Punjab Legislative Assembly
| Punjab Legislative Assembly ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| Leadership | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Leader of the House | |
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Charanjit Singh Channi, INC | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 117 |
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Political groups | Independent (3) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 30 January 2012 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vidhan Bhavan, Chandigarh, India | |
| Website | |
| Homepage | |
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ) is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in northern India. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved sooner. The current Speaker of the Assembly is Charanjit Singh Atwal. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh.
History
British Raj
An Executive Council was formed under The Indian Councils Act, 1861. It was only under the Government of India Act 1919 that a Legislative Council was set up in Punjab. Later, under the Government of India Act 1935, the Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted with a membership of 175. It was summoned for the first time on 1 April 1937. In 1947, Punjab Province was partitioned into West Punjab and East Punjab and the East Punjab Legislative Assembly was formed, the forerunner of the current assembly consisting of 72 members.
1947-Present
On 15 July 1948, eight princely states of East Punjab grouped together to form a single state, Patiala and East Punjab States Union. The Punjab State Legislature was a bicameral house in April 1952, comprising the Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and Vidhan Parishad (upper house). In 1956 the state was reorganised and renamed Punjab, the strength of the Vidhan Parishad of the new State of Punjab was enhanced from 40 seats to 46 seats and in 1957, it was increased to 51. Punjab was tri-furcated in 1966 to form Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab. The Vidhan Parishad was reduced to 40 seats and the Vidhan Sabha was grown by 50 seats to 104 seats. On 1 January 1970, the Vidhan Parishad was abolished leaving the state with a unicameral legislature.
Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha
Charanjit Singh Atwal is the current Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly; he was elected to the office in 2012.
Past speakers
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Past deputy speakers
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Political parties
| Rank | Party | Seats Contested | Seats Won | % Votes | % Votes in Seats Cont. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) | 94 | 56 | 59.57 | 42.19 |
| 3 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 23 | 12 | 7.15 | 39.73 |
| 2 | Indian National Congress | 117 | 48 | 41.02 | 41.02 |
| 4 | Independent | - | 3 | 7.13 | |
| Total | 117 |
Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly elected in 2012
The following is the list of the members elected in 2012 to the Punjab assembly:[1]
| No. | Constituency | Name of Member | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sujanpur | Dinesh Singh | BJP |
| 2 | Bhoa (SC) | Seema Kumari | BJP |
