Assam Legislative Assembly

Assam Legislative Assembly
Assam Legislative Assembly
14th Legislative Assembly of Assam
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	April 7, 1937; (84 years ago)
Leadership
Speaker	Biswajit Daimary, BJP ; since 21 May 2021
Deputy Speaker	Numal Momin, BJP ; since 21 May 2021
Chief Minister	Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP ; since 10 May 2021
Leader of the Opposition	Debabrata Saikia, INC ; since 20 May 2021
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Rakibul Hussain, INC ; since 20 May 2021
Structure
Seats	126
Political groups	Government (74); NDA (73) BJP (59); AGP (9); UPPL (5); Opposition (28); UPA (28) INC (27); CPI(M) (1); Others (19) AIUDF (15); BPF (3); RD (1); Vacant (6) Vacant (6);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	27 March to 6 April 2021
Next election
Meeting place
	Assam Legislative Assembly House, ; Dispur, Guwahati, Assam, India - 781006.
Website
	www.assamassembly.nic.in

The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, 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.

History[]

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.^[2]

Speakers of the Assembly[]

The following is a list of the Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly:^[3]

Assam Province[]

#	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Babu Basanta Kumar Das	7 April 1937	11 March 1946
2	Debeswar Sarmah	12 March 1946	10 October 1947
3	Laksheswar Borooah (INC)	5 November 1947	3 March 1952

Assam State[]

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Political Party
1	Kuladhar Chaliha	5 March 1952	7 June 1957	Indian National Congress
2	Devakanta Barua	8 June 1957	15 September 1959	Indian National Congress
3	Mahendra Mohan Choudhury	9 December 1959	19 March 1967	Indian National Congress
4	Hareswar Goswami	20 March 1967	10 May 1968	Indian National Congress
5	Mahi Kanta Das	27 August 1968	21 March 1972	Indian National Congress
6	Ramesh Chandra Barooah	22 March 1972	20 March 1978	Indian National Congress
7	Jogendra Nath Hazarika	21 March 1978	4 September 1979	Janata Party
8	Sheikh Chand Mohammad	7 November 1979	7 January 1986	Indian National Congress
9	Pulakesh Barua	9 January 1986	27 July 1991	Asom Gana Parishad
10	Jiba Kanta Gogoi	29 July 1991	9 December 1992	Indian National Congress
11	Debesh Chandra Chakravorty	21 December 1992	11 June 1996	Indian National Congress
12	Ganesh Kutum	12 June 1996	24 May 2001	Asom Gana Parishad
13	Prithibi Majhi	30 May 2001	19 May 2006	Indian National Congress
14	Tanka Bahadur Rai	29 May 2006	19 May 2011	Indian National Congress
15	Pranab Kumar Gogoi^[4]	6 June 2011	19 May 2016	Indian National Congress
16	Ranjit Kumar Das	1 June 2016	30 January 2017	Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Hitendra Nath Goswami	30 January 2017	20 May 2021	Bharatiya Janata Party
18	Biswajit Daimary	21 May 2021	Present	Bharatiya Janata Party

List of current MLAs[]

