West Bengal Legislative Council: Difference between revisions

West Bengal Legislative Council
West Bengal Legislative Council
West Bengal
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	6 years
History
Established	1952
Disbanded	1969
Leadership
Chairman	NA
Deputy Chairman	Mamata Banerjee
Leader of the House	Amit Mitra
Leader of the Opposition	Rahul Singapore
Seats	98
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation, First past the post and Nominations

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Revision as of 08:30, 11 August 2021

West Bengal Legislative Council was the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, which came into existence in 1952.^[1] The Council was abolished in 1969. The West Bengal Legislative Assembly passed the resolution for the abolition of the Legislative Council on 21 March 1969. Later the Parliament of India passed the West Bengal Legislative Council (Abolition) Act, 1969 for abolishing the Legislative Council with effect from 1 August 1969.

Trinamool Congress government planned to revive the council.^[2]^[3]

Voting Results →		July 06, 2021
Vote to revive the West Bengal Legislative Council
	Ayes	196 / 287
	Noes	069 / 287
	Absent	022 / 287
The Motion is Adopted

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+| leader3            = Amit Mitra
 | leader4_type       = Leader of the Opposition
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+| leader4            = Rahul Singapore
 | members            = '''98'''
 | voting_system1     = [[Proportional representation]], [[First past the post]] and Nominations