9th Himachal Pradesh Assembly

9th Legislative Assembly
9th Legislative Assembly
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Preceded by	8th Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by	10th Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Gulab Singh Thakur, BJP ; since 30 March 1998
Deputy Speaker	Ram Dass Malanger, BJP ; since 20 August 1999
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Prem Kumar Dhumal, BJP ; since 24 March 1998
Leader of the Opposition	Virbhadra Singh, INC ; since 25 March 1998
Structure
Seats	68
Political groups	Government (37) BJP (31); HVC (5); IND (1); Opposition (31) INC (31);
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	11 September 1993
Next election	December 2002
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 1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

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