| Designation
|
Name
|
| Chief Minister
|
Virbhadra Singh
|
| MPP & Power Minister
|
Vidya Stokes
|
| I&PH Minister
|
Kaul Singh Thakur
|
| Revenue Minister
|
Sat Mahajan
|
| Excise & Texation Minister
|
Rangila Ram Rao
|
| Forest Minister
|
Ram Lal Thakur
|
| Agriculture Minister
|
Raj Krishan Gaur
|
| Industry Minister
|
Kuldeep Kumar
|
| Horticulture Minister
|
Singhi Ram
|
| Animal Husbandary Minister
|
Harsh Mahajan
|
| Transport Minister
|
G.S. Bali
|
|
| Administrative structure (2002)
|
Numbers
|
| Districts
|
12
|
| Tehsils
|
75
|
| Sub Divisions
|
52
|
| Blocks
|
75
|
| Villages
|
20118
|
| Towns
|
57
|
| Parliament Constituencies
|
Numbers
|
| Lok Sabha
|
4
|
| Rajya Sabha
|
3
|
| Assembly Constituencies
|
68
|
|
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly has no pre-Constitution history. The State itself is a post-Independence creation. It first came into being as a centrally administered territory on 15 April 1948 by the integration of 30 erstwhile princely states.
Himachal Pradesh is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy, a feature the state shares with other Indian states. Universal suffrage is granted to residents.
The Legislature of Himachal Pradesh is unicameral and at present, the Assembly has a strength of 68. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless it is sooner dissolved. There are 14 House Committees in the Assembly.
In 2003 the state legislative assembly was won by the Indian National Congress. The main opposition is the Bharatiya Janata Party. Governments have seen alternates between BJP & Congress all the times. No third front ever has become significant.
