Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly or the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India.

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha
6th Chhattisgarh Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Biswabhusan Harichandan
since 23 February 2023
Speaker
Raman Singh, BJP
since 13 December 2023
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Vishnu Deo Sai, BJP
since 13 December 2023
Deputy Leader of the House
(Deputy Chief Minister)
Arun Sao, BJP
Vijay Sharma, BJP
since 13 December 2023
Leader of the Opposition
Charan Das Mahant, INC
since 16 December 2023
Structure
Seats90
Political groups
Government (54)
  BJP (54)

Official Opposition (35)

  INC (35)

Other opposition (1)

  GGP (1)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
7 and 17 November 2023
Next election
2028
Meeting place
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 90 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies.[1] Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

History

The state of Chhattisgarh was created by the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act 2000,[2] approved by the President of India on 25 August 2000. The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha came into existence with the creation of the state on 1 November 2000. The first session of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha was held at Jashpur hall of Rajkumar College in Raipur. Later, the Vidhan Sabha was shifted to the newly constructed Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Bhavan at Vidhan Nagar, on Raipur–Baloda Bazar Road.[1]
A new building for Vidhan Sabha is under construction at Sector 19, Atal Nagar behind Indravati Bhawan & Mahanadi Bhawan. The groundbreaking ceremony was done by Bhupesh Baghel on 29 August 2020 in the presence of leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and other ministers. The construction is currently halted since 2021 and all tenders are cancelled by the Government of Chhattisgarh due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chhattisgarh. The inauguration is expected to be on or after 2025.[3][4]

Leaders
Title Name Portrait Since
Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan 23 February 2023
Speaker Dr. Raman Singh
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)		 Vishnu Deo Sai 13 December 2023
Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao
Vijay Sharma
Leader of Opposition Charan Das Mahant 16 December 2023

List of Assemblies
Assembly Year Speaker Chief Minister Party Opposition Leader Party
1st[lower-alpha 1] 1998 Rajendra Prasad Shukla Ajit Jogi INC Nand Kumar Sai BJP
2nd 2003 Prem Prakash Pandey Raman Singh BJP Mahendra Karma INC
3rd 2008 Dharamlal Kaushik Ravindra Choubey
4th 2013 Gaurishankar Agrawal T. S. Singh Deo
5th 2018 Charan Das Mahant Bhupesh Baghel INC Dharamlal Kaushik BJP
Narayan Chandel[6]
6th 2023 Raman Singh Vishnu Deo Sai BJP Charan Das Mahant INC

