Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

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Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad
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Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
Leadership
Anandiben Patel
since 29 July 2019
Kunwar Manvendra Singh, BJP
since 22 May 2022
Deputy Chairman
Vacant, BJP
Leader of the House
Lal Bihari Yadav, SP
since 22 July 2024
Deputy Leader of Opposition
Mohammad Jasmir Ansari, SP
since 22 July 2024
Dr Rajesh Singh, IAS
Structure
Seats100 (90 elected + 10 nominated)
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Political groups
Government (83)
  NDA (83)

Official Opposition (10)

  INDIA (10)
  •   SP (10)

Other opposition (6)

  JD(L) (1)
  IND (5)

Vacant (1)

  Vacant (1)
Elections
Last election
2024
Next election
2026
Meeting place
Vidhan Sabha (at day).jpg
Vidhan Parishad Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001
Website
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council). The Vidhan Parishad is a permanent house, consisting of 100 members.

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History

The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad came into existence by the Government of India Act of 1935. The Legislative Council consisted of 60 members. The term of a member of the Council was six years with one-third of its members retiring after every two years. The Houses enjoyed the right of electing their Presiding Officers known as the President. The first meeting of the Legislative Council was held on 29 July 1937. Sir Sitaram and Begum Aijaz Rasul were elected the President and the Vice-President of the Legislative Council respectively. Sir Sitaram was in office until 9 March 1949. Chandra Bhal became the next Chairman on 10 March 1949.

After the independence and adoption of the constitution on 26 January 1950 Chandra Bhal was re-elected the Chairman of the Legislative Council and served until 5 May 1958. Sri Nizamuddin was elected the Deputy Chairman of the Council on 27 May 1952. He served until 1964.

Nominations and election

When, under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1935, the Legislative Council came into existence in the United Provinces, it comprised 60 members. On 26 January 1950, the total membership of the Vidhan Parishad (legislative council) of Uttar Pradesh state was increased from 60 to 72. With the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act 1956, the strength of the Council was enhanced to 108. After the reorganization of Uttar Pradesh state in November 2000 and the creation of Uttarakhand state, this strength has now reduced to 100.

Composition of Legislative Council

The present composition of the Vidhan Parishad is as follows: Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) has 100 members (MLC). [1]

Party composition

AlliancePartyNo. of MLCsLeader of the party in Council
N.D.A
Seats: 83
BJP 79 Keshav Prasad Maurya
AD(S) 1 Ashish Singh Patel
NISHAD 1 Sanjay Nishad
RLD 1 Yogesh Choudhary
SBSP 1 Vichhelal Rajbhar
I.N.D.I.A
Seats: 10
SP 10 Lal Bihari Yadav
Others
Seats: 6
JSD(L) 1 Akshay Pratap Singh
IND 5
Vacant1
Total number of MLCs100

Term

Members are now elected or nominated for six years and one-third of them retire on the expiration of every second year, so a member continues as such for six years. The vacant seats are filled up by fresh elections and nominations (by Governor) at the beginning of every third year. The retiring members are also eligible for re-election and re-nomination any number of times. The Presiding Officers of Vidhan Parishad are Chairman and Deputy Chairman. Kunwar Manvendra Singh is the current Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Councils.

Constituencies and members (100)

See List of members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

The following are the constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad: [2]

Elected by Legislative Assembly (38)

Keys:   BJP (28)   SP (7)   AD(S) (1)   RLD (1)   SBSP (1)

#MemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1 Vijay Bahadur Pathak BJP 06-May-202405-May-2030
2 Mahendra Kumar Singh BJP 06-May-202405-May-2030
3 Ashok Katariya BJP 06-May-202405-May-2030
4 Santosh Singh BJP 06-May-202405-May-2030
5 Dharmendra Singh BJP 06-May-202405-May-2030
6 Ram Tirath Singhal BJP 06-May-202405-May-2030
7 Mohit Beniwal BJP 06-May-202405-May-2030
8 Keshav Prasad Maurya BJP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
9 Bhupendra Chaudhary BJP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
10 Daya Shankar Mishra BJP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
11 Jayendra Pratap Singh Rathore BJP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
12 Jaswant Singh Saini BJP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
13 Danish Azad Ansari BJP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
14 Narendra Kashyap BJP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
15 Manvendra Singh Chauhan BJP 29-May-202305-Jul-2028
16 Mukesh Sharma BJP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
17 Bahoran Lal Maurya BJP 06-Jul-202405-Jul-2028
18 Swatantra Dev Singh BJP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
19 A. K. Sharma BJP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
20 Kunwar Manvendra Singh BJP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
21 Govind Narayan Shukla BJP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
22 Salil Vishnoi BJP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
23 Ashwani Tyagi BJP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
24 Dharmveer Prajapati BJP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
25Surendra Choudhary BJP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
26 Dharmendra Senthwar BJP 11-Aug-202230-Jan-2027
27 Padmasen Chaudhary BJP 29-May-202330-Jan-2027
28 Dara Singh Chauhan BJP 23-Jan-202430-Jan-2027
29 Balram Yadav SP 06-May-202405-May-2030
30 Shah Alam SP 06-May-202405-May-2030
31Kiranpal Kashyap SP 06-May-202405-May-2030
32Mukul Yadav SP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
33 Mohammad Jasmir Ansari SP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
34 Shahnawaz Khan SP 06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
35 Rajendra Chaudhary SP 31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
36 Ashish Patel ADS 06-May-202405-May-2030
37 Yogesh Choudhary RLD 06-May-202405-May-2030
38 Vichhelal Rajbhar SBSP 06-May-202405-May-2030

