Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
5th Uttarakhand Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	14 February 2002
Preceded by	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, BJP since 26 March 2022
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Pushkar Singh Dhami, BJP since 4 July 2021
Leader of the Opposition	Yashpal Arya, INC since 10 April 2022
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Bhuwan Chandra Kapri, INC since 10 April 2022
Chief Secretary	Radha Raturi IAS
Structure
Seats	70
Political groups	Government (47)   BJP (47) Official Opposition (20)   INC (20) Other opposition (3)   BSP (1)   IND (2)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	14 February 2022
Next election	2027
Redistricting	2012
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Gairsain (summer) Vidhan Bhavan, Dehradun (winter)
Website
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Constitution
Constitution of India

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 28 states of India. It is seated at Dehradun, the winter capital, and Gairsain, the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).

As of March 2022, Pushkar Singh Dhami is the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Leader of the House in the 5th Vidhan Sabha.^[1] The Speaker of the Assembly is Ritu Khanduri Bhushan. Gurmit Singh is the current Governor of Uttarakhand.