Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
उत्तराखण्ड विधानसभा
3rd Assembly
Type
Type
Leadership
Leader of the House
Harish Rawat
Since 11 May 2016
Secretary
Jagdish Chandra[1]
Structure
Political groups

Government coalition (Progressive Democratic Front) (33)

  •      INC (26)(including Speaker)
  •      BSP (2)
  •      UKD (1)
  •      Independent (3)
  •      Nominated (1)

Opposition parties (27)

  •      BJP (27)
  •      10 Congress MLAs & 1 BJP MLA disqualified (11)[2]
  •      Speaker (1) [3]
Length of term
 5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
 March, 2012
Website
http://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, (Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड विधानसभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 29 States in India, and is situated at Dehradun, the state capital of Uttarakhand, with 71 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Leader of the House is Harish Rawat. The Speaker of assembly is Govind Singh Kunjwal. Krishan Kant Paul is the Governor of Uttarakhand. From 27th March 2016 to 12th May 2016, Uttarakhand was under President's Rule.

Suspension

Capping a nine-day high-voltage political drama, the Central Government on Sunday brought Uttarakhand under President’s rule citing a constitutional breakdown in the wake of a rebellion in the ruling Congress, which slammed the decision calling it a “murder of democracy” and a “black” day.

President Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution dismissing the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat and placing the Assembly under suspended animation this morning on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet.

The Central Government was of the view that continuance of the Rawat government was “immoral and unconstitutional” after the March 18, 2016, when the Speaker declared the Appropriation Bill “passed” in controversial circumstances without allowing a division pressed for by 35 MLAs, including 9 rebel Congress legislators.

The Union Cabinet had held an emergency meeting on Saturday night presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had cut short a visit to Assam to return to the capital for the purpose.

The Cabinet considered several reports received from Governor K.K. Paul, who had described the political situation as volatile and expressed apprehensions over possible pandemonium during the scheduled trial of strength in the State Assembly on Monday.

The purported CD of the sting operation conducted against the Chief Minister that was in public domain on Saturday was understood to have been factored into the decision of the Cabinet which found it as a case of horse trading.

Additionally Two Uttarakhand MLAs, one each from Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party were on 9th June suspended for cross-voting during the floor test that was held on May 10. Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Govind Kunjwal suspended BJP legislator Bhim Lal Arya and Congress MLA Rekha Arya.[4]

List of Assemblies

The following is the list of all the Uttarakhand Legislative Assemblies[5]

Assembly Election Year Speaker Chief Minister Political Party Opposition Leader Party
Interim Assembly N/A Prakash Pant Nityanand Swami
B. S. Koshyari 		Bharatiya Janata Party None Indian National Congress
1st Assembly 2002 Yashpal Arya N. D. Tiwari Indian National Congress Matvar Singh Kandari Bharatiya Janata Party
2nd Assembly 2007 Harbans Kapoor B. C. Khanduri
Ramesh Pokhriyal
B. C. Khanduri 		Bharatiya Janata Party Harak Singh Rawat Indian National Congress
3rd Assembly 2012 Govind Singh Kunjwal Vijay Bahuguna
Harish Rawat 		Indian National Congress Ajay Bhatt Bharatiya Janata Party
Elections Due in January 2017

Fourth Assembly (2017–22)
(2017 election)

Present assembly

This is the fourth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) of the state. The last state elections were held on 30 January 2012, when the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 32 seats in the 70-seat electoral legislature. Four short of the majority, Congress have had to rely on support from one Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P), three Independent and three Bahujan Samaj Party members to form the government. The Bharatiya Janata Party got 31 seats. Currently Indian National Congress has secured 36 seats in assembly to form my the majority on its own and Bharatiya Janata Party holds the office of opposition with 28 seats after recent bye-elections.

