Second Punjab Legislative Assembly
The 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the Second Punjab Legislative Assembly, Vidhan Sabha (State Legislative Assembly (India), Legislative Assembly) election of the state when the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 120 seats in the 154-seat legislature in the election. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh became the official opposition, holding 9 seats. Background Before 1957 General election Shiromani Akali Dal merged with Congress and 1957 election was fought by Akali candidates on Congress tickets and 28 Akali leaders won.Electoral politics in Punjab
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Punjab Legislative Assembly
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), members, directly elected from List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner. The Speaker of the sixteenth assembly is Kultar Singh Sandhwan. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the ''Vidhan Bhavan'' in Chandigarh. Vacancy History In the British Raj, an Executive Council was formed under Indian Councils Act 1861, The Indian Councils Act, 1861. It was only under the Government of India Act 1919 that a Punjab Legislative Assembly (British India), Legislative Council was set up in Punjab. Later, under the Government of India Act 1935, the Pu ...
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