Bihar Legislative Assembly

The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Bihar.

Bihar Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Speaker
Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar, JD(U)
since 27 July 2017
Deputy Chief Minister
Sushil Kumar Modi, BJP
since 27 July 2017
Leader of the Opposition
Tejashwi Yadav, RJD
since 28 July 2017
Structure
Seats243
Political groups
Government (130)

NDA (130)

  •      JD(U) (69)
  •      BJP (54)
  •      LJP (2)
  •      IND (5)

Opposition (111)

Vacant (2)

  •      Vacant (2)[1]
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
12 October - 5 November 2015
Next election
2020
Meeting place
Bihar State Assembly, Patna, Bihar, India
Website
http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in

History

The Bihar Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1937.[2] The Assembly had a strength of 152 members. According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, the first General Elections in the state were held in 1952.[3] The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated member. Dr. Shri Krishna Singh became the first Leader of the House and the Chief Minister, Dr. Anugrah Narayan Singh was elected the first Deputy Leader of the Assembly and became state's first Deputy Chief Minister. It was reduced to 318 during the second General Elections. In 1977, the total number of elected members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly was further raised from 318 to 324. With the creation of a separate State of Jharkhand, by an Act of Parliament titled as the Bihar Reorganisation Act, the strength of the Bihar Legislative Assembly was reduced from 324 to 243 members. The current NDA government formed on 27 July 2017 consists of 73 JD(U), 53 BJP, 2 LJP and 4 Independent MLA's.

Bihar Legislative Assembly terms

Following are the dates of constitution and dissolution of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. First sitting date and date of completion of term for each Vidhan Sabha can be different from the constitution and dissolution dates (respectively).

Vidhan SabhaConstitutionDissolutionDays
1st20 May 195231 March 19571,776
2nd20 May 195715 March 19621,760
3rd16 March 196216 March 19671,826
4th17 March 196726 February 1969712
5th26 February 196928 March 19721,126
6th29 March 197230 April 19771,858
7th24 June 197717 February 1980968
8th8 June 198012 March 19851,738
9th12 March 198510 March 19901,824
10th10 March 199028 March 19951,844
11th4 April 19952 March 20001,795
12th3 March 20006 March 20051,830
13th7 March 200524 November 2005263
14th24 November 200526 November 20101,829
15th26 November 201020 November 20151,821
16th20 November 2015Incumbent1732

Working

The Bihar Legislative Assembly is not a permanent body and subject to dissolution. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first sitting unless dissolved sooner. Members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected by the people.

There are three sessions (Budget session, Monsoon session, Winter session) every year.

The Sessions of Legislative Assembly are presided by Speaker. The Speaker certifies that whether a bill is ordinary bill or money bill. Generally he does not participate in voting but he casts his vote in the case of tie. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary is the current Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly also has a Secretariat which is headed by Secretary. He is under the disciplinary control of Speaker. The function of Secretary is to assist the Speaker. Bateshwar Nath Pandey is the current Secretary of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Current Assembly

Last assembly elections were held in October–November 2015. In July 2017, ex Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD was charged by the CBI in a corruption case. After prolonged, but ultimately futile deliberations between the members of the Grand Alliance over Yadav resigning, Nitish Kumar resigned as Chief Minister on 26 July 2017.

Hours after Nitish Kumar's resignation, the JD(U) joined hands with the BJP, allowing Nitish Kumar to take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar. The then Governor of Bihar, Keshari Nath Tripathi, administered Nitish Kumar the oath of office and secrecy in the Bihar Raj Bhavan on 27 July 2017, 1000 hrs IST, making Nitish Kumar the Chief Minister of Bihar for the sixth time.[4] He gained the vote of confidence in the house with a total of 131 votes through Lobby Division voting on 28 July 2017. The Speaker (JD(U)) and 1 member of BJP did not cast their vote.

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See also

References
  1. https://zeenews.india.com/india/bihar-mla-shyam-rajak-resigns-from-jdu-says-cant-stay-where-social-justice-is-stripped-2303294.html
  2. "First Bihar assembly: Down memory lane - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. "Bihar poll dates announced: Some facts youn need to know about Bihar Legislative Assembly". www.oneindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. "Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister just 12 hours after resigning". The Economic Times. 27 July 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

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