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. Speakers hold office until ceasing to be a member of the assembly or resigning 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.

Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Seal of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent Satish Mahana since 29 March 2022
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Style	The Hon’ble (formal) Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member of	Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Government of Uttar Pradesh
Residence	Lucknow
Seat	Vidhan Bhavan
Appointer	Members of the Legislative Assembly
Term length	During the life of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Inaugural holder	Purushottam Das Tandon
Deputy	vacant

Eligibility

The Speaker of the Assembly:

1. Must be a citizen of India;
2. Must not be less than 25 years of age; and
3. 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	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term[2]			Assembly	Party
1		Purushottam Das Tandon		31 July 1937	10 August 1950	13 years, 10 days		Indian National Congress
2		Nafisul Hasan		21 December 1950	19 May 1952	1 year, 150 days
3		Atmaram Govind Kher	Garautha	20 May 1952	4 April 1957	9 years, 310 days	1st
				4 April 1957	26 March 1962		2nd
4		Madan Mohan Verma	Faizabad	26 March 1962	16 March 1967	4 years, 355 days	3rd
5		Jagdish Saran Agarwal	Bareilly City	17 March 1967	16 March 1969	1 year, 364 days	4th
(3)		Atmaram Govind Kher	Garautha	17 March 1969	18 March 1974	5 years, 1 day	5th
6		Vasudev Singh	Gadwara	18 March 1974	12 July 1977	3 years, 116 days	6th
7		Banarasi Das	Hapur	12 July 1977	26 February 1979	1 year, 229 days	7th	Janata Party
8		Sripati Mishra	Isauli	7 July 1980	18 July 1982	2 years, 11 days	8th	Indian National Congress
9		Dharam Singh		25 August 1982	15 March 1985	2 years, 202 days
10		Niyaz Hasan Khan	Kunda	15 March 1985	9 January 1990	4 years, 300 days	9th
11		Harikishan Srivastava	Chaubepur	9 January 1990	30 July 1991	1 year, 202 days	10th	Janata Dal
12		Keshari Nath Tripathi	Allahabad South	30 July 1991	15 December 1993	2 years, 138 days	11th	Bharatiya Janata Party
13		Dhaniram Verma	Bidhuna	15 December 1993	20 June 1995	1 year, 187 days	12th	Samajwadi Party
14		Barkhu Ram Verma	Sagri	18 July 1995	26 March 1997	1 year, 251 days		Bahujan Samaj Party
(12)		Keshari Nath Tripathi	Allahabad South	27 March 1997	14 May 2002	7 years, 53 days	13th	Bharatiya Janata Party
				14 May 2002	19 May 2004		14th
15		Mata Prasad Pandey	Itwa	26 July 2004	18 May 2007	2 years, 296 days		Samajwadi Party
16		Sukhdev Rajbhar	Lalganj	18 May 2007	13 April 2012	4 years, 331 days	15th	Bahujan Samaj Party
(15)		Mata Prasad Pandey	Itwa	13 April 2012	30 March 2017	4 years, 351 days	16th	Samajwadi Party
17		Hriday Narayan Dikshit	Bhagwantnagar	30 March 2017	29 March 2022	4 years, 364 days	17th	Bharatiya Janata Party
18		Satish Mahana	Maharajpur	29 March 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 239 days	18th

See also

• Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Governor of Uttar Pradesh
• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha
• Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
• List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen

References

1. "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly".
2. "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly". uplegisassembly.gov.in.