Bihar Legislative Assembly
The Bihar Legislative Assembly, is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. The first state elections were held in 1952.
Before the partition of Bihar, the total strength of membership in the assembly was 331, including one nominated member. After the partition, the seats were reduced to 243 members. Shri Krishna Singh became the first leader of the House and the first chief minister, Anugrah Narayan Singh was elected as the first deputy leader of the house and the first deputy chief minister.
History
After the passing of the Government of India Act 1935, Bihar and Orissa became separate states. A bicameral system of legislature was introduced according to the act. On 22 July 1936, the first Bihar legislative council was set up. It had 30 members and Rajiv Ranjan Prasad was the chairman. The first joint session of the two houses of the Bihar Assembly took place on 22 July 1937. Ram Dayalu Singh was elected as the speaker of the Bihar Assembly.Bihar Legislative Assembly terms
Following are the dates of constitution and dissolution of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. First sitting date and date of completion of term for each can be different from the constitution and dissolution dates.| Vidhan Sabha | Constitution | Dissolution | Days | Speaker | Ministry |
| Interim Government | 25 April 1946 | 19 May 1952 | 2,041 | Bindeshwari Prasad Verma | First Shri Krishna Sinha ministry |
| 1st | 20 May 1952 | 31 March 1957 | 1,776 | Bindeshwari Prasad Verma | Second Shri Krishna Sinha ministry |
| 2nd | 20 May 1957 | 15 March 1962 | 1,760 | Bindeshwari Prasad Verma | Third Shri Krishna Sinha ministry Deep Narayan Singh interim ministry First Binodanand Jha ministry |
| 3rd | 16 March 1962 | 16 March 1967 | 1,826 | Dr Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu | |
| 4th | 17 March 1967 | 26 February 1969 | 712 | Dhaniklal Mandal | |
| 5th | 26 February 1969 | 28 March 1972 | 1,126 | Ram Narayan Mandal | |
| 6th | 29 March 1972 | 30 April 1977 | 1,858 | Hari Nath Mishr | |
| 7th | 24 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 968 | Tripurari Prasad Singh | |
| 8th | 8 June 1980 | 12 March 1985 | 1,738 | Radhanandan Jha | |
| 9th | 12 March 1985 | 10 March 1990 | 1,824 | Shiva Chandra Jha Md Hidayatullah Khan | |
| 10th | 10 March 1990 | 28 March 1995 | 1,844 | Ghulam Sarwar | |
| 11th | 4 April 1995 | 2 March 2000 | 1,795 | Devnarayan Yadav | |
| 12th | 3 March 2000 | 6 March 2005 | 1,830 | Sadanand Singh | |
| 13th | 7 March 2005 | 24 November 2005 | 263 | Uday Narayan Chaudhary | |
| 14th | 24 November 2005 | 26 November 2010 | 1,829 | Uday Narayan Chaudhary | Second Nitish Kumar ministry |
| 15th | 26 November 2010 | 20 November 2015 | 1,821 | Uday Narayan Chaudhary | Third Nitish Kumar ministry Jitan Ram Manjhi ministry Fourth Nitish Kumar ministry |
| 16th | 20 November 2015 | 14 November 2020 | 1,821 | Vijay Kumar Chaudhary | Fifth Nitish Kumar ministry Sixth Nitish Kumar ministry |
| 17th | 16 November 2020 | 17 November 2025 | Vijay Kumar Sinha Awadh Bihari Choudhary Nand Kishore Yadav | Seventh Nitish Kumar ministry Eighth Nitish Kumar ministry Ninth Nitish Kumar ministry | |
| 18th | 20 November 2025 | Incumbent | Dr. Prem Kumar | Tenth Nitish Kumar ministry |
Working
The Bihar Legislative Assembly is not a permanent body and is subject to dissolution. The tenure of the legislative assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first sitting unless dissolved sooner. Members of the legislative assembly are directly elected by the people.There are three sessions every year: budget session, monsoon session, and winter session.
The sessions of the legislative assembly are presided over by the speaker. The speaker certifies whether a bill is ordinary bill or money bill. Generally, the speaker does not participate in voting, except in the case of a tie. Nand Kishore Yadav is the current speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The legislative assembly also has a Secretariat. The secretary is under the disciplinary control of the speaker. The function of the secretary is to assist the speaker. Bateshwar Nath Pandey is the current secretary of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.