Assam Legislative Assembly























Assam Legislative Assembly
13th Legislative Assembly of Assam
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type

Unicameral
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Speaker

Hitendra Nath Goswami[1], BJP
Since 30 January 2017
Deputy Speaker

Kripanath Mallah, BJP
Since 26 September 2018
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)

Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP
Since 24 May 2016
Leader of the Opposition

Debabrata Saikia[2], INC
Since 3 June 2016
Structure
Seats126
Assam Legislative Assembly Nov 2017.svg
Political groups

Government (87)

  •      BJP (61)


  •      AGP (14)


  •      BPF (12)

Opposition (39)



  •      INC (25)


  •      AIUDF (13)


  •      Independent (1)

Elections
Voting system
First past the post
Last election
4 and 11 April 2016
Meeting place
Assam Legislative Assembly House,
Dispur, Guwahati, Assam, India - 781006.
Website
http://www.assamassembly.nic.in

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




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Speakers of the Assembly

    • 2.1 Assam Province


    • 2.2 Assam State



  • 3 During Assam Movement


  • 4 Current government


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




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.[3]



Speakers of the Assembly


The following is a list of the Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly:[4]



Assam Province


















#NameTook officeLeft office
1Babu Basanta Kumar Das7 April 193711 March 1946
2Debeswar Sarmah12 March 194610 October 1947
3Laksheswar Borooah (INC)5 November 19473 March 1952


Assam State




























































































#NameTook officeLeft officePolitical Party
1Kuladhar Chaliha5 March 19527 June 1957
Indian National Congress
2Devakanta Barua8 June 195715 September 1959
Indian National Congress
3Mahendra Mohan Choudhury9 December 195919 March 1967
Indian National Congress
4Hareswar Goswami20 March 196710 May 1968
Indian National Congress
5Mahi Kanta Das27 August 196821 March 1972
Indian National Congress
6Ramesh Chandra Barooah22 March 197220 March 1978
Indian National Congress
7Jogendra Nath Hazarika21 March 19784 September 1979
Janata Party
8Sheikh Chand Mohammad7 November 19797 January 1986
Indian National Congress
9Pulakesh Barua9 January 198627 July 1991
Asom Gana Parishad
10Jiba Kanta Gogoi29 July 19919 December 1992
Indian National Congress
11Debesh Chandra Chakravorty21 December 199211 June 1996
Indian National Congress
12Ganesh Kutum12 June 199624 May 2001
Asom Gana Parishad
13Prithibi Majhi30 May 200119 May 2006
Indian National Congress
14Tanka Bahadur Rai29 May 200619 May 2011
Indian National Congress
15Pranab Kumar Gogoi[5]6 June 201119 May 2016
Indian National Congress
16Ranjit Kumar Das01 June 201630 January 2017
Bharatiya Janata Party
17Hitendra Nath Goswami30 January 2017Present
Bharatiya Janata Party


During Assam Movement


Many rounds of direct talks with government failed. The 1983 general election of state legislative assembly and by-election to 12 parliamentary constituencies were boycotted. The agitation turned violent. Peoples were brutally killed by police firings. The number of people killed by the government forces touched several hundreds. One of the incident had a very lasting impact on people's mind was the Nellie Massacre in which thousands of people died.



Current government




See also


  • Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2016


References




  1. ^ India, Press Trust of (30 January 2017). "Hitendra Nath Goswami elected Speaker of Assam Assembly". Business.standard.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Singh, Bikash (31 May 2016). "Debabrata Saikia the new legislature party leader of Congress in Assam". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 October 2018.


  3. ^ "Assam Legislative Assembly - History". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 19 October 2018.


  4. ^ "List of Speakers since 1937". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2010.


  5. ^ "Members of 13th Assembly sworn in - Pranab Gogoi elected Assam Speaker". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.




External links


  • Assam Legislative Assembly website







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