Members of Legislative Assembly
District Constituency Member of Legislative Assembly Remarks
No. Name Party Name
Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur 1 Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Renuka Singh
2 Manendragarh Bharatiya Janata Party Shyam Bihari Jaiswal
Koriya 3 Baikunthpur Bharatiya Janata Party Bhaiyalal Rajwade
Surajpur 4 Premnagar Bharatiya Janata Party Bhulan Singh Marabi
5 Bhatgaon Bharatiya Janata Party Laxmi Rajwade
Balrampur 6 Pratappur (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Shakuntala Singh Portey
7 Ramanujganj (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Ramvichar Netam
8 Samri Bharatiya Janata Party Uddheshwari Paikra
Surguja 9 Lundra (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Prabodh Minz
10 Ambikapur Bharatiya Janata Party Rajesh Agrawal
11 Sitapur (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Ramkumar Toppo
Jashpur 12 Jashpur (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Raymuni Bhagat
13 Kunkuri (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Vishnudeo Sai Chief Minister
14 Pathalgaon (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Gomati Sai
Raigarh 15 Lailunga (ST) Indian National Congress Vidyawati Sidar
16 Raigarh Bharatiya Janata Party O. P. Choudhary
Sarangarh-Bilaigarh 17 Sarangarh (SC) Indian National Congress Uttari Ganpat Jangde
18 Kharsia Indian National Congress Umesh Patel
Raigarh 19 Dharamjaigarh (ST) Indian National Congress Laljeet Singh Rathia
Korba 20 Rampur (ST) Indian National Congress Phool Singh Rathiya
21 Korba Bharatiya Janata Party Lakhan Lal Dewangan
22 Katghora Bharatiya Janata Party Premchand Patel
23 Pali-Tanakhar (ST) Gondwana Ganatantra Party Tuleshwar Hira Singh Markam
Gaurela Pendra Marwahi 24 Marwahi (ST) Bharatiya Janata Party Pranav Kumar Marpachi
25 Kota Indian National Congress Atal Shrivastava
Mungeli 26 Lormi Bharatiya Janta Party Arun Sao Deputy Chief Minister
27 Mungeli (SC) Bharatiya Janta Party Punnulal Mohle
Bilaspur 28 Takhatpur Bharatiya Janta Party Dharmjeet Singh
29 Bilha Bharatiya Janta Party Dharamlal Kaushik
30 Bilaspur Bharatiya Janta Party Amar Agrawal
31 Beltara Bharatiya Janta Party Sushant Shukla
32 Masturi (SC) Indian National Congress Dilip Lahariya
Janjgir-Champa 33 Akaltara Indian National Congress Raghavendra Kumar Singh
34 Janjgir-Champa Indian National Congress Vyas Kashyap
Sakti 35 Sakti Indian National Congress Charan Das Mahant Leader of Opposition
36 Chandrapur Indian National Congress Ram Kumar Yadav
37 Jaijaipur Indian National Congress Baleshwar Sahu
Janjgir-Champa 38 Pamgarh (SC) Indian National Congress Sheshraj Harbans
Mahasamund 39 Saraipali (SC) Indian National Congress Chaturi Nand
40 Basna Bharatiya Janta Party Sampat Agrawal
41 Khallari Indian National Congress Dwarikadhish Yadav
42 Mahasamund Bharatiya Janata Party Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
Sarangarh-Bilaigarh 43 Bilaigarh (SC) Indian National Congress Kavita Pran Lahare
Baloda Bazar 44 Kasdol Indian National Congress Sandeep Sahu
45 Baloda Bazar Bharatiya Janata Party Tankram Verma
46 Bhatapara Indian National Congress Inder Kumar Sao
Raipur 47 Dharsiwa Bharatiya Janata Party Anuj Sharma
48 Raipur Rural Bharatiya Janata Party Motilal Sahu
49 Raipur City West Bharatiya Janata Party Rajesh Munat
50 Raipur City North Bharatiya Janata Party Purandar Mishra
51 Raipur City South Bharatiya Janata Party Brijmohan Agrawal
52 Arang Bharatiya Janata Party Guru Khushwant Saheb
53 Abhanpur Bharatiya Janata Party Indra Kumar Sahu
Gariaband 54 Rajim Bharatiya Janata Party Rohit Sahu
55 Bindrawagarh (ST) Indian National Congress Janak Dhruw
Dhamtari 56 Sihawa (ST) Indian National Congress Ambika Markam
57 Kurud Bharatiya Janata Party Ajay Chandrakar
58 Dhamtari Indian National Congress Onkar Sahu
Balod 59 Sanjari-Balod Indian National Congress Sangeeta Sinha
60 Dondi Lohara (ST) Indian National Congress Anila Bhendiya
61 Gunderdehi Indian National Congress Kunwer Singh Nishad
Durg 62 Patan Indian National Congress Bhupesh Baghel
63 Durg Rural Bharatiya Janata Party Lalit Chandrakar
64 Durg City Bharatiya Janata Party Gajendra Yadav
65 Bhilai Nagar Indian National Congress Devendra Yadav
66 Vaishali Nagar Bharatiya Janata Party Rikesh Sen
67 Ahiwara (SC) Bharatiya Janata Party Domanlal Korsewada
Bemetara 68 Saja Bharatiya Janata Party Ishwar Sahu
69 Bemetara Bharatiya Janata Party Dipesh Sahu
70 Navagarh (SC) Bharatiya Janata Party Dayaldas Baghel
Kabirdham 71 Pandariya Bharatiya Janata Party Bhawna Bohra
72 Kawardha Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Sharma Deputy Chief Minister
Rajnandgaon 73 Khairagarh Indian National Congress Yashoda Nilamber Verma
74 Dongargarh (SC) Indian National Congress Harshita Swami Baghel
75 Rajnandgaon Bharatiya Janta Party Dr. Raman Singh Speaker
76 Dongargaon Indian National Congress Daleshwar Sahu
77 Khujji Indian National Congress Bholaram Sahu
78 Mohla-Manpur Indian National Congress Indrashah Mandavi
Kanker 79 Antagarh (ST) Bharatiya Janta Party Vikram Usendi
80 Bhanupratappur (ST) Indian National Congress Savitri Manoj Mandavi
81 Kanker (ST) Bharatiya Janta Party Asha Ram Netam
Kondagaon 82 Keshkal (ST) Bharatiya Janta Party Neelkanth Tekam
83 Kondagaon (ST) Bharatiya Janta Party Lata Usendi
Narayanpur 84 Narayanpur (ST) Bharatiya Janta Party Kedar Nath Kashyap
Bastar 85 Bastar (ST) Indian National Congress Baghel Lakheshwar
86 Jagdalpur Bharatiya Janta Party Kiran Singh Deo
87 Chitrakot (ST) Bharatiya Janta Party Vinayak Gotay
Dantewada 88 Dantewada (ST) Bharatiya Janta Party Chaitram Atami
Bijapur 89 Bijapur (ST) Indian National Congress Vikram Mandavi
Sukma 90 Konta (ST) Indian National Congress Kawasi Lakhma
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Notes
  1. The first Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh was constituted by the MLA's elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh.[5]

References
  1. "Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly". Legislative Bodies in India website. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. "Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000". India Code.
  3. "छत्तीसगढ़ में 270 करोड़ में बनेगा नया विधानसभा भवन भूमि पूजन आज". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 29 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  4. PTI (13 May 2021). "Chhattisgarh cancels tenders for new assembly building, halts construction of major projects". ThePrint. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. "The Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000" (PDF). 2000. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  6. "Chhattisgarh BJP appoints new Leader of Opposition". The Hindu. 17 August 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  7. "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners and losers constituency wise from BJP, Congress and other parties". Zee Business. 4 December 2023.

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