Eighth Punjab Legislative Assembly

Law governing body of Punjab

Eighth Punjab Legislative Assembly

Punjab Legislative Assembly
Type
Type|

Unicameral

History
Founded| 23 June 1980
Disbanded| 26 June 1985
Preceded by| Seventh Punjab Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by| Ninth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Leadership

Speaker[1]

Brij Bhushan Mehra

Deputy Speaker[2]

Guizar Singh

Leader of House
(Chief Minister)

Darbara Singh
(1980-1983)

Leader of the Opposition

Parkash Singh Badal
(1980-1983)

Structure
Seats| 117[3]

Political groups

| Government (63)[a]

* INC (63)

Opposition (54)

* SAD (37)
* CPI (9)
* CPIM (5)
* BJS (1)
* IND (2)

Length of term

| 1980-1985
Elections

Voting system

| first-past-the-post

Last election

| 1980

Next election

| 1985

The 1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the eighth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Indian National Congress emerged as the victorious with 63 seats in the 117-seat legislature in the election. The Shiromani Akali Dal became the official opposition, holding 37 seats. On 6 October 1983, Assembly was placed under suspension and president rule was imposed[b] and then dissolved on 26 June 1985.

## Background

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## Insurgency

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Main article: Insurgency in Punjab

## Suspension of Assembly

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## Notes

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1. ^ The given members of parties were at the time of the formation of the Government. The numbers changed later on due to defections, resignations, mergers or splits
2. ^ President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Former speaker of punjab vidhan sabha". speakerpunjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. ^ page xiii of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 6 January 2022.
3. ^ Statistical Report of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1980 (Pdf). eci.gov.in. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
4. ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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Punjab Legislative Assembly

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1st Punjab Assembly

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1957|

2nd Punjab Assembly

1962|

3rd Punjab Assembly

1967|

4th Punjab Assembly

| 1969|

5th Punjab Assembly

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1972|

6th Punjab Assembly

1977|

7th Punjab Assembly

1980|

8th Punjab Assembly

| 1985|

9th Punjab Assembly

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1992|

10th Punjab Assembly

1997|

11th Punjab Assembly

2002|

12th Punjab Assembly

| 2007|

13th Punjab Assembly

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2012|

14th Punjab Assembly

2017|

15th Punjab Assembly

2022|

16th Punjab Assembly

Committees|

* Agriculture
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* Estimates
* Government Assurances
* House
* Local Bodies
* Panchayati Raj Institutions
* Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library
* Petitions
* Privileges
* Public Accounts
* Public Undertakings
* Questions & References
* Subordinate Legislation
* Welfare of SCs, STs and OBC

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