Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
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11th Meghalaya Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
History | |
Preceded by | 10th Meghalaya Assembly |
Succeeded by | 11th Meghalaya Assembly |
Leadership | |
Speaker | |
Deputy Speaker | |
Structure | |
Seats | 60 |
Political groups | Government (46) Opposition (14) |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 27 February 2023 |
Next election | 2028 |
Meeting place | |
Vidhana Bhavan, Shillong, Meghalaya, India | |
Website | |
http://megassembly.gov.in/ |
The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Meghalaya. [5]
Constituted as a directly elected body in 1972, it has 60 members, filled through direct elections held every five years. [5] Like other Indian states, Meghalaya has a parliamentary system of government. The executive branch of the Meghalaya Government is derived from the Legislative Assembly.
In independent India, the areas now constituting the state of Meghalaya were part of the state of Assam and represented in the Assam Legislative Assembly. The Indian Parliament passed the Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act in 1969, which led to the establishment of an autonomous state of Meghalaya within Assam on 2 April 1970. [5] [6] A legislature of 37 members for the new autonomous state was established, with representatives elected indirectly by the autonomous direct councils. [5] [6] The first sitting of the assembly took place in Tura on 14 April 1970. In 1971, the Indian Parliament passed the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, which converted Meghalaya from an autonomous state within Assam to a full member state of the Indian Union. [5] The State of Meghalaya was officially formed on 21 January 1972. [5] The Legislative Assembly was then reconstituted as a directly elected body.[ citation needed ]
The regions of Meghalaya are represented in the Assembly, with 29 members elected from Khasi Hills, 7 from Jaintia Hills and 24 from Garo Hills. [7]
The following is the list of all the Meghalaya Legislative Assemblies: [8]
Assembly | Term of Assembly | Speaker | Term of Speaker | Leader of House (Chief Minister) | Term of Leader of House | Party of Leader of House [lower-alpha 1] | Remarks | ||||
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1st Assembly | 1972 | 1978 | R. S. Lyngdoh | 25 March 1972 | 1978 | Williamson A. Sangma | 18 March 1972 | 21 November 1976 | All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) | --- | |
22 November 1976 | 3 March 1978 | Indian National Congress (INC) | |||||||||
2nd Assembly | 1978 | 1983 | W. Syiemiong | 20 March 1978 | 1983 | D. D. Pugh | 10 March 1978 | 6 May 1979 | APHLC | --- | |
B. B. Lyngdoh | 7 May 1979 | 7 May 1981 | APHLC | ||||||||
Williamson A. Sangma | 7 May 1981 | 24 February 1983 | INC | ||||||||
3rd Assembly | 1983 | 1988 | E. K. Mawlong | 9 March 1983 | 12 December 1988 | B. B. Lyngdoh | 2 March 1983 | 31 March 1983 | APHLC | --- | |
Williamson A. Sangma | 2 April 1983 | 5 February 1988 | INC | ||||||||
4th Assembly | 1988 | 1993 | P. G. Marbaniang | 24 February 1988 | 15 December 1989 | Purno A. Sangma | 6 February 1988 | 25 March 1990 | INC | --- | |
P. R. Kyndiah | 20 December 1989 | 1993 | B. B. Lyngdoh | 26 March 1990 | 10 October 1991 | Hill People's Union | |||||
President's Rule [lower-alpha 2] | 11 October 1991 | 5 February 1992 | NA | ||||||||
P. R. Kyndiah | 20 December 1989 | 1993 | D.D. Lapang | 5 February 1992 | 19 February 1993 | INC | |||||
5th Assembly | 1993 | 1998 | J. D. Rymbai | 12 October 1993 | 17 April 1997 | S. C. Marak | 19 February 1993 | 27 February 1998 | INC | --- | |
Monindra Rava | 22 July 1997 | 6 March 1998 | |||||||||
6th Assembly | 1998 | 2003 | E. K. Mawlong | 10 March 1998 | 8 March 2000 | S. C. Marak | 27 February 1998 | 10 March 1998 | INC | Though the Leader was an Independent, the government was a coalition of NCP, etc. Khonglam became the first independent Chief Minister of an Indian state in history. | |
B. B. Lyngdoh | 10 March 1998 | 14 October 1999 | INC | ||||||||
B. B. Lyngdoh | 14 October 1999 | 8 March 2000 | United Democratic Party (UDP) | ||||||||
E. D. Marak | 20 July 2000 | 2 March 2003 | |||||||||
E. K. Mawlong | 8 March 2000 | 8 December 2001 | United Democratic Party (UDP) | ||||||||
F. A. Khonglam | 8 December 2001 | 4 March 2003 | Independent | ||||||||
7th Assembly | 2003 | 2008 | M. M. Danggo | 12 March 2003 | 7 March 2008 | D.D. Lapang | 4 March 2003 | 15 June 2006 | INC | --- | |
J. D. Rymbai | 15 June 2006 | 10 March 2007 | INC | ||||||||
D.D. Lapang | 10 March 2007 | 7 March 2008 | INC | ||||||||
8th Assembly | 2008 | 2013 | Bindo Lanong | 20 March 2008 | 15 May 2009 | D. D. Lapang | 10 March 2008 | 19 March 2008 | INC | INC got the highest number of seats (25) but since no majority could be secured by it even after gaining 3 Independents' support, Lapang resigned as Chief Minister in less than 10 days. Then a coalition called Meghalaya Progressive Alliance was formed, comprising all non-Congress parties like NCP (15), UDP (11), HSPDP (2), KHNAM (1) and Independents (3), thus 33 in total, to form the government under Roy. However, the coalition barely survived a year and collapsed leading to promulgation of President's Rule. After a month, several parties of the Alliance left and supported Congress to form the government with Lapang again being sworn in as the Chief Minister. | |
Donkupar Roy | 19 March 2008 | 19 March 2009 | United Democratic Party (UDP) | ||||||||
President's Rule [lower-alpha 2] | 19 March 2009 | 13 April 2009 | NA | ||||||||
Charles Pyngrope | 25 May 2009 | ? | D. D. Lapang | 13 April 2009 | 18 April 2010 | INC | |||||
Mukul Sangma | 20 April 2010 | 5 March 2013 | INC | ||||||||
9th Assembly | 2013 | 2018 | A. T. Mondal | March 2013 | March 2018 | Mukul Sangma | 5 March 2013 | 6 March 2018 | INC | --- | |
10th Assembly | 2018 | 2023 | Donkupar Roy Metbah Lyngdoh | 6 March 2018 | 5 March 2023 | Conrad Sangma | 6 March 2018 | 4 March 2023 | National People's Party (NPP) | The NDA government was formed by the coalition of 39 MLA's including NPP (20), UDP (8), PDF (4), HSPDP (2), BJP (2) and (2)Independents with Conrad Sangma as Leader of the House. [10] | |
11th Assembly | 2023 | Present | Thomas A. Sangma | 9 March 2023 | Present | Conrad Sangma | 7 March 2023 | Present | National People's Party (NPP) | The NDA government was formed by the coalition of 45 MLA's including NPP (26), UDP (11), PDF (2), HSPDP (2), BJP (2) and (2)Independents with Conrad Sangma as Leader of the House. | |
There are 15 committees in the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya: [11]
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