Editing Himachal Pradesh (section)

== Government ==
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The [[Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh]] has no pre-constitution history. The State itself is a post-independence creation. It came into being as a centrally administered territory on 15 April 1948 from the integration of thirty erstwhile princely states.<ref name="gov1">{{cite web |url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States/Himachal/himachal_w.htm |title=Himachal Pradesh (gov) Introduction |access-date=3 May 2007 |work=National informatics center |publisher=Computer Centre, Lok Sabha Secretariat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927154150/http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States/Himachal/himachal_w.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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 consists of elected members and special office bearers such as the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker who are elected by the members. Assembly meetings are presided over by the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker in the Speaker's absence. The [[judiciary]] is composed of the [[Himachal Pradesh High Court]] and a system of lower courts.

[[executive (government)|Executive authority]] is vested in the Council of Ministers headed by the [[Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh|Chief Minister]], although the titular head of government is the [[Governors of Himachal Pradesh|Governor]]. The governor is the [[head of state]] appointed by the [[President of India]]. The leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Legislative Assembly is appointed as the Chief Minister by the governor, and the Council of Ministers are appointed by the governor on the advice of the Chief Minister. The Council of Ministers reports to the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly is [[unicameral]] with 68 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA).<ref name="295mla">{{cite web |url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/ |title=Legislative Assembly | access-date = 28 October 2006 |work=Legislative Bodies in India |publisher=National Informatics Centre | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061018181407/http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/ | archive-date = 18 October 2006 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Terms of office run for five years, unless the Assembly is dissolved prior to the completion of the term. Auxiliary authorities known as ''[[Panchayati raj in India|panchayat]]s'', for which local body elections are regularly held, govern local affairs.

In the assembly elections held in November 2022, the [[Indian National Congress]] secured an absolute majority, winning 40 of the 68 seats while the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won only 25 of the 68 seats. [[Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu]] was sworn in as Himachal Pradesh's 15th Chief Minister in Shimla on 11 December 2022. [[Mukesh Agnihotri]] was sworn in as his deputy the same day.
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