6th Delhi Assembly
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] Second Kejriwal ministry was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly.
Legislative Assembly of Delhi (Vidhan Sabha of Delhi) | |
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| Type | |
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Term limits | 5 year |
| History | |
| Founded | Feb 2015 |
| Disbanded | Jan 2020 |
| Preceded by | 5th Delhi Assembly |
| Succeeded by | 7th Delhi Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Speaker of the Assembly | Ram Niwas Goel, AAP |
Dy. Speaker | |
Chief Minister | |
Leader of the House | |
Leader of the Opposition | Vijender Gupta, BJP |
Secretary | P. N. Mishra |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 70 |
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Political groups | between 2015-2017 AAP: 67 seats BJP: 3 seats |
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Political groups | Since Aug 2017 AAP: 66 seats BJP: 4 seats |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 7 February 2015 |
| Meeting place | |
| Old Secretariat, Delhi, India | |
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History
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 the Second Kejriwal ministry.[4][5][6]
In April, 2015, the speaker of the house recognized Vijender Gupta as the leader of opposition in the house.[7]
As on 28 August 2017, AAP had 66 MLA, 4 belongs to BJP.
Jarnail Singh from Aam Aadmi Party resigned on 6 January 2017 to contest against sitting Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal[8] Shiromani Akali Dal party member Manjinder Singh Sirsa contested on the BJP ticket and won the Rajouri Garden assembly constituency in Feb 2017 By Poll Election.[9]
AAP won the Bawana assembly constituency in Aug 2017 By Poll Election.
Office holders
| # | From | To | Position | Name | Party |
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| 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 |
Committees
Chairman, (2015-2020) The Estimates Committee: Dinesh Mohaniya.
List of members
| No. | Constituency | Name of elected MLA | Party affiliation | Notes | |
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| 01 | Adarsh Nagar | Pawan Kumar Sharma | AAP | ||
| 02 | Ambedkar Nagar | Ajay Dutt | AAP | ||
| 03 | Babarpur | Gopal Rai | AAP | ||
| 04 | Badarpur | Narayan Dutt Sharma | AAP | ||
| 05 | Badli | Ajesh Yadav | AAP | ||
| 06 | Ballimaran | Imran Hussain | AAP | ||
| 07 | Bawana | Ram Chander | AAP | ||
| 08 | Bijwasan | Devinder Sehrawat | AAP | ||
| 09 | Burari | Sanjeev Jha | AAP | ||
| 10 | Chandni Chowk | Alka Lamba | AAP | ||
| 11 | Chhatarpur | Kartar Singh Tanwar | AAP | ||
| 12 | Delhi Cantt | Surinder Singh | AAP | ||
| 13 | Deoli | Prakash Jarwal | AAP | ||
| 14 | Dwarka | Adarsh Shastri | AAP | ||
| 15 | Gandhi Nagar | Anil Kumar Bajpai | AAP | ||
| 16 | Ghonda | Shri Dutt Sharma | AAP | ||
| 17 | Gokalpur | Fateh Singh | AAP | ||
| 18 | Greater Kailash | Saurabh Bharadwaj | AAP | ||
| 19 | Hari Nagar | Jagdeep Singh | AAP | ||
| 20 | Janakpuri | Rajesh Rishi | AAP | ||
| 21 | Jangpura | Praveen Kumar | AAP | ||
| 22 | Kalkaji | Avtar Singh | AAP | ||
| 23 | Karawal Nagar | Kapil Mishra | AAP | ||
| 24 | Karol Bagh | Vishesh Ravi | AAP | ||
| 25 | Kasturba Nagar | Madan Lal | AAP | ||
| 26 | Kirari | Rituraj Govind | AAP | ||
| 27 | Kondli | Manoj Kumar | AAP | ||
| 28 | Krishna Nagar | S.K. Bagga | AAP | ||
| 29 | Laxmi Nagar | Nitin Tyagi | AAP | ||
| 30 | Madipur | Girish Soni | AAP | ||
| 31 | Malviya Nagar | Somnath Bharti | AAP | ||
| 32 | Mangol Puri | Rakhi Birla | AAP | ||
| 33 | Matia Mahal | Asim Ahmed Khan | AAP | ||
| 34 | Matiala | Gulab Singh | AAP | ||
| 35 | Mehrauli | Naresh Yadav | AAP | ||
| 36 | Model Town | Akhilesh Pati Tripathi | AAP | ||
| 37 | Moti Nagar | Shiv Charan Goel | AAP | ||
| 38 | Mundka | Sukhvir Singh | AAP | ||
| 39 | Mustafabad | Jagdish Pradhan | BJP | ||
| 40 | Najafgarh | Kailash Gahlot | AAP | ||
| 41 | Nangloi Jat | Raghuvinder Shokeen | AAP | ||
| 42 | Nerela | Sharad Kumar | AAP | ||
| 43 | New Delhi | Arvind Kejriwal | AAP | ||
| 44 | Okhla | Amanatullah Khan | AAP | ||
| 45 | Palam | Bhavna Gaur | AAP | ||
| 46 | Patel Nagar | Hazari Lal Chauhan | AAP | ||
| 47 | Patparganj | Manish Sisodia | AAP | ||
| 48 | R.K. Puram | Parmila Tokas | AAP | ||
| 49 | Rajinder Nagar | Vijender Garg Vijay | AAP | ||
| 50 | Rajouri Garden | Jarnail Singh | AAP | resigned on 6 January 2017 to contest against sitting CM Parkash Singh Badal[8] | |
| Manjinder Singh Sirsa | BJP | won by-election | |||
| 51 | Rithala | Mohinder Goyal | AAP | ||
| 52 | Rohini | Vijender Gupta | BJP | ||
| 53 | Rohtas Nagar | Sarita Singh | AAP | ||
| 54 | Sadar Bazar | Som Dutt | AAP | ||
| 55 | Sangam Vihar | Dinesh Mohaniya | AAP | ||
| 56 | Seelampur | Mohammad Ishraque | AAP | ||
| 57 | Seemapuri | Rajendra Pal Gautam | AAP | ||
| 58 | Shahdara | Ram Niwas Goel | AAP | ||
| 59 | Shakur Basti | Satyendra Kumar Jain | AAP | ||
| 60 | Shalimar Bagh | Bandana Kumari | AAP | ||
| 61 | Sultan Pur Majra | Sandeep Kumar | AAP | ||
| 62 | Tilak Nagar | Jarnail Singh | AAP | ||
| 63 | Timarpur | Pankaj Pushkar | AAP | ||
| 64 | Tri Nagar | Jitender Singh Tomar | AAP | ||
| 65 | Trilokpuri | Raju Dhingan | AAP | ||
| 66 | Tughlakabad | Sahi Ram | AAP | ||
| 67 | Uttam Nagar | Naresh Balyan | AAP | ||
| 68 | Vikaspuri | Mahinder Yadav | AAP | ||
| 69 | Vishwas Nagar | Om Prakash Sharma | BJP | ||
| 70 | Wazirpur | Rajesh Gupta | AAP | ||
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
- Seventh 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.
- "Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "BJP's Vijendra Gupta Named Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly". NDTV. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "Assembly election: AAP's Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh quits to take on Punjab CM".
- "Delhi's Rajouri Garden bypoll: BJP wins by a margin of 14,652 votes, AAP concedes third defeat". The Indian Express. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- "Election result". Election commission of India website. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.