Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
The Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 14th Feb 2015 after the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier that month.[1]
Legislative Assembly of Delhi (Vidhan Sabha of Delhi) | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | Feb 2015 - Jan 2020 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker of the Assembly | |
Dy. Speaker | |
Chief Minister | |
Leader of the House | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
Secretary | P. N. Mishra |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 70 |
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Political groups | AAP: 62 seats BJP: 4 seats
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Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 7 February 2015 |
| Meeting place | |
| Old Secretariat , Delhi, India | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Election and Government formation
Elections for 70 assembly seats in Delhi were concluded on 07th Feb 2015 and results were announced on 10th Feb 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party got a sweeping majority by winning 67 out of 70 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party managed only 3 seats and all other parties, including the Indian National Congress could not manage to win any seats. AAP got 54.3% (4,879,127), BJP got 32.2% (2,891,510) and INC got 9.7% (867,027) of total votes polled. A total of 6 national parties, 10 state parties, 55 registered (unrecognised) parties and 1 independent candidate contested for the 70 assembly seats.[2][1][3]
On 14th Feb 2015, Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi. Along with Kejriwal, six ministers were also sworn in.[4][5]
In April, 2015, the speaker of the house recognized Vijender Gupta as the leader of opposition in the house.[6]
As on 28 August 2017, AAP had 66 MLA, 4 belongs to BJP.
BJP won the Rajouri Garden assembly constituency in Feb 2017 By Poll Election.
AAP won the Bawana assembly constituency in Aug 2017 By Poll Election.
Electors
| Male | Female | Others | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electors | 73,89,089 | 59,19,127 | 5,999 | 1,33,09,078 |
| Electors who voted | - | - | - | - |
| Polling percentage | - | - | - | 67.08% |
[7]Candidates
| Male | Female | Others | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | 607 | 66 | 0 | 673 |
| Elected | 64 | 6 | 0 | 70 |
| Forfeited deposits | - | - | - | - |
Important members
| # | From | To | Position | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2015 | Incumbent | Chief Minister | Arvind Kejriwal | AAP |
| 02 | 2015 | Incumbent | Speaker | Ram Niwas Goel | AAP |
| 03 | 2015 | Incumbent | Deputy Speaker | Rakhi Birla | AAP |
| 04 | 2015 | Incumbent | Leader of the House | Arvind Kejriwal | AAP |
| 05 | 2015 | Incumbent | Leader of the Opposition | Vijender Gupta | BJP |
Ministry
| # | From | To | Name | Position / Portfolio / ministry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2015 | Incumbent | Arvind Kejriwal | Chief Minister, Water |
| 02 | 2015 | Incumbent | Manish Sisodia |
Deputy Chief Minister, Tourism, education, finance, planning, land & building, vigilance, services, women & child, art, culture & languages, and all other departments not specifically allotted to any minister |
| 03 | 2015 | Incumbent | Satyendra Kumar Jain |
Health, industries, public work department, power, home, urban development |
| 04 | 2015 | Incumbent | Gopal Rai |
Employment, development, labour, general administration department, irrigation & flood control |
| 05 | 2015 | Incumbent | Imran Hussain |
Food & supply, environment & forest, election |
| 06 | 2015 | Incumbent | Rajendra Pal Gautam |
Gurudwara elections, SC & ST, social welfare, cooperative |
| 07 | 2015 | Incumbent | Kailash Gahlot |
Administrative reforms, information & technology, law, justice & legislative affairs, transport, revenue |
List of members
Keys: AAP (61) BJP (3) Shiromani Akali Dal (1)
See also
- First Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Government of Delhi
- Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013 & 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections.
- Government of India
- Politics of India
References
- "Election Results". Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "Statistical Reports" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "Comprehensive Election results". Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "Arvind Kejriwal takes oath". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "Six Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "BJP's Vijendra Gupta Named Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly". NDTV. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ahmad, sheikh; siddique (8 January 2020). "silver lining". cast. 65 (No-Transparency included due to personal agenda.): 1 – via saeed.
- "Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "Election result". Election commission of India website. Retrieved 8 January 2017.