Haryana Legislative Assembly

The Haryana Legislative Assembly (ISO: Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā) is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Haryana. The seating of the assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. There are seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-post voting system. The term of office is five years.[3]

Haryana Legislative Assembly

Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā
15th Haryana Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Harvinder Kalyan, BJP
since 8 October 2024
Deputy Speaker
Krishan Lal Middha, BJP
since 8 October 2024
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Nayab Singh Saini, BJP
since 12 March 2024
Vacant
since 12 September 2024
Deputy Leader of Opposition
Vacant
since 12 September 2024
Rajender Kumar Nandal
Structure
Seats90
Haryana Legislative Assembly diagram October 2024.svg
Political groups
Government (51)[1]
  • <span class="legend-color" style="background-color:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/B' not found.; color:;">  BJP (48)[1]
  •   IND (3)[2]

Official Opposition (37)

Other Opposition (2)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
5 October 2024
Next election
2029
Meeting place
Assembly 09.jpg
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India
Website
haryanaassembly.gov.in

Significance

Council of Ministers of Haryana is responsible to Haryana Legislative Assembly.

History

The body was founded in 1966, when the state was created from part of the state of Punjab, by the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. The house initially had 54 seats, ten reserved for scheduled castes, this was increased to 81 seats in March 1967, and to 90 seats (including 17 reserved seats) in 1977.[4] Highest number of seats ever won was in 1977 when Janata Party won 75 out of 90 seats when in the aftermath of 1975–77 emergency by Indian National Congress's (INC) Indira Gandhi. INC won only 3 seats, Vishal Haryana Party and independents both won 5 seats each.[5]

Since the formation of Haryana in 1966, the state politics became infamously dominated by the nepotistic clans of five political dynasts, Lal trio (Devi Lal, Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal) as well as the Hooda clan and Rao Birender clan.[6][7] The Mewat region, remotely to the rest of Haryana since its formation, has been dominated by three major political dynasts (Tayyab Husain, Rahim Khan, Khurshid Ahmed).[8] The infamous Aaya Ram Gaya Ram politics, named after Gaya Lal in 1967, of frequent floor-crossing, turncoating, switching parties and political horse trading within short span of time became associated with Haryana.[9][10][11][12]

Election Legislative Assembly From To First sitting
1962 1st Assembly 1 November 1966 28 February 1967   6 December 1966
1967 2nd Assembly 17 March 1967 21 November 1967   17 March 1967
1968 3rd Assembly 15 July 1968 21 January 1972   15 July 1968
1972 4th Assembly 3 April 1972 30 April 1977   3 April 1972
1977 5th Assembly 4 July 1977 19 April 1982 4 July 1977
1982 6th Assembly 24 June 1982 23 June 1987 24 June 1982
1987 7th Assembly 9 July 1987 6 April 1991 9 July 1987
1991 8th Assembly 9 July 1991 10 May 1996 9 July 1991
1996 9th Assembly 22 May 1996 14 December 1999 22 May 1996
2000 10th Assembly 9 March 2000 8 March 2005 9 March 2000
2005 11th Assembly 21 March 2005 21 August 2009 21 March 2005
2009 12th Assembly 28 October 2009 20 October 2014 28 October 2009
2014 13th Assembly 20 October 2014 28 October 2019 27 October 2014
2019 14th Assembly 28 October 2019 8 October 2024 4 November 2019
2024 15th Assembly 8 October 2024

Floor Leaders and Ministers

Designation Name
Governor Bandaru Dattatreya
Speaker Harvinder Kalyan
Deputy Speaker Krishan Lal Middha
Leader of the House Nayab Singh Saini
Leader of Opposition TBD
Deputy Leader of Opposition TBD
Secretary of Legislative Assembly Rajender Kumar Nandal
Haryana Legislative Assembly constituencies, reserved constituencies in yellow.