| 3 | Pathankot | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | BJP |
| 4 | Gurdaspur | Gurbachan Singh Babbehali | SAD |
| 5 | Dina Nagar (SC) | Aruna Chaudhary | INC |
| 6 | Qadian | Charanjit Kaur Bajwa | INC |
| 7 | Batala | Ashwani Sekhri | INC |
| 8 | Sri Hargobindpur (SC) | Des Raj Dhugga | SAD |
| 9 | Fatehgarh Churian | Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa | INC |
| 10 | Dera baba nanak | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | INC |
| 11 | Ajnala | Bonny Amarpal Singh Ajnala | SAD |
| 12 | Raja sansi | Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria | INC |
| 13 | Majitha | Bikram Singh Majithia (E) | SAD |
| 14 | Jandiala (SC) | Baljit Singh Jalal Usma | SAD |
| 15 | Amritsar North | Anil Joshi | BJP |
| 16 | Amritsar West (SC) | Raj Kumar Verka (E) | INC |
| 17 | Amritsar Central | Om Parkash Soni (E) | INC |
| 18 | Amritsar East | Navjot Kaur Sidhu (E/W) | BJP |
| 19 | Amritsar South | Inderbir Singh Bolaria (E) | CONGRESS |
| 20 | Attari (SC) | Gulzar Singh Ranike (E) | SAD |
| 21 | Tarn taran | Harmeet Singh Sandhu | SAD |
| 22 | Khem karan | Virsa Singh Valtoha | SAD |
| 23 | Patti | Adesh Partap Singh Kairon | SAD |
| 24 | Khadoor Sahib | Ravinder Singh Brahmpura replaced Ramanjit Singh Sikki on 16.02.2016 | SAD |
| 25 | Baba bakala (SC) | Manjit Singh Manna Mianwind (E) | SAD |
| 26 | Bholath | Bibi Jagir Kaur | SAD |
| 27 | Kapurthala | Rana Gurjit Singh | INC |
| 28 | Sultanpur lodhi | Navtej Singh | INC |
| 29 | Phagwara (SC) | Som Parkash | BJP |
| 30 | Phillaur (SC) | Avinash Chander | SAD |
| 31 | Nakodar | Gurpartap Singh Wadala | SAD |
| 32 | Shahkot | Ajit Singh Kohar | SAD |
| 33 | Kartarpur (SC) | Sarwan Singh | SAD |
| 34 | Jalandhar West (SC) | Chuni Lal Bhagat | BJP |
| 35 | Jalandhar central | Manoranjan Kalia | BJP |
| 36 | Jalandhar North | K.D.Bhandari | BJP |
| 37 | Jalandhar Cantt | Pargat Singh | INC |
| 38 | Adampur (SC) | Sh. Pawan Kumar Tinu | SAD |
| 39 | Mukerian | Rajnish Kumar | IND |
| 40 | Dasuya | Amarjit Singh | BJP |
| 41 | Urmar | Sangat Singh | INC |
| 42 | Sham chaurasi (SC) | Mohinder Kaur Josh | SAD |
| 43 | Hoshiarpur | Sunder Sham Arora | INC |
| 44 | Chabbewal (SC) | Sohan Singh Thandal | SAD |
| 45 | Garhshankar | Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan | SAD |
| 46 | Banga (SC) | Tarlochan Singh | INC |
| 47 | Nawan shahr | Guriqbal Kaur | INC |
| 48 | Balachaur | Chaudhary Nand Lal | SAD |
| 49 | Anandpur Sahib | Madan Mohan Mittal | BJP |
| 50 | Rupnagar | Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema | SAD |
| 51 | Chamkaur Sahib (SC) | Charanjit Singh Channi | INC |
| 52 | Kharar | Jagmohan Singh | INC |
| 53 | S.A.S.Nagar | Balbir Singh Sidhu | INC |
| 54 | Bassi Pathana (SC) | Justice Nirmal Singh | SAD |
| 55 | Fatehgarh Sahib | Kuljit Singh Nagra | INC |
| 56 | Amloh | Randeep Singh | INC |
| 57 | Khanna | Gurkirat Singh | INC |
| 58 | Samrala | Amrik Singh | INC |
| 59 | Sahnewal | Sharanjit Singh Dhillon | SAD |
| 60 | Ludhiana East | Ranjit Singh Dhillon | SAD |
| 61 | Ludhiana South | Balwinder Singh Bains | IND |
| 62 | Atam Nagar | Simarjit Singh Bains | IND |
| 63 | Ludhiana central | Surinder Kumar Dawar | INC |
| 64 | Ludhiana West | Bharat Bhushan Ashu | INC |
| 65 | Ludhiana North | Rakesh Panday | INC |
| 66 | Gill (SC) | Darshan Singh Shivalik | SAD |
