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Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
14th Himachal Pradesh Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Speaker	Kuldeep Singh Pathania, INC since 5 January 2023
Deputy Speaker	Vinay Kumar, INC since 19 December 2023
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, INC since 11 December 2022
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister)	Mukesh Agnihotri, INC since 11 December 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Jai Ram Thakur, BJP since 25 December 2022
Structure
Seats	68
Political groups	Government (40)   INC (40) Opposition (28)   BJP (28)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	12 November 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Shimla
Vidhan Bhavan, Dharamshala (Winter session)
Website
https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The seat of the Assembly is at Shimla, the capital of the state. There are 68 Members of Legislative Assembly, all directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

History

Himachal Pradesh was the first state in India to launch a paperless legislative assembly.

List of assemblies

Members of Legislative Assembly

List of speakers and deputy speakers

List of speakers

List of deputy speakers

List of Leaders of the House

Representation of chief ministers by party

The Chief Commissioner's Province of Himachal Pradesh was formed on 15 April 1948 through the integration of 30 erstwhile princely-states. In 1951, Himachal Pradejsh become a Part C state, under the Government of Part C State, 1951 and was brought under a lieutenant governor with 36-member Legislative Assembly. First elections to the Assembly were held in 1952. The Indian National Congress won 24 seats to form a government under Yashwant Singh Parmar.

In 1954, Bilaspur, another part-C State, was merged with Himachal Pradesh. In 1956 it was made a Union Territory and was placed under a lieutenant governor with a Territorial Council with limited powers.

List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1951–56) (Part 'C' State)
No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
				From	To	Days in office
1		Yashwant Singh Parmar	Pachhad	8 March 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 237 days	Legislative Assembly (1952 election)	Indian National Congress
Office abolished, 1956–63 (Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory)

In 1963, Himachal Pradesh though being a Union Territory was provided with a Legislative Assembly. The Territorial Council was converted into the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory. The assembly has its first sitting on 1 October 1971. On 18 December 1970, the State of Himachal Pradesh Act was passed by Parliament and the new state came into being on 25 January 1971. Thus Himachal Pradesh emerged as the 18th state of Indian Union.

List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1963–71) (Union Territory with Legislature)
No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
				From	To	Days in office
(1)		Yashwant Singh Parmar	Shri Renukaji	1 July 1963	4 March 1967	7 years, 208 days	1st (Territorial Council)	Indian National Congress
				4 March 1967	25 January 1971		2nd (1967 elections)
List of chief ministers of Himachal Pradesh (1971–present) (State)
(1)		Yashwant Singh Parmar	Shri Renukaji	25 January 1971	10 March 1972	6 years, 3 days	2nd (1967 election)	Indian National Congress
				10 March 1972	28 January 1977		3rd (1972 election)
2		Thakur Ram Lal	Jubbal-Kotkhai	28 January 1977	30 April 1977	92 days
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	30 April 1977	22 June 1977	53 days	Dissolved	N/A
3		Shanta Kumar	Sullah	22 June 1977	14 February 1980	2 years, 237 days	4th (1977 election)	Janata Party
(2)		Thakur Ram Lal	Jubbal-Kotkhai	14 February 1980	15 June 1982	3 years, 53 days		Indian National Congress
				15 June 1982	8 April 1983		5th (1982 election)
4		Virbhadra Singh	Jubbal-Kotkhai	8 April 1983	8 March 1985	6 years, 331 days
				8 March 1985	5 March 1990		6th (1985 elections)
(3)		Shanta Kumar	Palampur	5 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 285 days	7th (1990 elections)	Bharatiya Janata Party
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	15 December 1992	3 December 1993	353 days	Dissolved	N/A
(4)		Virbhadra Singh	Rohru	3 December 1993	24 March 1998	4 years, 111 days	8th (1993 elections)	Indian National Congress
5		Prem Kumar Dhumal	Bamsan	24 March 1998	6 March 2003	4 years, 347 days	9th (1998 elections)	Bharatiya Janata Party
(4)		Virbhadra Singh	Rohru	6 March 2003	30 December 2007	4 years, 299 days	10th (2003 elections)	Indian National Congress
(5)		Prem Kumar Dhumal	Bamsan	30 December 2007	25 December 2012	4 years, 361 days	11th (2007 elections)	Bharatiya Janata Party
(4)		Virbhadra Singh	Shimla Rural	25 December 2012	27 December 2017	5 years, 2 days	12th (2012 elections)	Indian National Congress
6		Jai Ram Thakur	Seraj	27 December 2017	11 December 2022	4 years, 349 days	13th (2017 elections)	Bharatiya Janata Party
7		Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu	Nadaun	11 December 2022	incumbent	2 years, 10 days	14th (2022 elections)	Indian National Congress

List of Leaders of Opposition

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly	Chief Minister	Party
1		Dina Nath		1 July 1963	11 January 1967	3 years, 194 days	1st	Yashwant Singh Parmar	Swatantra Party
2		Kanwar Durga Chand	Sullah	18 March 1967	1 March 1972	4 years, 349 days	2nd		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3		Shanta Kumar	Khera	27 March 1972	30 March 1977	5 years, 3 days	3rd	Yashwant Singh Parmar Thakur Ram Lal
4		Thakur Ram Lal	Jubbal-Kotkhai	29 June 1977	13 February 1980	2 years, 229 days	4th	Shanta Kumar	Indian National Congress
5		Jagdev Chand	Hamirpur	11 March 1985	3 March 1990	4 years, 357 days	6th	Virbhadra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
6		Vidya Stokes	Theog	21 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 269 days	7th	Shanta Kumar	Indian National Congress
7		Jagat Prakash Nadda	Bilaspur	1 December 1993	24 December 1997	4 years, 23 days	8th	Virbhadra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
8		Virbhadra Singh	Rohru	25 March 1998	4 March 2003	4 years, 344 days	9th	Prem Kumar Dhumal	Indian National Congress
9		Prem Kumar Dhumal	Bamsan				10th	Virbhadra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
(6)		Vidya Stokes	Kumarsain	22 January 2008	25 December 2012	4 years, 338 days	11th	Prem Kumar Dhumal	Indian National Congress
(9)		Prem Kumar Dhumal	Hamirpur	2 January 2013	18 December 2017	4 years, 350 days	12th	Virbhadra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
10		Mukesh Agnihotri	Haroli	23 August 2018	11 December 2022	4 years, 110 days	13th	Jai Ram Thakur	Indian National Congress
11		Jai Ram Thakur	Seraj	25 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 362 days	14th	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu	Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

• Government of Himachal Pradesh
• 13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh

Notes

1. ^ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
2. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
3. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
4. ^ President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.

References

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4. "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website. Archived from the original on 25 March 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
5. "India gets its first paperless as Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly also known as e-Vidhan". theindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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7. "More trouble for Congress in Himachal Pradesh? 3 Independent MLAs resign, set to join BJP". Times of India. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
8. ^ "6 Himachal Congress MLAs, Who Cross-Voted In Rajya Sabha Polls, Disqualified". NDTV. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
9. ^ "Himachal Assembly bypoll results 2024: Congress wins 4 of 6 seats in Himachal Assembly bypolls, MLA strength reaches 38". The Hindu. PTI. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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• Himachal Pradesh Election Results Archived 9 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine

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