Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
15th Rajasthan Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	14th Rajasthan Assembly
Leadership
Governor of Rajasthan	Kalraj Mishra, BJP ; since 09 September 2019
Speaker of the House	C.P. Joshi, INC ; since 16 January 2019
Deputy Speaker of the House	NA, INC ; since 16 January 2019
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot, INC ; since 17 December 2018
Leader of the House	Ashok Gehlot; (Chief Minister), INC ; since 17 December 2018
Deputy Leader of the House	B. D. Kalla; (Cabinet Minister of Education), INC ; since 22 November 2021
Ministers of Parliamentary Affairs	Shanti Dhariwal, INC ; since 17 December 2018
Leader of Opposition	Rajendra Singh Rathore, BJP ; since 02 April 2023
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Satish Poonia ; since 02 April 2023
Structure
Seats	200
Political groups	Government (121) INC (107); RLD (1); IND (13); Official Opposition (70) BJP (70); Other opposition (8) RLP (3)[1]; CPI(M) (2); BTP (2)[2]; SHS (1)[3]; Vacant (1) Vacant (1);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	7 December 2018
Next election	25 November 2023
Meeting place
	Vidhan Bhavan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Website
	https://assembly.rajasthan.gov.in

The assembly meets at Vidhana Bhavan situated in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people for a term of 5 years. Presently, the legislative assembly consists of 200 members.

Origin

The formation of the House of People's Representatives in Rajasthan is significant in Indian Constitutional history since it was the result of the merging of 22 princely states of the former Rajputana with the Union of India.

As per the provision of Article 168 of India's newly framed constitution, each state was required to form a legislature consisting of one or two Houses. Rajasthan chose unicameralism for its legislature, which is known as the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.

History

The First Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1952–57) was inaugurated on 31 March 1952. It had a strength of 160 members. The strength was increased to 190 after the merger of the erstwhile Ajmer State with Rajasthan in 1956. The Second (1957–62) and Third (1962–67) Legislative Assemblies had a strength of 176. The Fourth (1967–72) and Fifth (1972–77) Legislative Assembly comprised 184 members each. The strength became 200 from the Sixth (1977–80) Legislative Assembly onwards.[4]

Privileges

Article 194 of the Indian Constitution specifies the powers, privileges, and immunities of the House of Legislature, as well as its members and committees.

Some of the important privileges are:

Freedom of speech in the legislature
Immunity for members from any proceedings in any court relating to anything said or any vote given by them in the legislature or any committee thereof
Prohibition on courts inquiring into legislative processes
Freedom from arrest in civil proceedings for the members during the continuance of the session of the House

15th Rajasthan Assembly

In 2022 [5][6][2]
Party		Seats	Total	Bench
	Indian National Congress	108	122	Government[7]
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	1
	Independent	13
	Bharatiya Janata Party	70	77	Opposition
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	3
	Bharatiya Tribal Party	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2
Vacant		1
Total Seats		200

