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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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)