10th Himachal Pradesh Assembly

10th Legislative Assembly
10th Legislative Assembly
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	9th Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by	11th Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	G.R. Mussafir, INC ; since 10 March 2003
Deputy Speaker	Dharam Pal Thakur, INC ; since 27 March 2003
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Virbhadra Singh, INC ; since 6 March 2003
Leader of the Opposition	Prem Kumar Dhumal, BJP ; since 6 March 2003
Structure
Seats	68
Political groups	Government (49) INC (43); IND (6); Opposition (19) BJP (16); LM(HP) (1); HVC (1); LJP (1);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	28 February and 3 June 1998
Next election	December 2007
Meeting place
	Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly or the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The present strength of the Vidhan Sabha is 68. The members of the Tenth Legislative Assembly were elected in the 2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

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