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Bihar Legislative Council

Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Bihar in India

Field	Value
name	Bihar Legislative Council
native_name	Bihar Vidhan Parishad
coa_pic	Seal of Bihar.svg
house_type	Upper house
body	Bihar Legislature
term_limits	6 years
leader1_type	Governor
leader1	Arif Mohammad Khan
election1	2 January 2025
leader2_type	Chairman
leader2	Awadhesh Narain Singh
party2	BJP
election2	20 June 2024
leader3_type	Deputy Chairperson
leader3	Prof. Ram Bachan Rai
party3	JD(U)
election3	24 July 2024
leader4_type	Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
leader4	Nitish Kumar
party4	JD(U)
election4	27 July 2017
leader5_type	Deputy Leader of House
election5	10 August 2022
leader6_type	Leader of the Opposition
leader6	Rabri Devi
election6	16 February 2024
party6	RJD
members	75 (63 Elected + 12 Nominated)
structure1
structure1_res	300px
political_groups1	Government (42)
voting_system1	Single transferable vote
session_room	Vidhan-sabha-bihar.jpg
session_res	250px
meeting_place	Bihar Legislative Council, Patna, Bihar, India
website

Note

(Chief Minister) : NDA (42) :* BJP (22) :* JD(U) (19) :* HAM(S) (1) Official Opposition (21) : MGB (21) :* RJD (16) :* INC (3) :* CPI(ML)L (1) :* CPI (1) Others (8) :* IND (6) :* RLJP (1) :* JSP (1) Vacant (4) :* Vacant (4)

Bihar Legislative Council, also known as Bihar Vidhan Parishad, is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India.

History

A new Province of [[Bihar Province|Bihar and Odisha]] was created by the Government of India on 12 December 1911. The Legislative Council with a total of 43 members belonging to different categories was formed in 1912. The first sitting of the Council was convened on 20 January 1913 at Patna College Bankipore. In 1920 Bihar and Orissa declared governor province, as per Government of India Act 1919. As per Government of India Act 1935 Bihar and Orissa was split into separate provinces of Bihar and Orissa. In 1936, [Bihar] attained its separate Statehood. Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the unicameral legislature got converted into bicameral one, i.e., the Bihar Legislative Council and the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Under the Government of India Act, 1935, the Bihar Legislative Council consisted of 29 members. On March 21, 1938, the session of the Bihar Legislative Council took place in a newly built building. On 1 April 1950, the secretariat of BLC started functioning. After the first General Elections 1952, the number of members was increased up to 72 and by 1958 the number was raised to 96. With the creation of Jharkhand, as a result of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 passed by the Parliament, the strength of the Bihar Legislative Council has been reduced from 96 to 75 members. Some veteran council members B. P. Mandal, Jagannath Mishra, Satyendra Narain Singh and Lalu Prasad Yadav have also served as Chief Minister of Bihar.

Working

Bihar Legislative Council is a permanent body and not subject to dissolution. But as nearly as possible, one-third of the members thereof retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every second year. Members are now elected or nominated for six years and one-third of them retire every second year. The presiding officers of Vidhan Parishad are now known as Chairman and Deputy Chairman. Members of the upper house, the Legislative Council are indirectly elected through an electoral college. There are 27 Committees which are, at present, functional in the Council. Besides, there are three Financial Committees consisting of the members of the two Houses of the State Legislature.

Current members

Chairperson : Awadhesh Narain Singh
Deputy Chairperson : Ram Bachan Rai
Leader of the House : Nitish Kumar
Deputy Leader of the House :
Government's Chief Whip :Reena Devi
Leader of the Opposition : Rabri Devi

Elected by Legislative Assembly (27)

Keys:

#	Member	Party	Term start	Term end
1	Rabri Devi	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	07-May-2024
2	Abdul Bari Siddiqui	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	07-May-2024
3	Syed Faisal Ali	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	07-May-2024
4	Urmila Thakur	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	07-May-2024
5	Munni Rajak	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	22-Jul-2022
6	Ashok Pandey	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	22-Jul-2022
7	Qari Sohaib	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	22-Jul-2022
8	Mo Farooq	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	29-Jun-2020
9	Sunil Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	29-Jun-2020
10	Nitish Kumar	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	07-May-2024
11	Khalid Anwar	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	07-May-2024
12	Rabindra Prasad Singh	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	22-Jul-2022
13	Afaque Ahmad Khan	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	22-Jul-2022
14	Ghulam Ghaus	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	29-Jun-2020
15	Bhishm Sahni	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	29-Jun-2020
16	Kumud Verma	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	29-Jun-2020
17	Anamika Singh Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	07-May-2024
18	Lal Mohan Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	07-May-2024
19	Hari Sahni	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	22-Jul-2022
20	Anil Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	22-Jul-2022
21	Sanjay Mayukh	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	29-Jun-2020
22	Samir Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress}}"		INC	29-Jun-2020
23	Shashi Yadav	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}"		CPIML	07-May-2024
24	Santosh Kumar Suman		07-May-2024	06-May-2030
25	Vacant	16-Nov-2025	06-May-2030
26	Vacant	16-Nov-2025	28-Jun-2026
27	Vacant	16-Nov-2025	28-Jun-2026

