Tripura Legislative Assembly
| Tripura Legislative Assembly ত্রিপুরা বিধানসভা |
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| 11th Legislative Assembly of Tripura | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
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Term limits
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5 years |
| Established | 1963 |
| Leadership | |
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Speaker
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Deputy Speaker
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Leader of House
(Chief Minister) |
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Leader of Opposition
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Chief Secretary of Tripura
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Bamdeb Majumder, IAS
Since 01 April 2014 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 60 |
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Political groups
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Government (51) Opposition (6)
Others (3)
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| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
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Last election
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14 February 2013 |
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Next election
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2018 |
| Meeting place | |
| Tripura Legislative Assembly, Gurkhabasti, Agartala, Tripura | |
| Website | |
| tripuraassembly.nic.in | |
Government (51)
Opposition (6)
Others (3)
The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা বিধানসভা) is the unicameral legislature of the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in Gurkhabasti. Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala served as the previous meeting place. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless sooner dissolved. The present House is the Eleventh Legislative Assembly where Ramendra Chandra Debnath is the current speaker of the House.
Tripura was a Princely state till Government of Indian Dominion took over the Administration in 1949 under an agreement made between the Governor-General of India and His Highness the Maharaja of Tripura which was signed by V.P. Menon, Adviser to the Government of India, Ministry of States, on behalf of the Governor General and by Kanchan Prabha Devi Maharani Regent, Tripura State, on behalf of the Maharaja, who was a minor. According to this Agreement, the Tripura Administration order 1949 was passed by the Government of India on 15 October 1949. The Order provided for the appointment of Chief Commissioner and placed him at the Head of the State Tripura A Regency Council was formed in the State for a short period before Independence which was dissolved with the signing of an Agreement of merger of Tripura with the Indian Union in September 1949. It became a Part 'C' State in October 1949. On 1 November 1956, Tripura became a Union territory and an Advisory Committee was formed to advise the Chief Commissioner. On 15 August 1957, a Territorial Council was formed with 30 elected members and two members nominated by the Government of India.
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