Meghalaya Legislative Assembly

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The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Meghalaya in India, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of the state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly ⓘ
state legislature of India ⓘ
unicameral state legislature ⓘ
articleUnderConstitution Article 168 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
budgetPower passes the state budget of Meghalaya ⓘ
confidencePower can express confidence or no-confidence in the state government ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
electionCommission Election Commission of India ⓘ
electoralConstituencies 60 single-member constituencies ⓘ
establishedInYear 1972 ⓘ
establishedOn 21 January 1972 ⓘ
governingBodyOf Meghalaya ⓘ
governorRole can dissolve the assembly on advice of the chief minister ⓘ
summons and prorogues the assembly ⓘ
hasChamber Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Chamber ⓘ
hasHouseType lower house equivalent at state level ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver Concurrent List subjects for Meghalaya (subject to Parliament) ⓘ
State List subjects for Meghalaya ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Meghalaya ⓘ
linked to: Meghalaya
lastElectionYear 2023 ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral ⓘ
locatedInDistrict East Khasi Hills district ⓘ
location Shillong ⓘ
meetsAt Meghalaya Legislative Assembly building ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage en ⓘ
nextElectionDue 2028 ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 60 ⓘ
oversightOf Council of Ministers of Meghalaya ⓘ
partOf federal structure of India ⓘ
political system of Meghalaya ⓘ
precededBy Assam Legislative Assembly (for the area of Meghalaya) ⓘ
primaryFunction budget approval for the state of Meghalaya ⓘ
lawmaking for the state of Meghalaya ⓘ
oversight of the Government of Meghalaya ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Shillong ⓘ
sessionFrequency meets at least three times a year ⓘ
state Meghalaya ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://megassembly.gov.in/ ⓘ

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Chief Minister of Meghalaya → positionHeldInTheLegislature → Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Chief Minister of Meghalaya → reportsTo → Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Government of Meghalaya → hasLegislativeBranch → Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Government of Meghalaya → responsibleTo → Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Advocate General of Meghalaya → hasRightToSpeakIn → Meghalaya Legislative Assembly (without vote) ⓘ
linked to: Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Members of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly → partOf → Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Members of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly → legislativeBody → Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ⓘ