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{{Short description|Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| native_name =
| legislature = [[13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh]]
| coa_pic =
| coa_res =
| term_limits = 5 years
| house_type = Unicameral
| leader1_type = Speaker
| leader1 = [[Vipin Singh Parmar]]
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election1 = [[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|26 February 2020]]
| leader2_type = Deputy Speaker
| leader2 = [[Hans Raj (politician)|Hans Raj]]
| party2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election2 = [[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|27 December 2017]]
| leader3_type = Leader of the House <br /> ([[List of Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh|Chief Minister]])
| leader3 = [[Jai Ram Thakur]]
| party3 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election3 = [[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|27 December 2017]]
| leader4_type = Leader of the Opposition
| leader4 = [[Mukesh Agnihotri]]
| party4 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election4 = [[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|5 January 2018]]
| members = '''68'''
| structure1 = File:June Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.svg
| structure1_res = 300px
| political_groups1 =
'''[[Government of Himachal Pradesh|Government]] (43)'''
* {{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (43)
'''Opposition (22)'''
* {{Color box|#00BFFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (22)
'''Others (3)'''
* {{Color box|#FF1D15}} [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] (1)
* {{Color box|#CDCDCD}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First past the post]]
| last_election1 = [[2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|9 November 2017]]
| next_election1 = [[2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|November 2022]]
| session_room =Himachal Pradesh e-Assembly.jpg
| session_res =
| meeting_place = Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, [[Shimla, Himachal Pradesh]], India<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/himachal-pradesh-cabinet-to-discuss-venue-of-upcoming-assembly-session-today-7074366/|title=Himachal Pradesh Cabinet to discuss venue of upcoming Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly's session|website=theindianexpress.com}}</ref>
| website = [https://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/ Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]}}
The '''Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly''' or the '''Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha''' is the [[unicameral]] legislature of the Indian state of [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>[http://mystateinfo.com/Legislative-Assembly-Himachal-Pradesh Himachal Legislative Assembly]</ref> The present strength of the [[Vidhan Sabha]] is 68. Himachal Pradesh is the first state in India to launch paperless legislative assembly .<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/india-gets-its-first-paperless-assembly/|title=India gets its first paperless as Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly also known as e-Vidhan|website=theindianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.amarujala.com/shimla/the-nation-s-first-digital-assembly-in-himachal-pradesh|title=India's first digital or e-vidhansabha assembly in Himachal Pradesh|website=Amar Ujala}}</ref> The Vidhan Sabha building located above Nabha. The building comes under [[Annadale, Shimla|Annadale Political Ward]], i.e. Ward - 4 of [[Shimla Municipal Corporation]].

== List of assemblies ==
{|class="wikitable"
!Election Year
!Assembly
!Party
!Chief Minister
|----
|1952-1957
|Legislative Assembly of Part-C State of Himachal Pradesh
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Yashwant Singh Parmar]]
|----
|1957-1962
|Territorial Council
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Thakur Karam Singh
|----
|1962–1967
|First Assembly
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Yashwant Singh Parmar]] (2)
|----
|1967–1972
|Second Assembly
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Yashwant Singh Parmar]] (3)
|----
|1972–1977
|Third Assembly
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Yashwant Singh Parmar]] (4)
|----
|1977–1982
|Fourth Assembly
|[[Janata Party]]
|[[Shanta Kumar]]
|----
|1982–1985
|Fifth Assembly
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Ram Lal Thakur<br />[[Virbhadra Singh]]
|----
|1985–1990
|Sixth Assembly
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Virbhadra Singh]] (2)
|----
|1990–1992
|Seventh Assembly
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Shanta Kumar]] (2)
|----
|1993–1998
|[[Eighth Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|Eighth Assembly]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Virbhadra Singh]] (3)
|----
|1998–2003
|[[Ninth Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|Ninth Assembly]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
|----
|2003–2007
|[[Tenth Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|Tenth Assembly]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Virbhadra Singh]] (4)
|----
|2007-2012
|[[Eleventh Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|Eleventh Assembly]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Prem Kumar Dhumal]] (2)
|----
|2012–2017
|[[Twelfth Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|Twelfth Assembly]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Virbhadra Singh]] (5)
|----
|2017-Current
|[[13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh|Thirteenth Assembly]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Jai Ram Thakur]]
|}

== Current party composition ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2| Party
! Members
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 43
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| 22
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 1
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| 2
|-
! colspan=2| Total
! 68
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No.
