Delhi Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists of 70 members, directly elected from 70 constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner.

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Delhi Legislative Assembly

The seat of assembly is the Old Secretariat building, which is also the seat of the Government of Delhi.

History

Delhi Legislative Assembly

The Delhi Legislative Assembly was first constituted on 7 March 1952 under the Government of Part C States Act, 1951; it was inaugurated by Home Minister K. N. Katju. The Assembly had 48 members, and a Council of Ministers in an advisory role to the Chief Commissioner of Delhi, though it also had powers to make laws. The first Council of Ministers was led by Brahm Prakash, who became the first Chief Minister of Delhi.

However, the States Reorganisation Commission, set up in 1953, led to the Constitutional amendment through States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which came into effect on 1 November 1956. This meant that Delhi was no longer a Part-C State and was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India. Also the Delhi Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers were abolished simultaneously. Subsequently, the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 was enacted which led to the formation the Municipal Corporation.

In September 1966, with "The Delhi Administration Act, 1966", the assembly was replaced by the Delhi Metropolitan Council with 56 elected and five nominated members with the Lt. Governor of Delhi as its head. The Council however had no legislative powers, only an advisory role in the governance of Delhi. This set up functioned until 1990.

This Council was finally replaced by the Delhi Legislative Assembly through the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991, followed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Constitution of India, which declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi and also supplements the constitutional provisions relating to the Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers and related matters. The Legislative Assembly is selected for period of five years, and presently it is the seventh assembly, which was selected through the 2020 Legislative Assembly election.

Assembly building

The building was originally built in 1912, designed by E. Montague Thomas to hold the Imperial Legislative Council and subsequently the Central Legislative Assembly (after 1919), until the newly constructed Parliament House of India in New Delhi (Sansad Bhawan) was inaugurated on 18 January 1927. The site was built over the land of the former Old Chandrawal village.

The building also housed the Secretariat of the Government of India, and was built after the capital of India shifted to Delhi from Calcutta. The temporary secretariat building was constructed in a few months' time in 1912. It functioned as the Secretariat for another decade, before the offices shifted to the present Secretariat Building on Raisina Hill.

List of assemblies

Delhi Legislative Assembly

<table><thead><tr><th>Assembly</th><th>Election year</th><th>Speaker</th><th>Chief Minister</th><th>Party</th><th>Opposition Leader</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Interim Assembly</td><td>1952</td><td>N/A</td><td>Brahm Prakash</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>N/A</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Jana Sangh</td></tr><tr><td>Gurmukh Nihal Singh</td></tr><tr><td>State Reorganization</td></tr><tr><td>1st Assembly</td><td>1993</td><td>Charti Lal Goel</td><td>Madan Lal Khurana</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>Deep Chand Bandhu</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>Sahib Singh Verma</td></tr><tr><td>Sushma Swaraj</td></tr><tr><td>2nd Assembly</td><td>1998</td><td>Chaudhary Prem Singh</td><td>Sheila Dikshit</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>Madan Lal Khurana</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>3rd Assembly</td><td>2003</td><td>Ajay Maken</td><td>Vijay Kumar Malhotra</td></tr><tr><td>Chaudhary Prem Singh</td></tr><tr><td>4th Assembly</td><td>2008</td><td>Yoganand Shastri</td></tr><tr><td>5th Assembly</td><td>2013</td><td>Maninder Singh Dhir</td><td>Arvind Kejriwal</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td>Harsh Vardhan</td></tr><tr><td>6th Assembly</td><td>2015</td><td>Ram Niwas Goel</td><td>Vijender Gupta</td></tr><tr><td>7th Assembly</td><td>2020</td><td>Ramvir Singh Bidhuri</td></tr><tr><td>Atishi Marlena</td><td>Vijender Gupta</td></tr><tr><td>8th Assembly</td><td>2025</td><td>Vijender Gupta</td><td>Rekha Gupta</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>Atishi Marlena</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td></tr></tbody></table>

Office bearers

Delhi Legislative Assembly

<table><thead><tr><th>Office</th><th>Holder</th><th>Since</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Speaker</td><td>Vijender Gupta</td><td>20 February 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Speaker</td><td>Mohan Singh Bisht</td><td>20 February 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Leader of the House (Chief Minister)</td><td>Rekha Gupta</td><td>20 February 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Leader of Opposition</td><td>Atishi Marlena</td><td>20 February 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Deputy Leader of Opposition</td><td>Anil Jha Vats</td><td>20 February 2025</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Delhi Legislative Assembly

