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Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Uttar Pradesh

Summary

Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Uttar Pradesh

FieldValue
nameUttar Pradesh Legislative Council
native_nameUttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad
coa_res350
house_typeUpper house
bodyUttar Pradesh Legislature
term_limits6 years
leader1_typeGovernor of Uttar Pradesh
leader1Anandiben Patel
election129 July 2019
leader2_typeChairperson
leader2Kunwar Manvendra Singh
party2BJP
election222 May 2022
leader3_typeDeputy Chair
leader3Vacant
leader4_typeLeader of the House
leader4Keshav Prasad Maurya
(Deputy Chief Minister)
party4BJP
election410 August 2022
leader5_typeDeputy Leader of the House
election522 February 2023
leader6_typeLeader of Opposition
leader6Lal Bihari Yadav
party6SP
election622 July 2024
leader7_typeDeputy Leader of Opposition
leader7Mohammad Jasmir Ansari
party7SP
election722 July 2024
leader8_typePrincipal Secretary
leader8Dr Rajesh Singh
party8IAS
structure1
members100 (90 elected + 10 nominated)
meeting_placeVidhan Parishad Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001
session_room[[File:Vidhan Sabha (at day).jpg300px]]
last_election12024
next_election12026
website

Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Uttar Pradesh

(Deputy Chief Minister) Government (83) : NDA (83) :* BJP (79) :* AD(S) (1) :* NISHAD (1) :* RLD (1) :* SBSP (1)

Official Opposition (10) : SP (10)

Other opposition (6) : JD(L) (1) : IND (5) Vacant (1) : Vacant (1)

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 Legislative Council is a permanent house, consisting of 100 members.

History

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 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).

  • 38 members are elected by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly members (MLA).
  • 36 members are elected by local authorities.
  • 8 members are elected by graduates.
  • 8 members are elected by teachers.
  • 10 members are nominated by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.

Party composition

AlliancePartyNo. of MLCsLeader of the party in CouncilTotal number of MLCs100
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"N.D.A
Seats: 83Bharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP79Keshav Prasad Maurya
Apna Dal (Sonelal)}}"AD(S)1Ashish Singh Patel
NISHAD Party}}"NISHAD1Sanjay Nishad
Rashtriya Lok Dal}}"RLD1Yogesh Choudhary
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party}}"SBSP1Vichhelal Rajbhar
Indian National Congress}}"I.N.D.I.A
Seats: 10Samajwadi Party}}"SP10Lal Bihari Yadav
Independent politician}}"Others
Seats: 6Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)}}"JSD(L)1Akshay Pratap Singh
Independent politician}}"IND5—
Vacant1

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 Council.

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:

Elected by Legislative Assembly (38)

Keys:

#MemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1Vijay Bahadur PathakBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-May-2024
2Mahendra Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-May-2024
3Ashok KatariyaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-May-2024
4Santosh SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-May-2024
5Dharmendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-May-2024
6Ram Tirath SinghalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-May-2024
7Mohit BeniwalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-May-2024
8Keshav Prasad MauryaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2022
9Bhupendra ChaudharyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2022
10Daya Shankar MishraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2022
11Jayendra Pratap Singh RathoreBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2022
12Jaswant Singh SainiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2022
13Danish Azad AnsariBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2022
14Narendra KashyapBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2022
15Manvendra Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP29-May-2023
16Mukesh SharmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2022
17Bahoran Lal MauryaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP06-Jul-2024
18Swatantra Dev SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31-Jan-2021
19A. K. SharmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31-Jan-2021
20Kunwar Manvendra SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31-Jan-2021
21Govind Narayan ShuklaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31-Jan-2021
22Salil VishnoiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31-Jan-2021
23Ashwani TyagiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31-Jan-2021
24Dharmveer PrajapatiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31-Jan-2021
25Surendra ChoudharyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP31-Jan-2021
26Dharmendra SenthwarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP11-Aug-2022
27Padmasen ChaudharyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP29-May-2023
28Dara Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP23-Jan-2024
29Balram YadavSamajwadi Party}}"SP06-May-2024
30Shah AlamSamajwadi Party}}"SP06-May-2024
31Kiranpal KashyapSamajwadi Party}}"SP06-May-2024
32Mukul YadavSamajwadi Party}}"SP06-Jul-2022
33Mohammad Jasmir AnsariSamajwadi Party}}"SP06-Jul-2022
34Shahnawaz KhanSamajwadi Party}}"SP06-Jul-2022
35Rajendra ChaudharySamajwadi Party}}"SP31-Jan-2021
36Ashish PatelADS06-May-2024
37Yogesh ChoudharyRashtriya Lok Dal}}"RLD06-May-2024
38Vichhelal RajbharSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party}}"SBSP06-May-2024

