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The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the
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state legislature of
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and la ...
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in
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. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at
Itanagar Itanagar () is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The seat of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the seat of government of Arunachal Pradesh, and the seat of Gauhati High Court permanent bench at Nahar ...
, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 60 Members of Legislative Assembly directly elected from single-seat constituencies.


History

On 29 December 1969, the Agency Council, an apex advisory body for the governance of the
North-East Frontier Agency The North–East Frontier Agency (NEFA), originally known as the North-East Frontier Tracts (NEFT), was one of the political divisions in British India, and later the Republic of India until 20 January 1972, when it became the Union territory, U ...
(present-day Arunachal Pradesh), came into existence, with the
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as its chairman. The Agency Council was replaced by the Pradesh Council on 2 October 1972. On 15 August 1975 the Pradesh Council was converted to the Provisional Legislative Assembly. Initially, the Legislative Assembly comprised 33 members, of which, 30 members were directly elected from single-seat constituencies and 3 members were nominated by the Union government. On attainment of the statehood on 20 February 1987, the number was raised to 60.


Designations and present members

The present assembly is the Tenth Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh.


Members of Legislative Assembly


See also

*
List of constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of t ...
* Government of Arunachal Pradesh * List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh *
List of chief ministers of Arunachal Pradesh The chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh is chief executive of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Arunachal Pradesh is the state's ''de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority res ...


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External links


Arunachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results Website
* {{Authority control State lower houses in India Politics of Arunachal Pradesh Unicameral legislatures of country subdivisions Government of Arunachal Pradesh