Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

For the lower house, see Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six 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.

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad
Type
Type	Upper house of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature
Term limits	6 years
Leadership
Governor of Uttar Pradesh	Anandiben Patel since 29 July 2019
Chairman	Kunwar Manvendra Singh, BJP since 22 May 2022
Deputy Chairman	Vacant, BJP
Leader of the House	Keshav Prasad Maurya (Deputy Chief Minister), BJP since 10 August 2022
Leader of Opposition	Lal Bihari Yadav, SP since 22 July 2024
Deputy Leader of Opposition	Mohammad Jasmir Ansari, SP since 22 July 2024
Principal Secretary	Dr Rajesh Singh, IAS
Structure
Seats	100 (90 elected + 10 nominated)
Political groups	Government (83)   NDA (83)   BJP (79)   AD(S) (1)   NISHAD (1)   RLD (1)   SBSP (1) Official Opposition (10)   INDIA (10)   SP (10) Other opposition (6)   JD(L) (1)   IND (5) Vacant (1)   Vacant (1)
Elections
Last election	2024
Next election	2026
Meeting place
Vidhan Parishad Chamber, Vidhan Bhavan, Vidhan Sabha Marg, Lucknow - 226 001
Website
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

History

The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad came into existence by the Government of India Act of 1935. The Legislative Council consisted of 60 members. The term of a member of the Council was six years with one-third of its members retiring after every two 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 until 9 March 1949. Chandra Bhal became the next Chairman on 10 March 1949.

After the independence and adoption of the constitution on 26 January 1950 Chandra Bhal was re-elected the Chairman of the Legislative Council and served until 5 May 1958. Sri Nizamuddin was elected the Deputy Chairman of the Council on 27 May 1952. He served until 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 reorganization of Uttar Pradesh state in November 2000 and the creation of Uttarakhand state, this strength has now reduced to 100.

Composition of Legislative Council

The present composition of the Vidhan Parishad is as follows: Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) has 100 members (MLC).^[1]

• 38 members are elected by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly members (MLA).
• 36 members are elected by local authorities.
• 8 members are elected by graduates.
• 8 members are elected by teachers.
• 10 members are nominated by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.

Party composition

Alliance		Party		No. of MLCs	Leader of the party in Council
	N.D.A Seats: 83		BJP	79	Keshav Prasad Maurya
			AD(S)	1	Ashish Singh Patel
			NISHAD	1	Sanjay Nishad
			RLD	1	Yogesh Choudhary
			SBSP	1	Vichhelal Rajbhar
	I.N.D.I.A Seats: 10		SP	10	Lal Bihari Yadav
	Others Seats: 6		JSD(L)	1	Akshay Pratap Singh
			IND	5	—
Vacant			1
Total number of MLCs				100

Term

Members are now elected or nominated for six years and one-third of them retire on the expiration of every second year, so a member continues as such for six years. The vacant seats are filled up by fresh elections and nominations (by Governor) at the beginning of every third year. The retiring members are also eligible for re-election and re-nomination any number of times. The Presiding Officers of Vidhan Parishad are Chairman and Deputy Chairman. Kunwar Manvendra Singh is the current Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

Constituencies and members (100)

See List of members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

The following are the constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad:^[2]

Elected by Legislative Assembly (38)

Keys:   BJP (28)   SP (7)   AD(S) (1)   RLD (1)   SBSP (1)

#	Member	Party		Term start	Term end
1	Vijay Bahadur Pathak		BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
2	Mahendra Kumar Singh		BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
3	Ashok Katariya		BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
4	Santosh Singh		BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
5	Dharmendra Singh		BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
6	Ram Tirath Singhal		BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
7	Mohit Beniwal		BJP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
8	Keshav Prasad Maurya		BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
9	Bhupendra Chaudhary		BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
10	Daya Shankar Mishra		BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
11	Jayendra Pratap Singh Rathore		BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
12	Jaswant Singh Saini		BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
13	Danish Azad Ansari		BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
14	Narendra Kashyap		BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
15	Manvendra Singh Chauhan		BJP	29-May-2023	05-Jul-2028
16	Mukesh Sharma		BJP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
17	Bahoran Lal Maurya		BJP	06-Jul-2024	05-Jul-2028
18	Swatantra Dev Singh		BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
19	A. K. Sharma		BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
20	Kunwar Manvendra Singh		BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
21	Govind Narayan Shukla		BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
22	Salil Vishnoi		BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
23	Ashwani Tyagi		BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
24	Dharmveer Prajapati		BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
25	Surendra Choudhary		BJP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
26	Dharmendra Senthwar		BJP	11-Aug-2022	30-Jan-2027
27	Padmasen Chaudhary		BJP	29-May-2023	30-Jan-2027
28	Dara Singh Chauhan		BJP	23-Jan-2024	30-Jan-2027
29	Balram Yadav		SP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
30	Shah Alam		SP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
31	Kiranpal Kashyap		SP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
32	Mukul Yadav		SP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
33	Mohammad Jasmir Ansari		SP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
34	Shahnawaz Khan		SP	06-Jul-2022	05-Jul-2028
35	Rajendra Chaudhary		SP	31-Jan-2021	30-Jan-2027
36	Ashish Patel		ADS	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
37	Yogesh Choudhary		RLD	06-May-2024	05-May-2030
38	Vichhelal Rajbhar		SBSP	06-May-2024	05-May-2030

