Bihar Legislative Assembly

Bihar Legislative Assembly

Bihar Vidhan Sabha
Bihar Legislative Assembly ; Bihar Vidhan Sabha
17th Bihar Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house of the Bihar Legislature
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Governor of Bihar	Rajendra Arlekar ; since 17 February 2023
Secretary to the Legislature	Bateshwar Nath Pandey
Speaker	Nand Kishore Yadav, BJP ; since 15 February 2024
Deputy Speaker	Maheshwar Hazari, JD(U) ; since 24 March 2021
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Nitish Kumar, JD(U) ; since 22 February 2015
Deputy Leader of the House; (Deputy Chief Minister)	Vijay Kumar Sinha, BJP; Samrat Choudhary, BJP ; since 28 January 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Tejashwi Yadav, RJD
Structure
Seats	243
Political groups	Government (131) ; NDA (128) BJP (78); JD(U) (45); HAM(S) (4); IND (1); Confidence and supply (3) RJD (Rebel) (3); Opposition (111); MGB (110) RJD (76); INC (19); CPI(ML)L (11); CPI(M) (2); CPI (2); Others (1) AIMIM (1); Vacant (1) Vacant (1);
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	October - November 2020
Next election	October - November 2025
Meeting place
	Bihar State Assembly, Patna, Bihar, India
Website
	Bihar Legislative Assembly

The Bihar Legislative Assembly also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. The first state elections were held in 1952.

The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated member. Shri Krishna Singh became the first Leader of the House and the first Chief Minister, Anugrah Narayan Singh was elected as the first .

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