Punjab Legislative Assembly

Punjab Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Established	1952
Preceded by	Interim East Punjab Assembly
Leadership
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit since 31 August 2021
Speaker	Kultar Singh Sandhwan, AAP since 21 March 2022
Deputy Speaker	Jai Krishan Singh, AAP since 30 June 2022
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Bhagwant Mann, AAP since 16 March 2022
Deputy Leader of the House (Cabinet Minister)	Harpal Singh Cheema, AAP since 21 March 2022
Minister of Legislative Affairs	Balkar Singh, AAP since 31 May 2023
Leader of the Opposition	Partap Singh Bajwa, INC since 9 April 2022
Deputy Leader of Opposition	Vacant, INC since 16 March 2024
Structure
Seats	117
Political groups	Government (90)   AAP (90) Official Opposition (13)   INC (13) Other opposition (9)   SAD (3)   BJP (2)   BSP (1)   IND (3)[1][2] Vacant (5)   Vacant (5)
Length of term	5 years; renewable
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
First election	26 March 1952
Last election	20 February 2022
Next election	February 2027 or earlier
Meeting place
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India
Website
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constitution
Constitution of India

The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner. The Speaker of the sixteenth assembly is Kultar Singh Sandhwan. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh.