Assam Legislative Council

Assam Legislative Council
Assam Legislative Council
Assam
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	6 years
History
Established	1935
Disbanded	1947
Seats	21 – 22
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation, First past the post and Nominations

The Assam Legislative Council was the unicameral legislature of Assam in India from 1913 to 1935 and then the upper house of the bicameral legislature from 1935 to 1947, when it was disbanded by the India (Provincial Legislatures) Order, 1947, and the Assam Legislative Assembly became unicameral.^[1]

In July 2013 the Legislative Assembly passed a bill to recerate the Legislative Council.^[2]

List of MLCs(1935-1947)

List of Members of Assam Legislative Council
Portrait	MLC	Appointment date	Retirement date
	Kuladhar Chaliha
	Pramathesh Barua
	Padmanath Gohain Baruah	1940	1947
Choudhury seated from left corner	Rohini Kumar Chaudhuri
	Kamala Prasad Agarwala

References[edit]

^ Malhotra, G. C. (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures. Lok Sabha Secretariat. pp. 207–208. ISBN 9788120004009.
^ "The Assam Legislative Council Bill, 2013,". PRS Legislativa Reseasrch.

[1] Malhotra, G. C. (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures. Lok Sabha Secretariat. pp. 207–208. ISBN 9788120004009.

[2] "The Assam Legislative Council Bill, 2013,". PRS Legislativa Reseasrch.

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