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.[3] 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 | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Preceded by | United Provinces Legislative Council |
| Leadership | |
Vacant | |
Leader of the House | |
Deputy Leader of the House | |
Deputy Leader of Opposition | |
Pradeep Kumar Dubey, IAS | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 403 |
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Political groups | Government (274) NDA (274) Opposition (129) Other opposition (11) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 10 February 2022 – 7 March 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow | |
| Website | |
| uplegisassembly.gov.in | |
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.[4] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 49 days |
Eighteenth assembly
| Alliance | Party | No. of MLA's | Leader of the Party
in Assembly |
Leader's Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Alliance Seats: 274 |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 255 | Yogi Adityanath | Gorakhpur Urban | ||
| Apna Dal (Sonelal) | 13 | Ram Niwas Verma | Nanpara | |||
| NISHAD Party | 6 | Anil Kumar Tripathi | Menhdawal | |||
| Samajwadi Party+ Seats: 118 |
Samajwadi Party | 109 | Akhilesh Yadav | Karhal | ||
| Rashtriya Lok Dal | 9 | Rajpal Singh Baliyan | Budhana | |||
| Others Seats: 11 |
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party[5] | 6 | Om Prakash Rajbhar | Zahoorabad | ||
| Indian National Congress | 2 | Aradhana Mishra | Rampur Khas | |||
| Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) | 2 | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | Kunda | |||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 1 | Umashankar Singh | Rasara | |||
| Total | 403 | |||||
Members of Legislative Assembly
See also
References
- मिश्रा, अविनीश (1 February 2023). "स्वामी, राजभर और सरोज... 'कौशांबी मॉडल' से बीजेपी को फिर मात देंगे अखिलेश?". www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- "Rajbhar's SBSP breaks ties with Samajwadi Party". Hindustan Times. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- "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.
- "Rajbhar's SBSP breaks ties with Samajwadi Party". Hindustan Times. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- "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.
- "UP: BJP MLA Arvind Giri dies of heart attack". Hindustan Times. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- "Apna Dal (S) MLA Rahul Kol dies at 39". The Indian Express. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
External links
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