Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council or the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh state in northern 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.

Uttar Pradesh Legislative
Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
Leadership
Chairman
Ramesh Yadav, SP[1]
since 11 March 2016
Deputy Chairman
Vacant, TBD
Leader of the House
Dinesh Sharma, BJP
since 18 March 2017
Leader of the Opposition
Ahmed Hasan, SP
since 28 March 2017
Structure
Seats100 (90 Elected + 10 Nominated)
Political groups
Government (24)

Opposition (53)

  •      SP (53)

Others (9)

  •      BSP (8)
  •      INC (1)

Vacant (14)

  •      Vacant (14)
Website
http://upvidhanparishad.nic.in/

History

The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad came into existence by the Government of India Act of 1935. The former and previous Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Anandiben Patel, was previously an elected member of it. 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 three 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 reorganisation of Uttar Pradesh state in November 2000 and the creation of Uttarakhand state, this strength has now reduced to 100.

The present composition of the Vidhan Parishad is as follows:

  • 10 members are nominated by the governor of Uttar Pradesh.
  • 38 members are elected by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly members.
  • 36 members are elected by the Local bodies.
  • 8 members are elected by the teachers.
  • 8 members are elected by the graduates.

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. Ramesh Yadav is the current Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

Constituencies and members

See here the List of members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

The following are the constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad:[2]

Members elected by Legislative Assembly (38)

Keys:   BJP (16)   SP (13)   BSP (6)   AD (S) (1)   INC (1)   Vacant (1)

# Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Vidya Sagar Sonkar Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
2 Sarojini Agarwal Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
3 Ashok Kataria Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
4 Bukkal Nawab Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
5 Vijay Bahadur Pathak Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
6 Ashok Dhawan Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
7 Mohsin Raza Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
8 Mahendra Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
9 Yashwant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
10 Thakur Jaiveer Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
11 Yogi Adityanath Bharatiya Janata Party 18 Sep 2017 6 Jul 2022
12 Keshav Prasad Maurya Bharatiya Janata Party 18 Sep 2017 6 Jul 2022
13 Bhupendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
14 Dr. Dinesh Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 18 Sep 2017 30 Jan 2021
15 Swatantra Dev Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 18 Sep 2017 30 Jan 2021
16 Lakshman Acharya Bharatiya Janata Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
17 Naresh Chandra Uttam Samajwadi Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
18 Kamlesh Pathak Samajwadi Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022[3]
19 Rannvijay Singh Gonda Samajwadi Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
20 Jagjivan Prasad Babu Samajwadi Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
21 Balram Yadav Samajwadi Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
22 Ram Sundar Das Nishad Samajwadi Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
23 Shatarudra Prakash Samajwadi Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
24 Ahmad Hasan Samajwadi Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
25 Ramesh Yadav Samajwadi Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
26 Rajratan Rajbhar Samajwadi Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
27 Sahab Singh Saini Samajwadi Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
28 Virendra Singh Gujjar Samajwadi Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
29 Ashu Malik Samajwadi Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
30 Bhimrao Ambedkar Bahujan Samaj Party 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
31 Atar Singh Rao Bahujan Samaj Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
32 Dinesh Chandra Bahujan Samaj Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
33 Suresh Kashyap Bahujan Samaj Party 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
34 Dharmveer Ashok Bahujan Samaj Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
35 Pradeep Bahujan Samaj Party 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021
36 Ashish Singh Patel Apna Dal (Sonelal) 6 May 2018 5 May 2024
37 Dipak Singh Indian National Congress 7 Jul 2016 6 Jul 2022
38 Vacant[4] 31 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2021

Local Authorities Constituencies (36)

