List of speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly[1] is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. The Speaker holds office till either he/she ceases to be a member of the assembly or resigns from the office. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.

Hriday Narayan Dikshit is the current Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Eligibility

Eligibility criteria to become the Speaker of the Assembly is:

  1. He or she must be a citizen of India;
  2. He or she must not be less than 25 years of age; and
  3. He or she should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Powers and Functions of the Speaker

The speaker of the legislative assembly conducts the business in house, and decides whether a bill is a money bill or not. They maintain discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for their unruly behaviour by suspending them. They also permit the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions such as a motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules. The speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting. The date of election of the speaker is fixed by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Further, all comments and speeches made by members of the House are addressed to the speaker. The speaker is answerable to the house. Both the speaker and deputy speaker may be removed by a resolution passed by the majority of the members.

List of the Speakers of Uttar Pradesh

No. Name
(Constituency)
Portrait Term[2] Party Assembly
(Election)
1 Purushottam Das Tandon 31 July 1937 8 August 1950 Indian National Congress
2 Nafisul Hasan 21 December 1950 19 May 1952
3 Atmaram Govind Kher
(Garautha)
20 May 1952 4 April 1957 1st Assembly
(1952 election)
4 April 1957 26 March 1962 2nd Assembly
(1957 election)
4 Madan Mohan Verma
(Faizabad)
26 March 1962 16 March 1967 3rd Assembly
(1962 election)
5 Jagdish Saran Agarwal 17 March 1967 16 March 1969 4th Assembly
(1967 election)
(3) Atmaram Govind Kher
(Garautha)
17 March 1969 18 March 1974 5th Assembly
(1969 election)
6 Vasudev Singh 18 March 1974 12 July 1977 6th Assembly
(1974 election)
7 Banarasi Das
(Hapur)
12 July 1977 26 February 1979 Indian National Congress 7th Assembly
(1977 election)
Acting Jagannath Prasad
(Dhaurahra)
29 February 1979 17 February 1980 Independent
8 Sripati Mishra
(Isauli)
7 July 1980 16 July 1982 Indian National Congress 8th Assembly
(1980 election)
Acting Yaadvendra Singh
(Siswa)
17 July 1982 24 August 1982 Indian National Congress
9 Dhram Singh 25 August 1982 15 March 1985 Indian National Congress
10 Niyaz Hasan Khan
(Kunda)
15 March 1985 9 January 1990 Indian National Congress 9th Assembly
(1985 election)
11 Hari Krishna Srivastava
(Chaubepur)
1 January 1990 30 July 1991 Janata Dal 10th Assembly
(1989 election)
12 Keshari Nath Tripathi
(Allahabad South)
30 July 1991 15 December 1993 Bharatiya Janata Party 11th Assembly
(1991 election)
13 Dhaniram Verma
(Bidhuna)
15 December 1993 20 June 1995 Samajwadi Party 12th Assembly
(1993 election)
Acting Barkhu Ram Verma
(Sagri)
20 June 1995 17 July 1995 Bahujan Samaj Party
14 18 July 1995 26 March 1997
(12) Keshari Nath Tripathi
(Allahabad South)
26 March 1997 14 May 2002 Bharatiya Janata Party 13th Assembly
(1996 election)
14 May 2002 19 May 2004 14th Assembly
(2002 election)
Acting Dr. Waqar Ahmad Shah
(Bahraich)
19 May 2004 26 July 2004 Samajwadi Party
15 Mata Prasad Pandey
(Itwa)
26 July 2004 18 May 2007
16 Sukhdev Rajbhar
(Lalganj)
18 May 2007 13 April 2012 Bahujan Samaj Party 15th Assembly
(2007 election)
(15) Mata Prasad Pandey
(Itwa)
13 April 2012 30 March 2017 Samajwadi Party 16th Assembly
(2017 election)
17 Hriday Narayan Dikshit
(Bhagwantnagar)
30 March 2017 Incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party 17th Assembly
(2017 election)

See also

References

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