The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, 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 Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. The Legislative Council is a permanent house, consisting of 100 members.
History The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 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 Aizaz 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 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 Legislative Council is as follows:
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council has 100 members (MLC).
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 AlliancePartyNo. of MLCsLeader of the party in CouncilN.D.ASeats: 83BJP79Keshav Prasad MauryaAD(S)1Ashish Singh PatelNISHAD1Sanjay NishadRLD1Yogesh ChoudharySBSP1Vichhelal RajbharI.N.D.I.ASeats: 10SP10Lal Bihari YadavOthersSeats: 6JSD(L)1Akshay Pratap SinghIND5—Vacant1Total number of MLCs100
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 Legislative Council 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 Legislative Council:
Elected by Legislative Assembly (38) Keys:
#Member Party Term start Term end1Vijay Bahadur PathakBJP06-May-202405-May-20302Mahendra Kumar SinghBJP06-May-202405-May-20303Ashok KatariyaBJP06-May-202405-May-20304Santosh SinghBJP06-May-202405-May-20305Dharmendra SinghBJP06-May-202405-May-20306Ram Tirath SinghalBJP06-May-202405-May-20307Mohit BeniwalBJP06-May-202405-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 17Bahoran 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 20Kunwar Manvendra Singh BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027 21Govind Narayan Shukla BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027 22Salil Vishnoi BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027 23Ashwani Tyagi BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027 24Dharmveer Prajapati BJP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027 25Surendra 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-202729Balram YadavSP06-May-202405-May-203030Shah AlamSP06-May-202405-May-203031Kiranpal KashyapSP06-May-202405-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 35Rajendra Chaudhary SP 31-Jan-2021 30-Jan-2027 36 Ashish Patel ADS 06-May-2024 05-May-203037Yogesh ChoudharyRLD06-May-202405-May-203038Vichhelal RajbharSBSP06-May-202405-May-2030
Elected by local authority constituencies (36) Keys:
# Constituency MemberParty Term start Term end 1 RaebareliDinesh Pratap SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 2 Jaunpur Brijesh SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 3 Muzaffarnagar–SaharanpurVandana VermaBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 4 Moradabad–BijnorSatyapal SainiBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 5 Rampur–Bareilly Kunwar Maharaj SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 6 Pilibhit–Shahjahanpur Sudhir GuptaBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 7 HardoiAshok AgrawalBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 8 Lakhimpur–KheriAnoop Kumar GuptaBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 9 Sitapur Pawan Singh ChauhanBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 10 Lucknow–UnnaoRam Chandra PradhanBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 11 PratapgarhAkshay Pratap SinghJSD(L)12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 12 Sultanpur Shailendra Pratap SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 13 Barabanki Angad SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 14 Bahraich Pragya TripathiBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 15 Gonda Awadhesh Kumar SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 16 FaizabadHariom PandeyBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 17 Basti–Siddharth NagarSubhash YaduvanshBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 18 Gorakhpur–MaharajganjC. P. ChandBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 19 DeoriaRatanpal SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 20 Azamgarh–MauVikrant Singh "Rishu"IND12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 21 BalliaRavishanker SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 22 Mirzapur–SonbhadraShyam Narayan Singh Alias Vineet SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 23 Allahabad K. P. SrivastavBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 24 Banda–HamirpurJitendra Singh SengarBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 25 Jhansi–Jalaun–LalitpurRama NiranjanBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 26 Kanpur–Fatehpur Avinash Singh ChauhanBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 27 Etawah–Farrukhabad Pranshu Dutt DwivediBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 28 Agra–Firozabad Vijay ShivhareBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 29 Mathura–Etah–MainpuriAshish Kumar YadavBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 30Om Prakash SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 31 Aligarh–HathrasChaudhary Rishipal SinghBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 32 Bulandshahar–NoidaNarendra BhatiBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 33 Meerut–GhaziabadDharmendra BhardwajBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 34 GhazipurVishal Singh ChanchalBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 35 VaranasiAnnapurna SinghIND12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028 36 BadaunVagish PathakBJP12-Apr-202211-Apr-2028
Elected from Graduate Constituencies (8) Keys:
# ConstituencyMember 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 MeerutDinesh Kumar Goel BJP 01-Dec-2020 30-Nov-2026 6 Lucknow Awanish Kumar Singh BJP 01-Dec-2020 30-Nov-2026 7 Varanasi Ashutosh SinhaSP 01-Dec-2020 30-Nov-2026 8 Allahabad–Jhansi Man Singh YadavSP 01-Dec-2020 30-Nov-2026
Elected from Teacher Constituencies (8) Keys:
# ConstituencyMember 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–MoradabadHari Singh DhillonBJP 01-Dec-2020 30-Nov-2026 4 Lucknow Umesh DwivediBJP 01-Dec-2020 30-Nov-2026 5 Varanasi Lal Bihari YadavSP 01-Dec-2020 30-Nov-2026 6 MeerutShri Chand SharmaBJP 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:
#Member Party Term start Term end1Rajnikant MaheshwariBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-20292Saket MisraBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-20293Ram Surat RajbharBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-20294Hans Raj VishwakarmaBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-20295Tariq MansoorBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-20296Lalaji Prasad NirmalBJP03-Apr-202302-Apr-2029 7Gopal Anjan Bhurji BJP 01-Oct 2021 30-Sep-2027 8Choudhary Virender Singh BJP 01-Oct 2021 30-Sep-2027 9Sanjay Nishad NP 01-Oct 2021 30-Sep-2027 10Vacant 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
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