The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly or the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India.

The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Sector 19, Atal Nagar, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of Legislative Assembly, which include 90 members directly elected from single-member constituencies. Its term is five years, unless it is sooner dissolved.

History

The state of Chhattisgarh was created by the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, which was approved by the President of India on 25 August 2000. The Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha came into existence with the creation of the state on 1 November 2000. The first session of the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha was held at Jashpur hall of Rajkumar College in Raipur. Later, the Vidhan Sabha was shifted to the newly constructed Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Bhavan at Vidhan Nagar, on the Raipur–Baloda Bazar Road.A new building for Vidhan Sabha was being constructed at Sector 19, Atal Nagar behind Indravati Bhawan & Mahanadi Bhawan. The groundbreaking ceremony was conducted by Bhupesh Baghel on 29 August 2020 in the presence of leaders including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and other ministers. The construction was halted in 2021 and all tenders were cancelled by the Government of Chhattisgarh due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chhattisgarh. Construction work resumed in 2022.

Leaders TitleNamePortraitSinceGovernorRamen Deka31 July 2024SpeakerDr. Raman Singh19 December 2023Leader of the House(Chief Minister)Vishnu Deo Sai13 December 2023Deputy Chief MinisterArun Sao Vijay SharmaLeader of OppositionCharan Das Mahant16 December 2023

List of Assemblies Assembly Year Speaker Chief Minister Party Opposition LeaderParty 1st 1998 Rajendra Prasad Shukla Ajit Jogi INC Nand Kumar Sai BJP 2nd 2003 Prem Prakash PandeyRaman SinghBJP Mahendra Karma INC 3rd 2008 Dharamlal Kaushik Ravindra Choubey 4th 2013 Gaurishankar Agrawal T. S. Singh Deo 5th 2018 Charan Das Mahant Bhupesh Baghel INC Dharamlal Kaushik BJPNarayan Chandel 6th 2023 Raman Singh Vishnu Deo Sai BJP Charan Das Mahant INC

Members of Legislative Assembly

Past Composition 2003–2008 2 37 1 50 BSP INC NCP BJP 2008–2013 2 38 50 BSP INC BJP 2013–2018 1 39 49 1 BSP INC BJP Ind 2018–2023 2 5 68 15 BSP JCC INC BJP 2023–Present 1 35 54 GGP INC BJP

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Further reading

External links Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results Website Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2013 details