Bihar Legislative Assembly
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| Seal of Bihar | |
| Seat of Government | |
| Patna | |
| Executive | |
| Governor of Bihar | D. Y. Patil |
| Chief Minister of Bihar | Nitish Kumar |
| Legislative | |
| Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Speaker | Uday Narayan Chaudhary |
| Members in Assembly | 243 |
| Bihar Legislative Council | |
| Chairman | Awadhesh Narayan Singh |
| Members in Council | 75 |
| Judiciary | |
| Patna High Court | |
| Chief Justice of High Court | Justice Miss Rekha Manharlal Doshit |
| District Courts | |
| Panchayat | |
| Administrative division | |
| http://bihar.nic.in/ | |
The Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Hindi: बिहार विधान सभा), also known as the Bihar Legislative Assembly, is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Bihar.
History
Bihar Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1937. The Assembly had a strength of 152 members. According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, the first General Elections in the state were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated member. Dr Sri krishna Singh became the first Leader of the house and the Chief Minister and Dr Anugrah Narayan Sinha was elected the first deputy leader of the assembly and became state's first Deputy Chief Minister. It was reduced to 318 during the second General Elections. In 1977, the total number of elected members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly was further raised from 318 to 324. With the creation of a separate State of Jharkhand, by an Act of Parliament titled the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, the strength of the Bihar Legislative Assembly was reduced from 325 to 243 members.
Working
Bihar Legislative Assembly is not a permanent body and subject to dissolution. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first sitting unless dissolved sooner. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people.
There are three sessions (Budget, Monsoon, Winter) every year.
Current assembly
Current assembly elections were held in the year Oct-Nov 2010. Following is the final seat tally:
Summary of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha election result| Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Seat change | Efficiency | Vote share | Swing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janata Dal (United) | 141 | 115 |  27 |
81.56% | 22.61% | 2.15% | ||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 102 | 91 | 36 |
89.22% | 16.46% | .81% | ||||||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 168 | 22 |  32 |
13.10% | 18.84% | -4.61% | ||||||
| Lok Janshakti Party | 75 | 3 | 7 |
4% | 6.75% | -4.35% | ||||||
| Indian National Congress | 243 | 4 | 5 |
1.65% | 8.38% | 2.29% | ||||||
| Communist Party of India | 56 | 1 | 2 |
1.79% | 1.69% | -.40% | ||||||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 41 | 1 | 1 |
2.44% | ||||||||
| Independent | 1342 | 6 | 4 |
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| National Democratic Alliance | 243 | 206 | 63 |
84.77% | 39.07% | 2.96% | ||||||
| Total | 243 | |||||||||||
| Turnout: 29,017,537 (52.71%) | ||||||||||||
| Source: Election Commission of India | ||||||||||||
See also
- List of members of Bihar Vidhan Sabha
- Administration in Bihar
- Member of the Legislative Council (India)
- List of states of India by type of legislature
- Patna Secretariat