Punjab Legislative Assembly

Punjab Legislative Assembly
Punjab Legislative Assembly
15th Legislative Assembly of Punjab
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Established	1952
Preceded by	Interim East Punjab Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Rana Kanwar Pal Singh, INC ; since 27 March 2017
Deputy Speaker	Ajaib Singh Bhatti, INC ; since 16 June 2017
Leader of the House ; (Chief Minister)	Capt. Amarinder Singh, INC ; since 16 March 2017
Deputy Leader of the House	Brahm Mohindra, INC ; since 16 March 2017
Leader of the Opposition	Harpal Singh Cheema, AAP ; since 27 July 2018
Deputy Leader of Opposition	Saravjit Kaur Manuke, AAP ; since 16 March 2017
Structure
Seats	117
Political groups	Government (80) INC (80); Opposition (16) AAP (16); Others (18) SAD (14); BJP (2); LIP (2); Vacant (3) Vacant (3);
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
First election	26 March 1952
Last election	4 February 2017
Next election	February 2022
Meeting place
	Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India
Website
	Homepage
Constitution
	Constitution of India

The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner. The current Speaker of the Assembly is Rana K. P. Singh. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh.

History[]

British Raj[]

An Executive Council was formed under The Indian Councils Act, 1861. It was only under the Government of India Act 1919 that a Legislative Council was set up in Punjab. Later, under the Government of India Act 1935, the Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted with a membership of 175. It was summoned for the first time on 1 April 1937. In 1947, Punjab Province was partitioned into West Punjab and East Punjab and the East Punjab Legislative Assembly was formed, the forerunner of the current assembly consisting of 79 members.

1947 – present[]

On 15 July 1948, eight princely states of East Punjab grouped together to form a single state, Patiala and East Punjab States Union. The Punjab State Legislature was a bicameral house in April 1952, comprising the Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and Vidhan Parishad (upper house). In 1956 that state was largely merged into Punjab, the strength of the Vidhan Parishad of the new State of Punjab was enhanced from 40 seats to 46 seats and in 1957, it was increased to 51. Punjab was trifurcated in 1966 to form Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab. The Vidhan Parishad was reduced to 40 seats and the Vidhan Sabha was grown by 50 seats to 104 seats. On 1 January 1970, the Vidhan Parishad was abolished leaving the state with a unicameral legislature.^[1]

Office bearer[]

Office	Holder	Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit	31 August 2021
Speaker	Rana K. P. Singh	27 March 2017
Deputy speaker	Ajaib Singh Bhatti	16 June 2017
Chief Minister/Leader of the House	Amarinder Singh	16 March 2017/24 March 2017
Political posts
Leader of INC legislature party	Amarinder Singh	24 March 2017
Leader of AAP legislature party/leader of opposition	Harpal Singh Cheema	28 July 2018
Leader of SAD legislature party	Sharanjit Singh Dhillon	3 January 2020
Leader of BJP legislature party	Dinesh Singh	24 March 2017
Leader of LIP legislature party	Simarjit Singh Bains	24 March 2017

List of political parties in 2017 elections[]

Only the political parties are mentioned here which got seats in the assembly are mentioned below along with additional details:^[2]

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Vote % in Seats Contested	Votes in %
1	Indian National Congress (INC)	117	77	38.50	38.50
2	Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)	112	20	24.62	23.71
3	Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)	94	15	30.78	25.24
4	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	23	3	29.94	5.39
5	Lok Insaaf Party (LIP)	5	2	26.46	1.22

