The Haryana Legislative Assembly (

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: ''Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the

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of the Indian state of

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

. The seating of the assembly is at

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

, the capital of the state. There are seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member

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system. The term of office is five years.

Significance

Council of Ministers of Haryana is responsible to .

History

The body was founded in 1966, when the state was created from part of the state of Punjab, by the

Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 The Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed by the Indian Parliament on 18 September 1966, separating territory from the state of Punjab, most of which formed the new state of Haryana. Some was transferred to Himachal Pradesh, then a Union territor ...

. The house initially had 54 seats, ten reserved for scheduled castes, this was increased to 81 seats in March 1967, and to 90 seats (including 17 reserved seats) in 1977. Highest number of seats ever won was in 1977 when

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won 75 out of 90 seats when in the aftermath of 1975–77 emergency by

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's (INC)

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. INC won only 3 seats, Vishal Haryana Party and independents both won 5 seats each. Since the formation of Haryana in 1966, the state politics became infamously dominated by the

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clans of five political dynasts, Lal trio ( Devi Lal, Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal) as well as the Hooda clan and Rao Birender clan. The Mewat region, remotely to the rest of Haryana since its formation, has been dominated by three major political dynasts ( Tayyab Husain, Rahim Khan, Khurshid Ahmed). The infamous Aaya Ram Gaya Ram politics, named after Gaya Lal in 1967, of frequent floor-crossing, turncoating, switching parties and political horse trading within short span of time became associated with Haryana.Paras Diwan, 1979, Aya Ram Gaya Ram: The Politics Of Defection, Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Vol. 21, No. 3, July–September 1979, pp. 291-312.

Floor Leaders and Ministers

List of Assemblies

The elections for the Haryana Vidhan Sabha are being held since 1967.

Members of Legislative Assembly

References

External links

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Map of Haryana Assembly constituencies
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