Delhi Legislative Assembly

Delhi Legislative Assembly
Delhi Legislative Assembly
7th Delhi Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	1952–1956;; 1993
Preceded by	Delhi Metropolitan Council
Leadership
Lieutenant Governor	Vinai Kumar Saxena ; since 26 May 2022
Speaker	Ram Niwas Goel, AAP ; since 24 February 2020
Deputy Speaker	Rakhi Birla, AAP ; since 26 February 2020
Chief Minister; (Leader of the House)	Arvind Kejriwal, AAP ; since 16 February 2020
Deputy Chief Minister; (Deputy Leader of the House)	Vacant ; since 28 February 2023
Minister of Legislative Affairs	Kailash Gahlot, AAP ; since 16 February 2020
Leader of the Opposition	Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, BJP ; since 24 February 2020
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Om Prakash Sharma, BJP ; since 24 February 2020
Structure
Seats	70
Political groups	Government (62) AAP (62); Opposition (8) BJP (8);
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	8 February 2020
Next election	February 2025
Meeting place
	Old Secretariat, Delhi, India
Website
	Legislative Assembly of Delhi

The Delhi Legislative Assembly, also known as the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists of 70 members, directly elected from 70 constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner.

The seat of assembly is the Old Secretariat building, which is also the seat of the Government of Delhi.

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