==MLAs elected in 2017

AC No.	Constituency	Name of the Winning Candidate^[3]	Political Party	Votes secured (Votes in favour)
1	Sujanpur	Dinesh Singh	BJP	48,910
2	Bhoa	Joginder Pal	INC	67,865
3	Pathankot	Amit Vij	INC	56,383
4	Gurdaspur	Barinder Singh	INC	67,709
5	Dina Nagar	Aruna Chaudhary	INC	72,176
6	Qadian	Fatehjang Singh Bajwa	INC	62,596
7	Batala	Lakhbir Singh	SAD	42,517
8	Sri Hargobindpur	Balwinder Singh	INC	57,489
9	Fatehgarh Churian	Rajinder Singh Bajwa	INC	54348
10	Dera Baba Nanak	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa	INC	60385
11	Ajnala	Harpartap Singh	INC	61378
12	Raja Sansi	Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria	INC	59628
13	Majitha	Bikram Singh Majithia	SAD	65803
14	Jandiala	Sukhwinder Singh Danny	INC	53042
15	Amritsar North	Sunil Dutti	INC	59212
16	Amritsar West	Raj Kumar Verka	INC	52271
17	Amritsar Central	Om Parkash Soni	INC	51242
18	Amritsar East	Navjot Singh Sidhu	INC	60477
19	Amritsar South	Inderbir Singh Bolaria	INC	47581
20	Attari	Tarsem Singh	INC	55335
21	Tarn Taran	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri	INC	59794
22	Khem Karan	Sukhpal Singh Bhullar	INC	81897
23	Patti	Harminder Singh Gill	INC	64617
24	Khadoor Sahib		INC	64666
25	Baba Bakala	Santokh Singh	INC	45965
26	Bholath	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	INC	48873
27	Kapurthala	Rana Gurjit Singh	INC	56378
28	Sultanpur Lodhi	Navtej Singh Cheema	INC	41843
29	Phagwara	Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal	INC	49,215
30	Phillaur	Baldev Singh Khaira	SAD	41336
31	Nakodar	Gurpratap Singh Wadala	SAD	56241
32	Shahkot	Hardev Singh	INC	82745
33	Kartarpur	Chaudhary Surinder Singh	INC	46729
34	Jalandhar West	Sushil Kumar	INC	53983
35	Jalandhar Central	Rajinder Beri	INC	55518
36	Jalandhar North	Avtar Singh	INC	69715
37	Jalandhar Cantt.	Pargat Singh Powar	INC	59349
38	Adampur	Pawan Kumar	SAD	45,299
39	Mukerian	Indu Bala	INC	53,910
40	Dasuya	Arun Dogra	INC	56,527
41	Urmar	Sangat Singh Gilzian	INC	51,477
42	Sham Chaurasi	Pawan Kumar Adia	INC	46,612
43	Hoshiarpur	Sunder Sham Arora	INC	49,951
44	Chabbewal	Raj Kumar	INC	57857
45	Garhshankar	Jai Krishan	AAP	41720
46	Banga (SC)	Sukhwinder Kumar	SAD	45256
47	Nawanshahr	Angad Singh	INC	38197
48	Balachaur	Darshan Lal	INC	49558
49	Anandpur Sahib	Kanwar Pal Singh	INC	60800
50	Rupnagar	Amarjit Singh Sandoa	AAP	58994
51	Chamkaur Sahib	Charanjit Singh	INC	61060
52	Kharar	Kanwar Sandhu	AAP	54171
53	S.A.S. Nagar	Balbir Singh Sidhu	INC	66844
54	Bassi Pathana	Gurpreet Singh	INC	47319
55	Fatehgarh Sahib	Kuljit Singh Nagra	INC	58205
56	Amloh	Randeep Singh	INC	39669
57	Khanna	Gurkirat Singh Kotli	INC	55690
58	Samrala	Amrik Singh Dhillon	INC	51930
59	Sahnewal	Sharanjit Singh Dhillon	SAD	63184
60	Ludhiana East	Sanjeev Talwar	INC	43010
61	Ludhiana South	Balvinder Singh Bains	LIP	53955
62	Atam Nagar	Simarjit Singh Bains	LIP	53421
63	Ludhiana Central	Surinder Kumar Dawar	INC	47871
64	Ludhiana West	Bharat Bhushan Ashu	INC	66627
65	Ludhiana North	Rakesh Pandey	INC	44864
66	Gill	Kuldeep Singh Vaid	INC	67927
67	Payal	Lakhvir Singh	INC	57,776
68	Dakha	Manpreet Singh Ayali	SAD	66,297
69	Raikot	Jagtar Singh	AAP	48,245
70	Jagraon	Saravjit Kaur Manuke	AAP	61,521
71	Nihal Singhwala	Manjit Singh	AAP	67313
72	Bhagha Purana	Darshan Singh Brar	INC	48668
73	Moga	Harjot Kamal	INC	52357
74	Dharamkot	Sukhjit Singh	INC	63238
75	Zira	Kulbir Singh	INC	69899
76	Firozpur City	Parminder Singh	INC	67559
77	Firozpur Rural	Satkar Kaur	INC	71037
78	Guru Har Sahai	Gurmeet Singh Sodhi	INC	62787
79	Jalalabad	Raminder Singh Awla	INC	76098
80	Fazilka	Davinder Singh Ghubaya	INC	39276
81	Abohar	Arun Narang	BJP	55091
82	Balluana	Nathu Ram	INC	25266
83	Lambi	Parkash Singh Badal	SAD	66375
84	Gidderbaha	Amrinder Singh Raja Warring	INC	63500
85	Malout	Ajaib Singh Bhatti	INC	49098
86	Muktsar	Kanwarjit Singh	SAD	44894
87	Faridkot	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon	INC	51026
88	Kotkapura	Kultar Singh Sandhwan	AAP	47401
89	Jaito	Baldev Singh	AAP	45344
90	Rampura Phul	Gurpreet Singh Kangar	INC	55269
91	Bhucho Mandi	Pritam Singh	INC	51605
92	Bathinda Urban	Manpreet Singh Badal	INC	63942
93	Bathinda Rural	Rupinder Kaur Ruby	AAP	51572
94	Talwandi Sabo	Baljinder Kaur	AAP	54553
95	Maur	Jagdev Singh Kamalu	AAP	62282
96	Mansa	Nazar Singh	AAP	70586
97	Sardulgarh	Dilraj Singh Bhunder	SAD	59420
98	Budhlada	Budh Ram	AAP	52265
99	Lehra	Parminder Singh Dhindsa	SAD	65550
100	Dirba	Harpal Singh Cheema	AAP	46434
101	Sunam	Aman Arora	AAP	72815
102	Bhadaur	Pirmal Singh	AAP	57095
103	Barnala	Gurmeet Singh Hayer	AAP	47606
104	Mehal Kalan	Kulwant Singh Pandori	AAP	57551
105	Malerkotla	Razia Sultana	INC	58982
106	Amargarh	Surjit Singh Dhiman	INC	50994
107	Dhuri	Dalvir Singh Goldy	INC	49347
108	Sangrur	Vijay Inder Singla	INC	67310
109	Nabha	Sadhu Singh	INC	60861
110	Patiala Rural	Brahm Mohindra	INC	68891
111	Rajpura	Hardial Singh Kamboj	INC	59107
112	Dera Bassi	Narinder Kumar Sharma	SAD	70792
113	Ghanaur	Madan Lal	INC	65965
114	Sanour	Harinder Pal Singh	SAD	58867
115	Patiala	Amarinder Singh	INC	72586
116	Samana	Rajinder Singh	INC	62551
117	Shutrana	Nirmal Singh	INC	58008