Elected from Local Authorities Constituencies (24)

Keys:

#	Constituency	Member	Party	Term start	Term end
1	Patna	Kartikey Kumar	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	08-Apr-2022
2	Bhojpur-Buxar	Vacant	14-Nov-2025	07-Apr-2028
3	Gaya-Jehanabad-Arwal	Rinku Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	08-Apr-2022
4	Nalanda	Reena Yadav	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	08-Apr-2022
5	Rohtas-Kaimur	Santosh Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	08-Apr-2022
6	Nawada	Ashok Yadav	Independent}}"		IND	08-Apr-2022
7	Aurangabad	Dilip Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	08-Apr-2022
8	Saran	Sachchidanand Rai	Independent}}"		IND	08-Apr-2022
9	Siwan	Vinod Jaiswal	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	08-Apr-2022
10	Darbhanga	Sunil Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	08-Apr-2022
11	East Champaran	Maheshwar Singh	Independent}}"		IND	08-Apr-2022
12	Muzaffarpur	Dinesh Prasad Singh	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	08-Apr-2022
13	Vaishali	Bhushan Ray	Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party}}"		RLJP	08-Apr-2022
14	Samastipur	Tarun Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	08-Apr-2022
15	West Champaran	Saurabh Kumar	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	08-Apr-2022
16	Sitamarhi-Sheohar	Rekha Devi	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	08-Apr-2022
17	Purnia-Araria-Kishanganj	Dilip Jaiswal	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	08-Apr-2022
18	Bhagalpur-Banka	Vijay Singh	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	08-Apr-2022
19	Munger-Jamui-Lakhisarai- Sheikhpura	Ajay Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	08-Apr-2022
20	Katihar	Ashok Agrawal	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	08-Apr-2022
21	Saharsa-Madhepura-Supaul	Ajay Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"		RJD	08-Apr-2022
22	Madhubani	Ambika Gulab Yadav	Independent}}"		IND	08-Apr-2022
23	Gopalganj	Rajeev Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	08-Apr-2022
24	Begusarai-Khagaria	Rajeev Kumar	Indian National Congress}}"		INC	08-Apr-2022

Elected from Graduates Constituencies (6)

Keys:

#	Constituency	Member	Party	Term end
1	Tirhut	Bansidhar Brajwasi	Independent}}"	IND	09-Dec-2024
2	Patna	Neeraj Kumar	Janata Dal (United)}}"	JDU	17-Nov-2020
3	Koshi	Narendra Kumar Yadav	Bhartiya Janata Party}}"	BJP	17-Nov-2020
4	Darbhanga	Sarvesh Kumar	Independent}}"	IND	17-Nov-2020
5	Saran	Virendra Narayan Yadav	Janata Dal (United)}}"	JDU	09-May-2023
6	Gaya	Awadhesh Narain Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"	BJP	09-May-2023

Elected from Teachers Constituencies (6)

Keys:

#	Constituency	Member	Party	Term start	Term end
1	Patna	Nawal Kishore Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	17-Nov-2020
2	Darbhanga	Madan Mohan Jha	Indian National Congress}}"		INC	17-Nov-2020
3	Saran	Afaque Ahmad	Jan Suraaj Party}}"		JSP	06-Apr-2023
4	Tirhut	Sanjay Kumar Singh		17-Nov-2020	16-Nov-2026
5	Koshi	Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Janata Dal (United)}}"		JDU	09-May-2023
6	Gaya	Jeevan Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"		BJP	09-May-2023

Nominated (12)

Keys:

#	Member	Party	Term end
1	Janak Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"	BJP	17-Mar-2021
2	Devesh Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"	BJP	17-Mar-2021
3	Rajendra Prasad Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"	BJP	17-Mar-2021
4	Pramod Chandravanshi	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"	BJP	17-Mar-2021
5	Ghanshyam Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"	BJP	17-Mar-2021
6	Nivedita Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"	BJP	17-Mar-2021
7	Ashok Choudhary	Janata Dal (United)}}"	JDU	17-Mar-2021
8	Ram Bachan Rai	Janata Dal (United)}}"	JDU	17-Mar-2021
9	Sanjay Kumar Singh	Janata Dal (United)}}"	JDU	17-Mar-2021
10	Lallan Kumar Saraf	Janata Dal (United)}}"	JDU	17-Mar-2021
11	Sanjay Singh	Janata Dal (United)}}"	JDU	17-Mar-2021
12	Raj Vardhan Azad	Janata Dal (United)}}"	JDU	13-Oct-2023

References

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