Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Explained

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Native Name:Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad
Coa Pic:Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.png
Coa Res:300
House Type:Upper house
Body:Uttar Pradesh Legislature
Term Limits:6 years
Leader1 Type:Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Leader1:Anandiben Patel
Election1:29 July 2019
Leader2 Type:Chairman
Leader2:Kunwar Manvendra Singh
Party2:BJP
Election2:22 May 2022
Leader3 Type:Deputy Chairman
Leader3:Vacant
Party3:BJP
Leader4 Type:Leader of the House
Leader4:Keshav Prasad Maurya
Election4:10 August 2022
Leader5 Type:Deputy Leader of the House
Election5:22 February 2023
Leader6:Lal Bihari Yadav
Party6:SP
Election6:22 July 2024
Leader7 Type:Deputy Leader of Opposition
Election7:22 July 2024
Leader8 Type:Principal Secretary
Leader8:Dr Rajesh Singh
Party8:IAS
Members:100 (90 elected + 10 nominated)
Political Groups1:Government (83)

NDA (83)

Official Opposition (10)

SP (10)Other opposition (6)

JD(L) (1)

IND (5)Vacant (1)

Vacant (1)

Meeting Place:Vidhan Parishad Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001
Last Election1:2024
Next Election1:2026

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.

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		BJP79Keshav Prasad Maurya
AD(S)1Ashish Singh Patel
NISHAD1Sanjay Nishad
RLD1Yogesh Choudhary
SBSP1Vichhelal Rajbhar
I.N.D.I.A
Seats: 10		SP10Lal Bihari Yadav
Others
Seats: 6		JSD(L)1Akshay Pratap Singh
IND5—
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:

MemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1Vijay Bahadur PathakBJP06-May-202405-May-2030
2Mahendra Kumar SinghBJP06-May-202405-May-2030
3Ashok KatariyaBJP06-May-202405-May-2030
4Santosh SinghBJP06-May-202405-May-2030
5Dharmendra SinghBJP06-May-202405-May-2030
6Ram Tirath SinghalBJP06-May-202405-May-2030
7Mohit BeniwalBJP06-May-202405-May-2030
8Keshav Prasad MauryaBJP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
9Bhupendra ChaudharyBJP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
10Daya Shankar MishraBJP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
11Jayendra Pratap Singh RathoreBJP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
12Jaswant Singh SainiBJP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
13Danish Azad AnsariBJP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
14Narendra KashyapBJP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
15Manvendra Singh ChauhanBJP29-May-202305-Jul-2028
16Mukesh SharmaBJP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
17Bahoran Lal MauryaBJP06-Jul-202405-Jul-2028
18Swatantra Dev SinghBJP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
19A. K. SharmaBJP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
20Kunwar Manvendra SinghBJP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
21BJP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
22Salil VishnoiBJP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
23Ashwani TyagiBJP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
24Dharmveer PrajapatiBJP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
25Surendra ChoudharyBJP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
26Dharmendra SenthwarBJP11-Aug-202230-Jan-2027
27Padmasen ChaudharyBJP29-May-202330-Jan-2027
28Dara Singh ChauhanBJP23-Jan-202430-Jan-2027
29Balram YadavSP06-May-202405-May-2030
30Shah AlamSP06-May-202405-May-2030
31Kiranpal KashyapSP06-May-202405-May-2030
32Mukul YadavSP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
33Mohammad Jasmir AnsariSP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
34Shahnawaz KhanSP06-Jul-202205-Jul-2028
35Rajendra ChaudharySP31-Jan-202130-Jan-2027
36Ashish PatelADS06-May-202405-May-2030
37Yogesh ChoudharyRLD06-May-202405-May-2030
38Vichhelal RajbharSBSP06-May-202405-May-2030

Elected by Local Authority Constituencies (36)

Keys:

ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1RaebareliDinesh Pratap SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
2JaunpurBrijesh SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
3Muzaffarnagar- SaharanpurVandana VermaBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
4Moradabad–BijnorSatyapal SainiBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
5Rampur–BareillyKunwar Maharaj SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
6Pilibhit–ShahjahanpurSudhir GuptaBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
7HardoiAshok AgrawalBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
8Lakhimpur–KheriAnoop Kumar GuptaBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
9SitapurPawan Singh ChauhanBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
10Lucknow–UnnaoRam Chandra PradhanBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
11PratapgarhAkshay Pratap SinghJSD(L)12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
12SultanpurShailendra Pratap SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
13BarabankiAngad SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
14BahraichPragya Tripathi BJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
15GondaBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
16FaizabadHariom PandeyBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
17Basti–Siddharth NagarSubhash YaduvanshBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
18Gorakhpur–MaharajganjC. P. ChandBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
19DeoriaRatanpal SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
20Azamgarh–MauVikrant Singh "Rishu"IND12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
21BalliaRavishanker SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
22Mirzapur–SonbhadraShyam Narayan Singh Alias Vineet SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
23AllahabadK. P. SrivastavBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
24Banda–HamirpurJitendra Singh SengarBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
25Jhansi–Jalaun–LalitpurRama NiranjanBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
26Kanpur–FatehpurAvinash Singh ChauhanBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
27Etawah–FarrukhabadPranshu Dutt DwivediBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
28Agra–FirozabadVijay ShivhareBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
29Mathura–Etah–MainpuriAshish Kumar YadavBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
30Om Prakash SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
31Aligarh-HathrasBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
32Narendra BhatiBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
33Meerut–GhaziabadDharmendra BhardwajBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
34GhazipurVishal Singh ChanchalBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
35VaranasiAnnapurna SinghIND12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
36BadaunVagish PathakBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028

Elected from Graduate Constituencies (8)

Keys:

ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1Bareilly–MoradabadJai Pal SinghBJP13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
2Gorakhpur–FaizabadDevendra Pratap SinghBJP13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
3KanpurArun PathakBJP13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
4AgraManvendra Pratap SinghBJP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
5MeerutDinesh Kumar GoelBJP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
6LucknowAwanish Kumar SinghBJP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
7VaranasiAshutosh SinhaSP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
8Allahabad–JhansiMan Singh YadavSP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026

Elected from Teacher Constituencies (8)

Keys:

ConstituencyMemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1KanpurRaj Bahadur Singh ChandelIND13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
2Allahabad–JhansiBabu Lal TiwariBJP13-Feb-202312-Feb-2029
3Bareilly–MoradabadHari Singh DhillonBJP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
4LucknowUmesh DwivediBJP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
5VaranasiLal Bihari YadavSP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
6MeerutShri Chand SharmaBJP01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
7AgraAkash AgarwalIND01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026
8Gorakhpur–FaizabadDhruv Kumar TripathiIND01-Dec-202030-Nov-2026

Nominated by Governor (10)

Keys:

MemberPartyTerm startTerm end
1Rajnikant MaheshwariBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
2Saket MisraBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
3Ram Subhag RajbharBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
4Hans Raj VishwakarmaBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
5Tariq MansoorBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
6Lal ji Prasad BJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029
7Gopal Anjan BhurjiBJP01-Oct 202130-Sep-2027
8Choudhary Virender SinghBJP01-Oct 202130-Sep-2027
9Sanjay NishadNP01-Oct 202130-Sep-2027
10Colspan=4Vacant since 08-Jun-202430-Sep-2027

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constitutional Setup. Government of UP. 28 April 2023. 12 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230412222224/https://up.gov.in/en/page/constitutional-setup#:~:text=Under%20the%20Constitution%20of%20India,Vidhan%20Parishad%20having%20100%20members. live.
  2. Web site: The Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1951. Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. 2009-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20090619084058/http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/delup.htm. 2009-06-19. dead.

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