Madhya Pradesh Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh, also known as the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral law making body and consists of 230 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhopal, the capital of the state.
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The last legislative Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh were held in Nov 2018.
The Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh, also known as the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral law making body and consists of 230 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhopal, the capital of the state.
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The last legislative Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh were held in Nov 2018.
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PARTY COMPOSITION
The 15th Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh formed post the elections held in Nov 2018 consists of 230 MLAs. Since INC (Indian National Congress) could not secure an absolute majority of 116 seats independently, it claimed support of SP's 1 MLA, BSP's 2 MLAs and 4 Independent MLAs to form the government. Kamal Nath took oath on 17 Dec'18 as new Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh and with this, INC came back to the power in State after 15 years. However, after the resignation of 22 sitting MLAs from the INC, Kamal Nath resigned on 20 Mar'20 and subsequently Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the BJP returned as the CM again on 23 Mar'20. Subsequently there were a few changes in the composition of the assembly based on the bye-elections held in specific constituencies.
- BJP now has 127 MLAs in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly giving it a control over 55% of the total seats in the Assembly
- INC has 96 MLAs and sits in the Opposition
- All other parties and independent MLAs together account for 7 seats
Key leaders in the Assembly:
- Speaker: Girish Gautam (BJP)
- Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP)
- Leader of the Opposition: Kamal Nath (INC)
MLA PROFILE
- 30% MLAs in the current Assembly have little to no education (grade 12 or below), in comparison to 31% in the previous Assembly
- 23% MLAs in the current Assembly are Graduates, in comparison to 22% in the previous Assembly.
- 45% MLAs in the current Assembly are highly qualified (professionals and above), just as much as in the previous Assembly.
- Only 10% MLAs in the current Assembly are women
- The percentage of women in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly has remained below 15% since 2008
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