Press Release : Analysis of Performance of MLAs and 14th Legislative Assembly of Karnataka

[ADR India]

                                                                                             Press Release                                                                                  6^th April 2018

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Karnataka Election Watch (KEW) had filed RTIs to the Karnataka Assembly Secretariat asking for the information pertaining to the performance of the MLAs and the Legislative Assembly. This report has been generated from the responses received. For more information, please visit: https://adrindia.org/content/14th-state-assembly-karnataka-analysis-performance-mlas-and-legislative-assembly-karnataka

Analysis of Number of Sittings in Each Session of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

v  There were 15 sessions in the 14^th Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

v  On an average, Karnataka State Assembly sat for 44 days per year.

v  The 14^th Karnataka Legislative Assembly sat for 216 days from 2013 to 2017.

v  The longest sessions was the 8^th session, from 29^th June 2015 to 27 November 2015. It had 32 sittings.   

      

Figure: Number of Sittings per Session

Analysis of Attendance and Number of Questions asked by MLAs in Karnataka Legislative Assembly

 

v  On an average a MLA from Karnataka has attended 139 days of assembly sessions.

v  The details of top 3 MLAs with the highest attendance are given below :

 

S.No	MLA	Party	Number of Days attended	Percentage of  Attendance
1	DR. RAFEEQ AHMED S.	INC	211	95%
2	K.B.PRASANNA KUMAR	INC	211	95%
3	B.M.NAGARAJ	INC	211	95%

Table: Top 3 MLAs with Highest Attendance

 

v  208 MLAs analysed have asked 37110 questions.

v  On an average a MLA has asked 178 questions

v  The details of top 3 MLAs who have asked highest number questions are given below.

 

S.No.	MLA	Party	Total Number of Questions Asked
1	Gopalaiah K	JD(S)	885
2	Mallikarjun Siddramappa Khubha	JD(S)	795
3	Harris N.A	INC	750

Table: Top 3 MLAs who have asked the maximum number of questions

Analysis of Bills Tabled and Bills Passed in Karnataka Legislative Assembly 

 

v  During present assembly, 216 bills were introduced and 209 bills were passed.

 

                                                                 

                                                                                                                                       

Figure: Analysis of Bills Tabled and Bills Passed in Karnataka Legislative Assembly 

 

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