Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
---|---|
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 |
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.
No | 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 | 18 March 1962 | 15 March 1967 | 4 years, 362 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 | 16 February 2024 | Incumbent | 55 days | Bharatiya Janata Party |
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England.
The National Assembly of Pakistan is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate. As of 2023, the National Assembly has a maximum membership of 336, of which 266 are directly elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, while 70 are elected on reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. Members hold their seats for five years or until the house is dissolved by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. The house convenes at the Parliament House, Red Zone, Islamabad.
The Keralam Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Keralam, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 constituencies within the borders of Keralam and is referred to as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The present Keralam Legislative Assembly consists of 140 elected members. The election for the Kerala Legislative Assembly is conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The Speaker of the National Assembly ; informally as Speaker National Assembly, is the presiding official of the National Assembly of Pakistan– a lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan.
The Llywydd, or Presiding Officer in English, is the speaker of the Senedd in Wales, elected by members of the Senedd to chair their meetings ; to maintain order; and to protect the rights of Members.
The Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria. The presiding officer of the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, the Victorian Legislative Council, is the President of the Victorian Legislative Council.
The Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands is the unicameral legislature of the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The Legislative Assembly replaced the Legislative Council when the new Constitution of the Falklands came into force in 2009 and laid out the composition, powers and procedures of the islands' legislature.
The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada, the upper house being the Nevada Senate. The body consists of 42 members, elected to two-year terms from single-member districts. Each district contained approximately 64,299 people as of the 2010 United States Census. Term limits, limiting assembly members to six 2-year terms, took effect in 2010. Twelve members of the Nevada Assembly were termed out with the 2010 election serving their last legislative session in 2011.
The speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland is elected by the members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly to preside over sittings of the Assembly and to maintain orderly proceedings. The Speaker must be a member of the Legislative Assembly. The position is currently held by Curtis Pitt, a former Treasurer of Queensland who was elected to the post on 13 February 2018.
The Government of Bihar or Bihar Government is the state government of the Indian state of Bihar and its nine divisions which consist of 38 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a judiciary and legislative branches.
The Bihar Legislative Assembly also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India. The first state elections were held in 1952.
The speaker of the Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands. The speaker also administers the oaths of office and allegiance.
Sachchidananda Sinha was an Indian lawyer, parliamentarian, and journalist. He was the first President of the Indian Constitutional Assembly which drafted the Constitution of India.