Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Upper House
Leadership
Leader of the House
Leader of Opposition
Naseemuddin Siddiqui, BSP
Structure
Political groups
  SP (64)
  BSP (12)
  BJP (7)
  Independent (7)
  Teachers (5)
  INC (2)
  RLD (1)
  Vacant (2)
Website
http://www.upgov.nic.in/

The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad or the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the seven 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 Governor Shri Ram Naik was a part of it, as heretofore. The Legislative Council consisted of 60 members. The term of a member of the Council was nine 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 till 9 March 1949. Chandra Bhal became the next Chairman on 10 March 1949.

After the independenc and adoption of the constitution on 26 January 1950 Chandra Bhal was re-elected the Chairman of the Legislative Council and continued in office till May 5, 1958. Sri Nizamuddin was elected the Deputy Chairman of the Council on May 27, 1952. He continued in office till 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:

Term

Members are now elected or nominated for six years and one-third of them retire every second year. The presiding officers of Vidhan Parishad are now known as Chairman and Deputy Chairman. mr.Ramesh Yadav is a Chairman of this house at a time

Constituencies and members

The following are the constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad:[1]

Graduates' constituencies (8)

# Constituency Member Political Party Term
1 Bareilly-Moradabad Division Graduates Dr. Jai Pal Singh (Vyast) BJP Nov 2010 - Nov 2016
2 Lucknow Division Graduates Kanti Singh Independent May 2014 - May 2020
3 Gorakhpur-Faizabad Division Graduates Devendra Pratap Singh SP Nov 2010 - Nov 2016
4 Varanasi Division Graduates Kedar Nath Singh BJP May 2014 - May 2020
5 Allahabad-Jhansi Division Graduates Dr. Yagya Dutt Sharma BJP May 2014 - May 2020
6 Kanpur Division Graduates Arun Pathak BJP Nov 2010 - Nov 2016
7 Aligarh-Agra Division Graduates Dr. Aseem Yadav SP May 2014 - May 2020
8 Meerut Division Graduates Hem Singh Pundir Non political May 2014 - May 2020

Teachers' constituencies (8)

# Constituency Member Political Party Term
1 Meerut Division Teachers Om Prakash Sharma Non political May 2014 - May 2020
2 Bareilly-Moradabad Division Teachers Sanjay Kumar Mishra SP May 2014 - May 2020
3 Lucknow Division Teachers Umesh Dwivedi Independent May 2014 - May 2020
4 Gorakhpur-Faizabad Division Teachers Dhruv Kumar Tripathi Non political May 2014 - May 2020
5 Varanasi Division Teachers Chet Narayan Singh Independent May 2014 - May 2020
6 Allahabad-Jhansi Division Teachers Suresh Kumar Tripathi Non political Nov 2010 - Nov 2016
7 Kanpur Division Teachers Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel Independent Nov 2010 - Nov 2016
8 Agra-Aligarh Division Teachers Jagveer Kishor Jain Non political May 2014 - May 2020

Local Authorities' constituencies (36)

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

Members elected by Legislative Assembly(38)

# Member Name Political Party Term
1 Akhilesh Yadav SP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
2 Rajendra Choudhury SP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
3 Ambika Choudhury SP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
4 Dr. Madhu Gupta SP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
5 Naresh Chandra Uttam SP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
6 Vijay Yadav SP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
7 Umar Khan SP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
8 Ram Sakal Gujjar SP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
9 Sunil Kumar BSP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
10 Dr. Vijay Pratap BSP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
11 Thakur Jaiveer Singh BSP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
12 Mahendra Kumar Singh BJP Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
13 Choudhury Mustaq Ahmed RLD Mar 2012 - Mar 2018
14 Ahmed Hasan SP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
15 Ramesh Yadav SP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
16 Rajratan Rajbhar SP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
17 Sahab Singh Saini SP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
18 Ashok Bajpai SP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
19 Virendra Singh Gujjar SP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
20 Sarojini Agarwal SP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
21 Ashu Malik SP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
22 Naseemuddin Siddiqui BSP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
23 Dharmveer Ashok BSP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
24 Pradeep BSP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
25 Lakshman Acharya BJP Feb 2015 - Feb 2021
26 Kamlesh Pathak SP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022 [2]
27 Rannvijay Singh Gonda SP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
28 Jagjivan Prasad Babu SP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
29 Atar Singh Rao BSP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
30 Dinesh Chandra BSP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
31 Shatarudra Prakash SP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
32 Suresh Kashyap BSP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
33 Yashwant Singh SP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
34 Bhupendra Singh BJP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
35 Dipak Singh INC Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
36 Sunil Kumar Chittaur BSP Feb 2012 - Feb 2018
37 Bukkal Nawab SP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
38 Balram Yadav SP Jul 2016 - Jul 2022
39 Ram Sundar Das Nishad SP Jun 2016 - Jun 2022

Nominated members

The following are the present nominated Members of Legislative Council:

# Member Name Political Party Term
1 Shri Ram Singh Yadav SP Jul 2015 - Jul 2021
2 Ms Lilawati Kushwaha SP Jul 2015 - Jul 2021
3 Ramvriksh Singh Yadav SP Jul 2015 - Jul 2021
4 Jitendra Yadav SP Jul 2015 - Jul 2021
5 Balwant Singh Ramoowalia SP May 2016 - Apr 2022
6 Zaheer Hasan Waseem Barelvi SP May 2016 - Apr 2022
7 Madhukar Jetley SP May 2016 - Apr 2022

The names of Dr Kamlesh Kumar Pathak, Sanjay Seth, Ranvijay Singh,Abdul Sarfraz Khan and Dr Rajpal Kashyap as recommended by the government were rejected by the governor Ram Naik as they were not nominated on basis or excellence in arts, social service, science etc.

Party Wise Status

The following is the present party wise strength of Legislative Council:

  1. Samajwadi Party (SP) - 68
  2. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) - 11
  3. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) - 7
  4. Indian National Congress (INC) - 2
  5. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) - 1
  6. Teacher's Group (Non political) - 5
  7. Independent's Group - 4
  8. Independent - 2

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1951". Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India.
  2. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UP-MLC-poll-witnesses-heavy-cross-voting-Samajwadi-Party-emerges-victorious/articleshow/52694599.cms
  3. ↑ http://www.upvidhanparishad.nic.in/dalwaqr%20sadasya.htm
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