Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir
| Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir قانون ساز اسمبلی جموں کشمیر |
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| Founded | 1957 |
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Speaker of the Assembly
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Deputy Speaker of the Assembly
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Leader of Assembly(Chief Minister)
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Mehbooba Mufti, MLA (Anantnag) , JK PDP
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Deputy Leader of Assembly(Deputy Chief Minister)
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Opposition Leader
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| Seats | 89 (87 elected; 2 nominated) |
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Political groups
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JK PDP: 28 seats + 1 nominated
BJP: 25 seats + 1 nominated
JK NC: 15 seats
INC: 12 seats
JK PC: 2 seats
CPI (M): 1 seat
JK PDF: 1 seat
Independent: 3 seats
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
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Last election
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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.
The first legislature of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, called the Praja Sabha, was established by the government of the Maharaja Hari Singh in 1934.
The first election in 1934 saw the Muslim Conference capture 14 out of the 21 seats reserved for Muslims. The National Conference boycotted the 1947 election.
After the accession of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India in 1947, the Maharaja had to cede powers to a popular government headed by Sheikh Abdullah. 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 an elected head of government.
In 1957, a new constitution was adopted by the constituent assembly, which established a bicameral legislature.
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. Of these, 24 seats are designated for the territorial constituencies of the state that were occupied by Pakistan in 1947. These seats remain officially vacant as per section 48 of the state constitution. 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. Hence the total contestable and filled seats of the assembly are presently 87.
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