Loading AI tools
Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Members of Legislative Assembly, directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is five years, unless sooner dissolved.
Assam Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| 15th Assam Assembly | |
| |
| Type | |
| Type | of the Assam Legislature |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Founded | 7 April 1937[1] |
| Leadership | |
Leader of the house (Chief Minister) | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 126 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (77)
Official Opposition (24) Other Opposition (20) Vacant (5)
|
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 27 March to 6 April 2021 |
Next election | 2026 |
| Meeting place | |
 | |
| Assam Legislative Assembly complex, Dispur, Guwahati, Assam, India - 781006. | |
| Website | |
| www.assambidhansabha.org | |
According to provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature of Assam province came into existence in 1937. After the Government of India Act 1935 was passed, it paved the way for the formation of Assam Legislative Assembly, and became a bicameral legislature. The strength of the House was 108, where all the members were elected. The Legislative Council (Upper House) was not less than 21 and not more than 22 members.
The first sitting of its lower house, the Assam Legislative Assembly, took place on 7 April 1937 in the Assembly Chamber at Shillong. Shillong was the capital of the composite State of Assam. It had a strength of 108 members.
However, the strength of the Assembly was reduced to 71 after the partition of India. After Indian independence in 1947, the Assam Legislative Council was abolished and the Assam Legislative Assembly became unicameral.
In the years that followed, Assam was truncated to several smaller states. And over the years, with the changing geographical boundaries and increase in population, the strength of members has changed from 108 in 1952–57 to 114 in 1967-72 (the third Assembly) and by 1972-78 (the fifth Assembly) it had a strength of 126 members.[6]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
