List of deputy speakers of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

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The Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is subordinate to the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. They are responsible for the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal and the second highest ranking legislative officer of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. They act as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The deputy speaker is chosen from sitting members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. [1] The deputy speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. [2] [3]

List of Deputy Speakers

1. Ashraf Ali Khan Chowdhury (1937–1941)

2. Syed Jalaluddin Hashemy (18 February 1942 to 17 November 1945)

3. Tafazzal Ali (14 May 1946 to 15 August 1947)

4. Asutosh Mallick (21 November 1947 to 19 June 1952)

Deputy Presidents :

1. Hamidul Huq Chowdhury (1937–1939)

2. Khan Bahadur Abdul Hamid Chowdhury (1940–1947)

Deputy Speakers :

No.Deputy SpeakerTerm StartTerm End
1. Ashutosh Mallick 20 June 19524 May 1966
2. Narendra Nath Sen 29 August 196628 February 1967
3. Haridas Mitra 8 March 196720 February 1968
4 Apurba Lal Majumdar 6 March 196930 July 1970
5 Pijush Kanti Mukherjee 3 May 197125 June 1971
6 Haridas Mitra 24 March 197230 April 1977
7 Kalimuddin Shams 27 June 197730 March 1987
8 Anil Mukherjee 6 May 198717 February 2002
9 Kripa Sindhu Saha 7 March 200212 May 2006
10 Shri Bhakti Pada Ghosh 16 June 200613 May 2011
11 Sonali Guha 17 June 201123 June 2016
12 Haider Aziz Safwi 23 June 201612 December 2018
13 Sukumar Hansda 12 December 201829 October 2020
14 Asish Banerjee 2 July 2021Incumbent

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