Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
No. of Assembly & its Period
Date of its First Sitting
Governor (Name with Period)
Speaker (Name with Period)
Deputy Speaker(Name with Period)
Leader of the House (Name with period)
Leader of the Opposition (Name with Period)
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs(Name with Period)
43 Seats
(3-8-1962 to 12-1-1967)
56 Seats With the merger of New Area in Nov. 1966
3-10-1963
Sh. Bhagwan Sahai (14-8-63 to 25-2-1966)
Sh. V.Vishwanathan (26-2-66 to 6-5-67)
Sh. Desh Raj Mahajan
4.10.1963 to 18-3-1967
Shri Tapendra Singh
17.10.1963 to 12.1.1967
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar
1.7.1963 to 14-3-1967
Shri Dina Nath (Swatantra Party)
1.7.1963 to 11.1.1967
Dr. Y.S. Parmar, Chief Minister
( 1-7-1963 to 14-3-1967)63 Seats
(1-3-1967 to 17-3-1972)
18-3-1967
Sh. Om Prakash, Chief Judicial Commissioner (Punjab & H.P.)
Lt.-Gen. K. Bhadur(Retd) (16-5-67 to 24-1-71)
Sh. Desh Raj Mahajan
20-3-1967 -to
19-3-1972
Sh. Amin Chand
29.3.1967 to
17-3-1972
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar
14.3.1967 to 15.3-1972
Kanwar Durga Chand (Jan Sangh)
18.3.1967-to 1.3.1972
Dr. Y.S. Parmar,
Chief Minister ( 14-3-1967 to 15-3-1972)68 Seats
(18-3-1972 to
30-4-1977)
27-3-1972
Sh. S. Chakravarti
(25-1-71 to 17-2-77)
Sh. Kultar Chand Rana
28.3.1972 to 9.6.1977
Sh. Lekh Ram Thakur
30.3.1972 - to 21.4.1977
Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar
15.3.1972 - to 28.1.1977
Sh. Ram Lal Thakur
28.1.1977 - to 30.4.1977
Sh. Shanta Kumar(Jan Sangh)
27.3.1972-to
30.3.1977
Dr. Y.S. Parmar, Chief Minister
( 15-3-1972 to 28-1-1977)Sh. Ram lal Thakur
(14-2-1980 to 24-5-1982)
68 Seats
(22-6-1977 to
19-4-1982)
29-6-1977
Sh. A.A. Khan
(17-2-77 to 26-8-81)
Sh. A.N. Venerjee
(26-8-81 to 6-4-83)
Sh. Sarvan Kumar
30.6.1977 - to
18-4-1979
Sh. T.S. Negi
8-5-1979 to 21-6-1982
Sh. Ranjit Singh Verma
4-7-1977- to 9-5-1977
Sh. Shanta Kumar
20.6.1977 - to
14.2.1980
Sh. Ram Lal Thakur
14.2. 1980 - to 24.5.1982
Thakur Ram Lal
(INC) 29.6.1977-to
13.2.1980
Sh. Shanta Kumar,
Chief Minister ( 20-6-1977 to 14-2-1980)Sh. Ram lal Thakur,
Chief Minister
(14-2-80 to 24-5-1982)
68 Seats
(24-5-1982 to 23-1-1985)
21-6-1982
Sh. Hokese Sema
(16-4-83 to 7-3-86
Sh. T.S. Negi
22-6-1982 -to 14-9-1984
Sh. Vijay Kumar Joshi
29.6.1982 - 23.1.1985
Sh. Ram Lal Thakur
24.5.1982 - to 7.4.1983
Sh. Virbhadra Singh
8.4.1983 -to
8.3.1985
Sh. Ram Lal , Chief Minister also holding the Portfolio of Parliamentary Affairs . (5-6-82 to 7-4-83)