Key post holders

List of current members

Sl. N0 Constituency Elected Member Party Affiliation (if any)
1 Purola (sc) Malchand Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Yamunotri Pritam Singh Panwar Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P)
3 Gangotri Vijay Pal Sajwan Indian National Congress
4 Badrinath Rajendra Singh Bhandari Indian National Congress
5 Tharali (SC) Jeet Ram Indian National Congress
6 Karnaprayag Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri Indian National Congress
7 Kedarnath Vacant NA
8 Rudraprayag Vacant NA
9 Ghansali (SC) Vacant Bharatiya Janata Party
10 Devprayag Mantri Prasad Naithani Independent
11 Narendranagar Vacant NA
12 Pratapnagar Vikram Singh Negi Indian National Congress
13 Tehri Dinesh Dhanai Independent
14 Dhanaulti Mahavir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Chakrata (ST) Pritam Singh Indian National Congress
16 Vikasnagar Nav Prabhat Indian National Congress
17 Sahaspur Sahdev Singh Pundir Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Dharampur Dinesh Aggarwal Indian National Congress
19 Raipur Vacant NA
20 Rajpur Road (SC) Raj Kumar Indian National Congress
21 Dehradun Cantt Harbans Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party
22 Mussoorie Ganesh Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party
23 Doiwala Heera Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
24 Rishikesh Premchand Aggarwal Bharatiya Janata Party
25 Haridwar Madan Kaushik Bharatiya Janata Party
26 BHEL Ranipur Adesh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
27 Jwalapur (SC) Chandra Shekhar Bharatiya Janata Party
28 Bhagwanpur (SC) Mamta Rakesh Indian National Congress
29 Jhabrera (SC) Hari Das Bahujan Samaj Party
30 Piran Kaliyar Furqan Ahmad Indian National Congress
31 Roorkee Vacant NA
32 Khanpur Vacant NA
33 Manglaur Sarwat Karim Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party
34 Laksar Sanjay Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
35 Haridwar Rural Yatishwaranand Bharatiya Janata Party
36 Yamkeshwar Vijaya Barthwal Bharatiya Janata Party
37 Pauri (SC) Sundar Lal Mandrawal Indian National Congress
38 Srinagar Ganesh Prasad Indian National Congress
39 Chaubattakhal Tirath Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
40 Lansdowne Dalip Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
41 Kotdwar Surendra Singh Negi Indian National Congress
42 Dharchula Harish Rawat[6] Indian National Congress
43 Didihat Bishan Singh Chuphal Bharatiya Janata Party
44 Pithoragarh Mayukh Singh Mahar Indian National Congress
45 Gangolihat (SC) Narayan Ram Arya Indian National Congress
46 Kapkot Lalit Mohan Singh Pharswan Indian National Congress
47 Bageshwar (SC) Chandan Ram Das Bharatiya Janata Party
48 Dwarahat Madan Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
49 Salt Surendra Singh Jeena Bharatiya Janata Party
50 Ranikhet Ajay Bhatt Bharatiya Janata Party
51 Someshwar (SC) Vacant Indian National Congress
52 Almora Manoj Tiwari Indian National Congress
53 Jageshwar Govind Singh Kunjwal Indian National Congress
54 Lohaghat Puran Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
55 Champawat Hemesh Kharkwal Indian National Congress
56 Lalkuan Harish Chandra Durgapal Independent
57 Bhimtal Dan Singh Bhandari Bharatiya Janata Party
58 Nainital (SC) Sarita Arya Indian National Congress
59 Haldwani Indira Hridayesh Indian National Congress
60 Kaladhungi Banshidhar Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
61 Ramnagar Vacant NA
62 Jaspur Vacant NA
63 Kashipur Harbhajan Singh Cheema Bharatiya Janata Party
64 Bajpur (SC) Yashpal Arya Indian National Congress
65 Gadarpur Arvind Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
66 Rudrapur Rajkumar Thukral Bharatiya Janata Party
67 Kichha Rajesh Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party
68 Sitarganj Vacant NA
69 Nanakmatta (ST) Prem Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
70 Khatima Pushkar Singh Dhami Bharatiya Janata Party
71 Anglo Indian Russell Valentine Gardner Nominated

Current Party Position in the House

Current Party Position in the House as of April 2016

Rank Party Seats Leader of House
1Indian National Congress (INC)26Harish Rawat
3Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)02Hari Das
4Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P) (UKD (P))01Pritam Singh Panwar
5Independents 03 N/A
6Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)26Ajay Bhatt
Total 58

See also

References

  1. ↑ Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
  2. ↑ http://english.pradesh18.com/news/uttarakhand/two-uttarakhand-mlas-suspended-for-cross-voting-during-trust-vote-897075.html
  3. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harish-rawat-rows-to-safety-with-mayas-oars/1/665130.html
  4. ↑ http://english.pradesh18.com/news/uttarakhand/two-uttarakhand-mlas-suspended-for-cross-voting-during-trust-vote-897075.html
  5. ↑ http://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/pages/show/85-former-members
  6. ↑ "Harish Rawat wins Uttarakhand assembly bypoll". news.biharprabha.com. IANS. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  7. ↑ http://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Notification_4.pdf

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