!Constituency
!Name
!colspan="2" |Party
!Remarks
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Chamba district|'''Chamba District''']]
|-
!1
|[[Churah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Churah (SC)]]
|[[Hans Raj (politician)|Hans Raj]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Hon'ble Deputy Speaker
|-
!2
|[[Bharmour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bharmour (ST)]]
|Jia Lal
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!3
|[[Chamba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chamba]]
|[[Pawan Nayyar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!4
|[[Dalhousie (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dalhousie]]
|[[Asha Kumari (politician)|Asha Kumari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
|-
!5
|[[Bhattiyat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhattiyat]]
|Bikram Singh Jaryal
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Chairman, Rural Planning Committee
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Kangra district|'''Kangra District''']]
|-
!6
|[[Nurpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nurpur]]
|[[Rakesh Pathania]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Forest Minister
|-
!7
|[[Indora (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Indora (SC)]]
|Reeta Devi
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!8
|[[Fatehpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Fatehpur]]
|[[Bhawani Singh Pathania]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Won in 2021 bypoll
|-
!9
|[[Jawali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jawali]]
|[[Arjun Singh (Himachal Pradesh politician)|Arjun Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!10
|[[Dehra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dehra]]
|Hoshyar Singh
|{{Party name with color|Independent politician}}
|
|-
!11
|[[Jaswan-Pragpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaswan-Pragpur]]
|[[Bikram Singh (politician)|Bikram Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Industries Minister
|-
!12
|[[Jawalamukhi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jawalamukhi]]
|Ramesh Chand Dhawala
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Chairman, Estimates Committee
|-
!13
|[[Jaisinghpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaisinghpur (SC)]]
|[[Ravinder Kumar (politician)|Ravinder Kumar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!14
|[[Sullah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sullah]]
|[[Vipin Singh Parmar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Hon'ble Speaker
|-
!15
|[[Nagrota (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Nagrota]]
|[[Arun Kumar (Himachal Pradesh politician)|Arun Kumar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!16
|[[Kangra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kangra]]
|Pawan Kumar Kajal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!17
|[[Shahpur (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Shahpur]]
|[[Sarveen Choudhary]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Social Justice & Empowerment Minister
|-
!18
|[[Dharamshala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharamshala]]
|Vishal Nehria
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!19
|[[Palampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Palampur]]
|[[Ashish Butail]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!20
|[[Baijnath (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baijnath (SC)]]
|Mulkh Raj Premi
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Lahaul and Spiti district|'''Lahaul and Spiti District''']]
|-
!21
|[[Lahaul and Spiti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lahaul and Spiti (ST)]]
|[[Ram Lal Markanda|Dr. Ram Lal Markanda]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Technical Education Minister
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Kullu district|'''Kullu District''']]
|-
!22
|[[Manali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manali]]
|[[Govind Singh Thakur]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Education Minister
|-
!23
|[[Kullu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kullu]]
|Sunder Singh Thakur
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!24
|[[Banjar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Banjar]]
|Surender Shourie
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!25
|[[Anni (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Anni (SC)]]
|Kishori Lal
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Mandi district|'''Mandi District''']]
|-
!26
|[[Karsog (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karsog (SC)]]
|Hira Lal
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!27
|[[Sundernagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sundernagar]]
|Rakesh Jamwal
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!28
|[[Nachan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nachan (SC)]]
|Vinod Kumar
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!29
|[[Seraj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Seraj]]
|[[Jai Ram Thakur]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Hon'ble Chief Minister
|-
!30
|[[Darang (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darang]]
|Jawahar Thakur
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!31
|[[Jogindernagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jogindernagar]]
|Prakash Rana
|{{Party name with color|Independent politician}}
|
|-
!32
|[[Dharampur (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Dharampur]]
|[[Mahender Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Jal Shakti Minister
|-
!33
|[[Mandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandi]]
|[[Anil Sharma (politician)|Anil Sharma]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!34
|[[Balh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balh (SC)]]
|Inder Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!35
|[[Sarkaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sarkaghat]]
|Col. Inder Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Chairman, Subordinate Legislation Committee
