Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

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The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral law-making body of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, comprising elected representatives responsible for enacting state legislation and overseeing the government.

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instanceOf legislative assembly
unicameral state legislature
budgetaryPower passes the annual budget of Uttarakhand
buildingType legislative building
canBeDissolvedBy Governor of Uttarakhand
country India
electionAuthority Election Commission of India
electoralConstituencies 70 assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand
establishedInYear 2000
firstElectionHeld 2002
governingDocument Constitution of India
hasCommitteeType committee on public undertakings
Estimates Committee (India)
surface form: estimates committee

public accounts committee
hasLeaderTitle Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Deputy Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Leader of the Opposition in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
houseType unicameral
jurisdiction Uttarakhand
surface form: State of Uttarakhand
legislatureType state legislature
locatedIn Dehradun
meetsAt Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha building, Dehradun
meetsInSession budget session
monsoon session
winter session
nativeName Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly self-linksurface differs
surface form: उत्तराखण्ड विधान सभा
numberOfHouses 1
numberOfMembers 70
officialLanguageUsed Hindi
oversightMechanism debates and motions
legislative committees
question hour
parentBody Government of Uttarakhand
precededBy Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
surface form: Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (for territories now in Uttarakhand)
primaryFunction control of state finances and budget
enacting state legislation for Uttarakhand
oversight of the Government of Uttarakhand
region northern India
surface form: Northern India
responsibleFor making laws on Concurrent List subjects for Uttarakhand, subject to the Constitution of India
making laws on State List subjects for Uttarakhand
seatOfGovernment Uttarakhand
shortName Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly self-linksurface differs
surface form: Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha
state Uttarakhand
termLength 5 years
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Uttarakhand legislature Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly nativeName Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: उत्तराखण्ड विधान सभा
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly shortName Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha
Khatima legislativeConstituencyType Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
this entity surface form: Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituency