Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ; Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad
Type
Type	Upper house of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Governor of Uttar Pradesh	Anandiben Patel ; since 29 July 2019
Chairman	Kunwar Manvendra Singh, BJP ; since 22 May 2022
Deputy Chairman	Vacant, BJP
Leader of the House	Keshav Prasad Maurya; (Deputy Chief Minister), BJP ; since 10 August 2022
Leader of Opposition	Lal Bihari Yadav, SP ; since 22 July 2024
Deputy Leader of Opposition	Mohammad Jasmir Ansari, SP ; since 22 July 2024
Principal Secretary	Dr Rajesh Singh, IAS
Structure
Seats	100 (90 elected + 10 nominated)
Political groups	Government (83) NDA (83) BJP (79); AD(S) (1); NISHAD (1); RLD (1); SBSP (1); Official Opposition (10) INDIA (10) SP (10); Other opposition (6) JD(L) (1) IND (5) Vacant (1) Vacant (1)
Elections
Last election	2024
Next election	2026
Meeting place
	Vidhan Parishad Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001
Website
	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

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]

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

Alliance			No. of MLCs	Leader of the party in Council
	N.D.A Seats: 83	BJP	79	Keshav Prasad Maurya
		AD(S)	1	Ashish Singh Patel
		NISHAD	1	Sanjay Nishad
		RLD	1	Yogesh Choudhary
		SBSP	1	Vichhelal Rajbhar
	I.N.D.I.A Seats: 10	SP	10	Lal Bihari Yadav
	Others Seats: 6	JSD(L)	1	Akshay Pratap Singh
	Others Seats: 6	IND	5	—
Vacant		1
Total number of MLCs			100

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:^[2]

Elected by Legislative Assembly (38)

Keys: BJP (28) SP (7) AD(S) (1) RLD (1) SBSP (1)

#	Member		Term start	Term end
1	Vijay Bahadur Pathak	BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
2	Mahendra Kumar Singh	BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
3	Ashok Katariya	BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
4	Santosh Singh	BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
5	Dharmendra Singh	BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
6	Ram Tirath Singhal	BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
7	Mohit Beniwal	BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
8	Keshav Prasad Maurya	BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
9	Bhupendra Chaudhary	BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
10	Daya Shankar Mishra	BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
11	Jayendra Pratap Singh Rathore	BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
12	Jaswant Singh Saini	BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
13	Danish Azad Ansari	BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
14	Narendra Kashyap	BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
15	Manvendra Singh Chauhan	BJP	29-May-2023	05-Jul-2028
16	Mukesh Sharma	BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
17	Bahoran Lal Maurya	BJP	06-Jul-2024	05-Jul-2028
18	Swatantra Dev Singh	BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
19	A. K. Sharma	BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
20	Kunwar Manvendra Singh	BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
21	Govind Narayan Shukla	BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
22	Salil Vishnoi	BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
23	Ashwani Tyagi	BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
24	Dharmveer Prajapati	BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
25	Surendra Choudhary	BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
26	Dharmendra Senthwar	BJP	11-Aug-2022	30-Jan-2027
27	Padmasen Chaudhary	BJP	29-May-2023	30-Jan-2027
28	Dara Singh Chauhan	BJP	23-Jan-2024	30-Jan-2027
29	Balram Yadav	SP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
30	Shah Alam	SP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
31	Kiranpal Kashyap	SP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
32	Mukul Yadav	SP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
33	Mohammad Jasmir Ansari	SP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
34	Shahnawaz Khan	SP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
35	Rajendra Chaudhary	SP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
36	Ashish Patel	ADS	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
37	Yogesh Choudhary	RLD	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
38	Vichhelal Rajbhar	SBSP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030

Elected by local authority constituencies (36)

Keys: BJP (33) Independent (2) JSD(L) (1)

