List of chairpersons of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

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Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
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since 30 Jan 2021
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Style Honorable Chairman
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Reports to Governor
Residence Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Seat Vidhan Bhavan
AppointerThe Governor
Inaugural holderDr. Sir Sitaram

The Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council presides over the proceedings of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. In his/her absence the Deputy Chairman presides. The Chairman is elected internally by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. [1]

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Eligibility

Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council must:

  1. Be a citizen of India.;
  2. Be at least 25 years of age; and
  3. Should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

List of The Chairman

The Council is headed by a chairperson, elected by members in a simple majority vote. The following is the list of Chairpersons of the Council.

Sr NoChairpersonTenurePartyReference
1Dr. Sir Sitaram19 August 192512 March 1937 Indian National Congress [2]
2Dr. Sir Sitaram12 July 19379 March 1949 Indian National Congress [3]
3Chandra Bhal10 March 194925 January 1950 Indian National Congress [4]
4Chandra Bhal26 January 19505 May 1958 Indian National Congress [4]
5 Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar 20 July 19585 May 1964 Indian National Congress [2]
6Darbari Lal Sharma5 August 19645 May 1968 Indian National Congress [2]
7 Virendra Swarup 15 March 19695 May 1974 Independent [5]
8 Virendra Swarup 11 June 197426 February 1980 Independent [6]
9Virendra Bahadur SIngh Chandel6 October 19805 May 1982 Indian National Congress [7]
10Virendra Bahadur SIngh Chandel3 March 19835 May 1988 Indian National Congress [7]
11Jagdish Chandra Dikshit6 April 19897 March 1990 Indian National Congress [8]
12Shiv Prasad Gupta5 July 19905 July 1992 Bharatiya Janata Party [9]
13 Nityanand Swami 25 April 19978 November 2000 Indian National Congress [10]
14 Sukhram Singh Yadav 3 August 200415 January 2010 Samajwadi Party [11]
15Ganesh Shankar Pandey21 January 201015 January 2016 Bahujan Samaj Party [12]
16Ramesh Yadav11 March 201630 January 2021 Samajwadi Party [13]
17 Kunwar Manvendra Singh 30 January 2021present Bharatiya Janata Party [14]

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