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name		Remarks
Sri Ganganagar	1	Sadulshahar	Jagdish Chander	Indian National Congress
	2	Ganganagar	Raj Kumar Gaur	Independent
	3	Karanpur	Gurmeet Singh Kooner	Indian National Congress
	4	Suratgarh	Rampratap Kasniyan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	5	Raisinghnagar (SC)	Balveer Singh Luthra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	6	Anupgarh (SC)	Santosh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Hanumangarh	7	Sangaria	Gurdeep Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	8	Hanumangarh	Vinod Kumar	Indian National Congress
	9	Pilibanga (SC)	Dharmendra Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	10	Nohar	Amit Chachan	Indian National Congress
	11	Bhadra	Balwan Poonia	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Bikaner	12	Khajuwala (SC)	Govind Ram Meghwal	Indian National Congress
	13	Bikaner West	B. D. Kalla	Indian National Congress
	14	Bikaner East	Siddhi Kumari	Bharatiya Janata Party
	15	Kolayat	Bhanwar Singh Bhati	Indian National Congress
	16	Lunkaransar	Sumit Godara	Bharatiya Janata Party
	17	Dungargarh	Girdharilal Mahiya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	18	Nokha	Bihari Lal Bishnoi	Bharatiya Janata Party
Churu	19	Sadulpur	Krishna Poonia	Indian National Congress
	20	Taranagar	Narendra Budania	Indian National Congress
	21	Sardarshahar	Bhanwar Lal Sharma	Indian National Congress	Died on 9 October 2022[8]
	21	Sardarshahar	Anil Kumar Sharma	Indian National Congress	Won in 2022 bypoll[9]
	22	Churu	Rajendra Singh Rathore	Bharatiya Janata Party
	23	Ratangarh	Abhinesh maharshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	24	Sujangarh (SC)	Bhanwarlal Meghwal	Indian National Congress	Died
	24	Sujangarh (SC)	Manoj Meghwal	Indian National Congress	Elected in 2021 bypoll
Jhunjhunu	25	Pilani (SC)	J. P. Chandelia	Indian National Congress
	26	Surajgarh	Subhash Poonia	Bharatiya Janata Party
	27	Jhunjhunu	Brijendra Singh Ola	Indian National Congress
	28	Mandawa	Narendra Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	resigned
	28	Mandawa	Rita Choudhary	Indian National Congress	Elected in 2019 bypoll
	29	Nawalgarh	Rajkumar Sharma	Indian National Congress
	30	Udaipurwati	Rajendra Singh Gudha	Shiv Sena	Switched from BSP to INC[10]
	31	Khetri	Jitendra Singh	Indian National Congress
Sikar	32	Fatehpur	Hakam Ali Khan	Indian National Congress
	33	Lachhmangarh	Govind Singh Dotasra	Indian National Congress
	34	Dhod (SC)	Parasram Mordiya	Indian National Congress
	35	Sikar	Rajendra Pareek	Indian National Congress
	36	Dantaramgarh	Virendra Singh	Indian National Congress
	37	Khandela	Mahadeo Singh	Independent
	38	Neem Ka Thana	Suresh Modi	Indian National Congress
	39	Srimadhopur	Deependra Singh Shekhawat	Indian National Congress
Jaipur	40	Kotputli	Rajender Singh Yadav	Indian National Congress
	41	Viratnagar	Indraj Singh Gurjar	Indian national congress
	42	Shahpura	Alok Beniwal	Independent
	43	Chomu	Ramlal Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
	44	Phulera	Nirmal Kumawat	Bharatiya Janata Party
	45	Dudu (SC)	Babulal Nagar	Independent
	46	Jhotwara	Lalchand Kataria	Indian National Congress
	47	Amber	Satish Poonia	Bharatiya Janata Party
	48	Jamwa Ramgarh (ST)	Gopal Meena	Indian National Congress
	49	Hawa Mahal	Mahesh Joshi	Indian National Congress
	50	Vidhyadhar Nagar	Narpat Singh Rajvi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	51	Civil Lines	Pratap Singh Khachariyawas	Indian National Congress
	52	Kishanpole	Aminuddin Kagzi	Indian National Congress
	53	Adarsh Nagar	Rafeek Khan	Indian National Congress
	54	Malviya Nagar	Kalicharan Saraf	Bharatiya Janata Party
	55	Sanganer	Ashok Lahoty	Bharatiya Janata Party
	56	Bagru (SC)	Ganga Devi	Indian National Congress
	57	Bassi (ST)	Laxman Meena	Independent
	58	Chaksu (SC)	Ved Prakash Solanki	Indian National Congress
Alwar	59	Tijara	Sandeep Yadav	Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[10]
	60	Kishangarh Bas	Deepchand	Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[10]
	61	Mundawar	Manjeet Dharmpal Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party
	62	Behror	Baljeet Yadav	Independent
	63	Bansur	Shakuntala Rawat	Indian National Congress
	64	Thanagazi	Kanti Prasad Meena	Independent
	65	Alwar Rural (SC)	Tikaram Jully	Indian National Congress
	66	Alwar Urban	Sanjay Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
	67	Ramgarh	Shafia Zubair	Indian National Congress
