Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir (Vidhan Sabha of Jammu & Kashmir)

Type
Type	Lower House
History
Founded	1957
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly	Kavinder Gupta, BJP
Deputy Speaker of the Assembly	Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi, JK NC
Leader of Assembly(Chief Minister)	Mehbooba Mufti, JK PDP
Deputy Leader of Assembly(Deputy Chief Minister)	Nirmal Kumar Singh, BJP
Opposition Leader	Omar Abdullah, JK NC
Structure
Seats	89 (87 elected; 2 nominated)
JK Assembly status
Political groups	JK PDP (27) BJP (25) JK NC (15) INC (12) JK PC (2) CPI(M) (1) JK PDF (1) Independent (3) vacant (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2014

The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is known as the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature. It has 87 members.

History

The first legislature of the kingdom that is now the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir was established by the government of the Maharaja of Kashmir Hari Singh in 1934.^[1] However, it was considered un-democratic and un-representative by a majority of the population of the kingdom owing to the restrictions on the participation of political parties such as the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference led by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. After the accession of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir to Union of India in 1947, the Maharaja's role was restricted to that of a Rajpramukh (head of state). With free democratic elections held for the first time in the state's history, the National Conference won a majority of seats in a new constituent assembly and Sheikh Abdullah became the head of government. In 1957, a new constitution was adopted by the constituent assembly, which established a bicameral legislature.^[1]

Composition

The Legislative Assembly was initially composed of 100 members, later increased to 111 by the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir (Twentieth Amendment) Act of 1988.^[1] Of these, 24 seats are designated for the territorial constituencies of the state that were occupied by Pakistan in 1947.^[1]^[2]^[3] These seats remain officially vacant as per section 48 of the state constitution.^[1]^[3] These seats are not taken into account for reckoning the total membership of the Assembly, especially for deciding quorum and voting majorities for legislation and government formation.^[1]^[3] Hence the total contestable and filled seats of the assembly are presently 87.

The Kashmir valley region has 46 seats, the Jammu region has 37 seats and the Ladakh region has 4 seats.^[4]

Two women may be nominated as members by the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir if he is of the opinion that women are not adequately represented.^[1]

Tenure and functions

Members of the Legislative Assembly are elected for a six-year term. The seats are filled by direct election. The assembly may be dissolved before the completion of the six-year term by the Governor upon the advice of the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. The Governor may also convene special sessions of both houses of the state legislature.

Office bearers

The Assembly is convened and administered by the Speaker. The leader of the house is usually the Chief Minister, who is the leader of the party (or coalition of parties) whose members constitute a majority. The leader of the opposition represents the party (or coalition of parties) that has won the second-largest number of seats.

