Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council

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Template:Infobox official post The chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council presides over the proceedings of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. In the absence the deputy chairperson presides. The chairperson is elected internally by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.[1]

Eligibility

The chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council must:

  1. Be a citizen of India.;
  2. Be at least 25 years of age; and
  3. Should not hold any office of profit under the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

List of chair

The council is headed by a chairperson, elected by members in a simple majority vote. The following is the list of chairpersons of the council.

Sr No Chairperson Tenure Party Reference
1 Dr. Sir Sitaram 19 August 1925 12 March 1937 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [2]
2 Dr. Sir Sitaram 12 July 1937 9 March 1949 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [3]
3 Chandra Bhal 10 March 1949 25 January 1950 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [4]
4 Chandra Bhal 26 January 1950 5 May 1958 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [4]
5 Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar 20 July 1958 5 May 1964 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [2]
6 Darbari Lal Sharma 5 August 1964 5 May 1968 Indian National Congress style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | [2]
7 Virendra Swarup 15 March 1969 5 May 1974 Independent style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | [5]
8 Virendra Swarup 11 June 1974 26 February 1980 Independent style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | [6]
9 Virendra Bahadur SIngh Chandel 6 October 1980 5 May 1982 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [7]
10 Virendra Bahadur SIngh Chandel 3 March 1983 5 May 1988 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [7]
11 Jagdish Chandra Dikshit 6 April 1989 7 March 1990 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [8]
12 Shiv Prasad Gupta 5 July 1990 5 July 1992 Bharatiya Janata Party style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [9]
13 Nityanand Swami 25 April 1997 8 November 2000 Indian National Congress style="width:1px; background-color: Template:Party color" | [10]
14 Sukhram Singh Yadav 3 August 2004 15 January 2010 Samajwadi Party style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [11]
15 Ganesh Shankar Pandey 21 January 2010 15 January 2016 Bahujan Samaj Party style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [12]
16 Ramesh Yadav 11 March 2016 30 January 2021 Samajwadi Party style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [13]
17 Kunwar Manvendra Singh 30 January 2021 present Bharatiya Janata Party style="background-color: Template:Party color" | [14]

Deputy

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References

  1. ↑ Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad. upvidhanparishad.nic.in.
  3. ↑ Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad. upvidhanparishad.nic.in.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad.
  5. ↑ Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad.
  6. ↑ {{{title}}}. upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 {{{title}}}. upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  8. ↑ {{{title}}}. upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  9. ↑ {{{title}}}. upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  10. ↑ {{{title}}}. upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  11. ↑ श्री चौधरी सुखराम सिंह यादव. upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  12. ↑ श्री गणेश शंकर पाण्डेय. upvidha parishad.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  13. ↑ श्री रमेश यादव. upvidha parishad.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  14. ↑ श्री कुँवर मानवेन्‍द्र सिंह‍. upvidha parishad.nic.in. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
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