Bihar Legislative Assembly

Bihar Legislative Assembly
18th Bihar Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house of the Bihar Legislature
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	20 April 1952 (74 years ago) (1952-04-20)
Leadership
Governor	Syed Ata Hasnain since 14 March 2026
Speaker	Dr. Prem Kumar, BJP since 2 December 2025
Deputy Speaker	Narendra Narayan Yadav, JD(U) since 3 December 2025
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Samrat Choudhary, BJP since 15 April 2026
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Ministers)	Vijay Kumar Chaudhary Bijendra Prasad Yadav, JD(U) since 15 April 2026
Leader of the Opposition	Tejashwi Yadav, RJD since 17 November 2025
Structure
Seats	243
By party By alliance
Political groups	Government (201) NDA (201)   BJP (88)   JD(U) (85)   LJP(RV) (19)   HAM(S) (5)   RLM (4) Opposition (42) MGB(35)   RJD (25)   INC (6)   CPI(ML)L (2)   CPI(M) (1)   IIP (1) Others(7)   AIMIM (5)   JSP (1)   BSP (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	6–11 November 2025
Next election	October–November 2030
Meeting place
Bihar State Assembly, Patna, Bihar, India
Website
Bihar Legislative Assembly

The Bihar Legislative Assembly (ISO: Bihār Vidhān Sabhā) 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.

Office bearers

S.No	Position	Portrait	Name	Party		Constituency	Office Taken	Reference
1	Speaker		Dr. Prem Kumar		BJP	Gaya Town	2 December 2025
2	Deputy Speaker		Narendra Narayan Yadav		JD(U)	Alamnagar	3 December 2025
3	Leader of the House (Chief Minister)		Samrat Choudhary		BJP	Tarapur	15 April 2026
4	Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister)	&	Vijay Kumar Chaudhary & Bijendra Prasad Yadav		JD(U)	Sarairanjan & Supaul	15 April 2026
5	Chief Whip		Sanjiv Chaurasiya		BJP	Digha	15 May 2026
6	Deputy Chief Whip		Manjeet Kumar Singh		JD(U)	Barauli	15 May 2026

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 Vidhan Sabha can be different from the constitution and dissolution dates (respectively).

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. Prem Kumar 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.

Composition

Members of Legislative Assembly

Full list of elected candidates

See also

• Bihar Economic Survey
• Bihar Legislative Council – Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Bihar
• Government of Bihar – Indian State Government
• List of chief ministers of Bihar
• List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
• List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar
• List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
• List of governors of Bihar
• List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
• Patna Secretariat

Note

References

External links

• Official website Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine; Government of Bihar