List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly

For upper house, see Chairperson of the Bihar Legislative Council.

Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Seal of Bihar
Incumbent Dr. Prem Kumar since 01 December 2025
Bihar Legislative Assembly
Style	The Hon’ble (formal) Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member of	Bihar Legislative Assembly
Residence	Patna
Appointer	Members of the Legislative Assembly
Term length	During the life of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holder	Ram Dayalu Singh
Deputy	Narendra Narayan Yadav

The Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly ^[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Bihar. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Bihar Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. Speakers hold office until ceasing to be a member of the assembly or resigning from the office. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting is presided by the Deputy Speaker.

List

#	Portrait	Name	Term [1]			Assembly	Party
1		Ram Dayalu Singh	23 July 1937	11 November 1944	7 years, 111 days	1st	Indian National Congress
After Independence
1		Bindeshwari Prasad Verma	25 April 1946	14 March 1962	15 years, 323 days		Indian National Congress
						1st
						2nd
2		Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu	15 March 1962	15 March 1967	5 years, 0 days	3rd
3		Dhanik Lal Mandal	16 March 1967	10 March 1969	1 year, 359 days	4th	Samyukta Socialist Party
4		Ram Narayan Mandal	11 March 1969	20 March 1972	3 years, 9 days	5th	Indian National Congress
5		Harinath Mishra	21 March 1972	26 June 1977	5 years, 97 days	6th
6		Tripurari Prasad Singh	28 June 1977	22 June 1980	2 years, 360 days	7th	Janata Party
7		Radhanandan Jha	24 June 1980	1 April 1985	4 years, 281 days	8th	Indian National Congress (I)
8		Shivchandra Jha	4 April 1985	23 January 1989	3 years, 294 days	9th	Indian National Congress
9		Md Hidayatullah Khan	27 March 1989	19 March 1990	357 days
10		Ghulam Sarwar	20 March 1990	9 April 1995	5 years, 20 days	10th	Janata Dal
11		Deo Narayan Yadav	12 April 1995	6 March 2000	4 years, 329 days	11th
							Rashtriya Janata Dal
12		Sadanand Singh	9 March 2000	28 June 2005	5 years, 111 days	12th	Indian National Congress
13		Uday Narayan Choudhary	30 November 2005	29 November 2010	9 years, 360 days	14th	Janata Dal (United)
			2 December 2010	28 November 2015		15th
14		Vijay Kumar Chaudhary	2 December 2015	15 November 2020	4 years, 349 days	16th
15		Vijay Kumar Sinha	25 November 2020	24 August 2022	1 year, 272 days	17th	Bharatiya Janata Party
16		Awadh Bihari Choudhary	26 August 2022	12 February 2024	1 year, 170 days		Rashtriya Janata Dal
17		Nand Kishore Yadav	15 February 2024	30 November 2025	1 year, 288 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
18		Dr. Prem Kumar [2] [3] [4]	2 December 2025	Incumbent	9 days	18th	Bharatiya Janata Party

Pro tem Speaker

Narendra Narayan Yadav was appointed as the Pro tem on 24 November 2025 after the conclusion of 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election to facilitate the oath taking of new MLAs and the election of the new Assembly Speaker. ^[5]

List of Pro tem Speakers

• Sadanand Singh 2015
• Jitan Ram Manjhi 2020
• Narendra Narayan Yadav 2025

References

1. "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
2. "BJP's Prem Kumar unanimously elected Bihar House speaker". Hindustan Times. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
3. "Bihar Politics: Prem Kumar Elected Bihar Assembly Speaker". Deccan Herald. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
4. "From teen in RSS shakha to Speaker's Chair: Bihar BJP leader Prem Kumar's long journey". The New Indian Express. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
5. "JD(U) leader Narendra Yadav appointed Pro-tem speaker of Bihar Assembly". thehindu.com. 24 November 2025.