Press Release: 15th Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan: Analysis of Performance of MLAs (2018 - 2023)

[ADR India]

Press Release

Date: October 28, 2023

Dear Friends,

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Rajasthan Election Watch (REW) had filed RTI applications to the Rajasthan Assembly Secretariat asking for information pertaining to the performance of the MLAs and the Legislative Assembly. This report is based on information available on the website of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and from the RTI responses received from the Rajasthan Assembly Secretariat.

There are 200 seats in Rajasthan Assembly, however, this report also includes an analysis for the MLAs who have resigned or got elected through bye-elections.

For the complete reports in English and Hindi, please see: https://adrindia.org/content/analysis-performance-mlas-2018-2023-15th-legislative-assembly-rajasthan

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

• On an average, Rajasthan State Assembly sat for 29 days per year.

• The longest sessions were the 7^th session (9th February, 2022 to 23rd September 2022) and 8th session (23^rd January, 2023 to 2^nd August, 2023). Both had 30 sittings.

Figure: No. of sittings planned vs No. of sittings held in Rajasthan Assembly during the period 2019-2023

Analysis of Attendance of MLAs in Rajasthan Assembly

• The details of MLAs with the highest attendance are given below:

S.No.	Name of the Member	District	Constituency	Party	Total Sittings Held	Number of days Attended	Percentage of Attendance
1	Joginder Singh Awana	Bharatpur	Nadbai	INC	147	145	99%
2	Gajraj Khatana	Dausa	Bandikui	INC	147	145	99%
3	Manjeet Dharampal Choudhary	Alwar	Mundawar	BJP	147	144	98%
4	Dharmendra Kumar	Hanumangargh	Pilibanga (SC)	BJP	147	143	97%

Table: Analysis of attendance of MLAs

Figure: Party Wise Average Attendance

* Including MLAs resigned/elected through bye–elections

Analysis of Number of Questions asked by MLAs in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

• 176 MLAs asked a total of 42454 questions.
• The details of the top 5 MLAs who have asked the highest number of questions are given below.

S.No.	Name	District	Constituency	Party	Total Number of Questions Asked
1	Santosh	Ganganagar	Anupgarh (SC)	BJP	550
2	Phool Singh Meena	Udaipur	Udaipur Rural (ST)	BJP	542
3	Amrit Lal Meena	Udaipur	Salumber (ST)	BJP	535
4	Biharilal	Bikaner	Nokha	BJP	534
5	Dharamnarayan Joshi	Udaipur	Mavli	BJP	532

Table: Top 5 MLAs who have asked maximum number of questions

Figure: Party Wise Average Number of Questions Asked

* Including MLAs resigned/elected through Bye –Elections

• Highest number of Questions were related to Medicine and Health, Education and Energy.

Figure: Top 10 - Category Wise Questions Asked

Analysis of Bills Tabled and Bills Passed in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

• A total of 134 Bills were tabled in the 15^th Rajasthan Assembly.

• Out of these 134 Bills, 126(94%) Bills were passed.

• 2 Bills were withdrawn and there was no discussion on 6 Bills.

Figure: Percentage of Bills Passed in 15th Rajasthan Assembly

Contact Details

Rajasthan Election Watch

Mr. Nikhil Dey State Co-ordinator +91-94140-04180 nikh...@gmail.com

Mr. Kamal Tak State Co-ordinator +91-94134-57292 rajele...@gmail.com, kama...@gmail.com

 

Association for Democratic Reforms/ National Election Watch 

Media and Journalist Helpline   +91 80103 94248 Email: a...@adrindia.org

Maj. Gen. Anil Verma (Retd) Head Association for Democratic Reforms, National Election Watch 011 4165 4200, +91-87997-18472 a...@adrIndia.org, anil...@adrindia.org

Prof Jagdeep Chhokar IIM Ahmedabad (Retd.) Founder Member, Association for Democratic Reforms, National Election Watch jchh...@gmail.com

Prof Trilochan Sastry IIM Bangalore Founder Member, Association for Democratic Reforms, National Election Watch +91 94483 53285 tsa...@gmail.com

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