	68	Rajgarh Laxmangarh (ST)	Johari Lal Meena	Indian National Congress
	69	Kathumar (SC)	Babulal	Indian National Congress
Bharatpur	70	Kaman	Zahida Khan	Indian National Congress
	71	Nagar	Wajib Ali	Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[10]
	72	Deeg-Kumher	Vishvendra Singh	Indian National Congress
	73	Bharatpur	Subhash Garg	Rashtriya Lok Dal
	74	Nadbai	Joginder Singh Awana	Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[10]
	75	Weir (SC)	Bhajan Lal Jatav	Indian National Congress
Dholpur	76	Bayana (SC)	Amar Singh Jatav	Indian National Congress
	77	Baseri (SC)	Khiladi Lal Bairwa	Indian National Congress
	78	Bari	Girraj Singh	Indian National Congress
	79	Dholpur	Shobharani Kushwah	Independent	Expelled from BJP[11]
	80	Rajakhera	Rohit Bohra	Indian National Congress
Karauli	81	Todabhim (ST)	Prithviraj Meena	Indian National Congress
	82	Hindaun (SC)	Bharosi Lal Jatav	Indian National Congress
	83	Karauli	Lakhan Singh Meena	Indian National Congress	Switched from BSP to INC[10]
	84	Sapotra (ST)	Ramesh Chand Meena	Indian National Congress
Dausa	85	Bandikui	Gajraj Khatana	Indian National Congress
	86	Mahuwa	Omprakash Hudla	Independent
	87	Sikrai (SC)	Mamta Bhupesh	Indian National Congress
	88	Dausa	Murari Lal Meena	Indian National Congress
	89	Lalsot (ST)	Parsadi Lal Meena	Indian National Congress
Sawai Madhopur	90	Gangapur	Ramkesh Meena	Independent
	91	Bamanwas (ST)	Indira Meena	Indian National Congress
	92	Sawai Madhopur	Danish Abrar	Indian National Congress
	93	Khandar (SC)	Ashok	Indian National Congress
Tonk	94	Malpura	Kanhiya Lal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	95	Niwai (SC)	Prasant Bairwa	Indian National Congress
	96	Tonk	Sachin Pilot	Indian National Congress
	97	Deoli-Uniara	Harish Meena	Indian National Congress
Ajmer	98	Kishangarh	Suresh Tak	Independent
	99	Pushkar	Suresh Singh Rawat	Bharatiya Janata Party
	100	Ajmer North	Vasudev Devnani	Bharatiya Janata Party
	101	Ajmer South (SC)	Anita Bhadel	Bharatiya Janata Party
	102	Nasirabad	Ramswaroop Lamba	Bharatiya Janata Party
	103	Beawar	Shankar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	104	Masuda	Rakesh Pareek	Indian National Congress
	105	Kekri	Raghu Sharma	Indian National Congress
Nagaur	106	Ladnun	Mukesh Bhakhar	Indian National Congress
	107	Deedwana	Chetan Choudhary	Indian National Congress
	108	Jayal (SC)	Manju Meghwal	Indian National Congress
	109	Nagaur	Mohan Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
	110	Khinwsar	Hanuman Beniwal	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	resignation
	110	Khinwsar	Narayan Beniwal	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	Elected in 2019 bypoll
	111	Merta (SC)	Indira Devi	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
	112	Degana	Vijaypal Mirdha	Indian National Congress
	113	Makrana	Roopa Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
	114	Parbatsar	Ramniwas Gawdiya	Indian National Congress
	115	Nawan	Mahendra Choudhary	Indian National Congress
Pali	116	Jaitaran	Avinash Gehlot	Bharatiya Janata Party
	117	Sojat (SC)	Shobha Chouhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	118	Pali	Gyanchand Parakh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	119	Marwar Junction	Khushveer Singh	Independent
	120	Bali	Pushpendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	121	Sumerpur	Joraram Kumawat	Bharatiya Janata Party
Jodhpur	122	Phalodi	Pabba Ram Bishnoi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	123	Lohawat	Kishna Ram Bishnoi	Indian National Congress
	124	Shergarh	Meena Kanwar	Indian National Congress
	125	Osian	Divya Maderna	Indian National Congress
	126	Bhopalgarh (SC)	Pukhraj	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
	127	Sardarpura	Ashok Gehlot	Indian National Congress
	128	Jodhpur	Manisha Panwar	Indian National Congress
	129	Soorsagar	Suryakanta Vyas	Bharatiya Janata Party
	130	Luni	Mahendra Bishnoi	Indian National Congress
	131	Bilara (SC)	Heera Ram	Indian National Congress
Jaisalmer	132	Jaisalmer	Rooparam	Indian National Congress
Jaisalmer	133	Pokaran	Saleh Mohammad	Indian National Congress
Barmer	134	Sheo	Ameen Khan	Indian National Congress
	135	Barmer	Mewaram Jain	Indian National Congress
	136	Baytoo	Harish Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
	137	Pachpadra	Madan Prajapat	Indian National Congress
	138	Siwana	Hameersingh Bhayal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	139	Gudamalani	Hemaram Choudhary	Indian National Congress