| 67 | Payal (SC) | Charanjit Singh Atwal | SAD |
| 68 | Dakha | Manpreet Singh Ayali | SAD |
| 69 | Raikot (SC) | Gurcharan Singh | INC |
| 70 | Jagraon (SC) | S R Kaler | SAD |
| 71 | Nihal Singh Wala (SC) | Rajwinder Kaur | SAD |
| 72 | Bhagha Purana | Maheshinder Singh | SAD |
| 73 | Moga | Joginder Pal Jain | INC |
| 74 | Dharamkot | Tota Singh | SAD |
| 75 | Zira | Hari Singh | SAD |
| 76 | Firozpur City | Parminder Singh Pinki | INC |
| 77 | Firozpur Rural (SC) | Joginder Singh Alias Jindu | SAD |
| 78 | Guru har sahai | Gurmeet Singh Sodhi | INC |
| 79 | Jalalabad | Sukhbir Singh Badal | SAD |
| 80 | Fazilka | Surjit Kumar Jyani | BJP |
| 81 | Abohar | Sunil Kumar Jakhar | INC |
| 82 | Balluana (SC) | Gurtej Singh | SAD |
| 83 | Lambi | Parkash Singh Badal | SAD |
| 84 | Gidderbaha | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | INC |
| 85 | Malout (SC) | Harpreet Singh | SAD |
| 86 | Muktsar | Karan Kaur | INC |
| 87 | Faridkot | Deep Malhotra | SAD |
| 88 | Kotkapura | Mantar Singh Brar | SAD |
| 89 | Jaitu (SC) | Joginder Singh | INC |
| 90 | Rampura Phul | Sikander Singh Maluka | SAD |
| 91 | Bhucho Mandi (SC) | Ajaib Singh Bhatti | INC |
| 92 | Bathinda Urban | Sarup Chand Singla | SAD |
| 93 | Bathinda Rural (SC) | Darshan Singh Kotfatta | SAD |
| 94 | Talwandi Sabo | Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu | SAD |
| 95 | Maur | Janmeja Singh | SAD |
| 96 | Mansa | Prem Mittal | SAD |
| 97 | Sardulgarh | Ajit Inder Singh | INC |
| 98 | Budhlada (SC) | Chatin Singh | SAD |
| 99 | Lehra | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | INC |
| 100 | Dirba (SC) | Sant Balvir Singh Ghunas | SAD |
| 101 | Sunam | Parminder Singh Dhindsa | SAD |
| 102 | Bhadaur (SC) | Mohammed Sadique | INC |
| 103 | Barnala | Kewal Singh Dhillon | INC |
| 104 | Mehal kalan (SC) | Harchand Kaur | INC |
| 105 | Malerkotla | F. Nesara Khatoon (Farzana Alam) | SAD |
| 106 | Amargarh | Iqbal Singh Jhundan | SAD |
| 107 | Dhuri | Gobind Singh Longowal | SAD |
| 108 | Sangrur | Parkash Chand Garg | SAD |
| 109 | Nabha (SC) | Sadhu Singh | INC |
| 110 | Patiala Rural | Brahm Mohindra | INC |
| 111 | Rajpura | Hardyal Singh Kamboj | INC |
| 112 | Dera bassi | N.K. Sharma | SAD |
| 113 | Ghanaur | Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpura | SAD |
| 114 | Sanour | Lal Singh | INC |
| 115 | Patiala | Preneet Kaur | INC |
| 116 | Samana | Surjit Singh Rakhra | SAD |
| 117 | Shutrana (SC) | Vaninder Kaur Loomba | SAD |
Punjab Population Cast Wise[2]
| Caste | Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OBC | 22% | Sainis, Kambojs, Lobanas, Tarkhans/Ramgarhias, Kumhars/Prajapatis, Gurjars, Telis, Banjaras, Lohars |
| Scheduled Castes(Dalits) | 31.94% | Mazhabi Sikhs – 10%, Chamars/Ad-Dharmis – 13.1%, Balmikis/Bhanghi – 3.5%, Bazigar – 1.05%, Others – 4%[63] |
| Forward caste | 41% | Jat Sikhs – 21%, Brahmins, Khatri Sikhs, Bania, Thakurs/Rajputs |
| Others | 3.8% | Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains |
See also
- Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2017 to be held for electing next Legislative assembly
References
- ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. 6 March 2012.
- ↑ Leader (2016-11-03). "Punjab Opinion Poll 2017 Punjab Election Survey Exit poll". Punjab. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
