The Delhi Legislative Assembly, also known as the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicamerallegislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists of 70 members, directly elected from 70 constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner.
The Delhi Legislative Assembly was first constituted on 7 March 1952 under the Government of Part C States Act, 1951; it was inaugurated by Home Minister K. N. Katju. The Assembly had 48 members, and a Council of Ministers in an advisory role to the Chief Commissioner of Delhi, though it also had powers to make laws. The first Council of Ministers was led by Chaudhary Brahm Prakash, who became the first Chief Minister of Delhi.[1][2]
However, the States Reorganisation Commission, set up in 1953, led to the Constitutional amendment through States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which came into effect on 1 November 1956. This meant that Delhi was no longer a Part-C State and was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India. Also the Delhi Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers were abolished simultaneously. Subsequently, the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 was enacted which led to the formation the Municipal Corporation.[1]
In September 1966, with "The Delhi Administration Act, 1966", the assembly was replaced by the Delhi Metropolitan Council with 56 elected and five nominated members with the Lt. Governor of Delhi as its head. The Council however had no legislative powers, only an advisory role in the governance of Delhi. This set up functioned until 1990.[1][3]
This Council was finally replaced by the Delhi Legislative Assembly through the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991, followed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Constitution of India, which declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi and also supplements the constitutional provisions relating to the Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers and related matters.[4] The Legislative Assembly is selected for period of five years, and presently it is the seventh assembly, which was selected through the 2020 Legislative Assembly election.
The building also housed the Secretariat of the Government of India, and was built after the capital of India shifted to Delhi from Calcutta. The temporary secretariat building was constructed in a few months' time in 1912. It functioned as the Secretariat for another decade, before the offices shifted to the present Secretariat Building on Raisina Hill.[5]
^. Hindustan Times. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014.
^"Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain resign from Delhi Cabinet". Deccan Herald. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^"Raghav Chadha resigns as AAP MLA ahead of Rajya Sabha inning". Hindustan Times. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
External linksedit
Official Site of Legislature in Delhi
"The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991" at the National Informatics Centre website
February 16, 2024
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The Delhi Legislative Assembly also known as the Delhi Vidhan Sabha is a unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi At present it consists of 70 members directly elected from 70 constituencies The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner Delhi Legislative Assembly7th Delhi AssemblyTypeTypeUnicameralTerm limits5 yearsHistoryFounded1952 1956 1993Preceded byDelhi Metropolitan CouncilLeadershipLieutenant GovernorVinai Kumar Saxena since 26 May 2022SpeakerRam Niwas Goel AAP since 24 February 2020Deputy SpeakerRakhi Birla AAP since 26 February 2020Chief Minister Leader of the House Arvind Kejriwal AAP since 16 February 2020Deputy Chief Minister Deputy Leader of the House Vacant since 28 February 2023Minister of Legislative AffairsKailash Gahlot AAP since 16 February 2020Leader of the OppositionRamvir Singh Bidhuri BJP since 24 February 2020Deputy Leader of the OppositionOm Prakash Sharma BJP since 24 February 2020StructureSeats70Political groupsGovernment 62 AAP 62 Opposition 8 BJP 8 ElectionsVoting systemFirst past the postLast election8 February 2020Next electionFebruary 2025Meeting placeOld Secretariat Delhi IndiaWebsiteLegislative Assembly of DelhiThe seat of assembly is the Old Secretariat building which is also the seat of the Government of Delhi Contents 1 History 1 1 Assembly building 2 List of assemblies 3 Office bearers 4 Members of Legislative Assembly 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe