List of speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 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 Template:Small	Portrait	Term		Party		Assembly Template:Small
1	Purushottam Das Tandon		31 July 1937	8 August 1950	Indian National Congress	rowspan=8 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
2	Nafisul Hasan		21 December 1950	19 May 1952
3	Atmaram Govind Kher Template:Small		20 May 1952	4 April 1957		1st Assembly Template:Small
			4 April 1957	26 March 1962		2nd Assembly Template:Small
4	Madan Mohan Verma Template:Small		26 March 1962	16 March 1967		3rd Assembly Template:Small
5	Jagdish Saran Agarwal		17 March 1967	16 March 1969		4th Assembly Template:Small
(3)	Atmaram Govind Kher Template:Small		17 March 1969	18 March 1974		5th Assembly Template:Small
6	Vasudev Singh		18 March 1974	12 July 1977		6th Assembly Template:Small
7	Banarasi Das Template:Small	File:Banarasi Das 2013 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	12 July 1977	26 February 1979	Indian National Congress	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	7th Assembly Template:Small
Acting	Jagannath Prasad Template:Small		29 February 1979	17 February 1980	Independent	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
8	Sripati Mishra Template:Small		7 July 1980	16 July 1982	Indian National Congress	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	8th Assembly Template:Small
Acting	Yaadvendra Singh Template:Small		17 July 1982	24 August 1982	Indian National Congress	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
9	Dhram Singh		25 August 1982	15 March 1985	Indian National Congress	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
10	Niyaz Hasan Khan Template:Small		15 March 1985	9 January 1990	Indian National Congress	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	9th Assembly Template:Small
11	Hari Krishna Srivastava Template:Small		1 January 1990	30 July 1991	Janata Dal	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	10th Assembly Template:Small
12	Keshari Nath Tripathi Template:Small	File:Keshari Nath Tripathi - Kolkata 2016-07-01 5591.JPG	30 July 1991	15 December 1993	Bharatiya Janata Party	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	11th Assembly Template:Small
13	Dhaniram Verma Template:Small		15 December 1993	20 June 1995	Samajwadi Party	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	12th Assembly Template:Small
Acting	Barkhu Ram Verma Template:Small		20 June 1995	17 July 1995	Bahujan Samaj Party	rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
14			18 July 1995	26 March 1997
(12)	Keshari Nath Tripathi Template:Small	File:Keshari Nath Tripathi - Kolkata 2016-07-01 5591.JPG	26 March 1997	14 May 2002	Bharatiya Janata Party	rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	13th Assembly Template:Small
			14 May 2002	19 May 2004		14th Assembly Template:Small
Acting	Dr. Waqar Ahmad Shah Template:Small		19 May 2004	26 July 2004	Samajwadi Party		rowspan=2 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
15	Mata Prasad Pandey Template:Small		26 July 2004	18 May 2007
16	Sukhdev Rajbhar Template:Small		18 May 2007	13 April 2012	Bahujan Samaj Party	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	15th Assembly Template:Small
(15)	Mata Prasad Pandey Template:Small		13 April 2012	30 March 2017	Samajwadi Party	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	16th Assembly Template:Small
17	Hriday Narayan Dikshit Template:Small		30 March 2017	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party	width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	17th Assembly Template:Small

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