Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Uttar Pradesh Legislative | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 6 years |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | |
Deputy Chairman | Vacant, TBD |
Leader of the House | |
Leader of the Opposition | Ahmed Hasan, SP since 28 March 2017 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 100 (90 elected + 10 nominated) |
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Political groups | Government (25)
Opposition (53)
Others (10) Vacant (12)
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| Website | |
| http://upvidhanparishad.nic.in/ | |
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.
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]
Elected from Graduates Constituencies (8)
| # | Constituency | Member | Party | Term Start | Term End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bareilly-Moradabad | Dr. Jai Pal Singh | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | February 2017 | February 2023[3] |
| 2 | Gorakhpur-Faizabad | Devendra Pratap Singh | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | February 2017 | February 2023 |
| 3 | Kanpur | Arun Pathak | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | 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)
| # | Constituency | Member | Party | Term Start | Term End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kanpur | Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel | bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | | Independent | February 2017 | February 2023 |
| 2 | Allahabad-Jhansi | Suresh Kumar Tripathi | bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | | 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 | ||
Local authorities' constituencies (36)
| # | Constituency | Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rae Bareli | Dinesh Pratap Singh | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 2 | Jaunpur | Brijesh Kumar Singh | bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color" | | Bahujan Samaj Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 3 | Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur | Mahmood Ali | bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color" | | Bahujan Samaj Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 4 | Moradabad-Bijnor | Parvez Ali | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 5 | Rampur-Bareilly | Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 6 | Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur | Amit Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 7 | Hardoi | Misbahuddin | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 8 | Lakhimpur-Kheri | Shashank Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 9 | Sitapur | Anand Bhadauria | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 10 | Lucknow-Unnao | Sunil Singh | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 11 | Pratapgarh | Akshay Pratap Singh | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Jan Satta Dal | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 12 | Sultanpur | Shailendra Pratap | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 13 | Barabanki | Rajesh Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 14 | Bahraich | Iqhlaq Khan | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 15 | Gonda | Mahfooz Khan | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 16 | Faizabad | Heralal Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 17 | Basti-Siddharth Nagar | Santosh Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 18 | Gorakhpur-Maharajganj | C.P. Chandra | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 19 | Deoria | Ramawadh Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 20 | Azamgarh-Mau | Rakesh Kumar Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 21 | Ballia | Ravishankar Singh | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 22 | Mirzapur-Sonbhadra | Ramlali Mishra | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Nishad Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 23 | Allahabad | Vasudev Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 24 | Banda-Hamirpur | Ramesh Mishra | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 25 | Jhansi-Jalaun-Lalitpur | Rama Niranjan | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 26 | Kanpur-Fatehpur | Dilip Singh alias Kallu Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 27 | Etawah-Farrukhabad | Pushpraj Jain | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 28 | Agra-Firozabad | Dileep Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 29 | Mathura-Etah-Mainpuri | Udayveer Singh | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 30 | Mathura-Etah-Mainpuri | Arvind Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 31 | Aligarh | Jaswant Singh | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 32 | Bulandshahar | Narendra Singh Bhati | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 33 | Meerut-Ghaziabad | Rakesh Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 34 | Ghazipur | Vishal Singh Chanchal | bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 35 | Varanasi | Brijesh Kumar Singh alias Arun | bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | | Independent | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 |
| 36 | Badaun | Vacant | Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 | ||
Members elected by Legislative Assembly (38)
Nominated members (10)
The following are the present nominated Members of Legislative Council:
| # | Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balwant Singh Ramoowalia | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | May 2016 - Apr 2022 |
| 2 | Zaheer Hasan Waseem Barelvi | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | May 2016 - Apr 2022 |
| 3 | Madhukar Jetley | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | May 2016 - Apr 2022 |
| 4 | Rajpal Kashyap | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | May 2016 - Apr 2022 |
| 5 | Sanjay Lathar | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | May 2016 - Apr 2022 |
| 6 | Arvind Singh | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | May 2016 - Apr 2022 |
| 7 | Shri Ram Singh Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Jul 2015 - Jul 2021 |
| 8 | Ms Lilawati Kushwaha | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Jul 2015 - Jul 2021 |
| 9 | Ramvriksh Singh Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Jul 2015 - Jul 2021 |
| 10 | Jitendra Yadav | bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | Jul 2015 - Jul 2021 |
See also
References
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ramesh-yadav-to-chair-up-legislative-council/article8343878.ece
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-wins-3-graduate-legislative-council-seats-in-uttar-pradesh-1658459
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UP-MLC-poll-witnesses-heavy-cross-voting-Samajwadi-Party-emerges-victorious/articleshow/52694599.cms
