The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral

Bihar Legislature The Bihar Legislature (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ''Bihar Vidhan Mandal'') is the supreme legislative body of the state of Bihar. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of two houses, The Bihar Leg ...

of the state of

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. The first state elections were held in 1952. Before the partition of Bihar, the total strength of membership in the assembly was 331, including one nominated member. After the partition, the seats were reduced to 243 members. Shri Krishna Singh became the first leader of the House and the first chief minister, Anugrah Narayan Singh was elected as the first deputy leader of the house and the first deputy chief minister.

History

After the passing of the

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, Bihar and

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became separate states. A bicameral system of legislature was introduced according to the act. On 22 July 1936, the first Bihar legislative council was set up. It had 30 members and Rajiv Ranjan Prasad was the chairman. The first joint session of the two houses of the Bihar Assembly took place on 22 July 1937. Ram Dayalu Singh was elected as the speaker of the Bihar Assembly.

Bihar Legislative Assembly terms

Following are the dates of constitution and dissolution of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. First sitting date and date of completion of term for eac
Vidhan Sabha
can be different from the constitution and dissolution dates (respectively).

Working

The Bihar Legislative Assembly is not a permanent body and is subject to dissolution. The tenure of the legislative assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first sitting unless dissolved sooner. Members of the legislative assembly are directly elected by the people. There are three sessions every year: budget session, monsoon session, and winter session. The sessions of the legislative assembly are presided over by the speaker. The speaker certifies whether a bill is ordinary bill or money bill. Generally, the speaker does not participate in voting, except in the case of a tie.

Nand Kishore Yadav Nand Kishore Yadav (born 26 August 1953) is an Indian politician, who currently serves as the Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly. He was former cabinet minister for road construction and health in the Government of Bihar. He is a member of ...

is the current speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.The legislative assembly also has a Secretariat. The secretary is under the disciplinary control of the speaker. The function of the secretary is to assist the speaker. Bateshwar Nath Pandey is the current secretary of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Composition

Members of Legislative Assembly

Note

References

External links

Official website
; Government of Bihar {{Coord missing, Bihar State lower houses in India