<table><thead><tr><th>District</th><th>No.</th><th>Constituency</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th><th>Remarks</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>North Delhi</td><td>1</td><td>Narela</td><td>Raj Karan Khatri</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Central Delhi</td><td>2</td><td>Burari</td><td>Sanjeev Jha</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Timarpur</td><td>Surya Prakash Khatri</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North Delhi</td><td>4</td><td>Adarsh Nagar</td><td>Raj Kumar Bhatia</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Badli</td><td>Deepak Chaudhary</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North West Delhi</td><td>6</td><td>Rithala</td><td>Kulwant Rana</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North Delhi</td><td>7</td><td>Bawana (SC)</td><td>Ravinder Indraj Singh</td><td>Cabinet minister</td></tr><tr><td>North West Delhi</td><td>8</td><td>Mundka</td><td>Gajender Drall</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Kirari</td><td>Anil Jha Vats</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Sultan Pur Majra (SC)</td><td>Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>West Delhi</td><td>11</td><td>Nangloi Jat</td><td>Manoj Kumar Shokeen</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North West Delhi</td><td>12</td><td>Mangol Puri (SC)</td><td>Raj Kumar Chauhan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North Delhi</td><td>13</td><td>Rohini</td><td>Vijender Gupta</td><td>Speaker</td></tr><tr><td>North West Delhi</td><td>14</td><td>Shalimar Bagh</td><td>Rekha Gupta</td><td>Chief Minister</td></tr><tr><td>North Delhi</td><td>15</td><td>Shakur Basti</td><td>Karnail Singh</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North West Delhi</td><td>16</td><td>Tri Nagar</td><td>Tilak Ram Gupta</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North Delhi</td><td>17</td><td>Wazirpur</td><td>Poonam Sharma</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Model Town</td><td>Ashok Goel</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Central Delhi</td><td>19</td><td>Sadar Bazar</td><td>Som Dutt</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Chandni Chowk</td><td>Punardeep Sawhney</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Matia Mahal</td><td>Aaley Mohammad Iqbal</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Ballimaran</td><td>Imran Hussain</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Karol Bagh (SC)</td><td>Vishesh Ravi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New Delhi</td><td>24</td><td>Patel Nagar (SC)</td><td>Pravesh Ratn</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>West Delhi</td><td>25</td><td>Moti Nagar</td><td>Harish Khurana</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Madipur (SC)</td><td>Kailash Gangwal</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Rajouri Garden</td><td>Manjinder Singh Sirsa</td><td>Cabinet minister</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Hari Nagar</td><td>Shyam Sharma</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Tilak Nagar</td><td>Jarnail Singh</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Janakpuri</td><td>Ashish Sood</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>Cabinet minister</td></tr><tr><td>South West Delhi</td><td>31</td><td>Vikaspuri</td><td>Pankaj Kumar Singh</td><td>Cabinet minister</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Uttam Nagar</td><td>Pawan Sharma</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Dwarka</td><td>Pradyuman Rajput</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Matiala</td><td>Sandeep Sehrawat</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Najafgarh</td><td>Neelam Pahalwan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>Bijwasan</td><td>Kailash Gahlot</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>Palam</td><td>Kuldeep Solanki</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New Delhi</td><td>38</td><td>Delhi Cantonment</td><td>Virender Singh Kadian</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Rajinder Nagar</td><td>Umang Bajaj</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>New Delhi</td><td>Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma</td><td>Cabinet Minister</td></tr><tr><td>South East Delhi</td><td>41</td><td>Jangpura</td><td>Tarvinder Singh Marwah</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>Kasturba Nagar</td><td>Neeraj Basoya</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Delhi</td><td>43</td><td>Malviya Nagar</td><td>Satish Upadhyay</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New Delhi</td><td>44</td><td>R. K. Puram</td><td>Anil Kumar Sharma</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South Delhi</td><td>45</td><td>Mehrauli</td><td>Gajender Yadav</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td>Chhatarpur</td><td>Kartar Singh Tanwar</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td>Deoli (SC)</td><td>Prem Chauhan</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td>Ambedkar Nagar (SC)</td><td>Ajay Dutt</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South East Delhi</td><td>49</td><td>Sangam Vihar</td><td>Chandan Kumar Choudhary</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New Delhi</td><td>50</td><td>Greater Kailash</td><td>Shikha Roy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>South East Delhi</td><td>51</td><td>Kalkaji</td><td>Atishi Marlena</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td>Leader of Opposition</td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td>Tughlakabad</td><td>Sahi Ram</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td>Badarpur</td><td>Ram Singh Netaji</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td>Okhla</td><td>Amanatullah Khan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>East Delhi</td><td>55</td><td>Trilokpuri (SC)</td><td>Ravikant Ujjain</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>56</td><td>Kondli (SC)</td><td>Kuldeep Kumar</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td>Patparganj</td><td>Ravinder Singh Negi</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>58</td><td>Laxmi Nagar</td><td>Abhay Verma</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shahdara</td><td>59</td><td>Vishwas Nagar</td><td>Om Prakash Sharma</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>East Delhi</td><td>60</td><td>Krishna Nagar</td><td>Anil Goyal</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td>Gandhi Nagar</td><td>Arvinder Singh Lovely</td><td>Pro tem Speaker</td></tr><tr><td>Shahdara</td><td>62</td><td>Shahdara</td><td>Sanjay Goyal</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>63</td><td>Seemapuri (SC)</td><td>Veer Singh Dhingan</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>64</td><td>Rohtas Nagar</td><td>Jitender Mahajan</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North East Delhi</td><td>65</td><td>Seelampur</td><td>Chaudhary Zubair Ahmad</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>66</td><td>Ghonda</td><td>Ajay Mahawar</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Shahdara</td><td>67</td><td>Babarpur</td><td>Gopal Rai</td><td></td><td>Aam Aadmi Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>North East Delhi</td><td>68</td><td>Gokalpur (SC)</td><td>Surendra Kumar</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td>Mustafabad</td><td>Mohan Singh Bisht</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td>Deputy Speaker</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td>Karawal Nagar</td><td>Kapil Mishra</td><td>Cabinet Minister</td></tr></tbody></table>