9th Himachal Pradesh Assembly

9th Legislative Assembly
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	8th Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by	10th Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Gulab Singh Thakur, BJP since 30 March 1998
Deputy Speaker	Ram Dass Malanger, BJP since 20 August 1999
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Prem Kumar Dhumal, BJP since 24 March 1998
Leader of the Opposition	Virbhadra Singh, INC since 25 March 1998
Structure
Seats	68
Political groups	Government (37)   BJP (31)   HVC (5)   IND (1) Opposition (31)   INC (31)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	11 September 1993
Next election	December 2002
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 1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Members of the Assembly

The following assembly members were in the Ninth Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh :

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Kinnaur	ST	Chet Ram Negi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rampur	SC	Singhi Ram		Indian National Congress
Rohru	None	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress
Jubbal-kotkhai	None	Ram Lal		Indian National Congress
Chopal	None	Yogendra Chandar		Indian National Congress
Kumarsain	None	Jai Bihari Lal Khachi		Indian National Congress
Theog	None	Vidya Stokes		Indian National Congress
Simla	None	Narinder Bragta		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kasumpti	SC	Roop Dass Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party
Arki	None	Dharam Pal Thakur		Indian National Congress
Doon	None	Lajja Ram		Indian National Congress
Nalagarh	None	Hari Narayan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kasauli	SC	Raghu Raj		Indian National Congress
Solan	None	Krishna Mohini		Indian National Congress
Pachhad	SC	Gangu Ram Musafir		Indian National Congress
Rainka	SC	Prem Singh		Indian National Congress
Shillai	None	Harsh Wardhan		Indian National Congress
Paonta Doon	None	Rattan Singh		Indian National Congress
Nahan	None	Kush Parmar		Indian National Congress
Kotkehloor	None	Ram Lal Thakur		Indian National Congress
Bilaspur	None	Jagat Prakash Nadda		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ghumarwin	None	Kashmir Singh		Indian National Congress
Geharwin	SC	Rikhi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nadaun	None	Babu Ram Mandial		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hamirpur	None	Urmila Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bamsan	None	Prem Kumar Dhumal		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	Parveen Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Santokgarh	None	Jai Krishan Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Una	None	Virender Gautam		Indian National Congress
Kutlehar	None	Ram Dass Malangar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nurpur	None	Rakesh Pathania		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gangath	SC	Des Raj		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jawali	None	Rajan Sushant		Bharatiya Janata Party
Guler	None	Chander Kumar		Indian National Congress
Jaswan	None	Viplove Thakur		Indian National Congress
Pragpur	SC	Virender Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Jawalamukhi	None	Ramesh Chand		Independent
Thural	None	Ravinder Singh Ravi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rajgir	SC	Atma Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Baijnath	None	Sant Ram		Indian National Congress
Palampur	None	Brij Behari Lal Butail		Indian National Congress
Sulah	None	Bipan Singh Parmar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nagrota	None	G.s.bali		Indian National Congress
Shahpur	None	Sarveen Choudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dharamsala	None	Kishan Chand Kapoor		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kangra	None	Vidya Sagar Chaudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhattiyat	None	Kishori Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Banikhet	None	Asha Kumari		Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	SC	Mohan Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chamba	None	Harsh Mahajan		Indian National Congress
Bharmour	ST	Tulsi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
Lahaul And Spiti	ST	Ram Lal Markanda		Himachal Vikas Congress
Kulu	None	Chander Sain Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
Banjar	None	Karan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ani	SC	Ishwar Dass		Indian National Congress
Karsog	SC	Mansa Ram		Himachal Vikas Congress
Chachiot	None	Jai Ram Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nachan	SC	Tek Chand		Indian National Congress
Sundernagar	None	Roop Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Balh	SC	Parkash		Himachal Vikas Congress
Gopalpur	None	Rangila Ram Rao		Indian National Congress
Dharampur	None	Mahender Singh		Himachal Vikas Congress
Joginder Nagar	None	Gulab Singh		Indian National Congress
Darang	None	Kaul Sing		Indian National Congress
Mandi	None	Sukh Ram		Himachal Vikas Congress

Notes:

• Shri Sant Ram died on 30 June 1998. Shri Dulo Ram was elected from Baijnath in the following by-election.
• Krishna Mohini was removed from his post by a Supreme Court Judgment on 26 October 1999. Rajeev Bindal was elected from Solan in the following by-election.

See also

• Government of Himachal Pradesh

References

1. "Himachal Legislative Assembly".