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Assam Legislative Assembly

Assam Legislative Assembly

Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam


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

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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.[7]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Speakers of the Assembly

The following is a list of the Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly:[13]

Assam Province

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Assam State

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Deputy Speakers of the Assembly

This is a following list of the deputy speakers of the assembly.[15]

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See also


References

  1. "A Brief Historical Profile of Assam Legislative Assembly". assambidhansabha.org. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. "Assam Congress MLA Sashi Kanta Das who extended support to BJP suspended". Hindustan Times. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. "Assam Legislative Assembly - History". assambidhansabha.org. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  4. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India.
  5. "Arrested Assam Congress MLA Sherman Ali suspended from party". The Times of India. 4 October 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. "Assam Congress MLA Sashi Kanta Das who extended support to BJP suspended". Hindustan Times. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. "Assam: Dissatisfied over ECI's delimitation, AGP MLA resigns from party posts". Hindustan Times. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  8. "List of Speakers since 1937". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  9. "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.
  10. "List of Deputy Speakers since 1937". 28 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

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