Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha

6th Chhattisgarh Assembly
Type
Type|

Unicameral

Term limits

| 5 years
Leadership

Governor

Ramen Deka
since 31 July 2024

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
Seats| 90

Political groups

| Government (53)

NDA (53)

* BJP (53)

Official Opposition (35)

INDIA (35)

* INC (35)

Other Opposition (1)

GGP (1)

Vacant (1)

Vacant (1)
Elections

Voting system

| 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
Website
cgvidhansabha.gov.in

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

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See also: Assembly election results of Chhattisgarh

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

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Title  | Name  | Portrait  | Since

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Governor | Ramen Deka |  | 31 July 2024
Speaker | Dr. Raman Singh |  | 19 December 2023
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

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Assembly  | Year  | Speaker | Chief Minister | Party  | Opposition Leader | Party

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1st[a] | 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

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See also: List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly and List of deputy speakers of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

This section is transcluded from 6th Chhattisgarh Assembly. (edit | history)

District  | Constituency  | Member of Legislative Assembly  | Remarks

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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 Thakur |
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 Lahrey |
Baloda Bazar | 44  | Kasdol |  | Indian National Congress | Sandeep Sahu |
45  | Baloda Bazar |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Tank Ram 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 |
Vacant
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 | Devender Singh 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 |
Source:[7]

## Notes

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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

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1. ^ a b "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.

## Further reading

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* "Sarguja royal elected leader of Opposition in Chhattisgarh". The Statesman. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.

## External links

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