Bhopal Legislative Assembly

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Bhopal Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Leadership
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)
Structure
Seats30
India Bhopal Legislative Assembly 1952.svg
Political groups
Government (25)
  •   INC (25)

Opposition

Elections
First past the post
Meeting place
Bhopal, Bhopal State, India

The Bhopal Vidhan Sabha or the Bhopal Legislative Assembly was the unicameral state legislature of Bhopal state in India.

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The seat of the Vidhan Sabha was at Bhopal, the capital of the state.

History

The history of the Bhopal legislature can be traced back to 1951, when the Parliament of India past a low to create a Legislative Assembly to same part C stats, Bhopal included. [1]

The only election to Bhopal Legislative Assembly were held on March 27, 1952. The state was divided in to 30 constituencies, seven two-member constituencies and sixteen single-member constituencies. the Indian National Congress wan 25 out of 30 seats. [2]

The Assembly was margd with the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly on 1 November 1956, following the marging of the stase of bhopal with Madhya Pradesh, onder the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The tenure of this first Vidhan Sabha was very short, and it was dissolved on 5 March 1957.

Members of Legislative Assembly

#ConstituencyMemberParty
1ShahajahanabadJalauddin Qureshi Indian National Congress
2ShishmahalSyed Ajazuddin Indian National Congress
3JahangirabadInayatullah Tarzi Mashriqui Indian National Congress
4BairagarhBaboolal Bhartia Indian National Congress
Lila Rai Indian National Congress
5 Huzur Sardarmal Lalwani Independent
6 Berasia Shankar Dayal Sharma Indian National Congress
7NazirabadShankar Dayal Hindu Mahasabha
8 Sehore Umrao Singh Indian National Congress
Sultan Mohd Khan Indian National Congress
9ShyampurHar Kishan Singh Indian National Congress
Baboolal Indian National Congress
10 Ashta Chandan Mal Indian National Congress
Gopi Das Indian National Congress
11KotriMaimoona Sultana Indian National Congress
12 Ichhawar Kesarimal Jain Indian National Congress
13NasrullahganjVanshi Dhar Indian National Congress
14 Budhni Lachmi Narain Indian National Congress
15RaisenBaboolal Indian National Congress
Kamta Prashad Indian National Congress
16BegumganjKundan Lal Indian National Congress
17SultanganjBaboolal Kamal Indian National Congress
18GoharganjDalip Singh Independent
Gulab Chand Independent
19AmrawadNarbada Charan Lal Indian National Congress
20BareliShyam Sundar Indian National Congress
21 Silwani Lila Dhar Rathi Indian National Congress
Daulat Shah Independent
22 Udaipur Nit Gopal Indian National Congress
23 Deori Ram Karan Lal Indian National Congress

Notes

  1. Khanna, B. S. (1953). "The Problem of Part C States". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 14 (4): 356–360. JSTOR   41853771.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Bhopal". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

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