Summary
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.
Legislative Assembly of Delhi (Vidhan Sabha of Delhi) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
 | |
Political groups | between 2015-2017 AAP: 67 seats BJP: 3 seats |
 | |
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 | |
History edit
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 edit
| # | 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 edit
Chairman, (2015-2020) The Estimates Committee: Dinesh Mohaniya.
List of members edit
See also edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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.