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
states of India
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
** Nation state, ...
. 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 (MLA).
As of March 2022,
Pushkar Singh Dhami is the current
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Leader of the House in the
5th Vidhan Sabha.
The
Speaker of the Assembly is
Ritu Khanduri Bhushan.
Gurmit Singh is the current
Governor of Uttarakhand.
History
Composition
Members of Legislative Assembly
See also
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Government of Uttarakhand
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Governor of Uttarakhand
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Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
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Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
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Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
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Cabinet of Uttarakhand
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List of constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
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List of former constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
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List of by-elections to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...
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Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...
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State Legislature
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State Legislative Assemblies
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State Legislative Councils
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
Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by Constitution of India, the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a Chief Ele ...
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.
References
External links
Uttarakhand Lok Sabha Election 2019 Result Website Govt. of Uttarakhand.
Members of Uttarakhand Legislative AssemblyPresident’s rule in Uttarakhand; Congress says ‘murder of democracy’
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State lower houses in India
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Unicameral legislatures