Bihar Legislative Assembly

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The Bihar Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Bihar, responsible for making state laws and overseeing the state government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lower house
State legislative assembly
budgetaryControlOver Government of Bihar
canBeDissolvedBy Governor of Bihar
canBeDissolvedOnAdviceOf Chief Minister of Bihar
category State lower houses in India
constitutionalArticle Article 168 of the Constitution of India
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India
country India
electionCommission Election Commission of India
electionInterval Generally every 5 years
electoralConstituencies 243 assembly constituencies in Bihar
establishedIn 1937
governmentType Parliamentary system
hasCommitteeSystem Yes
hasPower To control the executive through questions and motions
To introduce and pass state legislation
To pass the state budget
houseOf Bicameral legislature of Bihar
houseType Lower house
isBicameralWith Bihar Legislative Council
jurisdiction Bihar
surface form: State of Bihar
languageUsed English
Hindi
leaderTitle Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Leader of the House in Bihar Legislative Assembly
Leader of the Opposition in Bihar Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
surface form: Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
legislatureOf Bihar
location Patna
surface form: Patna, Bihar, India
meetingPlace Vidhansabha Bhavan, Patna
meetsIn Patna
nickname Bihar Legislative Assembly self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bihar Vidhan Sabha
numberOfMembers 243
oversightOf Government of Bihar
surface form: Council of Ministers of Bihar
partOf Bihar Legislative Council
surface form: Bihar Legislature
precededBy Legislative Council of Bihar and Orissa
surface form: Bihar and Orissa Legislative Council (for the province)
regionServed eastern India
surface form: Eastern India
relatedChamber Bihar Legislative Council
responsibility Law making for the state of Bihar
Oversight of the Government of Bihar
scriptUsedForProceedings Devanagari (for Hindi)
state Bihar
supervises Implementation of state laws in Bihar
termLength 5 years
typeOfBody Elected representative body
votingSystem First-past-the-post

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Bihar hasLegislativeBody Bihar Legislative Assembly
Rashtriya Janata Dal hasRepresentationIn Bihar Legislative Assembly
Janata Dal (United) participatesIn Bihar Legislative Assembly
this entity surface form: Bihar Legislative Assembly elections
State Legislative Assemblies alsoKnownAs Bihar Legislative Assembly
this entity surface form: Vidhan Sabhas
Yellow Line hasStation Bihar Legislative Assembly
subject surface form: Yellow Line (Delhi Metro)
this entity surface form: Vidhan Sabha
Khajauli hasLegislatureJurisdiction Bihar Legislative Assembly
Jale assemblyConstituencyOf Bihar Legislative Assembly
Bihar Legislative Assembly nickname Bihar Legislative Assembly self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Government of Bihar legislature Bihar Legislative Assembly
Chief Minister of Bihar nominatedBy Bihar Legislative Assembly
this entity surface form: Members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Chief Minister of Bihar associatedWithBody Bihar Legislative Assembly
Bihar Legislative Council worksWith Bihar Legislative Assembly
Bihar Legislative Council lowerHouse Bihar Legislative Assembly
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly precededBy Bihar Legislative Assembly
this entity surface form: Bihar Legislative Assembly (for the territories now in Jharkhand)
Vaishali district legislativeBody Bihar Legislative Assembly
Dhanik Lal Mandal legislativeBody Bihar Legislative Assembly