Delhi Legislative Assembly was first constituted on 7 March 1952 under the Government of Part C States Act 1951 it was inaugurated by Home Minister K N Katju The Assembly had 48 members and a Council of Ministers in an advisory role to the Chief Commissioner of Delhi though it also had powers to make laws The first Council of Ministers was led by Chaudhary Brahm Prakash who became the first Chief Minister of Delhi 1 2 However the States Reorganisation Commission set up in 1953 led to the Constitutional amendment through States Reorganisation Act 1956 which came into effect on 1 November 1956 This meant that Delhi was no longer a Part C State and was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India Also the Delhi Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers were abolished simultaneously Subsequently the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957 was enacted which led to the formation the Municipal Corporation 1 In September 1966 with The Delhi Administration Act 1966 the assembly was replaced by the Delhi Metropolitan Council with 56 elected and five nominated members with the Lt Governor of Delhi as its head The Council however had no legislative powers only an advisory role in the governance of Delhi This set up functioned until 1990 1 3 This Council was finally replaced by the Delhi Legislative Assembly through the Constitution Sixty ninth Amendment Act 1991 followed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act 1991 the Sixty ninth Amendment to the Constitution of India which declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi and also supplements the constitutional provisions relating to the Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers and related matters 4 The Legislative Assembly is selected for period of five years and presently it is the seventh assembly which was selected through the 2020 Legislative Assembly election Assembly building edit The building was originally built in 1912 designed by E Montague Thomas to hold the Imperial Legislative Council and subsequently the Central Legislative Assembly after 1919 until the newly constructed Parliament House of India in New Delhi Sansad Bhawan was inaugurated on 18 January 1927 1 The building also housed the Secretariat of the Government of India and was built after the capital of India shifted to Delhi from Calcutta The temporary secretariat building was constructed in a few months time in 1912 It functioned as the Secretariat for another decade before the offices shifted to the present Secretariat Building on Raisina Hill 5 List of assemblies editAssembly Election year Speaker Chief Minister Party Opposition Leader PartyInterim Assembly 1952 N A Brahm Prakash Indian National Congress N A Bharatiya Jana SanghGurmukh Nihal SinghState Reorganization1st Assembly 1993 Charti Lal Goel Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party N A Indian National CongressSahib Singh VermaSushma Swaraj2nd Assembly 1998 Chaudhary Prem Singh Sheila Dikshit Indian National Congress Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party3rd Assembly 2003 Ajay MakenChaudhary Prem Singh Vijay Kumar Malhotra4th Assembly 2008 Yoganand Shastri5th Assembly 2013 Maninder Singh Dhir Arvind Kejriwal Aam Aadmi Party Harsh Vardhan6th Assembly 2015 Ram Niwas Goel Vacant no opposition with at least 10 seats 7th Assembly 2020 Ramvir Singh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janata PartyOffice bearers editThis section is transcluded from 7th Delhi Assembly edit history Office Holder SinceSpeaker Ram Niwas Goel 14 February 2015Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla 10 June 2016Leader of the House Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal 14 February 2015Deputy Chief Minister Vacant 6 28 February 2023Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri 24 February 2020Members of Legislative Assembly editThis section is transcluded from 7th Delhi Assembly edit history District No Constituency Name Party RemarksNorth Delhi 1 Narela Sharad Chauhan Aam Aadmi PartyCentral Delhi 2 Burari Sanjeev Jha Aam Aadmi Party3 Timarpur Dilip Pandey Aam Aadmi PartyNorth Delhi 4 Adarsh Nagar Pawan Kumar Sharma Aam Aadmi Party5 Badli Ajesh Yadav Aam Aadmi PartyNorth West Delhi 6 Rithala Mohinder Goyal Aam Aadmi PartyNorth Delhi 7 Bawana SC Jai Bhagwan Aam Aadmi PartyNorth West Delhi 8 Mundka Dharampal Lakra Aam Aadmi Party9 Kirari Rituraj Govind Aam Aadmi Party10 Sultan Pur Majra SC Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat Aam Aadmi PartyWest Delhi 11 Nangloi Jat Raghuvinder Shokeen Aam Aadmi PartyNorth West