira(former leader of opposition)AAP48873
27KapurthalaRana Gurjit Singh(cabinet minister)INC56378
28Sultanpur LodhiNavtej Singh CheemaINC41843
29PhagwaraSom ParkashBJP45479
30PhillaurBaldev Singh KhairaSAD41336
31NakodarGurpratap Singh WadalaSAD56241
32Shahkot(Ajit Singh Kohar) Hardev Singh Ladi(SAD) INC(46913 in 2017) 82745(bypoll in May 2018
33KartarpurChaudhary Surinder SinghINC46729
34Jalandhar WestSushil Kumar RinkuINC53983
35Jalandhar CentralRajinder BeriINC55518
36Jalandhar NorthAvtar Singh JuniorINC69715
37Jalandhar Cantt.Pargat Singh PowarINC59349
38AdampurPawan Kumar TinuSAD45229
39MukerianRajnish Kumar BabbiINC56787
40DasuyaArun DograINC56527
41UrmarSangat Singh GilzianINC51477
42Sham ChaurasiPawan Kumar AdiaINC46612
43HoshiarpurSunder Sham AroraINC49951
44ChabbewalDr. Raj KumarINC57857
45GarhshankarJai KrishanAAP41720
46Banga (Sc)Sukhwinder KumarSAD45256
47NawanshahrAngad SinghINC38197
48BalachaurDarshan LalINC49558
49Anandpur SahibKanwar Pal SinghINC60800
50RupnagarAmarjit Singh SandoaAAP58994
51Chamkaur SahibCharanjit Singh Channi(cabinet minister)INC61060
52KhararKanwar SandhuAAP54171
53S.A.S.NagarBalbir Singh SidhuINC66844
54Bassi PathanaGurpreet SinghINC47319
55Fatehgarh SahibKuljit Singh NagraINC58205
56AmlohRandeep SinghINC39669
57KhannaGurkirat Singh KotliINC55690
58SamralaAmrik Singh DhillonINC51930
59SahnewalSharanjit Singh DhillonSAD63184
60Ludhiana EastSanjeev TalwarINC43010
61Ludhiana SouthBalvinder Singh BainsLIP53955
62Atam NagarSimarjeet Singh BainsLIP53421
63Ludhiana CentralSurinder Kumar DawarINC47871
64Ludhiana WestBharat Bhushan Ashu(cabinet minister)INC66627
65Ludhiana NorthRakesh PandeyINC44864
66GillKuldeep Singh Vaid (Bulara)INC67927
67PayalLakhvir Singh LakhaINC57776
68DakhaHarvinder Singh Phoolka(former leader of opposition) Vacant since 12 oct 2018AAP58923(In 2017)
69RaikotJagtar Singh Jagga HissowalAAP48245
70JagraonSaravjit Kaur ManukeAAP61521
71Nihal SinghwalaManjit SinghAAP67313
72Bhagha PuranaDarshan Singh BrarINC48668
73MogaHarjot Kamal SinghINC52357
74DharamkotSukhjit SinghINC63238
75ZiraKulbir SinghINC69899
76Firozpur CityParminder Singh PinkiINC67559
77Firozpur RuralSatkar KaurINC71037
78Guru Har SahaiGurmeet Singh SodhiINC62787
79JalalabadSukhbir Singh Badal(former deputy CM)SAD75271
80FazilkaDavinder Singh GhubayaINC39276
81AboharArun NarangBJP55091
82BalluanaNathu RamINC25266
83LambiParkash Singh(former CM)SAD66375
84GidderbahaAmrinder Singh AKA Raja WarringINC63500
85MaloutAjaib Singh BhattiINC49098
86MuktsarKanwarjit SinghSAD44894
87FaridkotKusaldeep Singh Kiki DhillonINC51026
88KotkapuraKultar Singh SandhwanAAP47401
89JaituBaldev SinghAAP45344
90Rampura PhulGurpreet Singh KangarINC55269
91Bhucho MandiPritam Singh KotbhaiINC51605
92Bathinda UrbanManpreet Singh Badal(cabinet minister)INC63942
93Bathinda RuralRupinder Kaur RubyAAP51572
94Talwandi SaboProf. Baljinder KaurAAP54553
95MaurJagdev SinghAAP62282
96MansaNazar Singh ManshahiaAAP70586
97SardulgarhDilraj SinghSAD59420
98BudhladaBudh RamAAP52265
99LehraParminder Singh DhindsaSAD65550
100DirbaHarpal Singh Cheema(Leader of opposition)AAP46434
101SunamAman AroraAAP72815
102BhadaurPirmal Singh DhaulaAAP57095
103BarnalaGurmeet Singh Meet HaherAAP47606
104Mehal KalanKulwant Singh PandoriAAP57551
105MalerkotlaRazia Sultana(cabinet minister)INC58982
106AmargarhSurjit Singh DhimanINC50994
107DhuriDalvir Singh GoldyINC49347
108SangrurVijay Inder Singla(cabinet minister)INC67310
109NabhaSadhu Singh(cabinet minister)INC60861
110Patiala RuralBrahm Mohindra(cabinet minister)INC68891
111RajpuraHardial Singh KambojINC59107
112Dera BassiNarinder Kumar SharmaSAD70792
113GhanaurThekedar Madan Lal JalalpurINC65965
114SanourHarinder Pal Singh ChandumajraSAD58867
115PatialaAmarinder Singh(CM)INC72586
116SamanaRajinder SinghINC62551
117ShutranaNirmal SinghINC58008

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Congress picks Hindu face Rana KP as new Punjab assembly speaker". Hindustan Times. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
  2. ↑ "AAP removes Khaira, appoints Harpal Cheema as leader of opposition". The Tribune. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  3. ↑ "Punjab elections results: All you need to know". The Times of India. Indiatimes. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "List of Political Parties Participated". Election Commission of India.
  5. ↑ "Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly elected in 2017". Election Commission of India.
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