6th Delhi Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Delhi (Vidhan Sabha of Delhi) | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 year |
| History | |
| Founded | Feb 2015 |
| Disbanded | Jan 2020 |
| Preceded by | 5th Delhi Assembly |
| Succeeded by | 7th Delhi Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Speaker of the Assembly | |
Dy. Speaker | |
Chief Minister | |
Leader of the House | |
Leader of the Opposition | |
Secretary | P. N. Mishra |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 70 |
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Political groups | between 2015-2017 AAP: 67 seats BJP: 3 seats |
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Political groups | Since Aug 2017 AAP: 66 seats BJP: 4 seats |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 7 February 2015 |
| Meeting place | |
| Old Secretariat, Delhi, India | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi was constituted on 14th Feb 2015 after the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections were concluded earlier that month.[1] Second Kejriwal ministry was the cabinet during the term of 6th Delhi Assembly.
History
Elections for 70 assembly seats in Delhi were concluded on 07th Feb 2015 and results were announced on 10th Feb 2015. The Aam Aadmi Party got a sweeping majority by winning 67 out of 70 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party managed only 3 seats and all other parties, including the Indian National Congress could not manage to win any seats. AAP got 54.3% (4,879,127), BJP got 32.2% (2,891,510) and INC got 9.7% (867,027) of total votes polled. A total of 6 national parties, 10 state parties, 55 registered (unrecognised) parties and 1 independent candidate contested for the 70 assembly seats.[2][1][3]
On 14th Feb 2015, Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi. Along with Kejriwal, six ministers were also sworn in the Second Kejriwal ministry.[4][5][6]
In April, 2015, the speaker of the house recognized Vijender Gupta as the leader of opposition in the house.[7]
As on 28 August 2017, AAP had 66 MLA, 4 belongs to BJP.
Jarnail Singh from Aam Aadmi Party resigned on 6 January 2017 to contest against sitting Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal[8] Shiromani Akali Dal party member Manjinder Singh Sirsa contested on the BJP ticket and won the Rajouri Garden assembly constituency in Feb 2017 By Poll Election.[9]
AAP won the Bawana assembly constituency in Aug 2017 By Poll Election.
Office holders
| # | From | To | Position | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2015 | Incumbent | Chief Minister | Arvind Kejriwal | AAP |
| 02 | 2015 | Incumbent | Speaker | Ram Niwas Goel | AAP |
| 03 | 2015 | Incumbent | Deputy Speaker | Rakhi Birla | AAP |
| 04 | 2015 | Incumbent | Leader of the House | Arvind Kejriwal | AAP |
| 05 | 2015 | Incumbent | Leader of the Opposition | Vijender Gupta | BJP |
Committees
Chairman, (2015-2020) The Estimates Committee: Dinesh Mohaniya.
List of members
See also
- First Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Seventh Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- Government of Delhi
- Legislative Assembly of Delhi
- 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013 & 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections.
- Government of India
- Politics of India
References
- ^ a b "Election Results". Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Statistical Reports" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Comprehensive Election results". Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Arvind Kejriwal takes oath". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Six Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Arvind Kejriwal's cabinet". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "BJP's Vijendra Gupta Named Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly". NDTV. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Assembly election: AAP's Delhi MLA Jarnail Singh quits to take on Punjab CM".
- ^ "Delhi's Rajouri Garden bypoll: BJP wins by a margin of 14,652 votes, AAP concedes third defeat". The Indian Express. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Election result". Election commission of India website. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.