Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh.[1] There are 403 seats in the house. Members of the Assembly are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the Governor on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Vidhan Sabha Chambers of the Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow is the capital.
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha | |
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| 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Preceded by | United Provinces Legislative Council |
| Leadership | |
Anandiben Patel since 29 July 2019 | |
Deputy Speaker | Vacant |
Leader of the House | |
Pradeep Kumar Dubey, PCS J (Retd.) since 30 March 2021 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 403 |
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Political groups | Government (290)
Official Opposition (109) Other Opposition (3) Vacant (1)
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 10 February 2022 – 7 March 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vidhan Sabha Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001 | |
| Website | |
| Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
History
editThe Legislative Assembly for the United Provinces was constituted for the first time on 1 April 1937 in accordance with the Government of India Act, 1935 with a strength of 228. The size of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was decided as 403 members after the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. There is one nominated Anglo-Indian member in addition to 403 members.[2] The first session of the provisional Uttar Pradesh Legislature under the new Constitution of India that established the country as a republic began on 2 February 1950. After the first elections the newly elected Assembly of Uttar Pradesh met on 19 May 1952.
List of Assemblies
edit| Vidhan Sabha | Constitution | Dissolution | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 20 May 1952 | 31 March 1957 | 1,776 |
| 2nd | 1 April 1957 | 6 March 1962 | 1,800 |
| 3rd | 7 March 1962 | 9 March 1967 | 1,828 |
| 4th | 10 March 1967 | 15 April 1968 | 402 |
| 5th | 26 February 1969 | 4 March 1974 | 1,832 |
| 6th | 4 March 1974 | 30 April 1977 | 1,153 |
| 7th | 23 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 969 |
| 8th | 9 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 1,735 |
| 9th | 10 March 1985 | 29 November 1989 | 1,725 |
| 10th | 2 December 1989 | 4 April 1991 | 488 |
| 11th | 22 June 1991 | 6 December 1992 | 533 |
| 12th | 4 December 1993 | 28 October 1995 | 693 |
| 13th | 17 October 1996 | 7 March 2002 | 1,967 |
| 14th | 26 February 2002 | 13 May 2007 | 1,902 |
| 15th | 13 May 2007 | 9 March 2012 | 1,762 |
| 16th | 8 March 2012 | 11 March 2017 | 1,829 |
| 17th | 19 March 2017 | 12 March 2022 | 1,834 |
| 18th | 29 March 2022 | - | 2 years, 256 days |
Eighteenth assembly
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| Alliance | Party | No. of MLA's | Leader of the Party in Assembly | Leader's Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA Seats: 290 |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 257 | Yogi Adityanath | Gorakhpur Urban | ||
| Apna Dal (Sonelal) | 13 | Ram Niwas Verma | Nanpara | |||
| Rashtriya Lok Dal | 9 | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | Budhana | |||
| NISHAD Party | 5 | Anil Kumar Tripathi | Menhdawal | |||
| Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | 6 | Om Prakash Rajbhar | Zahoorabad | |||
| INDIA Seats:109 |
Samajwadi Party | 107 | Mata Prasad Pandey | Itwa | ||
| Indian National Congress | 2 | Aradhana Mishra | Rampur Khas | |||
| Others Seats:3 |
Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) | 2 | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | Kunda | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 1 | Umashankar Singh | Rasara | |||
| Vacant | 1 | |||||
| Total | 403 | |||||
Members of Legislative Assembly
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly". uplegisassembly.gov.in. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India.
- ^ "UP BJP MLA's Seat Declared Vacant Following Conviction In Muzaffarnagar Riots Case". NDTV.com. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "SP MLA Abdullah Azam Khan disqualified from UP Assembly after conviction in 15-year-old case". The Economic Times. 15 February 2023. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "SP leader Azam Khan disqualified from U.P. Assembly after conviction in hate speech case". The Hindu. 28 October 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "अखिलेश यादव ने करहल से दिया इस्तीफा, अब ये नेता लड़ सकता है सपा से चुनाव". ABP News (in Hindi). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "UP: BJP MLA Arvind Giri dies of heart attack". Hindustan Times. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "3-term BJP MLA from Lucknow East Ashutosh Tandon passes away at 63". The Indian Express. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "अवधेश प्रसाद ने दिया इस्तीफा, BJP से अयोध्या सीट छीनकर बने हैं सांसद" (in Hindi). ABP News.
- ^ "SP MLA Dara Singh Chauhan resigns from U.P. Assembly". The Hindu. 15 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Apna Dal (S) MLA Rahul Kol dies at 39". The Indian Express. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "BJP MLA found guilty of raping minor girl, gets 25 years imprisonment". mint. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.