The Interim Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly also known as Antarim Uttaranchal Vidhan Sabha was a unicameral governing and law making body of the newly formed Indian state of Uttaranchal (later Uttarakhand). As a Provisional Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly it came into existence with the formation of the State of Uttaranchal at 9 November 2000 which was later succeeded by the 1st Uttarakhand Assembly with the first assembly election that took place on February 14th, 2002. It was at that time consisted with total 30 Members including 22 Members of the Legislative Assembly and 8 Members of the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh, off which then Uttaranchal was formed out.
Party position in the Assembly Rank Party Abbr. Seats Leader in the House1Bharatiya Janata Party BJP23Nityanand Swami (2000–2001)Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2001–2002)2Samajwadi PartySP03Ambrish Kumar3Bahujan Samaj PartyBSP02Muhammad Muhiuddin4Indian National CongressINC02Indira Hridayesh Total 30
Key post holders in the Assembly Speaker : Prakash Pant Deputy Speaker : Vacant Leader of the House: Nityanand Swami (2000–2001)Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2001–2002) Leader of the Opposition : Vacant Chief Secretary : Ajay Vikram Singh
Members of the Interim Uttaranchal Assembly
S. No. Constituency MembersPartyMembers of the Legislative Assembly1Uttarkashi (SC)Gyan Chand BJP2TehriLakhiram Joshi BJP3DevprayagMatbar Singh Kandari BJP4LansdowneBharat Singh Rawat BJP5PauriMohan Singh Rawat BJP6KarnaprayagDr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' BJP7Badri–KedarKedar Singh Phonia BJP8DidihatBishan Singh Chuphal BJP9PithoragarhKrishna Chandra Punetha BJP10AlmoraRaghunath Singh Chauhan BJP11Bageshwar (SC)Narayan Ram Das BJP12RanikhetAjay Bhatt BJP13NainitalBanshidhar Bhagat BJP14Khatima (SC)Suresh Chand Arya BJP15HaldwaniTilak Raj Behar BJP16KashipurKaran Chand Singh Baba INC17RoorkeeRam Singh Saini SP18LaksarMuhammad Muhiuddin BSP19HaridwarAmbrish Kumar SP20MussoorieRajendra Singh BJP21DehradunHarbans Kapoor BJP22Chakrata (ST)Munna Singh Chauhan SPMembers of the Legislative Council23Garhwal–Kumaon GraduatesNityanand Swami BJP24Garhwal–Kumaon Teachers Dr. Indira Hridayesh INC25Garhwal Local AuthoritiesTirath Singh Rawat BJP26Kumaon Local AuthoritiesPrakash Pant BJP27N/ABhagat Singh Koshyari BJP28Isham Singh BSP29Narayan Singh Rana BJP30Nirupama Gaur BJP
See also Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly 2002 Uttaranchal Legislative Assembly election Swami ministry Koshyari ministry Politics of Uttarakhand
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