Council of Lieutenant Governor of Punjab (1897-1920)[]

Council (Tenure)	Presided by	Tenure (Presiding dates)^[4]
1st (1 November 1898 – 3 July 1909)	William Mackworth Young	1 November 1897 – 28 February 1902
	Charles Montgomery Rivaz	10 November 1902 – 28 February 1907
	Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson	29 July 1905
	Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson	5 August 1905
	Louis William Dane	3 July 1909
2nd (3 January 1910 – 14 December 1912)		12 March 1910 – 14 December 1912
3rd (4 January 1913 – 19 April 1916)		4 January 1913 – 18 April 1913
3rd (4 January 1913 – 19 April 1916)	Michael Francis O'Dwyer	19 September 1913 – 19 April 1916
4th (12 June 1916 – 6 April 1920)	Michael Francis O'Dwyer	12 June 1916 – 7 April 1919
	Edward Douglas Maclagan	10 November 1919 – 6 April 1920
	Harbert John Maynard (vice-president)	21 November 1918 – 12 December 1918

Punjab Legislative Council (1921-1936)[]

President

Council (Tenure)	Name	Tenure^[4]		Governor
1st (8 January 1921 – 27 October 1923)	Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler	8 January 1921	21 March 1922	Edward Douglas Maclagan
1st (8 January 1921 – 27 October 1923)	Herbert Alexander Casson	10 May 1922	27 October 1923	Edward Douglas Maclagan
2nd (2 January 1924 – 27 October 1926)	Herbert Alexander Casson	2 January 1924	16 January 1925	Edward Douglas Maclagan and William Malcolm Hailey
	Sheikh Abdul Qadir	16 January 1925	4 September 1925
	Shahab-ud-Din Virk	3 December 1925	27 October 1926
3rd (3 January 1927 – 26 July 1930)		4 January 1927	26 July 1930	William Malcolm Hailey and G. F. Montmorency
4th (24 October 1930 – 10 November 1936)		25 October 1930	24 July 1936	G. F. Montmorency, Sikandar Hayat Khan and Herbert William Emerson
4th (24 October 1930 – 10 November 1936)	Chhotu Ram	20 October 1936	10 November 1936

Deputy President

Council	Name	Tenure
1st	Mehtab Singh	23 February 1921	24 October 1921
1st	Manohar Lal	3 November 1921	27 October 1923
2nd	Sheikh Abdul Qadir	5 January 1924	16 January 1925
2nd	Mohinder Singh	5 March 1925	27 October 1926
3rd	Buta Singh	5 January 1927	21 July 1927
3rd	Habibullah	21 July 1927	26 July 1930
4th	Harbaksh Singh	8 November 1930	17 January 1931
4th	Buta Singh	2 March 1931	10 November 1936

Previous results[]

Pre-Independence[]

Punjab Legislative Council

Year	UoP	INC	IND	Others	Total
Year				Others	Total
1920	-	-	71	-	71
1923	33	0	17	21
1926	31	2	12	26
	37	0	14	20

Punjab Legislative Assembly

Year	UoP	INC	SAD	AIML	IND	Others	Total
Year						Others	Total
1937	98	18	11	2	16	30	175
1946	19	51	21	73	11	0	175

Post-Independence[]

Years	INC	SAD	AAP	BJP	IND	Others	Total
Years						Others	Total
1952	96	13	~	~	9	8	126
1957	120	^			13	21	154
1962	90	19			18	27	154
1967	48	^			9	47	104
1969	38	43			4	17
1972	66	24			3	11
1977	17	58			2	40	117
1980	63	37		1	2	14
1985	32	73		6	4	2
1992	87	^		6	4	20
1997	14	75		18	6	4
2002	62	41		3	9	2
2007	44	49		19	5	0
2012	46	56		12	3	0
2017	77	15	20	3	0	2

^ - Party didn't contest election
~ - Party didn't exist
- Green color box indicates the party/parties who formed the government
- Red color box indicates the official opposition party

Previous assemblies[]

Assembly	Tenure		Party formed government	Note
Assembly	First sitting	Date of dissolution	Party formed government	Note
Pre-Independence
1	5 April 1937	19 March 1945	Unionist Party	Assembly tenure extended due to World War II
2	21 March 1946	4 July 1947	Unionist Party	Assembly dissolved prematurely due to Partition
After Independence
-	1 November 1947	20 June 1951	Indian National Congress	Interim Assembly
1	3 May 1952	31 March 1957
2	24 April 1957	1 March 1962
3	13 March 1962	28 February 1967		Assembly under suspension from 5 July 1966 to 1 November 1966
4	20 March 1967	23 August 1968	Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh	Assembly dissolved prematurely
5	13 March 1969	13 June 1971	Shiromani Akali Dal	Assembly dissolved prematurely
6	21 March 1972	30 April 1977	Indian National Congress	Assembly tenure extended by one month due to Emergency
7	30 June 1977	17 February 1980	Shiromani Akali Dal	Assembly dissolved prematurely
8	23 June 1980	26 June 1985	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Assembly under suspension from 6 October 1983
9	14 October 1985	11 May 1987	Shiromani Akali Dal	Assembly dissolved prematurely
10	16 March 1992	11 February 1997	Indian National Congress (Indira)	-
11	3 March 1997	26 February 2002	Shiromani Akali Dal
12	21 March 2002	27 February 2007	Indian National Congress
13	1 March 2007	6 March 2012	Shiromani Akali Dal
14	19 March 2012	11 March 2017	Shiromani Akali Dal
15	24 March 2017	till now	Indian National Congress

State Under Governor or President's rule[]

S. No.	Governor or President Rule	Tenure			Reason
Before Independence
1	Governor's Rule	19 March 1945	21 March 1946	1 year, 2 days	To conduct fresh and Impartial election
2	Governor's Rule	2 March 1947	15 August 1947	166 days	Government resigned against the decision of Partition of India
After Independence
1	President's rule	20 June 1951	17 April 1952	302 days	Pandit Nehru kept the Punjab Assembly in suspension to help the state Congress government get its act together.
2	President's rule	5 July 1966	1 November 1966	119 days	State administration was taken over, ostensibly to facilitate bifurcation of Punjab state into two, Punjab and Haryana
3	President's rule	23 August 1968	17 February 1969	178 days	Break-up of coalition
4	President's rule	14 June 1971	17 March 1972	277 days	Following poor performance in March 1971 Lok Sabha Elections, incumbent Chief Minister advised dissolving state assembly and holding fresh elections to state legislature.
5	President's rule	30 April 1977	20 June 1977	51 days	To conduct the fresh election after Emergency in India
6	President's rule	17 February 1980	6 June 1980	110 days	Government dismissed in spite of Parkash Singh Badal enjoying majority support in Assembly
7	President's rule	6 October 1983	29 September 1985	1 year, 358 days	Insurgency and breakdown of law and order
8	President's rule	11 June 1987	25 February 1992	4 years, 259 days	Insurgency and breakdown of law and order

References[]

^ "Punjab Legislative Assembly". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ "List of Political Parties Participated". Election Commission of India.
^ "Government of Punjab, India". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
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[1] "Punjab Legislative Assembly". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[2] "List of Political Parties Participated". Election Commission of India.

[3] "Government of Punjab, India". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

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