Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha छत्तीसगढ़ विधान सभा
3rd Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly	Dharamal Kaushik, BJP since 5 January 2009
Chief Minister	Raman Singh, BJP since 7 December 2003
Opposition Leader	Ravindra Choubey, INC since 5 January 2009
Members	91 (90 elected and 1 nominated)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2008
Meeting place
Legislative Assembly Chamber at the Vidhan Sabha Bhavan
Website
http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in

The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha (Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़ विधान सभा) or the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 91 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 90 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies and one nominated from the Anglo-Indian community.^[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 in to 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]

List of assemblies

Assembly	Duration	Winning Party/Coalition	Chief Minister	Opposition leader
1st	2000–2003	Indian National Congress	Ajit Jogi	Nand Kumar Sai
2nd	2003–2008	Bharatiya Janata Party	Raman Singh	Mahendra Karma
3rd	2008–Present	Bharatiya Janata Party	Raman Singh	Ravindra Choubey

Speakers of the Vidhan Sabha

The following is the list of the Speakers of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha^[2]:

Assembly	Name	Term	Political Party
1st	Rajendra Prasad Shukla	14 December 2000–19 December 2003	Indian National Congress
2nd	Prem Prakash Pandey	22 December 2003–5 January 2009	Bharatiya Janata Party
3rd	Dharamlal Kaushik	5 January 2009–Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website. http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States/chattisgarh/chhattisgarh-w.htm. Retrieved 9 December 2010. 
2. ^ "Speaker". Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website. http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/english/speaker1.htm. Retrieved 10 December 2010. 

External links

• Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website