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh|'''Hamirpur District''']]
|-
!36
|[[Bhoranj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhoranj (SC)]]
|Kamlesh Kumari
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!37
|[[Sujanpur (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Sujanpur]]
|[[Rajinder Rana]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!38
|[[Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hamirpur]]
|[[Narinder Thakur]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!39
|[[Barsar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barsar]]
|Inder Dutt Lakhanpal
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!40
|[[Nadaun (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nadaun]]
|Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Una district|'''Una District''']]
|-
!41
|[[Chintpurni (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chintpurni (SC)]]
|[[Balbir Singh (Himachal Pradesh politician)|Balbir Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Chairman, Human Development Committee
|-
!42
|[[Gagret (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gagret]]
|Rajesh Thakur
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!43
|[[Haroli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haroli]]
|[[Mukesh Agnihotri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Leader Of Opposition
|-
!44
|[[Una (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Una]]
|[[Satpal Raizada]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!45
|[[Kutlehar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kutlehar]]
|[[Virender Kanwar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Minister
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh|'''Bilaspur District''']]
|-
!46
|[[Jhanduta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jhanduta (SC)]]
|[[Jeet Ram Katwal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!47
|[[Ghumarwin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghumarwin]]
|Rajinder Garg
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affair Minister
|-
!48
|[[Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Bilaspur]]
|[[Subhash Thakur]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!49
|[[Sri Naina Deviji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sri Naina Deviji]]
|[[Ram Lal Thakur]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Solan district|'''Solan District''']]
|-
!50
|[[Arki (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arki]]
| [[Sanjay Awasthy]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Won in 2021 bypoll
|-
!51
|[[Nalagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nalagarh]]
|Lakhvinder Singh Rana
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!52
|[[Doon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Doon]]
|[[Paramjeet Singh Pammi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!53
|[[Solan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Solan (SC)]]
|[[Dhani Ram Shandil|Col. (Retd.) Dhani Ram Shandil]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!54
|[[Kasauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasauli (SC)]]
|[[Rajiv Saizal|Dr. Rajiv Saizal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Health and Family Welfare Minister
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Sirmaur district|'''Sirmaur District''']]
|-
!55
|[[Pachhad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pachhad (SC)]]
|[[Reena Kashyap]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!56
|[[Nahan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nahan]]
|[[Rajeev Bindal|Dr. Rajeev Bindal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!57
|[[Sri Renukaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sri Renukaji (SC)]]
|[[Vinay Kumar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!58
|[[Paonta Sahib (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Paonta Sahib]]
|Sukh Ram Chaudhary
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|MPP and Power Minister
|-
!59
|[[Shillai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shillai]]
|[[Harshwardhan Chauhan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Shimla district|'''Shimla District''']]
|-
!60
|[[Chopal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chopal]]
|[[Balbir Singh Verma]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!61
|[[Theog (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Theog]]
|[[Rakesh Singha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|
|-
!62
|[[Kasumpati (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasumpati]]
|Anirudh Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!63
|[[Shimla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shimla]]
|[[Suresh Bhardwaj (politician)|Suresh Bhardwaj]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Urban Development Minister
|-
!64
|[[Shimla Rural (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shimla Rural]]
|[[Vikramaditya Singh (Himachal Pradesh politician)|Vikramaditya Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!65
|[[Jubbal-Kotkhai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jubbal-Kotkhai]]
|[[Rohit Thakur (politician)|Rohit Thakur]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Won in 2021 bypoll
|-
!66
|[[Rampur (Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency)|Rampur (SC)]]
|[[Nand Lal (Himachal Pradesh politician)|Nand Lal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
!67
|[[Rohru (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rohru (SC)]]
|Mohan Lal Brakta
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| colspan="6" |[[Kinnaur district|'''Kinnaur District''']]
|-
!68
|[[Kinnaur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kinnaur (ST)]]
|[[Jagat Singh Negi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|}

==See also==
*[[Government of Himachal Pradesh]]
*[[13th Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://www.loksabhaelections.in/himachal-pradesh Himachal Pradesh Election Results]
{{Himachal Pradesh elections}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh}}
{{Legislatures of India}}
{{Current Indian assemblies}}
{{Authority control}}

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