List of speakers of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ritu Khanduri Bhushan since 26 March 2022
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Uttarakhand
Term length	During the life of the Assembly (five years maximum) Renewable
Precursor	List of speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	Prakash Pant (2000–2002)
Formation	9 November 2000;25 years ago (2000-11-09)
Deputy	Vacant
Website	Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The Speaker is elected in the first meeting of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The Speaker must be a member of the assembly. 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 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.

Eligibility

The Speaker of the Assembly must:

1. be a citizen of India;
2. be at least 25 years of age; and
3. not hold any office of profit under the Government of Uttarakhand.

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 Uttarakhand. 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==

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term [1]			Assembly	Party
1		Purushottam Das Tandon		31 July 1937	10 August 1950	13 years, 10 days		Indian National Congress
2		Nafisul Hasan		21 December 1950	19 May 1952	1 year, 150 days
3		Atmaram Govind Kher	Garautha	20 May 1952	4 April 1957	9 years, 310 days	1st
				4 April 1957	26 March 1962		2nd
4		Madan Mohan Verma	Faizabad	26 March 1962	16 March 1967	4 years, 355 days	3rd
5		Jagdish Saran Agarwal	Bareilly City	17 March 1967	16 March 1969	1 year, 364 days	4th
(3)		Atmaram Govind Kher	Garautha	17 March 1969	18 March 1974	5 years, 1 day	5th
6		Vasudev Singh	Gadwara	18 March 1974	12 July 1977	3 years, 116 days	6th
7		Banarasi Das	Hapur	12 July 1977	26 February 1979	1 year, 229 days	7th	Janata Party
8		Sripati Mishra	Isauli	7 July 1980	18 July 1982	2 years, 11 days	8th	Indian National Congress
9		Dharam Singh (INC politician)		25 August 1982	15 March 1985	2 years, 202 days
10		Niyaz Hasan Khan	Kunda	15 March 1985	9 January 1990	4 years, 300 days	9th
11		Harikishan Srivastava	Chaubepur	9 January 1990	30 July 1991	1 year, 202 days	10th	Janata Dal
12		Keshari Nath Tripathi	Allahabad South	30 July 1991	15 December 1993	2 years, 138 days	11th	Bharatiya Janata Party
13		Dhaniram Verma	Bidhuna	15 December 1993	20 June 1995	1 year, 187 days	12th	Samajwadi Party
14		Barkhu Ram Verma	Sagri	18 July 1995	26 March 1997	1 year, 251 days		Bahujan Samaj Party
(12)		Keshari Nath Tripathi	Allahabad South	27 March 1997	14 May 2002	7 years, 53 days	13th	Bharatiya Janata Party
				14 May 2002	19 May 2004		14th
15		Mata Prasad Pandey	Itwa	26 July 2004	18 May 2007	2 years, 296 days		Samajwadi Party
16		Sukhdev Rajbhar	Lalganj	18 May 2007	13 April 2012	4 years, 331 days	15th	Bahujan Samaj Party
(15)		Mata Prasad Pandey	Itwa	13 April 2012	30 March 2017	4 years, 351 days	16th	Samajwadi Party
17		Hriday Narayan Dikshit	Bhagwantnagar	30 March 2017	29 March 2022	4 years, 364 days	17th	Bharatiya Janata Party
18		Satish Mahana	Maharajpur	29 March 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 235 days	18th

List of the Speakers of Uttarakhand

No.	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term [2]		Party		Assembly (Election)
1	Prakash Pant		MLC for Kumaon Local Authorities	12 March 2001	14 March 2002	Bharatiya Janata Party		Interim Assembly
2	Yashpal Arya		Mukteshwar	15 March 2002	11 March 2007	Indian National Congress		1st Assembly (2002)
3	Harbans Kapoor		Dehradun	12 March 2007	13 March 2012	Bharatiya Janata Party		2nd Assembly (2007)
4	Govind Singh Kunjwal		Jageshwar	26 March 2012	20 March 2017	Indian National Congress		3rd Assembly (2012)
5	Premchand Aggarwal		Rishikesh	23 March 2017	21 March 2022	Bharatiya Janata Party		4th Assembly (2017)
6	Ritu Khanduri Bhushan		Kotdwar	26 March 2022	Incumbent			5th Assembly (2022)

Deputy Speaker

The Deputy Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is the vice-presiding officer of the legislative assembly. Acts as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the Speaker.

List of the Deputy Speakers of Uttarakhand

No.	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term [3]		Party		Assembly (Election)
–	Vacant			9 November 2000	14 March 2002	N/A		Interim Assembly
				15 March 2002	11 March 2007			1st Assembly (2002)
				12 March 2007	20 December 2008			2nd Assembly (2007)
1	Vijaya Barthwal		Yamkeshwar	20 December 2008	27 June 2009	Bharatiya Janata Party
–	Vacant			27 June 2009	4 December 2012	N/A
2	Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri		Karnaprayag	4 December 2012 [4]	20 March 2017	Indian National Congress		3rd Assembly (2012)
3	Raghunath Singh Chauhan		Almora	28 March 2017	10 March 2022	Bharatiya Janata Party		4th Assembly (2017)
–	Vacant			Since 26 March 2022		N/A		5th Assembly (2022)

Pro tem Speaker

After a general election and the formation of a new government, a list of senior members of the legislative assembly prepared by the legislative section is submitted to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of Uttarakhand, who selects a Pro tem speaker who hold the office of speaker until a full-time speaker is elected. The appointment has to be approved by the Governor. ^[5]

The first meeting after the election when the speaker and the deputy speaker are elected by members of the legislative assembly, is held under the pro-tem speaker. In absence of the speaker, the deputy speaker acts as speaker and in the absence of both a committee of six members selected by the speaker will act as speaker according to their seniority.

List of the Pro tem Speakers of Uttarakhand

No.	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term [6]	Party		Assembly (Election)
1	Muhammad Muhiuddin		Laksar	2000	Bahujan Samaj Party		Interim Assembly
2	Harbans Kapoor		Dehradun	2002	Bharatiya Janata Party		1st Assembly (2002)
				2007			2nd Assembly (2007)
3	Shailendra Mohan Singhal		Jaspur	2012	Indian National Congress		3rd Assembly (2012)
(2)	Harbans Kapoor		Dehradun Cantonment	2017	Bharatiya Janata Party		4th Assembly (2017)
4	Banshidhar Bhagat		Kaladhungi	2022			5th Assembly (2022)

See also

• Government of Uttarakhand
• Governor of Uttarakhand
• Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
• Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Cabinet of Uttarakhand
• Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha
• List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons

References

1. "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly". uplegisassembly.gov.in.
2. . Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved on 30 July 2014.
3. . Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved on 30 July 2014.
4. "Maikhuri elected as deputy speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly". www.moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
5. Ashok, Akash Deep (4 June 2014). "Pro tem Speaker: All you need to know about this parliamentary post". India Today. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
6. . Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved on 30 July 2014.