Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated in Jaipur — the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people. Presently, the legislative assembly consists of 200 M.L.A.. Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved.

The First Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1952–57) was inaugurated on 31 March, 1952. It had a strength of 160 members. The strength was increased to 190 after the merger of the erstwhile Ajmer State with Rajasthan in 1956. The Second (1957–62) and Third (1962–67) Legislative Assemblies had a strength of 176. The Fourth (1967–72) and Fifth (1972–77) Legislative Assembly comprised 184 members each. The strength became 200 from the Sixth (1977–1980) Legislative Assembly onwards. The current (Thirteenth) Legislative Assembly began on 1 January, 2009.

List of Speakers of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

                This is a list of the speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.

    No. of Assembly & its Period                    Speaker                                          Period

1 (February 23 1952 - 1957)                    Narottam Lal Joshi         March 31 1952 - April 25 1957

2 (April 2 1957 -March 1 1962)                Ram Niwas Mirdha         April 25 1957 - March 2 1962

3 (March 3 1962- February 28 1967)        Ram Niwas Mirdha         March 3 1962 - May 3 1967

4 (March 1 1967 - March 15 1972)           Niranjan Nath Acharya    May 3 1967 - March 20 1972

5 (March 15 1972 - April 30 1977)            Ram Kishore Vyas         March 20 1972 - July 18 1977

6 (June 22 1977 - February 17 1980)        Laxman Singh               July 18 1977 - June 20 1979

                                                            Gopal Singh                  September 25 1979 - July 7 1980

                                                                                  

7 (June 6 1980 - March 9 1985)               Poonam Chand Vishnoi July 7 1980 - March 20 1985

8 (March 9 - March 1 1990)                     Hira Lal Devpura            March 20 1985 - October 16 1985

                                                            Giriraj Prasad Tiwari      January 31 1986 to November 3 1990   

9 (March 2 1990 - December 15 1992)     Hari Shankar Bhabhra    March 16 1990 - December 1 1993

10 (December 4 1993 - November 30 1998)  Hari Shankar Bhabhra December 30 1993 - October 5 1994

                                                                Shanti Lal Chaplot      April 7 1995 - March 18 1998 

                                                                Samrath Lal Meena    July 24 1998 - January 4 1999  

11 (December 1 1998 - December 4 2003)    Parasram Maderna         January 6 1999 - January 15 2004

12 (December 5 2003 – December 10 2008)  Sumitra Singh               January 16 2004 - January 1 2009

13 (December 11 2008 – present)            Deependra Singh Shekhawat      January 2 2009 – present