List of speakers of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
 | It has been suggested that List of deputy speakers of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2025. |
| Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Member of | Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Members of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | During the life of the Chhattisgarh state assembly (five years maximum) |
| Inaugural holder | Rajendra Prasad Shukla |
| Deputy | vacant |
The speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. He is elected by the members of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. The speaker is always a member of the Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3]
List of speakers
[edit]| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[4] | Assembly | Party | |||
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| 1 | Rajendra Prasad Shukla | Kota | 14 December 2000 | 19 December 2003 | 3 years, 5 days | 1st | Indian National Congress | ||
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Prem Prakash Pandey | Bhilai Nagar | 22 December 2003 | 5 January 2009 | 5 years, 14 days | 2nd | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 3 | Dharamlal Kaushik | Bilha | 5 January 2009 | 6 January 2014 | 5 years, 1 day | 3rd | |||
| 4 | Gaurishankar Agrawal | Kasdol | 6 January 2014 | 3 January 2019 | 4 years, 362 days | 4th | |||
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Charan Das Mahant | Sakti | 4 January 2019 | 10 December 2023 | 4 years, 340 days | 5th | Indian National Congress | |
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Raman Singh | Rajnandgaon | 10 December 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 326 days | 6th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
List of Deputy Speakers
[edit]| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[5] | Assembly | Party | |||
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| 1 | Banwari Lal Agrawal | Katghora | 28 March 2001 | 9 March 2003 | 1 year, 346 days | 1st | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2 | Dharmjeet Singh Thakur | Lormi | 13 March 2003 | 5 December 2003 | 267 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| 3 | Badridhar Deewan | Sipat Assembly constituency | 12 July 2005 | 11 December 2008 | 3 years, 152 days | 2nd | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
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Narayan Chandel | Janjgir-Champa | 2 August 2010 | 11 December 2013 | 3 years, 131 days | 3rd | ||
| (3) | Badridhar Deewan | Beltara | 23 July 2015 | 12 December 2018 | 3 years, 142 days | 4th | |||
| 5 | Manoj Singh Mandavi | Bhanupratappur | 2 December 2019 | 16 October 2022 | 2 years, 318 days | 5th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 6 | Santram Netam[6] | Keshkal | 4 January 2023 | 10 December 2023 | 340 days | ||||
| 7 | Vacancy | 15 December 2023 | "Incumbent" | 1 year, 321 days | 6th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
Pro tem Speaker
[edit]List of Pro tem Speakers
[edit]- Mahendra Bhadur Singh Interim
- Rajendra Prasad Shukla 2003
- Potaram Kanwar 2008
- Satyanarayana Sarma 2013
- Rampukar Singh 2018
- Ramvichar Netam 2023
References
[edit]- ^ "Speaker". Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Gaurishankar Agrawal elected Speaker of Chhattisgarh Assembly". Zee News. 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Congress' Charan Das Mahant Chosen As Speaker Of Chhattisgarh Assembly". www.ndtv.com. 4 January 2019.
- ^ "speaker". www.cgvidhansabha.gov.in.
- ^ "Deputy Speaker". cgvidhansabha.gov.in.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh Politics: संतराम नेताम होंगे विधानसभा के नए उपाध्यक्ष, जानिए विधायक दल की बैठक में क्या हुआ". ABP Live (in Hindi). 4 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
