The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly or the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the

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state legislature of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

state in India. The seat of the

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is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The

comprises 90 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 90 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

History

The state of

was created by the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act 2000, approved by the

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on 25 August 2000. The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha came into existence with the creation of the state on 1 November 2000. The first session of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha was held at Jashpur hall of Rajkumar College in Raipur. Later, the Vidhan Sabha was shifted to the newly constructed Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Bhavan at Vidhan Nagar, on Raipur– Baloda Bazar Road.
A new building for Vidhan Sabha is under construction at Sector 19, Atal Nagar behind Indravati Bhawan & Mahanadi Bhawan. The groundbreaking ceremony was done by Bhupesh Baghel on 29 August 2020 in the presence of leaders like Rahul Gandhi,

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and other ministers. The construction is currently halted since 2021 and all tenders are cancelled by the Government of Chhattisgarh due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chhattisgarh. The inauguration is expected to be on or after 2025.

Leaders

List of Assemblies

Members of Legislative Assembly

Notes

References

External links

Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results Website

Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website

Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2013 details
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