Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh.[2] There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-post system.
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Preceded by | United Provinces Legislative Council |
Leadership | |
Anandiben Patel since 29 July 2019 | |
Vacant since March 2017 | |
Leader of the House Chief Minister | |
Deputy Leader of the House Deputy Chief Minister | |
Structure | |
Seats | 403 |
Political groups | Government (280) NDA (280) Opposition (123) Unallied (03) |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 10 February 2022 – 7 March 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
Meeting place | |
Vidhan Sabha Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, VS Marg, Lucknow - 226 001 | |
Website | |
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
History
The 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.[3] 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
Vidhan Sabha | Constitution | Dissolution | Days |
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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 | - | 1 year, 211 days |
Eighteenth assembly
Alliance | Party | No. of MLA's | Leader of the Party in Assembly | Leader's Constituency | ||
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National Democratic Alliance Seats: 280 |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 255 | Yogi Adityanath | Gorakhpur Urban | ||
Apna Dal (Sonelal) | 13 | Ram Niwas Verma | Nanpara | |||
NISHAD Party | 6 | Anil Kumar Tripathi | Menhdawal | |||
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | 6 | Om Prakash Rajbhar | Zahoorabad | |||
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance Seats: 119 |
Samajwadi Party | 108 | Akhilesh Yadav | Karhal | ||
Rashtriya Lok Dal | 9 | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | Budhana | |||
Indian National Congress | 2 | Aradhana Mishra | Rampur Khas | |||
Others Seats: 4 |
Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) | 2 | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | Kunda | ||
Bahujan Samaj Party | 1 | Umashankar Singh | Rasara | |||
Vacant | 1 | |||||
Total | 403 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
See also
References
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- "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly". uplegisassembly.gov.in. 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.
- "UP BJP MLA's Seat Declared Vacant Following Conviction In Muzaffarnagar Riots Case". NDTV.com. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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- "Apna Dal (S) MLA Rahul Kol dies at 39". The Indian Express. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.