Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
5th Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Speaker	Charan Das Mahant, INC ; since 4 January 2019
Deputy Speaker	Manoj Singh Mandavi, INC ; since 30 November 2019
Leader of the house/ Chief Minister	Bhupesh Baghel, INC ; since 17 December 2018
Leader of the Opposition	Dharamlal Kaushik, BJP ; since 4 January 2019
Structure
Seats	90
Political groups	Government (70) INC (70); Opposition (14) BJP (14); Others (6) JCC (4); BSP (2);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	12 and 20 November 2018
Next election	November 2023
Meeting place
	Legislative Assembly Chamber, Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Website
	http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in

The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha or the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India.

The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 90 members directly elected from single-seat constituency.^[1] Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

History[]

The state of Chhattisgarh was created by the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act 2000, approved by the President of India on 25 August 2000. The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha came into existence with the creation of the state on 1 November 2000. The first session of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha was held at Jashpur hall of Rajkumar College in Raipur. Later, the Vidhan Sabha was shifted to the newly constructed Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Bhavan at Vidhan Nagar, on Raipur–Baloda Bazar Road.^[1]

Sessions[]

Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha sits for three sessions (Budget, Monsoon & Winter).^[2]

Party-wise Members in the 5th Assembly[]

Party	Seats
Indian National Congress	70
Bharatiya Janata Party	14
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh	4
Bahujan Samaj Party	2
Total Seats	90

List of Assemblies[]

Colour key for parties
BJP INC


Assembly	Election Year	Speaker^[3]	Chief Minister		Opposition Leader
1st Assembly^[a]	1998	Rajendra Prasad Shukla	Ajit Jogi	INC	Nand Kumar Sai	BJP
2nd Assembly	2003	Prem Prakash Pandey	Raman Singh	BJP	Mahendra Karma	INC
3rd Assembly	2008	Dharamlal Kaushik
4th Assembly	2013	Gaurishankar Agrawal			T. S. Singh Deo
5th Assembly	2018	Charan Das Mahant	Bhupesh Baghel	INC	Dharamlal Kaushik	BJP

Members of the current assembly[]

#	Constituency	Member		Alliance
1	Bharatpur-Sonhat	Gulab Kamro	Indian National Congress	UPA
2	Manendragarh	Dr. Vinay Jaiswal	Indian National Congress	UPA
3	Baikunthpur	Ambika Singh Deo	Indian National Congress	UPA
4	Premnagar	Khel Sai Singh	Indian National Congress	UPA
5	Bhatgaon	Paras Nath Rajwade	Indian National Congress	UPA
6	Pratappur	Dr. Prem Sai Singh Tekam	Indian National Congress	UPA
7	Ramanujganj	Brihaspat Singh	Indian National Congress	UPA
8	Samri	Chintamani Maharaj	Indian National Congress	UPA
9	Lundra	Dr. Pritam Ram	Indian National Congress	UPA
10	Ambikapur	Tribhuvaneshwar Sharan Singh Deo	Indian National Congress	UPA
11	Sitapur	Amarjeet Bhagat	Indian National Congress	UPA
12	Jashpur	Vinay Kumar Bhagat	Indian National Congress	UPA
13	Kunkuri	Uttam Dhan Minj	Indian National Congress	UPA
14	Pathalgaon	Rampukar Singh Thakur	Indian National Congress	UPA
15	Lailunga	Chakradhar Singh Sidar	Indian National Congress	UPA
16	Raigarh	Prakash Shakrajeet Naik	Indian National Congress	UPA
17	Sarangarh	Uttari Ganpat Jangde	Indian National Congress	UPA
18	Kharsia	Umesh Patel	Indian National Congress	UPA
19	Dharamjaigarh	Laljeet Singh Rathia	Indian National Congress	UPA
20	Rampur	Nanki Ram Kanwar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
21	Korba	Jai Singh Agrawal	Indian National Congress	UPA
22	Katghora	Purushottam Kanwar	Indian National Congress	UPA
23	Pali-Tanakhar	Mohit Ram	Indian National Congress	UPA
24	Marwahi	Krishna Kumar Dhruw	Indian National Congress	UPA
25	Kota	Renu Jogi	Janta Congress Chhattisgarh	Others
26	Lormi	Dharmjeet Singh Thakur	Janta Congress Chhattisgarh	Others
27	Mungeli	Punnulal Mohle	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
28	Takhatpur	Rashmi Ashish Singh	Indian National Congress	UPA
29	Bilha	Dharam Lal Kaushik	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
30	Bilaspur	Shailesh Pandey	Indian National Congress	UPA
31	Beltara	Rajnish Kumar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
32	Masturi	Dr. Krishna Moorti Bandhi	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
33	Akaltara	Saurabh Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
34	Janjgir-Champa	Narayan Chandel	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
35	Sakti	Charan Das Mahant	Indian National Congress	UPA
36	Chandrapur	Ram Kumar Yadav	Indian National Congress	UPA
37	Jaijaipur	Keshav Prasad Chandra	Bahujan Samaj Party	Others
38	Pamgarh	Indu Banjare	Bahujan Samaj Party	Others
39	Saraipali	Kismat Lal Nand	Indian National Congress	UPA
40	Basna	Devendra Bahadur Singh	Indian National Congress	UPA
41	Khallari	Dwarikadhish Yadav	Indian National Congress	UPA
42	Mahasamund	Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	UPA
43	Bilaigarh	Chandradev Prasad Rai	Indian National Congress	vUPA
44	Kasdol	Shakuntala Sahu	Indian National Congress	UPA
45	Baloda Bazar	Pramod Kumar Sharma	Janta Congress Chhattisgarh	Others
46	Bhatapara	Shivratan Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
47	Dharsiwa	Anita Yogendra Sharma	Indian National Congress	UPA
48	Raipur City Gramin	Satyanarayan Sharma	Indian National Congress	UPA
49	Raipur City West	Vikas Upadhyay	Indian National Congress	UPA
50	Raipur City North	Kuldeep Juneja	Indian National Congress	UPA
51	Raipur City South	Brijmohan Agrawal	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
52	Arang	Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya	Indian National Congress	UPA
53	Abhanpur	Dhanendra Sahu	Indian National Congress	UPA
54	Rajim	Amitesh Shukla	Indian National Congress	UPA
55	Bindrawagarh	Damarudhar Pujari	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
56	Sihawa	Dr. Lakshmi Dhruw	Indian National Congress	UPA
57	Kurud	Ajay Chandrakar	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
58	Dhamtari	Ranjana Dipendra Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
59	Sanjari-Balod	Sangeeta Sinha	Indian National Congress	UPA
60	Daundi Lohara	Anila Bhendia	Indian National Congress	UPA
61	Gunderdehi	Kunwer Singh Nishad	Indian National Congress	UPA
62	Patan	Bhupesh Baghel	Indian National Congress	UPA
63	Durg Gramin	Tamradhwaj Sahu	Indian National Congress	UPA
64	Durg City	Arun Vora	Indian National Congress	UPA
65	Bhilai Nagar	Devendra Yadav	Indian National Congress	UPA
66	Vaishali Nagar	Vidya Ratan Bhasin	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
67	Ahiwara	Guru Rudra Kumar	Indian National Congress	UPA
68	Saja	Ravindra Chaube	Indian National Congress	UPA
69	Bemetara	Ashish Kumar Chhabra	Indian National Congress	UPA
70	Navagarh	Gurudayal Singh Banjare	Indian National Congress	UPA
71	Pandariya	Mamta Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	UPA
72	Kawardha	Akbar Bhai	Indian National Congress	UPA
73	Khairagarh	Devwrat Singh	Janta Congress Chhattisgarh	Others
74	Dongargarh	Daleshwar Sahu	Indian National Congress	UPA
75	Rajnandgaon	Dr. Raman Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA
76	Dongargaon	Bhuneshwar Shobharam Baghel	Indian National Congress	UPA
77	Khujji	Chhanni Chandu Sahu	Indian National Congress	UPA
78	Mohla-Manpur	Indrashah Mandavi	Indian National Congress	UPA
79	Antagarh	Anoop Nag	Indian National Congress	UPA
80	Bhanupratappur	Manoj Singh Mandavi	Indian National Congress	UPA
81	Kanker	Shishupal Shori	Indian National Congress	UPA
82	Keshkal	Sant Ram Netam	Indian National Congress	UPA
83	Kondagaon	Mohan Markam	Indian National Congress	UPA
84	Narayanpur	Chandan Kashyap	Indian National Congress	UPA
85	Bastar	Lakheshwar Baghel	Indian National Congress	UPA
86	Jagdalpur	Rekhchand Jain	Indian National Congress	UPA
87	Chitrakot	Rajman Venjam	Indian National Congress	UPA
88	Dantewada	Devati Karma	Indian National Congress	UPA
89	Bijapur	Vikram Mandavi	Indian National Congress	UPA
90	Konta	Kawasi Lakhma	Indian National Congress	UPA

Notes[]

^ The first Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh was constituted by the MLA's elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^ "Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha". Government of India. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ "Speaker". Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^ "The Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000" (PDF). 2000. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

External links[]

[5] The first Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh was constituted by the MLA's elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh.^[4]

[chg-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

[2] "Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha". Government of India. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[3] "Speaker". Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website. Retrieved 10 December 2010.

[MRA-4] "The Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000" (PDF). 2000. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

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