Politics of Himachal Pradesh
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The key political players in Himachal Pradesh state in north-west India are the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Politics of Himachal Pradesh | |
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Legislative branch | |
Name | Vidhan Sabha |
Type | Unicameral |
Meeting place | Vidhan Bhavan |
Lower house | |
Name | Vidhan Sabha |
Presiding officer | Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha |
Executive branch | |
Head of State | |
Title | Governor |
Currently | Rajendra Arlekar |
Appointer | President |
Head of Government | |
Title | Chief Minister |
Currently | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu |
Appointer | Governor |
Cabinet | |
Name | Himachal Pradesh Council of Ministers |
Current cabinet | Sukhu ministry |
Leader | Chief Minister |
Appointer | Governor |
Ministries | 8 |
Judicial branch | |
Courts | High Court |
Chief judge | Amjad Ahtesham Sayed |
The politics of Himachal Pradesh are more associated with the regional divides of the state.[1]
Based on electoral divide, the state can be divided as - Upper Himanchal consisting the districts of Shimla, Sirmaur and parts of Mandi, Kullu, Lahaul and Spiti, Solan, Kinnaur and Chamba; and Lower Himachal consisting the districts of Kangra, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Una and the lower region of Mandi district.[1]The State was reorganised on 1966 through the Punjab Reorganisation Act by adding some parts of Punjab to the state of Himanchal Pradesh; and the parts of old Himachal and the newly merged areas too differ in their voting pattern.[1]