Delhi 12 Mangol Puri SC Rakhi Bidlan Aam Aadmi Party Deputy SpeakerNorth Delhi 13 Rohini Vijender Gupta Bharatiya Janata PartyNorth West Delhi 14 Shalimar Bagh Bandana Kumari Aam Aadmi PartyNorth Delhi 15 Shakur Basti Satyendra Kumar Jain Aam Aadmi PartyNorth West Delhi 16 Tri Nagar Preeti Tomar Aam Aadmi PartyNorth Delhi 17 Wazirpur Rajesh Gupta Aam Aadmi Party18 Model Town Akhilesh Pati Tripathi Aam Aadmi PartyCentral Delhi 19 Sadar Bazar Som Dutt Aam Aadmi Party20 Chandni Chowk Parlad Singh Sawhney Aam Aadmi Party21 Matia Mahal Shoaib Iqbal Aam Aadmi Party22 Ballimaran Imran Hussain Aam Aadmi Party Cabinet Minister23 Karol Bagh SC Vishesh Ravi Aam Aadmi PartyNew Delhi 24 Patel Nagar SC Raaj Kumar Anand Aam Aadmi Party Cabinet MinisterWest Delhi 25 Moti Nagar Shiv Charan Goel Aam Aadmi Party26 Madipur SC Girish Soni Aam Aadmi Party27 Rajouri Garden Dhanwati Chandela Aam Aadmi Party28 Hari Nagar Raj Kumari Dhillon Aam Aadmi Party29 Tilak Nagar Jarnail Singh Aam Aadmi Party30 Janakpuri Rajesh Rishi Aam Aadmi PartySouth West Delhi 31 Vikaspuri Mahinder Yadav Aam Aadmi Party32 Uttam Nagar Naresh Balyan Aam Aadmi Party33 Dwarka Vinay Mishra Aam Aadmi Party34 Matiala Gulab Singh Aam Aadmi Party35 Najafgarh Kailash Gahlot Aam Aadmi Party Cabinet Minister36 Bijwasan Bhupinder Singh Joon Aam Aadmi Party37 Palam Bhavna Gaur Aam Aadmi PartyNew Delhi 38 Delhi Cantonment Virender Singh Kadian Aam Aadmi Party39 Rajinder Nagar Raghav Chadha Aam Aadmi Party Resigned on 24 March 2022 7 Durgesh Pathak Won in 2022 bypoll necessitated after resignation by Raghav Chadha40 New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Aam Aadmi Party Chief MinisterSouth East Delhi 41 Jangpura Praveen Kumar Aam Aadmi Party42 Kasturba Nagar Madan Lal Aam Aadmi PartySouth Delhi 43 Malviya Nagar Somnath Bharti Aam Aadmi PartyNew Delhi 44 R K Puram Pramila Tokas Aam Aadmi PartySouth Delhi 45 Mehrauli Naresh Yadav Aam Aadmi Party46 Chhatarpur Kartar Singh Tanwar Aam Aadmi Party47 Deoli SC Prakash Jarwal Aam Aadmi Party48 Ambedkar Nagar SC Ajay Dutt Aam Aadmi PartySouth East Delhi 49 Sangam Vihar Dinesh Mohaniya Aam Aadmi PartyNew Delhi 50 Greater Kailash Saurabh Bharadwaj Aam Aadmi Party Cabinet MinisterSouth East Delhi 51 Kalkaji Atishi Aam Aadmi Party Cabinet Minister52 Tughlakabad Sahi Ram Aam Aadmi Party53 Badarpur Ramvir Singh Bidhuri Bharatiya Janata Party Leader of Opposition54 Okhla Amanatullah Khan Aam Aadmi PartyEast Delhi 55 Trilokpuri SC Rohit Kumar Mehraulia Aam Aadmi Party56 Kondli SC Kuldeep Kumar Aam Aadmi Party57 Patparganj Manish Sisodia Aam Aadmi Party58 Laxmi Nagar Abhay Verma Bharatiya Janata PartyShahdara 59 Vishwas Nagar Om Prakash Sharma Bharatiya Janata PartyEast Delhi 60 Krishna Nagar S K Bagga Aam Aadmi Party61 Gandhi Nagar Anil Kumar Bajpai Bharatiya Janata PartyShahdara 62 Shahdara Ram Niwas Goel Aam Aadmi Party Speaker63 Seemapuri SC Rajendra Pal Gautam Aam Aadmi Party64 Rohtas Nagar Jitender Mahajan Bharatiya Janata PartyNorth East Delhi 65 Seelampur Abdul Rehman Aam Aadmi Party66 Ghonda Ajay Mahawar Bharatiya Janata PartyShahdara 67 Babarpur Gopal Rai Aam Aadmi Party Cabinet MinisterNorth East Delhi 68 Gokalpur SC Surendra Kumar Aam Aadmi Party69 Mustafabad Haji Yunus Aam Aadmi Party70 Karawal Nagar Mohan Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janata PartySee also editDelhi Metropolitan Council List of constituencies of the Delhi Legislative Assembly List of chief ministers of Delhi List of deputy chief ministers of Delhi List of speakers of the Delhi Legislative AssemblyReferences edit a b c d History of Delhi Legislative Assembly Legislative Assembly of Delhi website Brahm Prakash Delhi s first CM ace parliamentarian Hindustan Times 27 September 2013 Archived from the original on 1 March 2014 Retrieved 22 January 2014 Delhi Metropolitan Council 1966 1990 Delhi Legislative Assembly Retrieved 22 January 2014 THE CONSTITUTION Sixty ninth Amendment Act 1991 Architectural marvels for the new capital Hindustan Times 20 July 2011 Archived from the original on 2 November 2014 Manish Sisodia Satyendar Jain resign from Delhi Cabinet Deccan Herald 28 February 2023 Retrieved 27 April 2023 Raghav Chadha resigns as AAP MLA ahead of Rajya Sabha inning Hindustan Times 24 March 2022 Retrieved 19 September 2022 External links editOfficial Site of Legislature in Delhi Legislative Bodies of India Delhi The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act 1991 at the National Informatics Centre website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Delhi Legislative Assembly amp oldid 1190536032, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
