10th Himachal Pradesh Assembly

10th Legislative Assembly
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	9th Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by	11th Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	G.R. Mussafir, INC since 10 March 2003
Deputy Speaker	Dharam Pal Thakur, INC since 27 March 2003
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Virbhadra Singh, INC since 6 March 2003
Leader of the Opposition	Prem Kumar Dhumal, BJP since 6 March 2003
Structure
Seats	68
Political groups	Government (49)   INC (43)   IND (6) Opposition (19)   BJP (16)   LM(HP) (1)   HVC (1)   LJP (1)
Elections
Voting system	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]

Members of the Assembly

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Kinnaur	ST	Jagat Singh		Indian National Congress
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		Indian National Congress
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Rohit Thakur		Indian National Congress
Chopal	None	Subhash Chand		Independent
Kumarsain	None	Vidya Stokes		Indian National Congress
Theog	None	Rakesh Verma		Independent
Shimla	None	Jatin Puri		Independent politician
Kasumpti	SC	Sohan Lal		Independent
Arki	None	Dharam Pal Thakur		Indian National Congress
Doon	None	Lajja Ram		Indian National Congress
Nalagarh	None	Hari Naraian Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kasauli	SC	Raghu Raj		Indian National Congress
Solan	None	Dr. Rajeev Bindal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		Indian National Congress
Rainka	SC	Dr. Prem Singh		Indian National Congress
Shillai	None	Harsh Wardhan		Indian National Congress
Paonta Doon	None	Sukh Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nahan	None	Sadanand Chauhan		Lok Jan Shakti Party
Kotkehloor	None	Bhawna Malhi		Indian National Congress
Bilaspur	None	Tilak Raj		Indian National Congress
Ghumarwin	None	Karam Dev Dharmani		Bharatiya Janata Party
Geharwin	SC	Dr. Beeru Ram Kishore		Independent
Nadaun	None	Sukhvinder Singh		Indian National Congress
Hamirpur	None	Anita Verma		Indian National Congress
Bamsan	None	Jatin Puri		Bharatiya Janata Party
Mewa	SC	Ishwar Dass Dhiman		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nadaunta	None	Baldev Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gagret	SC	Kuldeep Kumar		Indian National Congress
Chintpurni	None	Rakesh Kalia		Indian National Congress
Santokgarh	None	Mukesh Agnihotri		Indian National Congress
Una	None	Satpal Singh Satti		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kutlehar	None	Virender Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nurpur	None	Sat Mahajan		Indian National Congress
Gangath	SC	Bodh Raj		Indian National Congress
Jawali	None	Sujan Singh		Indian National Congress
Guler	None	Chander Kumar		Indian National Congress
Jaswan	None	Bikram Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pragpur	SC	Naveen Dhiman		Independent
Jawalamukhi	None	Ramesh Chand		Bharatiya Janata Party
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Baijnath	None	Sudhir Sharma		Indian National Congress
Palampur	None	Brij Behari Lal		Indian National Congress
Sulah	None	Jagjiwan Paul		Indian National Congress
Nagrota	None	G.s. Bali		Indian National Congress
Shahpur	None	Major Vijay Singh Mankotia		Indian National Congress
Dharamsala	None	Chandresh Kumari		Indian National Congress
Kangra	None	Surinder Kumar		Indian National Congress
Bhattiyat	None	Kuldip Singh Pathania		Independent
Banikhet	None	Asha Kumari		Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	SC	Surinder Bhardwaj		Indian National Congress
Chamba	None	Harsh Mahajan		Indian National Congress
Bharmour	ST	Thakar Singh		Indian National Congress
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Raghbir Singh		Indian National Congress
Kulu	None	Raj Krishan Gour		Indian National Congress
Banjar	None	Khimi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ani	SC	Ishwar Dass		Indian National Congress
Karsog	SC	Mast Ram		Indian National Congress
Chachiot	None	Jai Ram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nachan	SC	Tek Chand		Indian National Congress
Sundernagar	None	Sohan Lal Thakur		Indian National Congress
Balh	SC	Damodar Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gopalpur	None	Rangila Ram Rao		Indian National Congress
Dharampur	None	Mohinder Singh		Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh
Joginder Nagar	None	Surender Pal		Indian National Congress
Darang	None	Kaul Singh		Indian National Congress
Mandi	None	Sukh Ram		Himachal Vikas Congress

Notes

• Shri Chander Kumar resigned from Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly after being elected to Lok Sabha.
• Dr. Harbans Singh Rana was elected in the by-election from the seat vacated by Shri Chander Kumar.
• Shri Prem Kumar Dhumal resigned from H.P. Legislative Assembly after being elected to Lok Sabha from Hamirpur Parliamentary Constituency in a by-election in May 2007.
• Major Vijay Singh Mankotia resigned from the H.P. Legislative Assembly in August 2007.
• Shri Bodh Raj was unseated by a Supreme Court judgement dated 30-11-2007.

See also

• Government of Himachal Pradesh
• 2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

References

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