List of speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Seal of Uttar Pradesh
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Incumbent
Satish Mahana
since 29 March 2022
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Style The Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Reports to Government of Uttar Pradesh
Residence Lucknow
Seat Vidhan Bhavan
AppointerMembers of the Legislative Assembly
Term length During the life of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holder Purushottam Das Tandon
Deputyvacant

The Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly [1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Uttar Pradesh 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 of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.

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Eligibility

The Speaker of the Assembly:

  1. Must be a citizen of India;
  2. Must not be less than 25 years of age; and
  3. Should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Powers and Functions of the Speaker

The speaker of the legislative assembly conducts the business in house, and decides whether a bill is a money bill or not. They maintain discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for their unruly behaviour by suspending them. They also permit the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions such as a motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules. The speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting. The date of election of the speaker is fixed by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Further, all comments and speeches made by members of the House are addressed to the speaker. The speaker is answerable to the house. Both the speaker and deputy speaker may be removed by a resolution passed by the majority of the members.

List of the Speakers of Uttar Pradesh

NoPortraitName Constituency Term [2] AssemblyParty
1 Purushottam Das Tandon 1982 stamp of India.jpg Purushottam Das Tandon 31 July 193710 August 195013 years, 10 days Indian National Congress
2 Nafisul Hasan 21 December 195019 May 19521 year, 150 days
3 Atmaram Govind Kher Garautha 20 May 19524 April 19579 years, 310 days 1st
4 April 195726 March 1962 2nd
4Madan Mohan VermaFaizabad26 March 196216 March 19674 years, 355 days 3rd
5Jagdish Saran AgarwalBareilly City17 March 196716 March 19691 year, 364 days 4th
(3) Atmaram Govind Kher Garautha 17 March 196918 March 19745 years, 1 day 5th
6Vasudev SinghGadwara18 March 197412 July 19773 years, 116 days 6th
7 Banarasi Das 2013 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Banarasi Das Hapur 12 July 197726 February 19791 year, 229 days 7th Janata Party
8 Sripati Mishra Isauli 7 July 198018 July 19822 years, 11 days 8th Indian National Congress
9Dharam Singh25 August 198215 March 19852 years, 202 days
10 Niyaz Hasan Khan Kunda 15 March 19859 January 19904 years, 300 days 9th
11Harikishan Srivastava Chaubepur 9 January 199030 July 19911 year, 202 days 10th Janata Dal
12 Keshari Nath Tripathi - Kolkata 2016-07-01 5591.JPG Keshari Nath Tripathi Allahabad South 30 July 199115 December 19932 years, 138 days 11th Bharatiya Janata Party
13 Dhaniram Verma Bidhuna 15 December 199320 June 19951 year, 187 days 12th Samajwadi Party
14Barkhu Ram Verma Sagri 18 July 199526 March 19971 year, 251 days Bahujan Samaj Party
(12) Keshari Nath Tripathi - Kolkata 2016-07-01 5591.JPG Keshari Nath Tripathi Allahabad South 27 March 199714 May 20027 years, 53 days 13th Bharatiya Janata Party
14 May 200219 May 2004 14th
15 Mata Prasad Pandey Itwa 26 July 200418 May 20072 years, 296 days Samajwadi Party
16 Sukhdev Rajbhar Lalganj 18 May 200713 April 20124 years, 331 days 15th Bahujan Samaj Party
(15) Mata Prasad Pandey Itwa 13 April 201230 March 20174 years, 351 days 16th Samajwadi Party
17 Hriday Narayan Dikshit Bhagwantnagar 30 March 201729 March 20224 years, 364 days 17th Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Satish Mahana Maharajpur 29 March 2022Incumbent3 years, 99 days 18th

Pro tem Speaker


List of Pro tem Speakers

Ramapati Shastri 2022

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly".
  2. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly". uplegisassembly.gov.in.
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