Keys:   SP (30)   BSP (2)   Independent (2)   Vacant (2)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Rae Bareli Vacant Mar 2022
2 Jaunpur Brijesh Kumar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
3 Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur Mahmood Ali Bahujan Samaj Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
4 Moradabad-Bijnor Parvez Ali Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
5 Rampur-Bareilly Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
6 Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur Amit Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
7 Hardoi Misbahuddin Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
8 Lakhimpur-Kheri Shashank Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
9 Sitapur Anand Bhadauria Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
10 Lucknow-Unnao Sunil Singh Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
11 Pratapgarh Akshay Pratap Singh Jan Satta Dal Mar 2016 Mar 2022
12 Sultanpur Shailendra Pratap Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
13 Barabanki Rajesh Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
14 Bahraich Iqhlaq Khan Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
15 Gonda Mahfooz Khan Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
16 Faizabad Heralal Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
17 Basti-Siddharth Nagar Santosh Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
18 Gorakhpur-Maharajganj C.P. Chandra Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
19 Deoria Ramawadh Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
20 Azamgarh-Mau Rakesh Kumar Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
21 Ballia Ravishankar Singh Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
22 Mirzapur-Sonbhadra Ramlali Mishra Nishad Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
23 Allahabad Vasudev Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
24 Banda-Hamirpur Ramesh Mishra Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
25 Jhansi-Jalaun-Lalitpur Rama Niranjan Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
26 Kanpur-Fatehpur Dilip Singh alias Kallu Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
27 Etawah-Farrukhabad Pushpraj Jain Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
28 Agra-Firozabad Dileep Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
29 Mathura-Etah-Mainpuri Udayveer Singh Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
30 Mathura-Etah-Mainpuri Arvind Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
31 Aligarh Jaswant Singh Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
32 Bulandshahar Narendra Singh Bhati Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
33 Meerut-Ghaziabad Rakesh Yadav Samajwadi Party Mar 2016 Mar 2022
34 Ghazipur Vishal Singh Chanchal Independent Mar 2016 Mar 2022
35 Varanasi Brijesh Kumar Singh alias Arun Independent Mar 2016 Mar 2022
36 Badaun Vacant Mar 2022

Elected from Graduates Constituencies (8)

Keys:   BJP (3)   Vacant (5)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Bareilly-Moradabad Dr. Jai Pal Singh Bharatiya Janata Party February 2017 February 2023[5]
2 Gorakhpur-Faizabad Devendra Pratap Singh Bharatiya Janata Party February 2017 February 2023
3 Kanpur Arun Pathak Bharatiya Janata Party February 2017 February 2023
4 Varanasi Vacant May 2020 May 2026
5 Allahabad-Jhansi Vacant May 2020 May 2026
6 Aligarh-Agra Vacant May 2020 May 2026
7 Lucknow Vacant May 2020 May 2026
8 Meerut Division Vacant May 2020 May 2026

Elected from Teachers Constituencies (8)

Keys:   Independent (2)   Vacant (6)

# Constituency Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Kanpur Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel Independent February 2017 February 2023
2 Allahabad-Jhansi Suresh Kumar Tripathi Independent February 2017 February 2023
3 Bareilly-Moradabad Vacant May 2020 May 2026
4 Lucknow Vacant May 2020 May 2026
5 Varanasi Vacant May 2020 May 2026
6 Meerut Vacant May 2020 May 2026
7 Agra-Aligarh Vacant May 2020 May 2026
8 Gorakhpur-Faizabad Vacant May 2020 May 2026

Nominated by Governor (10)

Keys:   SP (10)

# Member Party Term Start Term End
1 Balwant Singh Ramoowalia Samajwadi Party May 2016 Apr 2022
2 Zaheer Hasan Waseem Barelvi Samajwadi Party May 2016 Apr 2022
3 Madhukar Jetley Samajwadi Party May 2016 Apr 2022
4 Rajpal Kashyap Samajwadi Party May 2016 Apr 2022
5 Sanjay Lathar Samajwadi Party May 2016 Apr 2022
6 Arvind Singh Samajwadi Party May 2016 Apr 2022
7 Shri Ram Singh Yadav Samajwadi Party Jul 2015 Jul 2021
8 Ms Lilawati Kushwaha Samajwadi Party Jul 2015 Jul 2021
9 Ramvriksh Singh Yadav Samajwadi Party Jul 2015 Jul 2021
10 Jitendra Yadav Samajwadi Party Jul 2015 Jul 2021

See also

References
  1. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ramesh-yadav-to-chair-up-legislative-council/article8343878.ece
  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.
  3. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UP-MLC-poll-witnesses-heavy-cross-voting-Samajwadi-Party-emerges-victorious/articleshow/52694599.cms
  4. https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/siddiqui-disqualified--from-council-for--defection.html
  5. http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-wins-3-graduate-legislative-council-seats-in-uttar-pradesh-1658459
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