Unicameral state legislature in India
The Haryana Legislative Assembly (ISO : Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā ) is the unicameral legislature of Indian state of Haryana . The seating of the assembly is at Chandigarh , the capital of the state. There are 90 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-post system. The term of office is five years.[ 2]
The body was founded in 1966, when the state was created from part of the state of Punjab, by the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 . The house initially had 54 seats, ten reserved for scheduled castes , this was increased to 81 seats in March 1967, and to 90 seats (including 17 reserved seats) in 1977.[ 3] Highest number of seats ever won was in 1977 when Janata Party won 75 out of 90 seats when in the aftermath of 1975–77 emergency by Indian National Congress 's (INC) Indira Gandhi . INC won only 3 seats, Vishal Haryana Party and independents both won 5 seats each.[ 4]
Since the formation of Haryana in 1966, the state politics became infamously dominated by the nepotistic clans of 5 political dynasts , Lal trio (Devi Lal , Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal ) as well as the Hooda clan and Rao Birender clan .[ 5] [ 6] The Mewat region , remotely to the rest of Haryana since it's formation, has been dominated by 3 major political dynasts (Tayyab Husain , Rahim Khan , Khurshid Ahmed ).[ 7] The infamous Aaya Ram Gaya Ram politics, named after Gaya Lal in 1967, of frequent floor-crossing , turncoating , switching parties and political horse trading within short span of time became associated with Haryana.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Election
Legislative Assembly
From
To
First sitting
1962
1st Assembly
1 November 1966
28 February 1967
6 December 1966
1967
2nd Assembly
17 March 1967
21 November 1967
17 March 1967
1968
3rd Assembly
15 July 1968
21 January 1972
15 July 1968
1972
4th Assembly
3 April 1972
30 April 1977
3 April 1972
1977
5th Assembly
4 July 1977
19 April 1982
4 July 1977
1982
6th Assembly
24 June 1982
23 June 1987
24 June 1982
1987
7th Assembly
9 July 1987
6 April 1991
9 July 1987
1991
8th Assembly
9 July 1991
10 May 1996
9 July 1991
1996
9th Assembly
22 May 1996
14 December 1999
22 May 1996
2000
10th Assembly
9 March 2000
8 March 2005
9 March 2000
2005
11th Assembly
21 March 2005
21 August 2009
21 March 2005
2009
12th Assembly
28 October 2009
20 October 2014
28 October 2009
2014
13th Assembly
20 October 2014
28 October 2019
27 October 2014
2019
14th Assembly
28 October 2019
8 October 2024
4 November 2019
2024
15th Assembly
8 October 2024
Floor Leaders and Ministers [ edit ]
Haryana Legislative Assembly constituencies, reserved constituencies in yellow.
The elections for the Haryana Vidhan Sabha are being held since 1967.[ 12]
Year
Vidhan Sabha Election
Party
Chief Minister
Party-wise Details
1966
First Assembly*
Indian National Congress
Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
Constituted out of Punjab assembly
1967
Second Assembly
Vishal Haryana Party [ a] [ 9]
Rao Birender Singh
Total: 81. INC : 48, BJS : 12, Independents: 16
1968
Third Assembly
Indian National Congress
Bansi Lal
Total: 81. INC : 48, VHP : 16, BJS : 7
1972
Fourth Assembly
Total: 81. INC : 52, NCO : 12
Banarsi Das Gupta
1977
Fifth Assembly
Janata Party
Chaudhary Devi Lal
Total: 90. Janata : 75, VHP : 5, INC : 3
Bhajan Lal
1982
Sixth Assembly
Indian National Congress
Bhajan Lal
Total: 90. INC : 36, Lok Dal : 31 + BJP : 6, Independents: 16
Bansi Lal
1987
Seventh Assembly
Janata Dal
Chaudhary Devi Lal
Total: 90. Janata Dal : 60 + BJP : 16, INC : 5
Om Prakash Chautala
Banarsi Das Gupta
Om Prakash Chautala
Hukam Singh Phogat
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
Om Prakash Chautala
1991
Eighth Assembly
Indian National Congress
Bhajan Lal
Total: 90. INC : 51
1996
Ninth Assembly
Haryana Vikas Party
Bansi Lal
Total: 90. HVP : 33 + BJP : 11, SAP : 24, INC : 9
Indian National Lok Dal
Om Prakash Chautala
2000
Tenth Assembly
Total: 90. INLD : 47 + BJP : 6, INC : 21
2005
Eleventh Assembly
Indian National Congress
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Total: 90. INC : 67, INLD : 9
2009
Twelfth Assembly
Total: 90. INC : 40, INLD : 31, HJC(BL) : 6, BJP : 4
2014
Thirteenth Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party
Manohar Lal Khattar
Total: 90. BJP : 47 (post-defections 52), INLD : 19, INC : 15
2019
Fourteenth Assembly
Total: 90. BJP : 40, INC : 31, JJP : 10, Others: 9
2024
Fifteenth Assembly
Nayab Singh Saini
Total: 90. BJP : 48, INC : 37, INLD :2 , Others: 3
Members of Legislative Assembly [ edit ]
^ "Haryana Assembly Elections: All 3 Independent MLAs extend support to BJP" . The Hindu . 9 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024 .
^ "Haryana Vidhan Sabha" . Legislative Bodies in India website. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2011 .
^ "Haryana Legislative Assembly" . Legislative Bodies in India website. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014 .
^ Sharma, Somdat (22 August 2019). "Haryana Election 2019: भाजपा को मिली 75 सीटें तो 42 साल बाद इतिहास खुद को दोहराएगा- हरिभूमि, Haribhoomi" . www.haribhoomi.com . Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2020 .
^ Pal, Sat (9 August 2018). "In the land of fence-sitters" . www.millenniumpost.in . Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021 .
^ Bhardwaj, Deeksha (30 April 2019). "How 5 families over 3 generations have controlled Haryana's politics from day one" . ThePrint . Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021 .
^ Manav, Sushil (7 August 2023). "Meo dynasts have always dominated politics in Mewat — a look at region's leaders, past & present" . ThePrint . Retrieved 17 November 2024 .
^ Paras Diwan, 1979, Aya Ram Gaya Ram: The Politics Of Defection, Journal of the Indian Law Institute, Vol. 21, No. 3, July–September 1979, pp. 291-312.
^ a b Sethi, Chitleen K. (19 May 2018). "As turncoats grab headlines, a look back at the original 'Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram' " . ThePrint . Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021 .
^ Prakash, Satya (9 May 2016). "Here is all you wanted to know about the anti-defection law" . Hindustan Times . Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019 .
^ Siwach, Sukhbir (20 December 2011). " 'Aaya Ram Gaya Ram' Haryana's gift to national politics" . The Times of India . Archived from the original on 27 January 2014.
^ "Election results - Full statistical reports" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 January 2014 .
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