Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (after reorganization in 2019, until constituted)

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The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (after the 2019 reorganization and until it is constituted) is the yet-to-be-formed elected lower house of the Union Territory’s legislature, whose seats remain vacant pending fresh elections.

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of legislature ⓘ
unicameral state/union territory legislative assembly ⓘ
compositionStatus no members elected yet ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Article 239A of the Constitution of India ⓘ
surface form: Article 239A of the Constitution of India as applied to Jammu and Kashmir
country India ⓘ
createdByEvent reorganization of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into Union Territories ⓘ
dissolutionAuthority Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
effectiveFrom 31 October 2019 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
firstElectionStatus not yet held as of 2024 ⓘ
governingDocument Union Territories Act, 1963 ⓘ
surface form: Government of Union Territories Act provisions as adapted for Jammu and Kashmir
hasLegislativeType elected ⓘ
hasNumberOfSeats 90 ⓘ
hasReservedSeats seats may be reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as per law ⓘ
houseType lower house of the Union Territory legislature ⓘ
jurisdiction Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
legalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 ⓘ
locatedIn Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
oversight subject to delimitation of constituencies by Delimitation Commission ⓘ
partOf legislature of Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory) ⓘ
plannedSeatOfAssembly Jammu ⓘ
Srinagar ⓘ
primaryFunction hold the Council of Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir accountable ⓘ
make laws for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on State List and Concurrent List subjects as applicable ⓘ
relatedChange abrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
relationToCouncil forms the legislature together with the Lieutenant Governor (no separate upper house) ⓘ
replaces legislature of Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory) ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (state)
status awaiting first election as Union Territory assembly ⓘ
not yet constituted ⓘ
seats vacant ⓘ
subordinateTo Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
Parliament of India ⓘ
President of India ⓘ
termLength 5 years (unless dissolved earlier) ⓘ
votingEligibility citizens of India registered as voters in Jammu and Kashmir constituencies ⓘ

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Electoral College of India → doesNotInclude → Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (after reorganization in 2019, until constituted) ⓘ