The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
The seats of the legislative assembly are at Dehradun and Gairsain, the capitals of the state. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier. It currently has 70 members, who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Currently there are 13 reserved seats for scheduled caste and 2 for Scheduled Tribes.
Constituencies
The following is the list of the constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly as of recent-most delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies in 2008.
Former constituencies
Constituencies abolished in 2001
Chamoli district and Rudraprayag district
- BadriâÂÂKedar constituency replaced by Badrinath constituency in Chamoli district and, Kedarnath constituency and Rudraprayag constituency in Rudraprayag district
Uttarkashi district
- Uttarkashi constituency (SC) replaced by Gangotri constituency, Purola constituency (SC) and Yamunotri constituency in Uttarkashi district
Constituencies abolished in 2011
Almora district
- Bhikiyasain constituency
Bageshwar district
- Kanda constituency
Chamoli district
- Pindar constituency (SC) replaced by Tharali constituency (SC) in Chamoli district
- Nandaprayag constituency
Dehradun district
- Dehradun constituency replaced by Dehradun Cantonment constituency in Dehradun district
- Lakshman Chowk constituency replaced by Dharampur constituency in Dehradun district
- Rajpur constituency replaced by Rajpur Road constituency (SC) in Dehradun district
Haridwar district
- Bahadarabad constituency replaced by Jwalapur constituency (SC) in Haridwar district
- Iqbalpur constituency replaced by Piran Kaliyar constituency in Haridwar district
- Laldhang constituency replaced by Haridwar Rural constituency in Haridwar district
- Landhaura constituency (SC) replaced by Khanpur constituency in Haridwar district
Nainital district
- Dhari constituency
- Mukteshwar constituency (SC) replaced by Bhimtal constituency in Nainital district
Pauri Garhwal district
- Bironkhal constituency replaced by Chaubattakhal constituency in Pauri Garhwal district
- Dhumakot constituency
- Thalisain constituency
Pithoragarh district
- Kanalichhina constituency
Udham Singh Nagar district
- PantnagarâÂÂGadarpur constituency replaced with Gadarpur constituency
- RudrapurâÂÂKichha constituency replaced with Rudrapur constituency and Kichha constituency
Anglo-Indian reserved seat in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Between 2002 and 2020, one seat was reserved in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The member was nominated by the Governor of Uttarakhand on the advice of the Government of Uttarakhand. In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State Legislatures of India were abolished.
See also
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