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The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. 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 Kultar Singh Sandhwan and the Secretary of the Assembly has been Mr. Surinder pal since April, 2021. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh.
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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.[7]
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Pre-Independence
Punjab Legislative Council
Punjab Provincial Assembly
Post-Independence
- ^ - 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
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List of Assemblies
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Council of Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab (1897-1920)
Punjab Legislative Council (1921-1936)
Punjab Legislative Assembly
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State under President's rule
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- One of the AAP MLA, Kuwar Vijay Partap Singh[1] is suspended by Party from his anti-party activities. Thus he is not bound by the decisions of the legislative party in assembly, however, officially he is still the member of the Aam Aadmi Party as his party affiliation is yet to be decided by the speaker.
- Two members were suspended by congress because of their anti-party activities. These are Sandeep Jakhar[2] and Vikramjit Chaudhary,[3] thus they are not bound by the decisions of the legislative party in assembly, however, officially they are still member of the congress as their party affiliation is yet to be decided by the speaker.
- One of the three SAD MLAs, Sukhwinder Sukhi joined AAP on 14 August 2024.[4] As per Anti-defection law his membership will be decided by Speaker of Punjab Assembly.[5]
- MLA from Kharar Assembly constituency Anmol Gagan Maan submitted her resignation to Speaker of Punjab Assembly[6]. However, her resignation is yet to be accepted by the Speaker
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