Elected by local authority constituencies (36)

Keys:   BJP (33)   Independent (2)   JSD(L) (1)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1 Raebareli Dinesh Pratap Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
2 Jaunpur Brijesh Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
3 Muzaffarnagar- Saharanpur Vandana Verma BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
4 MoradabadBijnor Satyapal Saini BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
5 RampurBareilly Kunwar Maharaj Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
6 PilibhitShahjahanpur Sudhir Gupta BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
7 Hardoi Ashok Agrawal BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
8 Lakhimpur–Kheri Anoop Kumar Gupta BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
9 Sitapur Pawan Singh Chauhan BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
10 LucknowUnnao Ram Chandra Pradhan BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
11 Pratapgarh Akshay Pratap Singh JSD(L) 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
12 Sultanpur Shailendra Pratap Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
13 Barabanki Angad Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
14 Bahraich Pragya Tripathi BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
15 Gonda Awadhesh Kumar Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
16 Faizabad Hariom Pandey BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
17 BastiSiddharth Nagar Subhash Yaduvansh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
18 GorakhpurMaharajganj C. P. Chand BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
19 Deoria Ratanpal Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
20 AzamgarhMau Vikrant Singh "Rishu" IND 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
21 Ballia Ravishanker Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
22 MirzapurSonbhadra Shyam Narayan Singh Alias Vineet Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
23 Allahabad K. P. Srivastav BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
24 BandaHamirpur Jitendra Singh Sengar BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
25 JhansiJalaunLalitpur Rama Niranjan BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
26 KanpurFatehpur Avinash Singh Chauhan BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
27 EtawahFarrukhabad Pranshu Dutt Dwivedi BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
28 AgraFirozabad Vijay Shivhare BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
29 MathuraEtahMainpuri Ashish Kumar Yadav BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
30 Om Prakash Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
31 Aligarh-Hathras Chaudhary Rishipal Singh BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
32 Bulandshahar-Noida Narendra Bhati BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
33 MeerutGhaziabad Dharmendra Bhardwaj BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
34 Ghazipur Vishal Singh Chanchal BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
35 Varanasi Annapurna Singh IND 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
36 Badaun Vagish Pathak BJP 12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028

Elected from Graduate Constituencies (8)

Keys:   BJP (6)   SP (2)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1 BareillyMoradabad Jai Pal Singh BJP 13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
2 GorakhpurFaizabad Devendra Pratap Singh BJP 13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
3 Kanpur Arun Pathak BJP 13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
4 Agra Manvendra Pratap Singh BJP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
5 Meerut Dinesh Kumar Goel BJP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
6 Lucknow Awanish Kumar Singh BJP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
7 Varanasi Ashutosh Sinha SP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
8 Allahabad–Jhansi Man Singh Yadav SP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026

Elected from Teacher Constituencies (8)

Keys:   BJP (4)   Independent (3)   SP (1)

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1 Kanpur Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel IND 13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
2 AllahabadJhansi Babu Lal Tiwari BJP 13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
3 BareillyMoradabad Hari Singh Dhillon BJP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
4 Lucknow Umesh Dwivedi BJP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
5 Varanasi Lal Bihari Yadav SP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
6 Meerut Shri Chand Sharma BJP 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
7 Agra Akash Agarwal IND 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
8 GorakhpurFaizabad Dhruv Kumar Tripathi IND 01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026

Nominated by Governor (10)

Keys:   BJP (8)   NP (1)  Vacant (1)

#MemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1 Rajnikant Maheshwari BJP 03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
2 Saket Misra BJP 03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
3Ram Subhag Rajbhar BJP 03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
4Hans Raj Vishwakarma BJP 03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
5 Tariq Mansoor BJP 03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
6Lal ji Prasad BJP 03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
7Gopal Anjan Bhurji BJP 01-Oct 202130-Sep-2027
8 Choudhary Virender Singh BJP 01-Oct 202130-Sep-2027
9 Sanjay Nishad NP 01-Oct 202130-Sep-2027
10Vacant since 08-Jun-202430-Sep-2027

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