The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one. Unicameralism has become an increasingly common type of legislature, making up nearly ...

governing and law making body of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

, one of the 28

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. It is seated at

Dehradun Dehradun (), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, d ...

, the winter capital, and

Gairsain Gairsain () is a town in Chamoli district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand near state's summer capital Bhararisain. A town and Nagar Panchayat, Gairsain is situated at the eastern edge of the vast Dudhatoli mountain range, and is located in ...

, the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70

Members of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nationa ...

(MLA). As of March 2022,

Pushkar Singh Dhami Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 16 September 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the 10th and the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand since 2021. He represents the Champawat Assembly constituency i ...

is the current

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand The chief minister of Uttarakhand is the Head of the government of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with the ...

and Leader of the House in the 5th Vidhan Sabha. The

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Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Ritu Khanduri Bhushan (born 29 January 1965) is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand. Political career She is the 6th Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly since 2022. She represents Kotdwar in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly ...

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is the current

Governor of Uttarakhand The governor of Uttarakhand is the nominal head of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Appointed by the president of India, the governor holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is ''de jure'' head of the state government; all its e ...

History

Composition

Members of Legislative Assembly

Notes

* In the 2012 Assembly election,

Uttarakhand Kranti Dal The Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (translation: Uttarakhand Revolutionary Party; UKD), is a registered unrecognised regional political party in Uttarakhand, India. Founded in 1979, the party was built upon the aim of establishing a separate hill-st ...

contested as "Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (P)" led by then party president Trivendra Singh Panwar. The original party name and the election symbol (chair) was frozen by the

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following the factionism and leadership dispute within the party that led to its break-up. Its original name and party symbol were restored in 2017.

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