10th Himachal Pradesh Assembly

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10th Legislative Assembly
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Preceded by 9th Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by 11th Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Leader of the Opposition
Structure
Seats 68
India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2003.svg
Political groups
Government (49)
  •   INC (43)
  •   IND (6)

Opposition (19)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
28 February and 3 June 1998
Next election
December 2007
Meeting place
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. [1] The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68. The members of the Tenth Legislative Assembly were elected in the 2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. [2]

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Members of the Assembly

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
KinnaurSTJagat Singh Indian National Congress
RampurSCSinghi Ram Indian National Congress
RohruNoneVirbhadra Singh Indian National Congress
Jubbal-kotkhaiNoneRohit Thakur Indian National Congress
ChopalNoneSubhash Chand Independent
KumarsainNoneVidya Stokes Indian National Congress
TheogNoneRakesh Verma Independent
ShimlaNoneJatin Puri Independent politician
KasumptiSCSohan Lal Independent
ArkiNoneDharam Pal Thakur Indian National Congress
DoonNoneLajja Ram Indian National Congress
NalagarhNoneHari Naraian Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
KasauliSCRaghu Raj Indian National Congress
SolanNoneDr. Rajeev Bindal Bharatiya Janata Party
PachhadSCGangu Ram Musafir Indian National Congress
RainkaSCDr. Prem Singh Indian National Congress
ShillaiNoneHarsh Wardhan Indian National Congress
Paonta DoonNoneSukh Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
NahanNoneSadanand Chauhan Lok Jan Shakti Party
KotkehloorNoneBhawna Malhi Indian National Congress
BilaspurNoneTilak Raj Indian National Congress
GhumarwinNoneKaram Dev Dharmani Bharatiya Janata Party
GeharwinSCDr. Beeru Ram Kishore Independent
NadaunNoneSukhvinder Singh Indian National Congress
HamirpurNoneAnita Verma Indian National Congress
BamsanNoneJatin Puri Bharatiya Janata Party
MewaSCIshwar Dass Dhiman Bharatiya Janata Party
NadauntaNoneBaldev Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
GagretSCKuldeep Kumar Indian National Congress
ChintpurniNoneRakesh Kalia Indian National Congress
SantokgarhNoneMukesh Agnihotri Indian National Congress
UnaNoneSatpal Singh Satti Bharatiya Janata Party
KutleharNoneVirender Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
NurpurNoneSat Mahajan Indian National Congress
GangathSCBodh Raj Indian National Congress
JawaliNoneSujan Singh Indian National Congress
GulerNoneChander Kumar Indian National Congress
JaswanNoneBikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
PragpurSCNaveen Dhiman Independent
JawalamukhiNoneRamesh Chand Bharatiya Janata Party
ThuralNoneRavinder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
RajgirSCAtma Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
BaijnathNoneSudhir Sharma Indian National Congress
PalampurNoneBrij Behari Lal Indian National Congress
SulahNoneJagjiwan Paul Indian National Congress
NagrotaNoneG.s. Bali Indian National Congress
ShahpurNoneMajor Vijay Singh Mankotia Indian National Congress
DharamsalaNoneChandresh Kumari Indian National Congress
KangraNoneSurinder Kumar Indian National Congress
BhattiyatNoneKuldip Singh Pathania Independent
BanikhetNoneAsha Kumari Indian National Congress
RajnagarSCSurinder Bhardwaj Indian National Congress
ChambaNoneHarsh Mahajan Indian National Congress
BharmourSTThakar Singh Indian National Congress
Lahaul And SpitiSTRaghbir Singh Indian National Congress
KuluNoneRaj Krishan Gour Indian National Congress
BanjarNoneKhimi Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
AniSCIshwar Dass Indian National Congress
KarsogSCMast Ram Indian National Congress
ChachiotNoneJai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
NachanSCTek Chand Indian National Congress
SundernagarNoneSohan Lal Thakur Indian National Congress
BalhSCDamodar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party
GopalpurNoneRangila Ram Rao Indian National Congress
DharampurNoneMohinder Singh Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh
Joginder NagarNoneSurender Pal Indian National Congress
DarangNoneKaul Singh Indian National Congress
MandiNoneSukh Ram Himachal Vikas Congress

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References

  1. "Himachal Legislative Assembly".
  2. Assembly Members - TENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Archived 27 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine