List of speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

For upper house, see Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Seal of the Government of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Satish Mahana
since 29 March 2022
StyleThe Honourable (formal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
TypeSpeaker
StatusHighest authority and presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly
Member ofUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernment of Uttar Pradesh
Residence16, Kalidas Marg, Lucknow
SeatVidhan Bhavan, Lucknow
NominatorMembers of the Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuring the life of the Legislative Assembly (five years maximum; renewable)
Inaugural holderPurushottam Das Tandon
DeputyDeputy Speaker of the 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.

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

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 10 April 1957 9 years, 310 days 1st
10 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
Acting Jagannath Prasad 27 February 1979 17 February 1980 355 days
8 Sripati Mishra Isauli 7 July 1980 18 July 1982 2 years, 11 days 8th Indian National Congress
Acting Yaadvendra Singh 19 July 1982 24 August 1982 36 days
9 Dharam Singh (INC politician) 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
Acting Barkhu Ram Verma Sagri 20 June 1995 17 July 1995 17 days Bahujan Samaj Party
14 18 July 1995 26 March 1997 1 year, 251 days
(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
Acting Viqar Ahmad Shah 19 May 2004 26 July 2004 68 days Samajwadi Party
15 Mata Prasad Pandey Itwa 26 July 2004 18 May 2007 2 years, 296 days
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 3 years, 355 days 18th

List of the Deputy Speakers

No Portrait Name Constituency Term[3] Assembly
1 Abdul Hakim 31 July 1937 28 October 1939 2 years, 89 days
2 Nafisul Hasan 29 July 1946 21 December 1950 4 years, 145 days
3 Hargovind Pant 2 January 1951 9 April 1957 6 years, 97 days 1st
4 Ramnarayan Tripathi 27 April 1957 6 March 1962 4 years, 313 days 2nd
5 Hoti Lal Agrawal 16 April 1962 14 February 1967 4 years, 304 days 3rd
6 Shripati Mishra 19 June 1967 14 April 1968 300 days 4th
7 Vasudev Singh 25 March 1969 4 March 1974 4 years, 344 days 5th
8 Shivnath Singh Kushwaha Ghatampur 21 February 1975 30 April 1977 2 years, 68 days 6th
9 Jagannath Prasad 13 May 1978 17 February 1980 1 year, 280 days 7th
10 Yadvendra Singh 5 September 1980 14 December 1982 2 years, 100 days 8th
11 Hukum Singh 14 September 1984 10 March 1985 177 days
12 Trilok Chandra 5 September 1985 29 November 1989 4 years, 85 days 9th
13 Surendra Singh Chouhan 7 March 1990 4 April 1991 1 year, 28 days 10th
14 Ram Asrey Varma 28 February 1992 6 December 1992 282 days 11th
15 Ammar Rizvi 28 September 2001 20 January 2002 114 days 13th
16 Viqar Ahmed Shah Bahraich 14 November 2003 26 July 2004 255 days 14th
17 Rajesh Agarwal Bareilly 30 July 2004 13 May 2007 2 years, 287 days

Pro tem Speaker

List of Pro tem Speakers

Ramapati Shastri 2022

See also

References

  1. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly".
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly". uplegisassembly.gov.in.
  3. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly". upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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