Ninth Punjab Legislative Assembly

The 1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the ninth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. Shiromani Akali Dal emerged as the victorious with 73 seats in the 117-seat legislature in the election. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 34 seats. On 11 May 1987, Assembly was dissolved and president rule was imposed.[lower-alpha 2]

Ninth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded14 October 1985
Disbanded11 May 1987
Preceded byEighth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by10th Punjab Assembly
Leadership
Ravi Inder Singh
(1985-1986)
Surjit Singh Minhas
(1986-1987)
Deputy Speaker[2]
Jaswant Singh
(1986-1987)
Leader of House
(Chief Minister)
Structure
Seats117[3]
Political groups
Government (73)[lower-alpha 1]
  •   SAD (73)

Opposition (44)

Length of term
1985-1987
Elections
first-past-the-post
Last election
1985
Next election
1992

Background

Insurgency

Notes

  1. The given members of parties were at the time of the formation of the Government. The numbers changed later on due to defections, resignations, mergers or splits
  2. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[4]

References

  1. "Former speaker of punjab vidhan sabha". speakerpunjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. page xiii of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 6 January 2022.
  3. Statistical Report of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 (Pdf). eci.gov.in. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
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