Sh. Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minster (14-4-83 to 7-8-83)
Sh. Guman Singh , Agriculture Minister (8-8-83 to 13-4-84)
Smt. Chandresh Kumari, MOS Tourism (14-4-84 to 11-1-85)
Sh. Guman Singh , Agriculture Minister (11-1-85 to 8-3-85)
68 Seats
8-3-1985 to 3-3-1990
11-3-1985
Sh. P.D. Desai , Hon'ble Chief Justice(7-3-86 to 16-4-86)
Sh. Vice Admiral R.K.S. Gandhi (Retd.) (16-4-86 to 15-2-90)
Smt. Vidya Stokes
11-3-1985 to 19-3-1990
Sh. Dev Raj Negi
7-3-1986 - 16.3.1989
Sh. Virbhadra Singh
8.3.1985 - 5.3.1990
Sh. Jagdev Chand (BJP)
11.3.1985 -
3.3.1990
Sh. Virbhadra Singh,
Chief Minster (8-3-85 to 11-3-85)Sh. Kaul Singh, MOS Health Minster (11-3-85 to 5-3-90)
68 Seats
3-3-1990 to
15- 12-199221-3-1990
Sh. B. Rachaia (15-2-90 to 19-12-90)
Sh. Virender Verma ( 19-12-90 to 29-1-93
Sh. Surender Nath
19-1-93 to 10-2-93
Sh. Radha Raman Shastri
21-3-1990 to 17-8-1990
Sh. T.S. Negi
20-8-1990 to - 14-12-1993
Sh. Ram Nath Sharma
29.3.1989 -to 3..3.1990
Sh. Rikhi Ram
Kaundal
17.8.1990 -to
15-12-1992
Sh. Shanta Kumar
5.3.1990 -
15.12.1992
Smt. Vidya Stokes (INC)
21.3.1990 -
15.12.1992
Sh. Vidya Sagar , MOS Health
(6-3-90 to 19-4-92)Sh. Vidya Sagar , MOS I&PH
(20-4-92 to 15-12-92)
68 Seats
3-12-1993 to 24-12-1997
15-12-1993
Sh. Bali Ram Bhagat (10-2-93 to 30-6-93)
Sh. Gulsher Ahmed (30-6-93 to 26-11-93)
Sh. Surinder Nath (26-11-93 to 9-7-94)
Sh. V. Rattanam (Hon. Chief Justice ) (10-7-94 to 30-7-94)
Sh. Sudhakar Rao Naik (30-7-94 to 17-9-95)
Sh. Mahavir Prasad
(18-9-95 to 16-11-95)
Smt. Sheela Kaul (17-11-95 to 22-4-96)
Sh. Mahavir Prasad (23-4-96 to 25-7-97)
Sh. Kaul Singh Thakur
15-12-1993-to 12.3.1998
Sh. Kuldip Kumar
17.12.93 - to
18.10.1995
Sh. Ishwar Dass
31.10.1995 -to
23-12-1997
Sh. Virbhadra Singh
3.12.93 - 4.3.1998
Sh. J.P. Nadda (BJP)
1.12.1993-
24.12.1997
Sh. Rangila Ram Rao , Industries Minister (13-12-93 to 8-3-98)
68 Seats
9-3-1998 to 29-1-2003
12-3-1998
Smt. V.S. Rama Devi (26-7-97 to 1-12-99)
Sh. Vishnu kant Shastri
(2-12-99 to 24-11-2000)
Dr. Suraj Bhan 24-11-2000 to 7-5-2003
Sh. Gulab Singh Thakur
30-3-1998 to 7.3.2003
Sh. Ram Dass Malanger
20.8.1999- to 28.1.2003
Sh. Virbhadra Singh
5.3.1998 - to 23.3.1998
Sh. P.K. Dhumal
24.3.1998 - to 5.3.2003
Sh. Prem Kumar Dhumal (BJP)
4.3.2003
Sh. J.P. Nadha, Health Minister (26-3-98 to 6-3-2003)
68 Seats
4-3-2003 to
10-3-2003
Justice V.S. Kokje(Retd.) 8-5-2003-to date
Sh. G.R. Mussafir
10-3-2003
Sh. Dharam Pal Thakur
27.3.2003
Sh. Virbhadra Singh
6.3.2003-
Sh. Kaul Singh , I&PH Minister (6-3-2003 to date.