Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha | ||
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Deputy Chief Minister) | ||
Structure | ||
Seats | 90 | |
Political groups | Government (54)
Official Opposition (35)
Other opposition (1)
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Elections | ||
First past the post | ||
Last election | 7 and 17 November 2023 | |
Next election | 2028 | |
Meeting place | ||
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India |
The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly or the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the
unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh
state in India.
The seat of the
Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 90 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies.[1]
Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.
History
The state of
Atal Nagar behind Indravati Bhawan & Mahanadi Bhawan. The groundbreaking ceremony was done by Bhupesh Baghel on 29 August 2020 in the presence of leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and other ministers. The construction is currently halted since 2021 and all tenders are cancelled by the Government of Chhattisgarh due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chhattisgarh. The inauguration is expected to be on or after 2025.[3][4]
Leaders
Title | Name | Portrait | Since |
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Governor | Biswabhusan Harichandan | 23 February 2023 | |
Speaker | Dr. Raman Singh
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Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
Vishnu Deo Sai | 13 December 2023 | |
Deputy Chief Minister | Arun Sao | ||
Vijay Sharma | |||
Leader of Opposition | Charan Das Mahant | 16 December 2023 |
List of Assemblies
Assembly | Year | Speaker | Chief Minister
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Party | Opposition Leader | Party | ||
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1st[a] | 1998 | Rajendra Prasad Shukla | Ajit Jogi | INC | Nand Kumar Sai | BJP | ||
2nd | 2003 | Prem Prakash Pandey | Raman Singh | BJP | Mahendra Karma | INC | ||
3rd | 2008 | Dharamlal Kaushik | Ravindra Choubey | |||||
4th | 2013 | Gaurishankar Agrawal | T. S. Singh Deo | |||||
5th | 2018 | Charan Das Mahant | Bhupesh Baghel | INC | Dharamlal Kaushik | BJP | ||
Narayan Chandel[6] | ||||||||
6th | 2023 | Raman Singh | Vishnu Deo Sai | BJP | Charan Das Mahant | INC |
Members of Legislative Assembly
Notes
- MLA's elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000". India Code.
- ^ "छत्तीसगढ़ में 270 करोड़ में बनेगा नया विधानसभा भवन भूमि पूजन आज". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 29 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ PTI (13 May 2021). "Chhattisgarh cancels tenders for new assembly building, halts construction of major projects". ThePrint. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ^ "The Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000" (PDF). 2000. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners and losers constituency wise from BJP, Congress and other parties". Zee Business. 4 December 2023.
Further reading
- "Sarguja royal elected leader of Opposition in Chhattisgarh". The Statesman. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.