List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly explained

Post:Speaker
Body:the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Insignia:File:Seal of Bihar.svg
Insigniacaption:Seal of Bihar
Department:Bihar Legislative Assembly
Member Of:Bihar Legislative Assembly
Appointer:Members of the Legislative Assembly
Incumbent:Nand Kishore Yadav
Inaugural:Ram Dayalu Singh
Incumbentsince:16 February 2024
Termlength:During the life of the Bihar Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Residence:Patna

The Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Bihar. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Bihar Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. Speakers hold office until ceasing to be a member of the assembly or resigning from the office. 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 is presided by the Deputy Speaker.

List

NoPortraitNameTerm[1] AssemblyParty
1Ram Dayalu Singh23 July 193711 November 19441stIndian National Congress
After Independence
1Bindeshwari Prasad Verma25 April 194614 March 1962Indian National Congress
1st
2nd
2Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu18 March 196215 March 19673rd
3Dhanik Lal Mandal16 March 196710 March 19694thSamyukta Socialist Party
4Ram Narayan Mandal11 March 196920 March 19725thIndian National Congress
5Harinath Mishra21 March 197226 June 19776th
6Tripurari Prasad Singh28 June 197722 June 19807thJanata Party
7Radhanandan Jha24 June 19801 April 19858thIndian National Congress (I)
8Shivchandra Jha4 April 198523 January 19899thIndian National Congress
9Md Hidayatullah Khan27 March 198919 March 1990
10Ghulam Sarwar20 March 19909 April 199510thJanata Dal
11Deo Narayan Yadav12 April 19956 March 200011th
Rashtriya Janata Dal
12Sadanand Singh9 March 200028 June 200512thIndian National Congress
13Uday Narayan Choudhary30 November 200529 November 201014thJanata Dal (United)
2 December 201028 November 201515th
14Vijay Kumar Chaudhary2 December 201515 November 202016th
15Vijay Kumar Sinha25 November 202024 August 202217thBharatiya Janata Party
16Awadh Bihari Choudhary26 August 202212 February 2024Rashtriya Janata Dal
17Nand Kishore Yadav16 February 2024IncumbentBharatiya Janata Party

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker. vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. 24 September 2022. 9 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220909102629/https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/Speaker.html. live.