Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Twelfth Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Brij Behari Lal Butail, INC Since 2013
Deputy Speaker	Jagat Singh Negi, INC Since 2013
Chief Minister	Virbhadra Singh, INC Since 2012
Leader of Opposition	Prem Kumar Dhumal, BJP Since 2013
Structure
Seats	68
Political groups	INC (36)      BJP (26)      Independent(6)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	November, 2012
Meeting place
The Himachal Pradesh Assembly
Website
Himachal Assembly

The Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha (Hindi: हिमाचल प्रदेश विधानसभा) or the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68. The current speaker of the house is Brij Behari Lal Butail.

List of Assemblies

Eleventh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh

Election Year	Assembly	Winning Party/Coalition	Chief Minister
1952	Legislative Assembly of Part-C State of H.P.	Indian National Congress	Yashwant Singh Parmar
1957	Territorial Council
1962–1967	First Assembly	Indian National Congress	Yashwant Singh Parmar
1967–1972	Second Assembly	Indian National Congress	Yashwant Singh Parmar
1972–1977	Third Assembly	Indian National Congress	Yashwant Singh Parmar
1977–1982	Fourth Assembly	Janta Party	Shanta Kumar
1982–1985	Fifth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Ram Lal Thakur Virbhadra Singh
1985–1990	Sixth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh
1990–1992	Seventh Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party	Shanta Kumar
1993–1998	Eighth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh (2)
1998–2003	Ninth Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party	Prem Kumar Dhumal
2003–2007	Tenth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh (3)
2007-2012	Eleventh Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party	Prem Kumar Dhumal (2)
2012–Current	Twelfth Assembly	Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh (4)

Current Cabinet (2012-present)

Source: Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Designation	Name
Chief Minister	Virbhadra Singh
Public Works Minister	Held by Chief Minister
Education Minister	Held by Chief Minister
Forest Minister	Thakur Singh Bharmouri
Irrigation & Public Health Minister	Vidya Stokes
Transport, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Technical Education Minister	G. S. Bali
Health & Family Welfare Minister	Kaul Singh Thakur
Industries Minister	Mukesh Agnihotri
Power and Agriculture Minister	Sujan Singh Pathania
Social Justice & Empowerment Department Minister	Dhani Ram Shandil
Panchayati Raj & R.D Minister	Anil Sharma
Housing,Urban Development Minister	Sudhir Sharma
Excise & Taxation Minister	Prakash Chaudhary
Cooperation Minister	Shri karan Singh

Current Party Composition

Source: Party Position in the House

Sl.No.	Name of the Political Party (Abbreviation)	Number of Members
1	INC	36
2	BJP	26
3	HLP	1
4	IND	5
	Total	68

List of constituencies and present MLAs

Source: H.P. Vidhan Sabha-Election Results

Sr. No.	Members Name	Political Party	Constituency Name
1.	Anil Kumar	INC	Mandi-68
2.	Yadvinder Goma	INC	Jaisinghpur-42(SC)
3.	Bal Krishan Chauhan	BJP	Chamba-53
4.	Rakesh Kalia	INC	Gagret-29
5.	Inder Dutt Lakhanpal	INC	Badsar-28
6.	Manohar Dhiman	Independent	Indora-35(SC)
7.	Vinod Kumar	BJP	Nachan-61(SC)
8.	Vinay Kumar	INC	Renuka-16(SC)
9.	Dhani Ram Shandil	INC	Solan-14
10.	Rajiv Saizal	BJP	Kasauli-13(SC)
11.	Ravi Thakur	INC	Lahaul Spiti-55(ST)
12.	G.S. Bali	INC	Nagrota Bagwan-46
13.	Suresh Kumar	INC	BJP -15(SC)
14.	Gobind Ram	BJP	Arki-10
15.	Govind Singh Thakur	BJP	Manali-56
16.	Gulab Singh Thakur	BJP	Jogindernagar-66
17.	Er.Krishan Lal Thakur	BJP	Nalagarh-12
18.	Baldev Tomar	BJP	Shillai-17
19.	Mansa Ram	INC	Karsog-59(SC)
20.	Inder Singh	BJP	Gopalpur-64
21.	Ishwar Dass Dhiman	BJP	Bhoranj-36(SC)
22.	Bumber Thakur	INC	Bilaspur-21
23.	Jai Ram Thakur	BJP	Siraj-60
24.	Kaul Singh Thakur	INC	Darang-67
25.	Karan Singh	BJP	Banjar-57
26.	Mohan Lal Bragta	BJP	Rohru-3(SC)
27.	Sudhir Sharma	INC	Dharamsala-48
28.	Khub Ram	INC	Ani-58(SC)
29.	Bikram Singh Jaryal	BJP	Bhatyiyat-50
30.	Rajeev Bindal	BJP	Nahan-19
31.	Mahender Singh	BJP	Dharampur-65
32.	Mukesh Agnihotri	INC	Haroli-31
33.	Nand Lal	INC	Rampur-2(SC)
34.	Rohit Thakur	INC	Jubbal-Kotkhai-4
35.	Neeraj Bharti	INC	Jawali-37
36.	Vikram Thakur	BJP	Jaswan- Pragpur-38
37.	BBL Butail	INC	Palampur-44
38.	Prakash Chaudhary	INC	Balh-63(SC)
39.	Prem Kumar Dhumal	BJP	Bamsan-26
40.	Rajesh Dharmani	INC	Ghumarwin-22
41.	Kuldeep Kumar	INC	Chintpurni-30
42.	Ajay Mahajan	INC	Nurpur-34
43.	Vidya Stokes	INC	Theog-7
44.	Snjay Rattan	INC	Jawalamukhi-40
45.	Randhir Sharma	BJP	Shri Naina Devi Ji-49
46.	Ravinder Singh Ravi	BJP	Dehra-41
49.	Asha Kumari	INC	Dalhousie-51
48.	Rikhi Ram Kaundal	BJP	Jhanduta-23(SC)
49.	Sohan Lal	INC	Sundernagar-62
50.	Pawan Kajal	Independent	Kangra-49
51.	Sarveen Chaudhary	BJP	Shahpur-47
52.	Satpal Singh Satti	BJP	Una-32
53.	Anirudh Singh	INC	Kasumpti-9
54.	Balbir Singh Verma	IND	Chopal-5
55.	Kishori Lal	INC	Baijnath-43
56.	Sujan Singh Pathania	INC	Jawali-36
57.	Kirnesh Jung	INC	Paonta Doon-18
58.	Vijay Agnihotri	BJP	Nadaun-24
59.	Suresh Bhardwaj	BJP	Shimla-8
60.	Hans Raj	BJP	Churah-52(SC)
61.	Jagat Singh Negi	INC	Kinnaur-1(ST)
62.	Thakur Singh Bharmouri	INC	Bharmaur-54(ST)
63.	Prem Kumar Dhumal	BJP	Hamirpur-25
64.	Ram Kumar	INC	Doon-11
65.	Jagjeevan Pal	INC	Sulah-14
66.	Virender Kanwar	BJP	Kutlehar-33
67.	Manoj Rathi	INC Garla Sarkari-5

See also

• Government of Himachal Pradesh.