Elected by local authority constituencies (36)

Keys:   BJP (33)   Independent (2)   JSD(L) (1)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term start	Term end
1	Raebareli	Dinesh Pratap Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
2	Jaunpur	Brijesh Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
3	Muzaffarnagar- Saharanpur	Vandana Verma		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
4	Moradabad–Bijnor	Satyapal Saini		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
5	Rampur–Bareilly	Kunwar Maharaj Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
6	Pilibhit–Shahjahanpur	Sudhir Gupta		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
7	Hardoi	Ashok Agrawal		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
8	Lakhimpur–Kheri	Anoop Kumar Gupta		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
9	Sitapur	Pawan Singh Chauhan		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
10	Lucknow–Unnao	Ram Chandra Pradhan		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
11	Pratapgarh	Akshay Pratap Singh		JSD(L)	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
12	Sultanpur	Shailendra Pratap Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
13	Barabanki	Angad Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
14	Bahraich	Pragya Tripathi		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
15	Gonda	Awadhesh Kumar Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
16	Faizabad	Hariom Pandey		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
17	Basti–Siddharth Nagar	Subhash Yaduvansh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
18	Gorakhpur–Maharajganj	C. P. Chand		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
19	Deoria	Ratanpal Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
20	Azamgarh–Mau	Vikrant Singh "Rishu"		IND	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
21	Ballia	Ravishanker Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
22	Mirzapur–Sonbhadra	Shyam Narayan Singh Alias Vineet Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
23	Allahabad	K. P. Srivastav		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
24	Banda–Hamirpur	Jitendra Singh Sengar		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
25	Jhansi–Jalaun–Lalitpur	Rama Niranjan		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
26	Kanpur–Fatehpur	Avinash Singh Chauhan		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
27	Etawah–Farrukhabad	Pranshu Dutt Dwivedi		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
28	Agra–Firozabad	Vijay Shivhare		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
29	Mathura–Etah–Mainpuri	Ashish Kumar Yadav		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
30		Om Prakash Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
31	Aligarh-Hathras	Chaudhary Rishipal Singh		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
32	Bulandshahar-Noida	Narendra Bhati		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
33	Meerut–Ghaziabad	Dharmendra Bhardwaj		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
34	Ghazipur	Vishal Singh Chanchal		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
35	Varanasi	Annapurna Singh		IND	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028
36	Badaun	Vagish Pathak		BJP	12-Apr-2022	11-Apr-2028

Elected from Graduate Constituencies (8)

Keys:   BJP (6)   SP (2)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term start	Term end
1	Bareilly–Moradabad	Jai Pal Singh		BJP	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
2	Gorakhpur–Faizabad	Devendra Pratap Singh		BJP	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
3	Kanpur	Arun Pathak		BJP	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
4	Agra	Manvendra Pratap Singh		BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
5	Meerut	Dinesh Kumar Goel		BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
6	Lucknow	Awanish Kumar Singh		BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
7	Varanasi	Ashutosh Sinha		SP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
8	Allahabad–Jhansi	Man Singh Yadav		SP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026

Elected from Teacher Constituencies (8)

Keys:   BJP (4)   Independent (3)   SP (1)

#	Constituency	Member	Party		Term start	Term end
1	Kanpur	Raj Bahadur Singh Chandel		IND	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
2	Allahabad–Jhansi	Babu Lal Tiwari		BJP	13-Feb-2023	12-Feb-2029
3	Bareilly–Moradabad	Hari Singh Dhillon		BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
4	Lucknow	Umesh Dwivedi		BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
5	Varanasi	Lal Bihari Yadav		SP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
6	Meerut	Shri Chand Sharma		BJP	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
7	Agra	Akash Agarwal		IND	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026
8	Gorakhpur–Faizabad	Dhruv Kumar Tripathi		IND	01-Dec-2020	30-Nov-2026

Nominated by Governor (10)

Keys:   BJP (8)   NP (1)   Vacant (1)

#	Member	Party		Term start	Term end
1	Rajnikant Maheshwari		BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
2	Saket Misra		BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
3	Ram Subhag Rajbhar		BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
4	Hans Raj Vishwakarma		BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
5	Tariq Mansoor		BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
6	Lal ji Prasad		BJP	03-Apr-2023	02-Apr-2029
7	Gopal Anjan Bhurji		BJP	01-Oct 2021	30-Sep-2027
8	Choudhary Virender Singh		BJP	01-Oct 2021	30-Sep-2027
9	Sanjay Nishad		NP	01-Oct 2021	30-Sep-2027
10	Vacant since 08-Jun-2024				30-Sep-2027

See also

• Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

Notes

References

1. "Constitutional Setup". Government of UP. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
2. "The Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Order, 1951". Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

• https://up.gov.in/en/page/constitutional-setup#:~:text=Under%20the%20Constitution%20of%20India,Vidhan%20Parishad%20having%20100%20members

External links

• Government of Uttar Pradesh official website