	140	Chohtan (SC)	Padma Ram	Indian National Congress
Jalore	141	Ahore	Chhagan Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	142	Jalore (SC)	Jogeshwar Garg	Bharatiya Janata Party
	143	Bhinmal	Poora Ram Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party
	144	Sanchore	Sukhram Bishnoi	Indian National Congress
	145	Raniwara	Narayan Singh Dewal	Bharatiya Janata Party
Sirohi	146	Sirohi	Sanyam Lodha	Independent
	147	Pindwara-Abu (ST)	Samaram Garasiya	Bharatiya Janata Party
	148	Reodar (SC)	Jagasi Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
Udaipur	149	Gogunda (ST)	Pratap Lal Bheel	Bharatiya Janata Party
	150	Jhadol (ST)	Babulal Kharadi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	151	Kherwara (ST)	Dayaram Parmar	Indian National Congress
	152	Udaipur Rural (ST)	Phool Singh Meena	Bharatiya Janata Party
	153	Udaipur	Gulab Chand Kataria	Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on 16 February 2023[12]
	153	Udaipur	Vacant
	154	Mavli	Dharm Narayan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	155	Vallabhnagar	Gajendra Singh Shaktawat	Indian National Congress	Died
	155	Vallabhnagar	Preeti Shaktawat	Indian National Congress	Elected in 2021 bypoll
	156	Salumber (ST)	Amrit Lal Meena	Bharatiya Janata Party
Pratapgarh	157	Dhariawad (ST)	Gautam Lal Meena	Bharatiya Janata Party
Pratapgarh	157	Dhariawad (ST)	Nagraj Meena	Indian National Congress	Elected in 2021 bypoll
Dungarpur	158	Dungarpur (ST)	Ganesh Ghogra	Indian National Congress
	159	Aspur (ST)	Gopi Chand Meena	Bharatiya Janata Party
	160	Sagwara (ST)	Ram Prasad	Bharatiya Tribal Party
	161	Chorasi (ST)	Rajkumar Roat	Bharatiya Tribal Party
Banswara	162	Ghatol (ST)	Harendra Ninama	Bharatiya Janata Party
	163	Garhi (ST)	Kailash Chandra Meena	Bharatiya Janata Party
	164	Banswara (ST)	Arjun Singh Bamnia	Indian National Congress
	165	Bagidora (ST)	Mahendra Jeet Singh Malviya	Indian National Congress
	166	Kushalgarh (ST)	Ramila Khadia	Independent
Chittorgarh	167	Kapasan (SC)	Arjun Lal Jingar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	168	Begun	Bidhuri Rajendra Singh	Indian National Congress
	169	Chittorgarh	Chandrabhan SIngh Aakya	Bharatiya Janata Party
	170	Nimbahera	Anjana Udailal	Indian National Congress
	171	Bari Sadri	Lalit Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party
Pratapgarh	172	Pratapgarh (ST)	Ramlal Meena	Indian National Congress
Rajsamand	173	Bhim	Sudarshan Singh	Indian National Congress
	174	Kumbhalgarh	Surendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	175	Rajsamand	Kiran Maheshwari	Bharatiya Janata Party	Died
	175	Rajsamand	Deepti Maheshwari	Bharatiya Janata Party	Elected in 2021 bypoll
	176	Nathdwara	C. P. Joshi	Indian National Congress
Bhilwara	177	Asind	Jabbar Singh Sankhala	Bharatiya Janata Party
	178	Mandal	Ramlal Jat	Indian National Congress
	179	Sahara	Kailash Chandra Trivedi	Indian National Congress	Died
	179	Sahara	Gayatri Devi Trivedi	Indian National Congress	Elected in 2021 bypoll
	180	Bhilwara	Vitthal Shankar Avasthi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	181	Shahpura	Kailash Chandra Meghwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	182	Jahazpur	Gopichand Meena	Bharatiya Janata Party
	183	Mandalgarh	Gopal Lal Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
Bundi	184	Hindoli	Ashok Chandna	Indian National Congress
	185	Keshoraipatan (SC)	Chandrakanta Meghwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
	186	Bundi	Ashok Dogara	Bharatiya Janata Party
Kota	187	Pipalda	Ramnarayan Meena	Indian National Congress
	188	Sangod	Bharat Singh Kundanpur	Indian National Congress
	189	Kota North	Shanti Kumar Dhariwal	Indian National Congress
	190	Kota South	Sandeep Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party
	191	Ladpura	Kalpana Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	192	Ramganj Mandi (SC)	Madan Dilawar	Bharatiya Janata Party
Baran	193	Anta	Pramod Jain Bhaya	Indian National Congress
	194	Kishanganj (ST)	Nirmala Sahariya	Indian National Congress
	195	Baran-Atru (SC)	Pana Chand Meghwal	Indian National Congress	Pana Chand Meghwal submitted his resignation in August 2022[13]
	196	Chhabra	Pratap Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Jhalawar	197	Dag (SC)	Kaluram	Bharatiya Janata Party
	198	Jhalrapatan	Vasundhara Raje	Bharatiya Janata Party
	199	Khanpur	Narendra Nagar	Bharatiya Janata Party
	200	Manohar Thana	Govind Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party