#	Constituency	Member		Term start	Term end
1	Raebareli	Dinesh Pratap Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
2	Jaunpur	Brijesh Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
3	Muzaffarnagar- Saharanpur	Vandana Verma	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
4	Moradabad–Bijnor	Satyapal Saini	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
5	Rampur–Bareilly	Kunwar Maharaj Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
6	Pilibhit–Shahjahanpur	Sudhir Gupta	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
7	Hardoi	Ashok Agrawal	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
8	Lakhimpur–Kheri	Anoop Kumar Gupta	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
9	Sitapur	Pawan Singh Chauhan	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
10	Lucknow–Unnao	Ram Chandra Pradhan	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
11	Pratapgarh	Akshay Pratap Singh	JSD(L)	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
12	Sultanpur	Shailendra Pratap Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
13	Barabanki	Angad Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
14	Bahraich	Pragya Tripathi	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
15	Gonda	Awadhesh Kumar Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
16	Faizabad	Hariom Pandey	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
17	Basti–Siddharth Nagar	Subhash Yaduvansh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
18	Gorakhpur–Maharajganj	C. P. Chand	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
19	Deoria	Ratanpal Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
20	Azamgarh–Mau	Vikrant Singh "Rishu"	IND	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
21	Ballia	Ravishanker Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
22	Mirzapur–Sonbhadra	Shyam Narayan Singh Alias Vineet Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
23	Allahabad	K. P. Srivastav	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
24	Banda–Hamirpur	Jitendra Singh Sengar	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
25	Jhansi–Jalaun–Lalitpur	Rama Niranjan	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
26	Kanpur–Fatehpur	Avinash Singh Chauhan	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
27	Etawah–Farrukhabad	Pranshu Dutt Dwivedi	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
28	Agra–Firozabad	Vijay Shivhare	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
29	Mathura–Etah–Mainpuri	Ashish Kumar Yadav	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
30	Mathura–Etah–Mainpuri	Om Prakash Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
31	Aligarh-Hathras	Chaudhary Rishipal Singh	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
32	Bulandshahar-Noida	Narendra Bhati	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
33	Meerut–Ghaziabad	Dharmendra Bhardwaj	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
34	Ghazipur	Vishal Singh Chanchal	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
35	Varanasi	Annapurna Singh	IND	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
36	Badaun	Vagish Pathak	BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028

Elected from Graduate Constituencies (8)

Keys: BJP (6) SP (2)

#	Constituency	Member		Term start	Term end
1	Bareilly–Moradabad	Jai Pal Singh	BJP	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
2	Gorakhpur–Faizabad	Devendra Pratap Singh	BJP	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
3	Kanpur	Arun Pathak	BJP	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
4	Agra	Manvendra Pratap Singh	BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
5	Meerut	Dinesh Kumar Goel	BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
6	Lucknow	Awanish Kumar Singh	BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
7	Varanasi	Ashutosh Sinha	SP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
8	Allahabad–Jhansi	Man Singh Yadav	SP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026

Elected from Teacher Constituencies (8)

Keys: BJP (4) Independent (3) SP (1)

#	Constituency	Member		Term start	Term end
1	Kanpur	Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel	IND	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
2	Allahabad–Jhansi	Babu Lal Tiwari	BJP	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
3	Bareilly–Moradabad	Hari Singh Dhillon	BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
4	Lucknow	Umesh Dwivedi	BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
5	Varanasi	Lal Bihari Yadav	SP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
6	Meerut	Shri Chand Sharma	BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
7	Agra	Akash Agarwal	IND	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
8	Gorakhpur–Faizabad	Dhruv Kumar Tripathi	IND	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026

Nominated by Governor (10)

Keys: BJP (8) NP (1) Vacant (1)

#	Member		Term start	Term end
1	Rajnikant Maheshwari	BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
2	Saket Misra	BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
3	Ram Subhag Rajbhar	BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
4	Hans Raj Vishwakarma	BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
5	Tariq Mansoor	BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
6	Lal ji Prasad	BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
7	Gopal Anjan Bhurji	BJP	01-Oct 2021	30-Sep-2027
8	Choudhary Virender Singh	BJP	01-Oct 2021	30-Sep-2027
9	Sanjay Nishad	NP	01-Oct 2021	30-Sep-2027
10	Vacant since 08-Jun-2024			30-Sep-2027

Notes

References

^ "Constitutional Setup". Government of UP. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "The Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1951". Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

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

External links

Government of Uttar Pradesh official website

[1] "Constitutional Setup". Government of UP. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[2] "The Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1951". Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

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