Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly ; Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha
5th Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	14 February 2002
Preceded by	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Ritu Khanduri Bhushan ; since 26 March 2022
Deputy Speaker	Vacant ; since 10 March 2022
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Pushkar Singh Dhami, BJP ; since 4 July 2021
Leader of the Opposition	Yashpal Arya, INC ; since 10 April 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Bhuwan Chandra Kapri, INC ; since 10 April 2022
Chief Secretary	Sukhbir Singh Sandhu IAS
Structure
Seats	70
Political groups	Government (49) BJP (47); IND (2); Opposition (19) INC (19); Others (2) BSP (2);
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	14 February 2022
Next election	2027
Redistricting	2012
Meeting place
	Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Gairsain (summer); Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun (winter)
Website
	Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constitution
	Constitution of India

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 28 states of India. It is seated at Dehradun, the winter capital, and Gairsain, the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).

As of March 2022, Pushkar Singh Dhami is the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Leader of the House in the 5th Vidhan Sabha.^[2] The Speaker of the Assembly is Ritu Khanduri Bhushan. Gurmit Singh is the current Governor of Uttarakhand.

HistoryEdit

5th Uttarakhand AssemblyEdit

NotesEdit

^A In the 2012 Assembly election, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal contested as "Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P)" led by then party president Trivendra Singh Panwar. The original party name and the election symbol (chair) was frozen by the Election Commission of India following the factionism and leadership dispute within the party that led to its break-up. Its original name and party symbol were restored in 2017.

ReferencesEdit

↑ "Uttarakhand appoints Om Prakash as new chief secretary, transfers 8 IAS officers". Economic Times. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
↑ Singh, Kautilya (10 March 2021). "Tirath Singh Rawat: BJP's Tirath Singh Rawat to be new Uttarakhand chief minister". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

External linksEdit

[1] "Uttarakhand appoints Om Prakash as new chief secretary, transfers 8 IAS officers". Economic Times. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

[2] Singh, Kautilya (10 March 2021). "Tirath Singh Rawat: BJP's Tirath Singh Rawat to be new Uttarakhand chief minister". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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