Elected by local authority constituencies (36)

Keys:

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1RaebareliDinesh Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
2JaunpurBrijesh SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
3Muzaffarnagar- SaharanpurVandana VermaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
4Moradabad–BijnorSatyapal SainiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
5Rampur–BareillyKunwar Maharaj SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
6Pilibhit–ShahjahanpurSudhir GuptaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
7HardoiAshok AgrawalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
8Lakhimpur–KheriAnoop Kumar GuptaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
9SitapurPawan Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
10Lucknow–UnnaoRam Chandra PradhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
11PratapgarhAkshay Pratap SinghJansatta Dal (Loktantrik)}}"JSD(L)12-Apr-2022
12SultanpurShailendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
13BarabankiAngad SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
14BahraichPragya TripathiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
15GondaAwadhesh Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
16FaizabadHariom PandeyBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
17Basti–Siddharth NagarSubhash YaduvanshBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
18Gorakhpur–MaharajganjC. P. ChandBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
19DeoriaRatanpal SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
20Azamgarh–MauVikrant Singh "Rishu"Independent}}"IND12-Apr-2022
21BalliaRavishanker SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
22Mirzapur–SonbhadraShyam Narayan Singh Alias Vineet SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
23AllahabadK. P. SrivastavBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
24Banda–HamirpurJitendra Singh SengarBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
25Jhansi–Jalaun–LalitpurRama NiranjanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
26Kanpur–FatehpurAvinash Singh ChauhanBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
27Etawah–FarrukhabadPranshu Dutt DwivediBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
28Agra–FirozabadVijay ShivhareBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
29Mathura–Etah–MainpuriAshish Kumar YadavBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
30Om Prakash SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
31Aligarh-HathrasChaudhary Rishipal SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
32Bulandshahar-NoidaNarendra BhatiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
33Meerut–GhaziabadDharmendra BhardwajBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
34GhazipurVishal Singh ChanchalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022
35VaranasiAnnapurna SinghIndependent}}"IND12-Apr-2022
36BadaunVagish PathakBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP12-Apr-2022

Elected from Graduate Constituencies (8)

Keys:

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1Bareilly–MoradabadJai Pal SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP13-Feb-2023
2Gorakhpur–FaizabadDevendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP13-Feb-2023
3KanpurArun PathakBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP13-Feb-2023
4AgraManvendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP01-Dec-2020
5MeerutDinesh Kumar GoelBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP01-Dec-2020
6LucknowAwanish Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP01-Dec-2020
7VaranasiAshutosh SinhaSamajwadi Party}}"SP01-Dec-2020
8Allahabad–JhansiMan Singh YadavSamajwadi Party}}"SP01-Dec-2020

Elected from Teacher Constituencies (8)

Keys:

#ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1KanpurRaj Bahadur Singh ChandelIndependent}}"IND13-Feb-2023
2Allahabad–JhansiBabu Lal TiwariBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP13-Feb-2023
3Bareilly–MoradabadHari Singh DhillonBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP01-Dec-2020
4LucknowUmesh DwivediBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP01-Dec-2020
5VaranasiLal Bihari YadavSamajwadi Party}}"SP01-Dec-2020
6MeerutShri Chand SharmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP01-Dec-2020
7AgraAkash AgarwalIndependent}}"IND01-Dec-2020
8Gorakhpur–FaizabadDhruv Kumar TripathiIndependent}}"IND01-Dec-2020

Nominated by Governor (10)

Keys:

#MemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1Rajnikant MaheshwariBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP03-Apr-2023
2Saket MisraBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP03-Apr-2023
3Ram Surat RajbharBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP03-Apr-2023
4Hans Raj VishwakarmaBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP03-Apr-2023
5Tariq MansoorBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP03-Apr-2023
6Lalaji Prasad NirmalBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP03-Apr-2023
7Gopal Anjan BhurjiBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP01-Oct 2021
8Choudhary Virender SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}"BJP01-Oct 2021
9Sanjay NishadNP01-Oct 2021
10Vacant since 08-Jun-202430-Sep-2027

Notes

References

  • https://up.gov.in/en/page/constitutional-setup#:~:text=Under%20the%20Constitution%20of%20India,Vidhan%20Parishad%20having%20100%20members

References

  1. "Constitutional Setup". Government of UP.
  2. "The Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1951". Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India.
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