No.	Constituency	MLA		Alliance
Karimganj District
1	Ratabari (SC)	Bijoy Malakar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
2	Patharkandi	Krishnendu Paul	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
3	Karimganj North	Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha	Indian National Congress	UPA
4	Karimganj South	Siddeque Ahmed	Indian National Congress	UPA
5	Badarpur	Abdul Aziz	All India United Democratic Front	None
Hailakandi District
6	Hailakandi	Zakir Hussain Laskar	All India United Democratic Front	None
7	Katlicherra	Suzam Uddin Laskar	All India United Democratic Front	None
8	Algapur	Nizam Uddin Choudhury	All India United Democratic Front	None
Cachar District
9	Silchar	Dipayan Chakraborty	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
10	Sonai	Karimuddin Barbhuiya	All India United Democratic Front	None
11	Dholai (SC)	Parimal Suklabaidya	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
12	Udharbond	Mihir Kanti Shome	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
13	Lakhipur	Kaushik Rai	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
14	Barkhola	Misbahul Islam Laskar	Indian National Congress	UPA
15	Katigorah	Khalil Uddin Mazumder	Indian National Congress	UPA
Dima Hasao District
16	Haflong (ST)	Nandita Gorlosa	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Karbi Anglong District
17	Bokajan (ST)	Numal Momin	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
18	Howraghat (ST)	Darsing Ronghang	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
19	Diphu (ST)	Bidya Sing Engleng	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
West Karbi Anglong District
20	Baithalangso (ST)	Rupsing Teron	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
South Salmara District
21	Mankachar	Adv.Aminul Islam	All India United Democratic Front	None
22	Salmara South	Wazed Ali Choudhury	Indian National Congress	UPA
Dhubri District
23	Dhubri	Najrul Hoque	All India United Democratic Front	None
24	Gauripur	Nijanur Rahman	All India United Democratic Front	None
25	Golakganj	Abdus Sobahun Ali Sarkar	Indian National Congress	UPA
26	Bilasipara West	Hafiz Bashir Ahmed	All India United Democratic Front	None
27	Bilasipara East	Samsul Huda	All India United Democratic Front	None
Kokrajhar District
28	Gossaigaon	Vacant
29	Kokrajhar West (ST)	Rabiram Narzary	Bodoland People's Front	None
30	Kokrajhar East (ST)	Lawrence Islary	United People's Party Liberal	NDA
Chirang District
31	Sidli (ST)	Jayanta Basumatary	United People's Party Liberal	NDA
Bongaigaon District
32	Bongaigaon	Phani Bhusan Choudhury	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
Chirang District
33	Bijni	Ajoy Kumar Roy	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Bongaigaon District
34	Abhayapuri North	Abdul Bhatim Khandkar	Indian National Congress	UPA
35	Abhayapuri South (SC)	Pradip Sarkar	Indian National Congress	UPA
Goalpara District
36	Dudhnai (ST)	Jadab Sawargiary	Indian National Congress	UPA
37	Goalpara East	Abdul Kalam Rasheed Alam	Indian National Congress	UPA
38	Goalpara West	Abdur Rasheed Mandal	Indian National Congress	UPA
39	Jaleswar	Aftab Uddin Mollah	Indian National Congress	UPA
Barpeta District
40	Sorbhog	Manoranjan Talukdar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	UPA
Bajali District
41	Bhabanipur	Vacant
42	Patacharkuchi	Ranjeet Kumar Dass	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Barpeta District
43	Barpeta	Abdur Rahim Ahmed	Indian National Congress	UPA
44	Jania	Rafiqul Islam	All India United Democratic Front	None
45	Baghbor	Sherman Ali Ahmed	Indian National Congress	UPA
46	Sarukhetri	Jakir Hussain Sikdar	Indian National Congress	UPA
47	Chenga	Ashraful Hussain	All India United Democratic Front	None
Kamrup District
48	Boko (SC)	Nandita Das	Indian National Congress	UPA
49	Chaygaon	Rekibuddin Ahmed	Indian National Congress	UPA
50	Palasbari	Hemanga Thakuria	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Kamrup Metropolitan District
51	Jalukbari	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
52	Dispur	Atul Bora	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
53	Gauhati East	Siddhartha Bhattacharya	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
54	Gauhati West	Ramendra Narayan Kalita	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
Kamrup District
55	Hajo	Suman Haripriya	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
56	Kamalpur	Diganta Kalita	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
57	Rangia	Bhabesh Kalita	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Baksa District
58	Tamulpur	Vacant
Nalbari District
59	Nalbari	Jayanta Malla Baruah	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
60	Barkhetry	Diganta Barman	Indian National Congress	UPA
61	Dharmapur	Chandra Mohan Patowary	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Baksa District
62	Barama (ST)	Bhupen Baro	United People's Party Liberal	NDA
63	Chapaguri (ST)	Urkhao Gwra Brahma	United People's Party Liberal	NDA
Udalguri District
64	Panery	Biswajit Daimary	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Darrang District
65	Kalaigaon	Durga Das Boro	Bodoland People's Front	None
66	Sipajhar	Paramananda Rajbongshi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
67	Mangaldoi (SC)	Basanta Das	Indian National Congress	UPA
68	Dalgaon	Mazibur Rahman	All India United Democratic Front	None
Udalguri District
69	Udalguri (ST)	Gobinda Chandra Basumatary	United People's Party Liberal	NDA
