Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

For the lower house, see Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Uttar Pradesh

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

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)

Party Wise

Alliance Wise

Political groups

| Government (83)

NDA (83)

* BJP (79)
* AD(S) (1)
* NISHAD (1)
* RLD (1)
* SBSP (1)

Official Opposition (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 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 Legislative Council is a permanent house, consisting of 100 members.

## History

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The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 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

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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

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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

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Alliance  | Party  | No. of MLCs  | Leader of the party in Council

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| 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
| IND | 5  | —
Vacant | 1
Total number of MLCs  | 100

## Term

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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)

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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)

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

#  | Member  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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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)

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

#  | Constituency  | Member  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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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  | 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)

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Keys: BJP (6) SP (2)

#  | Constituency  | Member  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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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)

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

#  | Constituency  | Member  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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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)

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

#  | Member  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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1  | Rajnikant Maheshwari |  | BJP | 03-Apr-2023  | 02-Apr-2029
2  | Saket Misra |  | BJP | 03-Apr-2023  | 02-Apr-2029
3  | Ram Surat 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  | Lalaji Prasad Nirmal |  | 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

## See also

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* Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
* Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

## Notes

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## References

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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.

* https://up.gov.in/en/page/constitutional-setup#:~:text=Under the Constitution of India,Vidhan Parishad having 100 members

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