References

"CPI(M) suspends MLA in Rajasthan for indiscipline". 26 December 2020.
"BTP withdraws support to Congress in Rajasthan". The Hindu. 23 December 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
"Rajasthan sacked MLA joins Shiv Sena". The former MLA of BJP from Udaipurwati (the assembly seat of Gudha) Shubhkaran Choudhary rejected the possibility of any alliance with Shiv Sena in Rajasthan or leaving this seat for Gudha. "No possibility of any alliance in Rajasthan. Rajendra Gudha has made derogatory remarks for our leaders earlier and we can not forgive him for this," said Choudhary.
"Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". rajassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
Wadhawan, Dev Ankur (23 June 2021). "Rajasthan: 13 Independent MLAs pass resolution to back CM Ashok Gehlot". India Today. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
"15th House – Party Position". assembly.rajasthan.gov.in. Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
Nair, Sobhana K. (25 September 2022). "Rajasthan Congress Legislature Party meeting". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
"Bhanwarlal Sharma, seven-time Congress MLA from Rajasthan, dies at 77". The Indian Express. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
"Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
Iqbal, Mohammed (17 September 2019). "In a setback to BSP, all six MLAs join Congress in Rajasthan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
"BJP suspends Rajasthan MLA for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha polls". The Hindu. 11 June 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
"Gulab Chand Kataria resigns as MLA after being appointed as Assam governor". NORTHEAST NOW. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
"Rajasthan: One MLA, 12 Councillors Send Resignation Letters to Protest Atrocities Against Dalits". The Wire. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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[1] "CPI(M) suspends MLA in Rajasthan for indiscipline". 26 December 2020.

[BTP_withdraws-2] "BTP withdraws support to Congress in Rajasthan". The Hindu. 23 December 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

[3] "Rajasthan sacked MLA joins Shiv Sena". The former MLA of BJP from Udaipurwati (the assembly seat of Gudha) Shubhkaran Choudhary rejected the possibility of any alliance with Shiv Sena in Rajasthan or leaving this seat for Gudha. "No possibility of any alliance in Rajasthan. Rajendra Gudha has made derogatory remarks for our leaders earlier and we can not forgive him for this," said Choudhary.

[4] "Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". rajassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[MLA_13_support_CM-5] Wadhawan, Dev Ankur (23 June 2021). "Rajasthan: 13 Independent MLAs pass resolution to back CM Ashok Gehlot". India Today. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[Party_Position-6] "15th House – Party Position". assembly.rajasthan.gov.in. Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[Legislature_Party-7] Nair, Sobhana K. (25 September 2022). "Rajasthan Congress Legislature Party meeting". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[8] "Bhanwarlal Sharma, seven-time Congress MLA from Rajasthan, dies at 77". The Indian Express. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

[9] "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 8 December 2022.

[:0-10] Iqbal, Mohammed (17 September 2019). "In a setback to BSP, all six MLAs join Congress in Rajasthan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[11] "BJP suspends Rajasthan MLA for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha polls". The Hindu. 11 June 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

[12] "Gulab Chand Kataria resigns as MLA after being appointed as Assam governor". NORTHEAST NOW. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

[13] "Rajasthan: One MLA, 12 Councillors Send Resignation Letters to Protest Atrocities Against Dalits". The Wire. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.