Government and politics West Bengal
calcutta high court highest court in west bengal
writers building, secretariat of state government of west bengal, in kolkata
raj bhavan, residence of governor of state
west bengal governed through parliamentary system of representative democracy, feature state shares other indian states. universal suffrage granted residents. there 2 branches of government. legislature, west bengal legislative assembly, consists of elected members , special office bearers such speaker , deputy speaker, elected members. assembly meetings presided on speaker or deputy speaker in speaker s absence. judiciary composed of calcutta high court , system of lower courts. executive authority vested in council of ministers headed chief minister although titular head of government governor. governor head of state appointed president of india. leader of party or coalition majority in legislative assembly appointed chief minister governor, , council of ministers appointed governor on advice of chief minister. council of ministers reports legislative assembly. assembly unicameral 295 members of legislative assembly, or mlas, including 1 nominated anglo-indian community. terms of office run 5 years, unless assembly dissolved prior completion of term. auxiliary authorities known panchayats, local body elections regularly held, govern local affairs. state contributes 42 seats lok sabha , 16 seats rajya sabha of indian parliament.
the main players in politics of state india trinamool congress, indian national congress, , left front alliance (led communist party of india (marxist) or cpi(m)). following west bengal state assembly election in 2011, india trinamool congress , indian national congress coalition under mamata banerjee of india trinamool congress elected power (getting 225 seats in legislature). prior this, west bengal ruled left front 34 years (1977–2011), making world s longest-running democratically elected communist government. banerjee re-elected chief minister in 2016 election in trinamool congress won absolute majority.
the state has 1 autonomous region, gorkhaland territorial administration.
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