5th Uttarakhand Assembly

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Fifth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
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Type
Type
Houses Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
History
Preceded by 4th Uttarakhand Assembly
Leadership
Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, BJP
since 26 March 2022
Vacant
since 10 March 2022
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Pushkar Singh Dhami, BJP
since 4 July 2021
Yashpal Arya, INC
since 10 April 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Bhuwan Chandra Kapri, INC
since 10 April 2022
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu IAS [1]
Structure
Seats70
India Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 2023.svg
Political groups
Government (49)
NDA (49)
  •   BJP (47)
  •   IND (2)

Official Opposition (19)

Other Opposition (2)

Length of term
2022–2027
Elections
first-past-the-post
Last election
14 February 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Bhararisain (Summer)
Vidhan Sabha Bhavan, Dehradun (Winter)
Website
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constitution
Constitution of India

The 2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election have elected the incumbent fifth Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Elections were held on 14 February 2022 when Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party with 47 seats in the 70-seat legislature and formed the government. [2] The Indian National Congress with 19 seats served as the opposition.

Contents

Notable Positions

S.NoPositionPortraitNamePartyConstituencyOffice TakenRef
1 Speaker Ritu Khanduri Speaker Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Bharatiya Janata Party Kotdwar 26 March 2022 [3] [4]
2 Deputy Speaker Vacant
3Leader of the House Pushkar Dhami.jpg Pushkar Singh Dhami
( Chief Minister )
Bharatiya Janata Party Champawat 23 March 2022 [5]
4Deputy Leader of the House Premchand Aggarwal
(Parliamentary and Finance Minister)
Rishikesh [3] [4]
5 Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg Yashpal Arya Indian National Congress Bajpur 18 April 2022 [6]
6 Deputy Leader of Opposition Bhuwan Chandra Kapri Indian National Congress Khatima 18 April 2022 [7]

Composition of the Assembly

PartyAbbr.SeatsLeader in the House
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP47 Pushkar Singh Dhami
Indian National Congress INC19 Yashpal Arya
Bahujan Samaj Party BSP02 Sarwat Karim Ansari
Independent Ind.02N/A
Total 70

Members of Legislative Assembly

DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyRemarks
Uttarkashi 1 Purola (SC) Durgeshwar Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Yamunotri Sanjay Dobhal Independent
3 Gangotri Suresh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
Chamoli 4 Badrinath Rajendra Singh Bhandari Indian National Congress
5 Tharali (SC) Bhupal Ram Tamta Bharatiya Janata Party
6 Karnaprayag Anil Nautiyal Bharatiya Janata Party
Rudraprayag 7 Kedarnath Shaila Rani Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
8 Rudraprayag Bharat Singh Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
Tehri Garhwal 9 Ghansali (SC) Shakti Lal Shah Bharatiya Janata Party
10 Devprayag Vinod Kandari Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Narendranagar Subodh Uniyal Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
12 Pratapnagar Vikram Singh Negi Indian National Congress
13 Tehri Kishore Upadhyaya Bharatiya Janata Party
14 Dhanaulti Pritam Singh Panwar Bharatiya Janata Party
Dehradun 15 Chakrata (ST) Pritam Singh Indian National Congress
16 Vikasnagar Munna Singh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Sahaspur Sahdev Singh Pundir Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Dharampur Vinod Chamoli Bharatiya Janata Party
19 Raipur Umesh Sharma 'Kau' Bharatiya Janata Party
20 Rajpur Road (SC)Khajan Das Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Dehradun Cantonment Savita Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party
22 Mussoorie Ganesh Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
23 Doiwala Brij Bhushan Gairola Bharatiya Janata Party
24 Rishikesh Premchand Aggarwal Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
Haridwar 25 Haridwar Madan Kaushik Bharatiya Janata Party
26 BHEL Ranipur Adesh Chauhan Bharatiya Janata Party
27 Jwalapur (SC) Ravi Bahadur Indian National Congress
28 Bhagwanpur (SC) Mamta Rakesh Indian National Congress
29 Jhabrera (SC) Virendra Kumar Indian National Congress
30 Piran Kaliyar Furqan Ahmad Indian National Congress
31 Roorkee Pradip Batra Bharatiya Janata Party
32 Khanpur Umesh Kumar Independent
33 Manglaur Sarwat Karim Ansari Bahujan Samaj Party
34 Laksar Shahzad Bahujan Samaj Party
35 Haridwar Rural Anupama Rawat Indian National Congress
Pauri Garhwal 36 Yamkeshwar Renu Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
37 Pauri (SC) Raj Kumar Pori Bharatiya Janata Party
38 Srinagar Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
39 Chaubattakhal Satpal Maharaj Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
40 Lansdowne Dilip Singh Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
41 Kotdwar Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Bharatiya Janata Party Speaker
Pithoragarh 42 Dharchula Harish Singh Dhami Indian National Congress
43 Didihat Bishan Singh Chuphal Bharatiya Janata Party
44 Pithoragarh Mayukh Mahar Indian National Congress
45 Gangolihat (SC) Fakir Ram Tamta Bharatiya Janata Party
Bageshwar 46 Kapkot Suresh Singh Garhia Bharatiya Janata Party
47 Bageshwar (SC) Chandan Ram Das Bharatiya Janata Party Died on 26 April 2023 [8]
Vacant
Almora 48 Dwarahat Madan Singh Bisht Indian National Congress
49 Salt Mahesh Singh Jeena Bharatiya Janata Party
50 Ranikhet Pramod Nainwal Bharatiya Janata Party
51 Someshwar (SC) Rekha Arya Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
52 Almora Manoj Tiwari Indian National Congress
53 Jageshwar Mohan Singh Mahara Bharatiya Janata Party
Champawat 54 Lohaghat Khushal Singh Adhikari Indian National Congress
55 Champawat Kailash Chandra Gahtori Bharatiya Janata Party Kailash Chandra Gahtori resigns, vacates seat for Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami [9]
Pushkar Singh Dhami Bharatiya Janata Party Won in 2022 by-poll necessitated after resignation by Kailash Chandra Gahtori [10]
Nainital 56 Lalkuan Mohan Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
57 Bhimtal Ram Singh Kaira Bharatiya Janata Party
58 Nainital (SC) Sarita Arya Bharatiya Janata Party
59 Haldwani Sumit Hridayesh Indian National Congress
60 Kaladhungi Banshidhar Bhagat Bharatiya Janata Party
61 Ramnagar Diwan Singh Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
Udham Singh Nagar 62 Jaspur Adesh Singh Chauhan Indian National Congress
63 Kashipur Trilok Singh Cheema Bharatiya Janata Party
64 Bajpur (SC) Yashpal Arya Indian National Congress Leader of Opposition
65 Gadarpur Arvind Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
66 Rudrapur Shiv Arora Bharatiya Janata Party
67 Kichha Tilak Raj Behar Indian National Congress
68 Sitarganj Saurabh Bahuguna Bharatiya Janata Party Cabinet Minister
69 Nanakmatta (ST) Gopal Singh Rana Indian National Congress
70 Khatima Bhuwan Chandra Kapri Indian National Congress Deputy Leader of Opposition

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