Punjab Legislative Assembly

The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh.

Later, under the Government of India Act 1935, the Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted with a membership of 175.

On 1 January 1970, the Vidhan Parishad was abolished leaving the state with a unicameral legislature.

[6] The legislature comprises the governor and the Punjab Legislative Assembly, which is the highest political organ in the state.

The normal term of the legislative assembly is five years from the date appointed for its first meeting.

[7] In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 92 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches.

[8] Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took the oath of office on 16 March at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Bhagat Singh.

On 22 June 2022, Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan announced that the legislators will get answers on all issues that they raise during the Assembly debates.