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{{Update|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox legislature<br />
| name = Assam Legislature<br />
| native_name = <br />
| coa_pic = <br />
| coa_res =<br />
| legislature = [[15th Assam Assembly]]<br />
| house_type = Unicameral<br />
| term_limits = 5 years<br />
| leader1_type = [[List of governors of Assam|Governor of Assam]]<br />
| leader1 = [[Lakshman Prasad Acharya]]<br />
| party1 = <br />
| election1 = 30 July 2024<br />
| leader2_type = [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker of the house]]<br />
| leader2 = [[Biswajit Daimary]]<br />
| party2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| election2 = [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|21 May 2021]]<br />
| leader3_type = [[Speaker (politics)|Deputy Speaker of the house]]<br />
| leader3 = [[Numal Momin]]<br />
| party3 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| election3 = [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|21 May 2021]]<br />
| leader4_type = Leader of the house<br>[[List of Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]<br />
| leader4 = [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]]<br />
| party4 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]<br />
| election4 = [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|10 May 2021]]<br />
| leader5_type = [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of the Opposition]]<br />
| leader5 = [[Debabrata Saikia]]<br />
| party5 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| election5 = [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|20 May 2021]]<br />
|leader6_type = Deputy Leader of the Opposition<br />
|leader6 = Vacant<br />
|party6 = <br />
|election6 = 11 June 2024<br />
| members = '''126'''<br />
| structure1 = File:India Assam Legislative Assembly 2025.svg<br />
|structure1_res = 300<br />
| political_groups1 = <!-- Do not make changes to Party totals without making corresponding changes under section 'Members of Legislative Assembly' --><br />
'''[[Government of Assam|Government]] (82)<br>[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (82)'''<br><br />
*{{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (63)<br />
*{{Party legend|Asom Gana Parishad|8}}<br />
*{{Color box|#F3ED13}} [[United People's Party Liberal|UPPL]] (7)<br />
*{{Color box|#FF6600}} [[Bodoland People's Front|BPF]] (3)<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 January 2022|title=BPF to be part of BJP, other ruling parties in Assam assembly, says Himanta Biswa Sarma|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bpf-to-be-part-of-bjp-other-ruling-parties-in-assam-assembly-says-himanta-biswa-sarma-101642943221768.html|access-date=23 January 2022|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><br />
*{{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 January 2022|title=Assam Congress MLA Sashi Kanta Das who extended support to BJP suspended<br />
|access-date=7 April 2022|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-congress-mla-sashi-kanta-das-who-extended-support-to-bjp-suspended-101641010555121.html|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><br />
'''[[Opposition (politics)|Official Opposition]] (27)'''<br><br />
'''[[United Opposition Forum|UOF]] (27)'''<br />
*{{Color box|#00BFFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (25)<br />
*{{color box|#FF0000}} [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (1)<ref name ="grand alliance">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/assam-congress-initiates-grand-alliance-move-against-bjp-for-2024-lok-sabha-polls/article66606515.ece|title = Assam Congress initiates grand alliance move against BJP for 2024 Lok Sabha polls|access-date=2023-03-11}}</ref><br />
*{{Color box|Brown}} [[Raijor Dal|RD]] (1)<ref name="grand alliance"/><br />
'''[[Opposition (politics)|Other opposition]] (17)'''<br />
*{{Color box|#0A8612}} [[All India United Democratic Front|AIUDF]] (15)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-30|title='AIUDF no longer part of grand alliance': Assam Congress decides ahead of bypolls in state|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/aiudf-no-longer-part-of-grand-alliance-assam-congress-decides-ahead-of-bypolls-in-state-101630340386778.html|access-date=2022-10-10|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><br />
*{{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)<br />
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| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First past the post]]<br />
| last_election1 = [[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|27 March to 6 April 2021]]<br />
| next_election1 = [[2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
| session_room = File:Assam Legislative Assembly complex with New Assembly Hall.jpg<br />
| session_res = <br />
| session_alt = <br />
| meeting_place = Assam Legislative Assembly complex, <br /> [[Dispur]], [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]], [[India]] - 781006.<br />
| website = [https://assambidhansabha.org/ www.assambidhansabha.org]<br />
|foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1937|4|7|p=1|br=1}}<ref>{{cite news|title=A Brief Historical Profile of Assam Legislative Assembly|url=https://assambidhansabha.org/about|access-date=1 April 2022|work=assambidhansabha.org|language=en}}</ref><br />
}}The '''Assam Legislature''' is the [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] legislature of the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Assam]]. The Legislature is composed of the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] and [[List of governors of Assam|the state's governor]]. <br />
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It was the unicameral legislature from 1913 to 1935 and then the upper house of the bicameral legislature from 1935 to 1947, when it was disbanded by the [[India]] (Provincial Legislatures) Order, 1947, and the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] became unicameral.<ref>{{cite book |last=Malhotra |first=G. C. |year=2004 |title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures |publisher=[[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha Secretariat]] |pages=207–208 |isbn=9788120004009}}</ref> <br />
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On 14 July 2013, [[Assam]] Legislative Assembly passed a resolution for the creation of Legislative Council in the state of Assam with 42 members. The Assam Legislative Council Bill, 2013 was introduced in the [[Rajya Sabha]] on 3 December 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-19 |title=State government mulls creation of Legislative Council of Assam Legislative Assembly - Sentinelassam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/top-headlines/state-government-mulls-creation-of-legislative-council-of-assam-legislative-assembly/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=www.sentinelassam.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Elections in Assam]]<br />
*[[Government of Assam]] <br />
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