Speaker of the Assembly: Kavinder Gupta, BJP

Members

AC No	AC Name	Hon'ble Member of Legislative Assembly	Party	Status
1	Karnah	RAJA MANZOOR AHMAD	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
2	Kupwara	BASHIR AHMAD DAR	Jammu & Kashmir People Conference
3	Lolab	Abdul Haq Khan	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Minister for Rural Dev & Panchayati Raj & Law Justice
4	Handwara	Sajjad Lone	Jammu & Kashmir People Conference	Minister for Social Welfare, ARI, Training
5	Langate	ABDUL RASHID SHEIKH	Independent
6	Uri	MOHAMMAD SHAFI	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
7	Rafiabad	YAWAR AHMAD MIR	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
8	Sopore	ABDUL RASHID DAR	Indian National Congress
9	Gurez	NAZIR AHMAD KHAN	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
10	Bandipora	USMAN ABDUL MAJID	Indian National Congress
11	Sonawari	Mohammad Akbar Lone	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
12	Sangrama	Basharat Ahmed	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Minister for Relief and Rehab
13	Baramulla	Javid Hassan Baig	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
14	Gulmarg	Mohammad Abass Wani	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
15	Pattan	Imran Raza Ansari	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Minister for IT, Technology, Education, Youth Affairs & Sports
16	Kangan	ALTAF AHMAD	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
17	Ganderbal	ISHFAQ AHMAD SHEIKH	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
18	Hazratbal	Asia Naqash	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	MoS for Housing, UD, Social Welfare, Health, Medical Education.
19	Zadibal	ABID HUSSAIN ANSARI	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
20	Eidgah	MUBARIK AHMAD GUL	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
21	Khanyar	ALI MOHD SAGAR	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
22	Habba kadal	SHAMIM FIRDOUS	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
23	Amira kadal	SYED MOHAMMAD ALTAF BUKHARI	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
24	Sonawar	MOHAMMAD ASHRAF MIR	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
25	Batmaloo	NOOR MOHD SHEIKH	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
26	Chadoora	JAVAID MUSTAFA MIR	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
27	Budgam	Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
28	Beerwah	Omar Abdullah	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
29	Khan Sahib	Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen Shah	Jammu And Kashmir People Democratic Front (Secular)
30	Chrar-i-sharief	Ghulam Nabi Lone	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Minister for Agriculture Production
31	Tral	MUSHTAQ AHMAD SHAH	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
32	Pampore	ZAHOOR AHMAD MIR	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	MoS
33	Pulwama	MOHD. KHALIL BAND	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
34	Rajpora	Haseeb Drabu	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Minister for Finance,Culture, Labour, Employment
35	Wachi	AIJAZ AHMAD MIR	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
36	Shopian	MOHD YOUSUF BHAT	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
37	Noorabad	ABDUL MAJID PADDER	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
38	Kulgam	Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
39	Hom Shali Bugh	AB. MAJEED	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
40	Anantnag	Vacant,		Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died on 7th Jan 2016
41	Devsar	MOHAMMAD AMIN BHAT	Indian National Congress
42	Dooru	SYED FAROOQ AHMAD ANDRABI	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	MoS
43	Kokernag	ABDUL RAHIM RATHER	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
44	Shangus	GULZAR AHMAD WANI	Indian National Congress
45	Bijbehara	Abdul Rehman Bhat	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Minister for Roads and Buildings
46	Pahalgam	Altaf Ahmad Wani	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
47	Nubra	DELDAN NAMGAIL	Indian National Congress
48	Leh	Nawang Rigzin Jora	Indian National Congress
49	Kargil	Asgar Ali Karbalai	Indian National Congress
50	Zanskar	SYED MOHAMMAD BAQIR RIZVI	Independent
51	Kishtwar	Sunil Kumar Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	MoS
52	Inderwal	GHULAM MOHD SAROORI	Indian National Congress
53	Doda	Shakti Raj	Bharatiya Janata Party
54	Bhaderwah	DALEEP SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party
55	Ramban	NEELAM KUMAR LANGEH	Bharatiya Janata Party
56	Banihal	VIKAR RASOOL WANI	Indian National Congress
57	Gulab Garh	MUMTAZ AHMED	Indian National Congress
58	Reasi	AJAY NANDA	Bharatiya Janata Party	MoS
59	Gool Arnas	AJAZ AHMED KHAN	Indian National Congress
60	Udhampur	PAWAN KUMAR GUPTA	Independent
61	Chenani	DINA NATH	Bharatiya Janata Party
62	Ram Nagar	RANBIR SINGH PATHANIA	Bharatiya Janata Party
63	Bani	JEWAN LAL	Bharatiya Janata Party
64	Basohli	Lal Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Minister for Forest, Ecology & Env.
65	Kathua	RAJIV JASROTIA	Bharatiya Janata Party
66	Billawar	[DR. Nirmal Kumar Singh]]	Bharatiya Janata Party	Deputy CM; Minister for Power, Housing, Urban Dev
67	Hira Nagar	KULDEEP RAJ	Bharatiya Janata Party
68	Samba	Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal	Bharatiya Janata Party
69	Vijaypur	Chander Prakash Ganga	Bharatiya Janata Party	Minister for Industries and Commerce
70	Nagrota	DEVENDER SINGH RANA	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
71	Gandhi Nagar	KAVINDER GUPTA	Bharatiya Janata Party
72	Jammu East	Rajesh Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party
73	Jammu West	Sat Paul Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
74	Bishnah	KAMAL VERMA	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
75	Ranbir Singhpura	Dr. Gagan Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party
76	Suchet Garh	Sham Lal Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party	Minister for Public Health & Engg., Irrigation
77	Marh	SUKHNANDAN KUMAR	Bharatiya Janata Party
78	Raipur Domana	Bali Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party	Minister for Health and Education
79	Akhnoor	Rajeev Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
80	Chhamb	Dr. Kirshan Lal	Bharatiya Janata Party
81	Nowshera	RAVINDER RAINA	Bharatiya Janata Party
82	Darhal	Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Minister for Consumer Affairs, Public Distribution and Tribal Affairs
83	Rajouri	Qamar Hussain	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
84	Kala kote	Abdul Ghani Kohli	Bharatiya Janata Party	Minister
85	Surankote	CH MOHD AKRAM	Indian National Congress
86	Mendhar	JAVED AHMED RANA	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
87	Poonch Haveli	SHAH MOHD TANTRAY	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
88	Nominated	Priya Sethi	Bharatiya Janata Party	MoS
89	Nominated	Anjum Fazili	Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party ^[5]

Attack on the State Assembly Complex

On 1 October 2001 armed terrorists belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed carried out an attack on the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly Complex in Srinagar using a car bomb and three suicide bombers .^[6]^[7]

Political parties

Summary of the November–December 2014 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election results


Party	Seats	+/–
People's Democratic Party	28	7
Bharatiya Janata Party	25	14
National Conference	15	13
Indian National Congress	12	5
Jammu & Kashmir People's Conference	2	2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	0
People's Democratic Front	1
Independents	3	1
Total (turnout 60.5%)	87
Source: Electoral Commission of India

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly". National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 2m³010-08-29. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "Delimitation adds seats to PoK quota". Times of India. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
1 2 3 "Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir" (pdf)|format= requires |url= (help). National Informatics Centre. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/now-bjp-hopes-for-44-plus-in-jammu-and-kashmir-536581?pfrom=home-otherstories
↑ http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/fazili-sethi-nominated-as-mlas/
↑ Fidayeen storm J&K House, kill 29, The Tribune, 2001-10-02
↑ AN AUDACIOUS STRIKE, Frontline (magazine), 2001-10-13

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir

Legislative Assembly elections	1962 1967 1972 1977 1983 1987 1996 2002 2008 2014

General elections	1951–52 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

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