| Border: | Parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Speaker | |
| Body: | the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly |
| Insignia: | Seal of Uttarakhand.svg |
| Incumbent: | Ritu Khanduri Bhushan |
| Incumbentsince: | 26 March 2022 |
| Department: | Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Nominator: | Members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer: | Governor of Uttarakhand |
| Termlength: | During the life of the Assembly (five years maximum) |
| Termlength Qualified: | Renewable |
| Inaugural: | Prakash Pant |
| 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.
The Speaker of the Assembly must:
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.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Portrait | scope=col | Constituency | Term[1] | Party | scope=col | Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| 3 | Harbans Kapoor | Dehradun | 12 March 2007 | 13 March 2012 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2nd Assembly | |||||||
| 4 | Govind Singh Kunjwal | Jageshwar | 26 March 2012 | 20 March 2017 | Indian National Congress | 3rd Assembly | |||||||
| 5 | Premchand Aggarwal | Rishikesh | 23 March 2017 | 21 March 2022 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4th Assembly | |||||||
| 6 | Ritu Khanduri Bhushan | Kotdwar | 26 March 2022 | Incumbent | 5th Assembly | ||||||||
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.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Portrait | scope=col | Constituency | Term[2] | Party | scope=col | Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Vacant | 9 November 2000 | 14 March 2002 | N/A | Interim Assembly | ||||||||
| 15 March 2002 | 11 March 2007 | 1st Assembly | |||||||||||
| 12 March 2007 | 20 December 2008 | 2nd Assembly | |||||||||||
| 1 | Vijaya Barthwal | Yamkeshwar | 20 December 2008 | 27 June 2009 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||||
| 2 | Anusuya Prasad Maikhuri | Karnaprayag | 4 December 2012[3] | 20 March 2017 | Indian National Congress | 3rd Assembly | |||||||
| 3 | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | Almora | 28 March 2017 | 10 March 2022 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4th Assembly | |||||||
| – | Vacant | Since 26 March 2022 | N/A | 5th Assembly | |||||||||
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.[4]
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.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Portrait | scope=col | Constituency | scope=col | Term[5] | Party | scope=col | Assembly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad Muhiuddin | Laksar | 2000 | Bahujan Samaj Party | Interim Assembly | ||||||||
| 2 | Harbans Kapoor | Dehradun | 2002 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1st Assembly | ||||||||
| 2007 | 2nd Assembly | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Shailendra Mohan Singhal | Jaspur | 2012 | Indian National Congress | 3rd Assembly | ||||||||
| (2) | Harbans Kapoor | Dehradun Cantonment | 2017 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4th Assembly | ||||||||
| 4 | Banshidhar Bhagat | Kaladhungi | 2022 | 5th Assembly | |||||||||