List of Assemblies

The elections for the Haryana Vidhan Sabha are being held since 1967.[13]

Year Vidhan Sabha Election Party Chief Minister Party-wise Details
1966 First Assembly* Indian National Congress Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Constituted out of Punjab assembly
1967 Second Assembly Vishal Haryana Party[a][10] Rao Birender Singh Total: 81. INC: 48, BJS: 12, Independents: 16
1968 Third Assembly Indian National Congress Bansi Lal Total: 81. INC: 48, VHP: 16, BJS: 7
1972 Fourth Assembly Total: 81. INC: 52, NCO: 12
Banarsi Das Gupta
1977 Fifth Assembly Janata Party Chaudhary Devi Lal Total: 90. Janata: 75, VHP: 5, INC: 3
Bhajan Lal
1982 Sixth Assembly Indian National Congress Bhajan Lal Total: 90. INC: 36, Lok Dal: 31 + BJP: 6, Independents: 16
Bansi Lal
1987 Seventh Assembly Janata Dal Chaudhary Devi Lal Total: 90. Janata Dal: 60 + BJP: 16, INC: 5
Om Prakash Chautala
Banarsi Das Gupta
Om Prakash Chautala
Hukam Singh Phogat
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Om Prakash Chautala
1991 Eighth Assembly Indian National Congress Bhajan Lal Total: 90. INC: 51
1996 Ninth Assembly Haryana Vikas Party Bansi Lal Total: 90. HVP: 33 + BJP: 11, SAP: 24, INC: 9
Indian National Lok Dal Om Prakash Chautala
2000 Tenth Assembly Total: 90. INLD: 47 + BJP: 6, INC: 21
2005 Eleventh Assembly Indian National Congress Bhupinder Singh Hooda Total: 90. INC: 67, INLD: 9
2009 Twelfth Assembly Total: 90. INC: 40, INLD: 31, HJC(BL): 6, BJP: 4
2014 Thirteenth Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Lal Khattar Total: 90. BJP: 47 (post-defections 52), INLD: 19, INC: 15
2019 Fourteenth Assembly Total: 90. BJP: 40, INC: 31, JJP: 10, Others: 9
2024 Fifteenth Assembly Nayab Singh Saini Total: 90. BJP: 48[b], INC: 37, INLD:2, Others: 3
  1. defected from Indian National Congress
  2. No. of members entitled to vote as per article 177 of Constitution of India

Members of Legislative Assembly

{{#section-h:15th Haryana Assembly|Members of Legislative Assembly}}

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Article 177, Constitution of India
  2. "Haryana Assembly Elections: All 3 Independent MLAs extend support to BJP". The Hindu. 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
  3. "Haryana Vidhan Sabha". Legislative Bodies in India website. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  4. "Haryana Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. Sharma, Somdat (22 August 2019). "Haryana Election 2019: भाजपा को मिली 75 सीटें तो 42 साल बाद इतिहास खुद को दोहराएगा- हरिभूमि, Haribhoomi". www.haribhoomi.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. Pal, Sat (9 August 2018). "In the land of fence-sitters". www.millenniumpost.in. http://www.millenniumpost.in/opinion/in-the-land-of-fence-sitters-313531. Retrieved 15 January 2021. 
  7. Bhardwaj, Deeksha (30 April 2019). "How 5 families over 3 generations have controlled Haryana's politics from day one". ThePrint. https://theprint.in/politics/how-5-families-over-3-generations-have-controlled-haryanas-politics-from-day-one/228851/. Retrieved 15 January 2021. 
  8. Manav, Sushil (2023-08-07). "Meo dynasts have always dominated politics in Mewat — a look at region's leaders, past & present". ThePrint. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  9. Paras Diwan, 1979, Aya Ram Gaya Ram: The Politics Of Defection, Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Vol. 21, No. 3, July–September 1979, pp. 291-312.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Sethi, Chitleen K. (19 May 2018). "As turncoats grab headlines, a look back at the original 'Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram'". ThePrint. https://theprint.in/politics/as-turncoats-grab-headlineslook-back-at-original-aaya-ram-gaya-ram/60324/. Retrieved 15 January 2021. 
  11. Prakash, Satya (9 May 2016). "Here is all you wanted to know about the anti-defection law". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  12. Siwach, Sukhbir (20 December 2011). "'Aaya Ram Gaya Ram' Haryana's gift to national politics". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014.
  13. "Election results - Full statistical reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 January 2014.