Fifth Punjab Legislative Assembly

Fifth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Type
Type
History
Founded13 March 1969
Disbanded14 June 1971
Preceded byFourth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Succeeded bySixth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Bikramjit Singh Bajwa
Leader of House
(Chief Minister)
Gurnam Singh
(1969-1970)
Parkash Singh Badal
(1970-1971)
Structure
Seats104[3]
Political groups
Government (59)[a]
  •   UF (53)
  • Confidence and supply (6)

Opposition (45)

Length of term
1969-1971
Elections
first-past-the-post
Last election
1969
Next election
1972

The 1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the fifth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. This was the second hung assembly. Shiromani Akali Dal emerged as the largest party with 43 seats in the 104-seat legislature in the election. The Indian National Congress became the second, holding 38 seats. On 13 June 1971, Assembly dissolved prematurely and president rule was imposed.[b]

  1. ^ "Former speaker of punjab vidhan sabha". speakerpunjab.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ page xiii of Punjab Vidhan Sabha Compendium. Punjab Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 6 January 2022.
  3. ^ Statistical Report of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1969 (Pdf). eci.gov.in. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.


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