Assam Legislative Assembly – Wikipedia

Unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam

The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Members of Legislative Assembly, directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is five years, unless sooner dissolved.

History[edit]

According to provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature of Assam province came into existence in 1937. After the Government of India Act 1935 was passed, it paved the way for the formation of Assam Legislative Assembly, and became a bicameral legislature. The strength of the House was 108, where all the members were elected. The Legislative Council (Upper House) was not less than 21 and not more than 22 members.

The first sitting of its lower house, the Assam Legislative Assembly, took place on 7 April 1937 in the Assembly Chamber at Shillong. Shillong was the capital of the composite State of Assam. It had a strength of 108 members.

However, the strength of the Assembly was reduced to 71 after the partition of India. After Indian independence in 1947, the Assam Legislative Council was abolished and the Assam Legislative Assembly became unicameral.

In the years that followed, Assam was truncated to several smaller states. And over the years, with the changing geographical boundaries and increase in population, the strength of members has changed from 108 in 1952–57 to 114 in 1967-72 (the third Assembly) and by 1972-78 (the fifth Assembly) it had a strength of 126 members.^[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Speakers of the Assembly[edit]

The following is a list of the Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly:^[10]

Assam Province[edit]

#	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Babu Basanta Kumar Das	7 April 1937	11 March 1946
2	Debeswar Sarmah	12 March 1946	10 October 1947
3	Laksheswar Borooah (INC)	5 November 1947	3 March 1952

Assam State[edit]

Deputy Speakers of the Assembly[edit]

This is a following list of the deputy speakers of the assembly.^[12]

#	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Moulavi Muhammad Amiruddin	7 April 1937	1946
2	Bonily Khongmen	14 March 1946
3	R.N. Baruah	6 March 1952	1 April 1957
4	R.N. Baruah	10 June 1957	28 February 1962
5	D. Hazarika	31 March 1962	28 February 1967
6	M.K. Das	31 March 1967	26 August 1968
7	A. Rahman	20 September 1968	9 November 1970
8	J. Saikia	13 November 1970	9 June 1971
9	R.N. Sen	24 May 1971	14 March 1972
10	Golok Rajbanshi	6 April 1972	3 March 1978
11	Sheikh Chand Mohammad	30 March 1978	6 November 1979
12	G. Ahmed	13 November 1979	19 March 1982
13	N.C. Kath Hazarika	25 March 1983	18 August 1985
14	Bhadreswar Buragohain	1 April 1986	10 April 1990
15	Balobhadra Tamuli	22 October 1990	8 January 1991
16	Debesh Chakraborty	1 August 1991	20 December 1992
17	Prithibi Mahji	23 March 1993	11 May 1996
18	Nurul Hussain	13 June 1996	18 August 1998
19	Renupoma Rajkhowa	14 May 1991	17 May 2001
20	Tanka Bahadur Rai	3 April 2002	14 May 2006
21	Pranati Phukan	31 May 2006	16 May 2011
22	Bhimananda Tanti	6 June 2011	19 May 2016
23	Dilip Kumar Paul	3 June 2016	8 May 2018
24	Kripanath Mallah	26 September 2018	4 June 2019
25	Aminul Haque Laskar	31 July 2019	2 May 2021
26	Numal Momin	21 May 2021	Present

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