70	Majbat	Charan Boro	Bodoland People's Front	None
Sonitpur District
71	Dhekiajuli	Ashok Singhal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
72	Barchalla	Ganesh Kumar Limbu	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
73	Tezpur	Prithviraj Rabha	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
74	Rangapara	Krishna Kamal Tanti	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
75	Sootea	Padma Hazarika	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Biswanath District
76	Biswanath	Promod Borthakur	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
77	Behali	Ranjit Dutta	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Sonitpur District
78	Gohpur	Utpal Borah	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Morigaon District
79	Jagiroad (SC)	Pijush Hazarika	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
80	Marigaon	Rama Kanta Dewri	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
81	Laharighat	Asif Mohammad Nazar	Indian National Congress	UPA
Nagaon District
82	Raha (SC)	Sashi Kanta Das	Indian National Congress	UPA
83	Dhing	Aminul Islam	All India United Democratic Front	None
84	Batadroba	Sibamoni Bora	Indian National Congress	UPA
85	Rupohihat	Nurul Huda	Indian National Congress	UPA
86	Nowgong	Rupak Sarmah	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
87	Barhampur	Jitu Goswami	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
88	Samaguri	Rakibul Hussain	Indian National Congress	UPA
89	Kaliabor	Keshab Mahanta	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
Hojai District
90	Jamunamukh	Sirajuddin Ajmal	All India United Democratic Front	None
91	Hojai	Ramkrishna Ghosh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
92	Lumding	Sibu Misra	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Golaghat District
93	Bokakhat	Atul Bora	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
94	Sarupathar	Biswajit Phukan	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
95	Golaghat	Ajanta Neog	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
96	Khumtai	Mrinal Saikia	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
97	Dergaon (SC)	Bhabendra Nath Bharali	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
Jorhat District
98	Jorhat	Hitendra Nath Goswami	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Majuli District
99	Majuli (ST)	Vacant
Jorhat District
100	Titabar	Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah	Indian National Congress	UPA
101	Mariani	Vacant
102	Teok	Renupoma Rajkhowa	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
Sibsagar District
103	Amguri	Prodip Hazarika	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
104	Nazira	Debabrata Saikia	Indian National Congress	UPA
Charaideo District
105	Mahmara	Jogen Mohan	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
106	Sonari	Dharmeswar Konwar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Sibsagar District
107	Thowra	Vacant
108	Sibsagar	Akhil Gogoi	Raijor Dal	None
Lakhimpur District
109	Bihpuria	Amiya Kumar Bhuyan	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
110	Naoboicha	Bharat Narah	Indian National Congress	UPA
111	Lakhimpur	Manab Deka	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
112	Dhakuakhana (ST)	Naba Kumar Doley	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Dhemaji District
113	Dhemaji (ST)	Ranoj Pegu	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
114	Jonai (ST)	Bhubon Pegu	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
Dibrugarh District
115	Moran	Chakradhar Gogoi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
116	Dibrugarh	Prasanta Phukan	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
117	Lahowal	Binod Hazarika	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
118	Duliajan	Terash Gowalla	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
119	Tingkhong	Bimal Bora	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
120	Naharkatia	Taranga Gogoi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
121	Chabua	Ponakan Baruah	Asom Gana Parishad	NDA
Tinsukia District
122	Tinsukia	Sanjoy Kishan	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
123	Digboi	Suren Phukan	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
124	Margherita	Bhaskar Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
125	Doomdooma	Rupesh Gowala	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
126	Sadiya	Bolin Chetia	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA

Current government[]

References[]

^ "A Brief Historical Profile of Assam Legislative Assembly". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ "Assam Legislative Assembly - History". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
^ "List of Speakers since 1937". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^ "Members of 13th Assembly sworn in - Pranab Gogoi elected Assam Speaker". The Telegraph. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

External links[]

[1] "A Brief Historical Profile of Assam Legislative Assembly". assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[2] "Assam Legislative Assembly - History". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

[3] "List of Speakers since 1937". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

[4] "Members of 13th Assembly sworn in - Pranab Gogoi elected Assam Speaker". The Telegraph. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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