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

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Date: October 25, 2023

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Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Madhya Pradesh Election Watch (MPEW) had filed RTI applications to the Madhya Pradesh 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 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly and from the RTI responses received from the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Secretariat.

There are 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, however, this report also includes the analysis of 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-madhya-pradesh

Analysis of the Number of Sittings in Each Session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

On average, Madhya Pradesh State Assembly sat for 16 days per year.

The longest sessions were the 3rd session (8th July to 26th July 2019) and 8th session (22nd February to 26th March 2021). Both had 13 sittings.

Figure: No. of sittings held in Madhya Pradesh Assembly during the period 2018-2023

The highest number of hours contributed for assembly sittings were 116.83 hours in 2019 where assembly had 26 sittings.
The lowest number of hours contributed for assembly sittings were 1.53 hours in 2020 where assembly had 4 sittings.

Figure: Year Wise Total Time Contributed for Assembly Sessions (in Hours)

Analysis of Attendance of MLAs in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The details of MLAs with highest attendance are given below:

S.No.	Name Of the Member	Constituency	Party	Total Sitting Held	Attendance	Percentage of Attendance
1	Kunwarji Kothar	Sarangpur (SC)	BJP	79	77	97%
2	Khatik Harishankar	Jatara (SC)	BJP	79	77	97%
3	Dilip Singh Parihar	Neemuch	BJP	79	77	97%
4	Shyam Lal Dwivedi	Teonthar	BJP	79	77	97%
5	Sudesh Rai	Sehore	BJP	79	77	97%

Table: MLAs with highest attendance

*15th Session (11th July 2023 to 12th July 2023) 2 Days Attendance data not available on the website at the time of making this report.

Figure: Party Wise Average Attendance

* Including MLAs resigned / elected through Bye –Elections

Analysis of Number of Questions asked by MLAs in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

235 MLAs have asked questions. These MLAs asked a total of 29484 questions.

The details of top 5 MLAs who have asked the highest number of questions are given below.

S.No.	Name Of the Member	Constituency	Party	Total Number of Questions Asked
1	Rampal Singh	Silwani	BJP	390
2	Yashpal Singh	Mandsour	BJP	387
3	Dr. Hiralal Alawa	Manawar (ST)	INC	383
4	Umakant Sharma	Sironj	BJP	381
5	Rajendra Pandey	Jaora	BJP	377

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 Urban Development And Housing, Panchayat And Rural Development, Revenue, School Education and Public Works.